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STRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds. Sir George and a Dragon. A Fish Out of Water VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou From, La Belle Sauvage. GLOBE—At Seven, Milky White. Robert Macaire. Vandyke Brown. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca dilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at 8; Saturday Morn ings at 3. Admission, ls, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME Tusserml ExltorrioN, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 5.30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra rooms, 6d. 1 ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's -park Open daily (except Sundays) Admission. ls. •on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. The Promp , arT A N, 44,0%zrax4... EVENING EDITION LONDON, FRIDAY, 111,4 Y 13, 1870. Among the latest, as among the earliest, signs of social improvement are the multiplying and the im proving of the means of communication. Show me the roads of a nation, the philosopher might say, and I will tell you how it is civilized. And the test is ap plicable alike to ancient and to modern times—to the classic epoch and to the present generation. About the grandest monument of the power and domina tion of the Roman people exists to the present hour in various parts of Europe, and not least con spicuously here in England, in that broad, straight, level (one might almost say indestructible) institu tion, the Roman Road. Nearly the first achieve ment adventured upon by the American backwood's men, again, after clearing their way, at the edge of the axe, through the primeval forests, is to lay down across the uncultivated wilderness that most primative means of intercommunication among the sparsely scattered colonists of the new territory—the corduroy-road, or highway composed of trunks of trees ranged, parallel to each other, at right angles to the drift of the traffic. Along the boundary mark between Tartary and the Empire of China, there still extends, as there has extended for centuries, one of the World's Wonders, in the shape of a wide and elevated roadway stretching across that portion of the vast Asiatic continent, known for ages as the Great Wall of the Chinese. Conspicuous, among the achievements of NAPOLEON, was the Road of the Simplon. Conspicuous, moreover, to this moment, among the monumental glories of Ancient Rome, are the Via Appia and the Via Sacra. Even in the disentombed city of Pompeii, one of the most remarkable objects revealed to the gaze of remote and alien generations', after its burial for nearly two thousand years, is the solid granite pathway intersecting the ruins—worn into ruts by the wheels of vehicles long gone to des truction, dotted with stepping-stones, here and there, for the convenience of long perished foot-passengers, and channelled by the rills of rains that have long since been drained away or evaporated. Precisely as it was then, it is now—the first and last effort of every civilized race is to improve and to multiply—and this quite equally in the provinces and in the great capi tals—the appliances of traffic and the means or me dia of inter-communication. All those wonderful transformations which have taken place within our own recollection in the French capital, for example, may be summarized in a single phrase, as the open ing up of newer, straighter, broader, more direct and more commodious lines of communication, in the form of grander streets and nobler boulevards : For a long while, very piecemeal and very blunderingly, we have been endeavouring to do the like here, in our own metropolis. Every new method that could be devised for the improvement of our carriage-ways has been tried in turn, often resulting in failures the most ludicrous. Macada mized roads—blocks of granite wedged and cemented carefully together—asphalte poured down in a liquid state and then allowed to solidify— caoutchouc even employed in the same way, to deaden, if possible, the noise of the traffic—nay, at one time that tem porary road, constructed through the heart of the city with'wooden blocks which suggested to SYDNEY SMITH the ludicrous conceit that it might powzibiT be improved if . the Aldermen and Common Couneilmen would only consent there—to lay their heads together ! Satisfied during these last few years with indulging in fewer experimental endea vours to discover something in the way of improve ment in the selection of the materials, we havebeen lat terly directing our energies, with a little more wisdom, to the opening up of new channels of communication, north and