The Sun. — London, England, 1870-03-28 00:00:00

LORD ALFRED CHURCHILL AND THE - - OY. FORD POLICE. The . charge of perjury brought by Lord Randolph Churchill against the Oxford police broke down at the Vice-Chancellor's Court. The case rested on two points. It was in the first place charged that Partridge, the ac cused constable, had committed perjury in swearing that his lordship had knocked his hat off. In the second place it was alleged that Lord Randolph had offered money to " square " the business, whereas it was held on the other side that he had done no such thing. As to the hat knocking off allegation there might have been a mistake. The charge of perjury mainly rested on the "squaring" business. The little court of the Vice-Chancellor was crowded with undergraduates, who were decidedly hostile to the police. The first witness examined with respect to the charge of perjury was his lordship, a young man of an ingenuous aspect qualified by a remarkably self-confident manner. To the questions of his counsel he answered briefly, and to the effect that he had been dining at the Randolph Hotel on the night of the sth instant, when he hurt the forefi nger Of his right hand, an d h a d to send for surgical assist ance ; that he did not molest Police-constable Partridge on leaving the hotel ; and that he never offered him five shillings, or any other sum of money, i n t h e street or at the station. His lordship was subjected to a curiously strict and searching examination by Mr. Mon tagu Williams ; and, though plainly taken aback by many of the questions, maintained his coolness and self-posses. sion in a remarkable degree. But he had to confess that the dinner, which was the t erm i na l feast of a certain " Falsta ff Club," was a merry-making of an extremely jovial kind ; that the thirteen gentlemen —an unlucky number, by-the-by —might have drunk more than twenty bottles of wine among them ; that glasses were broken, whence the ugly cut on his forefinger; that in a sort of dancing procession round the room, to the chorus of a well-known song called "Di xe y' s Land," chairs were overthrown and jumped over; and that he personally had amused himself and his companions by the richly comic feat of upsetting glasses of claret over the table. But, coming to the proceedings which afterwards took place outside the Randolph " Arms," as Mr. Montagu Williams irreverently called the head quarters of the Falstaff club—when Lord Randolph promptly corrected him, with the more impos ing word " Hotel" —the witness gave a resolute denial to the imputations of drunkenness, foulness of speech, riotous or disorderly conduct, and attempt at bribery. He could not, however, satisfy his questioner as to the reasons of his having refrained from exonerating himself before the magistrates, by a declaration that he knew who actually had molested the policeman Partridge. All that Lord Randolph could or would say was that he did not choose to incriminate another person. It turned out too that Lord Randolph had ridden as a gentle man-jockey at the Northmoor races, a few days after th e Falstaff festival. More evidence was given. Mr. Franklin confessed that he was the gentleman who had knocked off Partridge's hat. This witness could not tell how many bottles of wine had been drunk at the dinner; but the secretary might know ; and the secretary was Lord Randolph Churchill. This revelation caused some little amusement, inasmuch as the noble pro secutor, in giving his evidence, had repudiated the power of stating the exact quantity of wine and punch absorbed by the Falstaff Club on the memorable occasion of their terminal dinner. Four undergraduates in turn then gave evidence for the prosecution, and - were unanimous in asser tion of the party's immaculate sobriety on the evening , of the sth of March. They all s wore th a t L or d Randolph Churchill had not, in their hearing, offered money to the police, and that they must have heard any such offer had it been made. Mr. Montag-u Williams then spoke for the defence, and said that the charge of offering money was supported by several policemen who could have no mo ti ve for trumpin g u p suc h a case. John Brooks, a constable, said that Lord Ra n d o lph Ch urc hill came up to him and said, " Halloa, who are you ? You're not the man." When Partridge afterwards confronted Lord Randolph, and asken him for his name and college; the answer was, " You would very much like it." His lordship offered Partridge five shillings ; and, when the offer was declined, he said he should not mind going to the Oxford station. Of the other police evidence, which was voluminous, the most important was that of Inspector Barrett, against whom the charge of perjury had likewise been advanced by Lord Randolph. Inspector Barrett had been for three years in the Metropolitan X division ; and his connection with the Oxford police was of fifteen months' standing. This witness swore most circumstantially that the offer of money was made at the station, Lord Randolph Churchill chewing a " Georg e an d D ragon " crown-piece in the palm of his hand. An excellent character was given to the defendant Partridge. The court adjourned, the Vice-Chancellor conferred with Dr.Wynter, and then judgment was given. The Vice-Chancellor said there had been a great deal of conflicting evidence, but upon the whole they were inclined to believe there was not sufficient evidence to establish a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury. They were, however, agreed that it was a case of mistaken identity. But while they were of opinion that the defendant had not been guilty of a wilful intention to mislead they were bound to warn the police to be careful in swearing to the identity of persons. This was not the first case that had come before him, in which he had been obliged to make that remark. With regard to the offer of money there was on that point the same conflict of evidence, but he did not think the case was so satisfactorily established as to justify him in sending it for