south, east and west, in this " province of houses" called London and Westminster. What was hitherto the back entrance to the capital of Eng land, has been rendered at last its noblest approach —meaning the " Silent Highway" of the Thames, crossed by its magnificent bridges, and bordered on either hand by the splendid granite esplanade of the Embankment. The hideous and dangerous gap be tween Holborn Hill and Snow Hill has been spanned at length by the lofty Viaduct. Parallel, or nearly parallel, to the double arch of the Tunnel burrowed under the river by the genius of BRUNEL, there has been, just now, run with extraordinary rapidity, the single bore of the Tower hill Subway. Right and left the most vigorous efforts are still being made in all directions for the widening and straightening of the streets generally, but particularly of the principal thorough fares of London. But still to this day there remain some evils, and those the most glaring that well could be, that one almost despairs of seeing removed or rectified. Holywell Street yet festers close by the hideous waste site of that Palace of Justice, the commencement of which is indefinitely postponed. The miserable block of buildings forming the southern side of that same wretched Holywell-street yet nar rows the eastern portion of the Strand by remaining wedged in between St. Mary-le-Strand and St. Clement Danes. Temple Bar, instead of being re moved and rebuilt, hard by, as one of the en trances to the Temple, still forms the camel's eye entrance from the \Vest-end into the City of Lon- don. Leicester-square is yet left, in the very centre of the metropolis, a howling wilderness of broken statuary and rusty, iron rails. And last and, per haps, most ludicrous of all the many absurdities and anomalies still conspicuous among the more eccen- tric peculiarities of London, almost all the leading thoroughfares of this vast capital run parallel to each other between East and West, without there being a single street or highway of any note extending from Northwards to Southwards. America has long borne the palm in serious acci dents and overwhelming calamities, and it seems as if she were destined to maintain the superiority. The latest arrivals of American papers contain full parti culars of the tragedy which took place at Richmond on the 27th of April. Those who were most horrified by the recital of the telegrams which announced the disaster must feel an additional shock when they dwell on the minute details and realise the fearful character of the affair. The court room which gave way is over the Hall of the House of Delegates, and was crowded with persons eager to hear the decision of the Court of Appeals in a case of interest which was impending. Suddenly the court room gave way, and sunk with its load of human beings into the hall of the House of Delegates below. Imagination can hardly picture a scene of greater confuiion or of more THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1870. complete discomfiture Even in this moment of de- spair, however, some thoughtful persons contrived to keep possession of their wits, and set sedu lously to work to meet the emergency. Some made active exertions to rescue those who were buried beneath the ruins, while others hastened to the bell-house and commenced tolling, so that the aid of be firemen was speedily put into requisition, and many of the citizens also hurried to the scene of confusion and distress. The case was one which demanded all that skill and strength could do, and even then its sufferings and sorrows were overpowering. Men who had stormed Gettys burg declared that they had never witnessed so sad and heart-rending a sight as that before them. Turn ing from the details of a calamity which reckoned among its victims 60 killed, and 120 more or less seriously injured, which filled the streets of the city with mourners and draped its walls in black, we may well inquire into the cause of the disaster. It appears that there was some most reprehensible care lessness in the matter. An experienced architect who examined the Capitol declared that a fatal error was committed in making interior changes in the building without examining the girder which gave way on the 27th, and occasioned the calamity. It was formerly supported by columns, which were removed to improve the appearance of the Hall of the House of Delegates. The girder in question was composed of two pieces of timber bolted together, making an area of 13 by 20 inches, but as if to make assurance doubly sure, so far as regarded the doctrine of chances in casualties, there was a mortise in the centre of the girder which reduced the available strength to 9 by 20 inches. Mr. DisRAELT occasioned great amusement by sug gesting in his effective manner that it would be worth while to hang an architect to improve the style of public buildings. But surely if he were to cross the Atlantic he would reserve that doom for those im provers and remodellers who prefer elegance to en durance, and reckon safety as nothing when appear ance is in question. The recklessness which prevails in regard to human life is proverbial in America, but this seems out-Heroding HEROD to remove the props of a room or gallery which is apt to be crowded to excess, while it overhangs a crowded assembly below. Another phase of the question is of a brighter kind, for if we censure the carelessness which led 10 the calamity, we must recognize the kindliness of feeling which was displayed on the occasion. We have seen how the sufferers were befriended in the first mo ments of terror by the thoughtfulness and readiness of some observant bystander, but throughout the whole course of the affair the greatest care and con sideration were shown. A public meeting was called, and resolutions were passed expressive of sympathy, and appointing a day of humiliation to commemorate the sad disaster. The deepest sympathy was felt throughout the United States, and subscriptions were collected for the survivors. Messages of condo lence and offers of assistance came from Fredericks burg, Petersburg, and other cities and towns of the State of Virginia. A message was telegraphed from Broadway, New York, to a citizen of Richmond, " My heart bleeds for your buried people ; draw on me for a thousand dollars." It is satisfactory to re cord such instances of kindness and consideration beside tales of suffering which reached to so appalling an extent, and it may fairly be said that the American character comes out brightly in the recital of the tragic scenes in the Capitol of Richmond. A singu lar fatality attends this city, for people still speak in solemn tones of the fearful fire which occurred in ichmond Theatre in 1811, and of the night in wLio/z isovonty persons were buried or destroyed in the attendant confusion. The' present generation have a monument to mark the spot, but the recent calamity, which eclipses that at the com mencement of the century, is not likely to be for gotten, while those who took part in the affair may survive, and even then the dark day will live in the recollection of those to whom they have imparted their reminiscences of an event which was an epoch in their existence. It is not surprising that Mr. LOWTHER failed to persuade the House of Commons to reject the Subur ban Commons Bill. According to the hon. member there is an indefinite amount of invaluable mineral wealth buried beneath our waste spaces, and in our foolish eagerness to prevent inclosure we are inter fering with the industry of the country, stopping em ployment, and impoverishing the national exchequer. As the working man saunters over Clapham Com mon or the children run races on Hampstead Heath they are culpably indifferent to the fact that possibly far under their feet lie precious things which might be brought to the light of day and turned to good account. Unfortunately for Mr. LOWTHER'S argu ment, fortunately for less enlightened mortals, the House of Commons manifested supreme ignorance of mineralogy, and a provoking distrust of the pious and public-spirited intentions of enclosing lords of the manor. 'They refused to reject the bill, they refused a select committee, they persisted in their unwarrantable interference with private inte rests for the public good. It is heartily to be de sired that every effort of the kind may meet with a similar result, and that so far from conceding an inch to the friends of enclosure, the Government will exert themselves more strenuously than hereto- fore in a matter that really and truly cone erns the well-being of the people. Mr. LOWTHER has never come across an old French fable, which nevertheless has its moral. A husband man dying left his sons a❑ unprofitable field, tell ing them that a treasure was buried in it, he was uncertain in what part. All the digging and delving, and toiling, and ploughing, of the young men brought o gold to light, but the treasure was found never- theless. The cultivation 0 the barren field pro duced a rich harvest. The treasures which our working classes get by their trips to Hampstead and to Epping, and to the other breathing spaces round the metropolis, are the very reverse of this. They are not to be had by cutting up the greensward and tearing out the wild flowers by the roots. They do not come with the axe and the spade and other materialising agents, but they are to be found in the blue sky, the breath of the pure, fresh air, the short but restorative draught of those simple, natural pleasures which the toil-worn, down-trodden citizen of our thronging streets and alleys rarely tastes. Of false and feverish excitements, of degrading pleasures and amusements that wean him from his family, the London worker has enough, and more than enough, at hand ; bat the natural pleasures, refining in their purity, ele vating in their simplicity, are too dear for him in this age of gold. In spite of Mr. LOWTHER, the minerals of the earth do not exhaust the wealth of Nature ; she has other and better gifts— in the gold of the sunbeam, the diamond sparkle of the dewdrop, the shifting glories of the skies and trees. In spite of all our material philoso phers mankind even in London can better spare the one than the other ; and in too eagerly seeking to fill our exchequer we may chance to degrade and demo ralise our populace. _. `~~_ , col DT Huhn: , „,., HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 12. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice arrived at the Castle at seven o'clock this after. noon. Prince Leopold drove out. The Prince of Wales rode out, attends-d by Lieut.-Col. Teesdale. The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by the Countess of Morton. LATEST INTELLIGENCE [The following news appeared in our First Edition pub. lished at Eight o'clock this morning:—] (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PARIS, May 12, Evening. At three o'clock this afternoon the Emperor and Empress drove in a plain open carriage through the Halles Centrales, the Rue Turbigo, and the Boule vards St. Martin, St. Denis, and Montmartre. They were cheered wherever they were recognised. Their Majesties also visited the Barracks du Prince Eugene and of Grenelle, where they were enthusiastically received by the troops. It is stated that the Marquis de Talhouet persists in his intentions of quitting the Ministry. Numerous arrests were made yesterday, and on many individuals were found revolvers, daggers, or life preservers. May 12, 8.30 p.m. The streets leading to the Faubourg du Temple are much crowded, and fresh disturbances are apprehended. Military precautions have again been adopted, and the omnibuses for Belleville have changed their route. THE LEGISLATIVE BODY. May 12, Evening. _ _ The Legislative Body reassembled to-day, end on the motion of M. Schneider agreed to su . sprd the public sittings until after the verification of the plebiscitary votes by the bureaux. The Chamber then adjourned. Count de Stackelberg, the Russian ambassador at this Court, died this morning. The Bourse has been firm. Rentes closed 74f 97c., or 10c. higher than yesterday. INDIA. REPORTED ADVANCE OF THE RUSSIANS ON KII IVA . BOMBAY, May 12, 6 p.m. It is reported that the Russians are marching on Shiva, and that they have ordered the King of Bok hara to furnish supplies to the army of invasion, as well as a contingent of 5,000 men. CALCUTTA, May 12, 6 p.m. A meeting of the Port Canning Company was held to-day, at which it was resolved to appoint a committee to prepare a scheme for the voluntary liquidation and reconstruction of the company: BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, May 12, Evening. The Senate adopted to-day, by 32 votes against G, the Budget of the Ministry of Justice. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS). GREAT MEETING OF ROMAN CATHOLICS ON EDUCATION. A great meeting of the Yorkshire Roman Catholics on education was held at the Leeds Mechanics' Institute last night. Upwards of two thousand persons were present. The Duke of Norfolk presided, and recommended Catholics to support the Government bill lest a worse measure should be proposed next year. Lord Howard, in moving the first resolution against the exclusion of religious teaching and in favour of the exten sion of the denominational system, urged that Roman Catho lics should exert themselves to establish schools. Referring to a statement that had been made that there was a large class of neglected Irish poor in Leeds, the noble lord offered to give £2O apiece to the first five schools that might be established in Leeds by the hiring of rooms. The resolution was supported by Sir Charles Clifford and others, and was passed with about twenty or thirty dissentients. On the motion of Mr. Charles Langdale a petition to Par liament was adopted, urging that the Government does not sufficiently extend the denominational system, and praying that Roman Catholics should not be compelled to send their children to schools whose teaching they could not conscien tiously app ove. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, May 12. Dr. Waldeck, Councillor of the Supreme Court, and formerly a member of the Lower House of the Diet, died last ni;ht from a cancer in the stomach. AMERICA. PHILADELPHIA, May 12. The intelligence sent to Government from the Darien Canal Surveying Expedition indicates that, although the surveys are not yet completed, the con struction of a canal across the isthmus is impracti cable. BETTING PROSECUTIONS AT LIVERPOOL. The Liverpool magistrates yesterday fined T. H. Scragg £lOO, or six mom ha' imprisonment, L r betting; and a man named Wells 05, or two months' imprisonment, for frequent ing Scragg's house for the purpose of betting. Appeals are lodged in both cases. THE NOMINATION AT MAYO. The nomination of a member of Parliament to represent the county Mayo, in the room of the late Mr. Moore, took place at Castlebar, yesterday. Everything passed off quietly. Mr. George Brown, brother- in-law to Mr. Moore, was declared duly elected after the nomination, there being no contest. - bowsprit fixed. The new bowsprit is to be enable her to carry more head sail : it is two feet and a-half longer than the one she used in the late race. Some two tons have this morning been added to her ballast. Mr. Ashbury has ssued vitations to sixty or seventy of the leading yachtsmen meet Mr. Bennett and Mr. Douglas at dinner, at the r and Garter Hotel, Richmond, on June 2, prior to his start in the ocean race between the Cambria and the Dauntless. A rumour is current in Cowes that Mr. Ashbury is er.- deavouring to alter the course to be sailed, from 60 to 30 miles. THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACTS. At a meeting of the Birmingham Trades Council, held last night, the Contagious Diseases Acts were discussed, and a resolution moved by the chairman, expressing sympathy with Mrs. Josephine Butler in the agitation she is now en gaged in, and urging the immediate repeal of the Acts was unanimously adopted. THE VIOTIMS OF THE GREEK BRIGANDS. A special meeting of the Southampton Town Councdwas held yesterday, to make arrangements for receiving the bodies of Mr. Herbert and Mr.Vyner from Greece, expected to arrive by the Delta to-day. it was resolved to receive the bodies from the Delta, and if friends consent, to convey them to the nearest parish church, minute guns being fired an d muffled peals rung. The ships in port will fly their flags half mast high. The Mayor read a letter from the Earl of Carnarvon, stating that though the idea of a demon stration was unexpected so far as he was concerned he did not feel at libery to refuse any mark of respect which was so kindly suggested and so welcome to the feelings of all Mr. Herbert's family, and so appropriate to the circumstances of the case. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. DILL, OF DERRY. The death is announced of the Rev. Dr. Dill, Professor of Theology in Magee Presbyterian College, Derry. The deceased clergyman was one of the foremost of the Irish Presbyterian Churchmen, and was looked upon since the death of the Rev. Henry Cooke as the leader of what is termed the Conservative party in the General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church Body. THE SAPPHO-CAMBRIA MATCHES. The second of the International yacht races is postponed until Saturday, to give the Cambria time to get her new (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, May 13. The Official Journal of to-day contains the fol lowing:— " Yesterday the Emperor and Empress went un escorted through the Rue Rivoli and over the Pont Neuf and the Rue Turbigo in an open carriage to the Prince Eugene barracks. Their Majesties were loudly cheered both by the troops and the people in the Place Chateau d'Eau. The Emperor and Em press went over the barracks, being everywhere greeted with shouts of ' Vive l'Empereur,' Vive l'lm peratrice,' and Vive l'Prince Imperial." After wards their Majesties proceeded along the Boule vards and the Champs Elysees to the Dupleix Barracks and the Military School, where the troops received them with acclamations. During the whole course the Emperor and Empress were vociferously cheered by the crowd which thronged the streets. "No disturbances took place last evening. At 11 p.m. the Faubourg du Temple and Belleville pre sented their normal appearance. The total number of arrests since Monday amount to 558 persons. The Droit of this morning says that yesterday evening the police only arrested two waiters of a cafe on the Boulevard St. Martin, who shouted" Aug arises." WEARMOUTH COLLIERY STRIKE. The strike at this colliery is virtually at an end. Yesterday (Wednesday) and to-day a considerable num ber of the men signed an agreement to resume work. In a day or two the owners will have two hundred hewers at works, also more than one-third of those who went out. THE ISLE OF ELY AND THE EDUCATION BILL. At the adjourned Court of Quarter Sessions for the Isle of Ely, held at March yesterday, it was resolved that a petition be presented to Parliament by this court, praying that, considering the heavy burdens, the funds raised by local taxation are called upon to sustain, any law passed for the extension of education among the poorer classes may not include provisions, whereby such funds shall be further burdened with payments for the education of the poor other than children of paupers and vagrants. Mr. Richard Young, late M.P. for Cambridgeshire, and other magistrates, deprecated any action being taken by that court on the subject. SALE OF GOVERNMENT WAR VESSELS. Another sale of Government war vessels was held yester day at Lloyd's Captains' Rooms, Royal Exchange, when the following prices were realised :—The screw steamship Agamemnon, 3,102 tons, 600-horse power, £10,300 (Mr. Harding). The paddle-wheel steam vessel Carado, 660 tons, 350-horse power, £2,750 (Jones, Liverpool). The screw steamship Centurion, 2,590 tons, 400-horse power, £B,OOO (Lethbridge, Plymouth). The screw sloop Cordelia, 579 tons, 150-horse power, bought in at £2,500. The screw gun-vessel Spida, 233 tons, 60-horse power, £B5O (Marks). The screw gun-vessel Steady, 425 tons, 8-horse power, £1,600 (Dolley) ; and the paddle-wheel steam vessel Adrice, £725 (Stack). There was a large attendance of shipowners and others from various parts of the kingdom. The sale 'will be resumed and concluded to morrow, when five more vessels will be offered. It is expected that the Prince of Wales will attend a grand provincial meeting of the Freemasons of Hun tingdonshire and Northamptonshire, to be held on the 19th instant, under the presidency of the Duke of Man chester. This afternoon a man named Neal, a nurseryman at Banbury, was found in one of his gardens with his brains blown out. There was a gun recently discharged at his side, but it is not known whether his death was caused by accident or design. The negotiations for the sale of the Waterford and Limerick Railway to the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, have been renewed, and it is likely the directors of both companies will agree to terms. The sale will be opposed by various public bodies in Water ford. Captain Maunsell, a supporter of Mr. Osborne, in the late election for Waterford, who made serious charges against the clerk of the Waterford Union, in connection with the Waterford Election Petition, has withdrawn his letter to the Poor-law Commissioners. He wrote, " I uhould not have preferred the charges had I known the facts of the case." The clerk of the union, who has brought an action for libel against Captain Maunsell, pronounces the letter unsatisfactory, and announces his intention to proceed with his case. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN IRELAND Another attempted assassination in the county of Westmeath attests the desperate character of the Riband system in that county. As Mr. Hickson, sub-inspector of constabulary, was driving to Castle Pollard on Wednesday, in company with a clergyman, who had been dining with him at a friend's house after attending a fair, a shot was fired at them, and some pellets were lodged in the tax cart in which they were seated. Fortunately, both gentlemen escaped unhurt. By telegram we learn that the attack on Mr. Hick son occurred within two miles of Castle Pollard. He left his house there about ten o'clock, in the tax cart, with a friend; they proceeded but a short distance, and were slowly ascending the hill, when the volley of shot was discharged by three men standing on the bank close beside them. The night was clear, and their escape was marvellous. One shot grazed the backboard of the tax cart within a few inches of them. Another shot entered the felloe of the wheel, and the third passed through the dashboard, between their legs. After the first volley two more shots were fired, happily without effect. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 3.30 P.M. GREECE. ATHENS, May 13. The Opposition regards the reply of Mr. Erskine to M. Zaimis as equivocal, and rather as a confirma tion of his despatch to Earl Clarendon of the 16th April. They have, therefore, sent a fresh deputation to M. Zaimis, demanding of him a formal denial of the charge imputed to them, and thereby repel the calumny which compromises the whole nation. ITALY. FLORENCE, May 13. The Opinione of to-day announces that a fresh band of insurgents has been formed at Vecina of the same political character as that at Catanzaro. The Government has some time had information of im pending disturbances, and had reinforced the troops in that district to meet the emergency. It is believed that this band will disperse on the approach of the troops. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, April 14. Exchange on London, 49g. Wet salted ox hidea, 39. Number of beasts slaughtered, 45,500. Sales, 37,500. Shipments, 21,000. No stock. Dry hides for Germany, 46 ; ditto for America, 47. Sales, 44,500. Shipments. 280,000 (?) Stock, 5,000. Freight to Antwerp, 15 to 20 ; to the Channel, 17 to 25. Wool firm. Tallow, 151 15g. Lumber, 41. Coals—Cardiff, 10. Cadiz salt, Bf. THE CAPE MAILS. PLYMOUTH, May 13. The Union Company's steamship Natal is expected hourly here with the above mails, having left Madeira on the 4th of May. She is the company's colonial steamship a t th e C ape , an d h a s been put on to bring home the Engli s h ma ils in room of the company's steamer th a t b ro k e d own on the passag e out. inter- COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE NEW YORK, May 1 2 . Closing prices : Gold closed at 1141 ; the highe 3t quotation during the day was 1151, the lowest 114/. Sterling exchange on Loudon, 1091. Five-Twci l : t Y United States Bonds,[lBB2, 1121 ; ditto, 1885, 112; ditto, 1867, 1141 ; Ten-Forty United States Bonds, 1081. Illinois, 142 ; Erie, 23k. Cotton : Middling upland, 23ic. Petroleum : Standard white, 274 e ' Flour : Extra State, $4 90c. to $5 50c. Corn : Old mixed, $1 16e. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) ‘r RUMOURED FENIAN EXPEDITION ZoP°i THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT. NEW YORK, May 12 " It is rumoured that a party of armed Feni 3Ds ' under an ex-Confederate officer, is now at Duluth, Minnesota, en route for the Red Settlement, and other bands are to follow. THE PROROGATION OF THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT. NEW YORK, May f Sir George Young has prorogu e d the Parliamen t ° f the Canadian Dominion. In his speech be ex pressed his belief that the new Government for th e Red River would establish harmony. A military expedition, however, was still necessary ; mission was peace. Th e c o urage an d promptitu de of the militia had prevented, an d wou ld, he 11° P cd prevent, a Fenian invasion. He was sanguine en °l4 to believe that the suspensio n o f th e Habeas Corr is Act would turn out to be needl e s s . The Domin ic : i ' would maintain its rights of fisheries, but ivne id . r pay due regard to the claims of fo r eigners. S 1 George gratefully acknowledged the assistance pro raised by the Home Government ; a n d, i n conclubi nn o i expressed his confidence that the Parliament people were contented with the Dominion. but . its THE LONGFORI: ELECTION. The polling at Longford commenced at eight o'clock this morning, and proceeds slowly. No returns have yet bee n received from Granard and Ballymahon. The state of th° poll at Longford polling booth at teu o'clock was give n as follows : Greville-Nugent l7l Mr. King Harmer TERMINATION OF THE WEARMOUTH The strike at Virearm uth Colliery, near Sunderlan d. ; ended ; the men, this morning, a tt en d e d the OfaCel 913 offered to be re-engaged on the old terms. THE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE• CITY, Two o'CLocic- The Consol Market opened with rather mme firmness t 0" day, and prices are slightly higher. The quotation for Lb: June account is now 94 3-16 to 94 5-16, but the transactO have not been numerous. Reduced and New Three Pe r Cents. are quoted at 921 to 921; I n dia Fiv e per Cents-, 1 , to 114 f ; India B nds, 20s. to 255. pr em . ; Exchequer par to ss. prem. The Money Market continues firm The Bank of Engla n return shows that that institution is in a very s rong Po • it i° fs the proportien of reserve liabilities being no less than ' l. per cent., Whereas the proportion at the o pening of the Y ear did not exceed 33 per cent. It is, evident, therefore, o ' l ' 3 the Bans can maintain for some little time the po sition I has now long held at the head of the discount market'', meantime the open market dealers will not be in a rai tt° , : „, to compete with the vast resources in th e possess i o n of ta" Bank. In a short time, howev er , th e expend i ture of tb: Government will be considerably greater than the re ceiP as the latter have been forestalled, and the resources of tb ° Bank will be gradually drawn upon. In this way nw n l will again find its way into Lombard-street, ° will again be spread over a greater surface, and it is 11°t improbable that the result of the new Government arrange' ment for collecting the revenue will result upon balance , t° the disadvantage of the Bank. To-day good short paPe r .! charged in Lombard-street 3 p er cen t , b e i ng f u lly equal '- the official minimum The La Plata has arrived at Lisbon with £17,390 is specie A special telegram from Philadelphia states that thoue the surveys of the Isthmus of Darien have not been cOel pleted, the construction of a canal is impracticable The market for Foreign Bonds has continued very fi r e and prices have been buoyant. All the movements bs v : been in an upward direction, and some have been importa Egyptian Bonds have advanced I, Turkish. /, Russian rbs e d4 Spanish 1. American Five-Twenty and Ten-Forty 13 ° ° are 2 better, while Italian have risen I. The transacti on up to one o'clock to-day are thus r e cor d e d i n the °fac ie list:—Egyptian, 1F64, 91 2; ditty, 18 8, fl./ 4 g ; ditto, 81f; Russian, 18 2, 85 to -I; Nicolas Railway, 8} to 1870 Scrip, 85/ tof ; Spanish, 18 7, 301 ; ditto, 186 a, 29/ to 30; Turkish, 1862, 71/ to 2/ ; ditt o , £ lOO, 721 to :4 Italian, 1861, 571 to t ; U. S. 5-20's, 892 ; d o , 1885, 8 8° f ; do, 1867, 901 to /. The principal feature in the demand f or H ome Railvisl Stocks is the flatness in Metropolita n an d Metropol it , iio , District which have been done at 72/ an d 341 res pectivs . v . Midland Stock is also lower on realisation, b u t G rea t East ern and London, Chatham, and Dover, ha ve s h own fi r mness' The shares of the Tavarone Minin g C ompany h a ve be en dealt in at 1/ to 11 prem. There has been more firmn ess i n th e mark t for T e l e grsP b Shares, and a reaction h as t a k en p l ace i n prices. Aer: American, at 17 to 17/, an d A ng l o -M di terranean, at 17 t o 17+, show a ri se o f }. F a l mouth, Gibraltar, and ge:s shares are also / hi g h er , a t 8/ to 8/ ; while French C 31).- , are / higher, at 16. I n di a R u bb er C ompany s h a res 9 ' o ' without change, at 44/ to 44/ ; and T e l egrap h Construe are very flat, at 38 } to 331. .ditto 9, HAYMARKET THEATRE. e The management of this popular theatre may ba congratulated in having add e d ano th er t o the °- lengthy list of successful pieces which it has Prrre sented to the public from ti me t o ti me. Mr. 11. Craven's two-act comedy, " Barwise's Book," w ble , was produced a fort n i g ht ago, h as now thorougw)c; established itself, and now nightly draws a crow d : house. Without pos sess i ng any o f those very Pr'ci minent and st r iki ng f eatures w hi ch have apper taine d to some of the pieces in which Messrs. Buckstone Sothern have delighted Haymarket a udienc: " Bar wile's Book " i s cer t a i n l y ent itl e d to s considered pleasing, inasmuch as it g ° l l easily and has plenty o f s it ua ti ons . It I ' l 4 be hardly necessary to say that the acting h u e the piece is excellent in every particular. f Charles Mulcraft, a gentle man b y pro f ess ion, of jr- Sothern, and the more rustic Robert Cuckfield of Mr. BuCkstone being most effective representatic°, 1' whilst the charact e risti c p ar t s o f M rs . Mulcraftt lady by inference, sustained by Mrs. Frank MattbeW' and Miss Robertson's Elle n F e t wor th ar e equa ll y excellent ; Messrs. Chippendale, Kendal, and ConibP; ton, and Miss Fanny Gwy nne are a l so pl ea sing. ~ comedy is preceded by "No Song, No SuPP e „ r ii. ' and followed by Mr. Morton's p o p u lar farce, he Regular Fix," in which M r . S o th ern con vulses t house. The performances close with a " Kiss in to which terminates a very agreeable evening' LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Sales probably 12,000 bales. Market firm. It is stated that Bishop McCabe has issued a ell ' lar to the clergy o f Longford county, advising them not t_ty.) take any part in the election, which comes off to-morrav (Friday). The borough of Doncaster, which has long c°l c sidered itself en titl e d t o p ar li amen t ar y represen tationtl_ about to bring its cl a i ms b e fore Parliament for one of the seats.which will be vacant. New Ireland is the name_ of a journal whlch i s dbout to appear as the representative of the Iris° Nationalists in London. !vele A ti full ex waa br at N o . lleulin aidi ng a plast proprie good s . request take u 1 h and ii Con e d Was, 1 the be M r• f a Slip n, evid ene case the Hetilin( a gainst of his tO this itig cl o t lu g f ound c, ! II Well c found b curastai Other ci hopi ng alive. 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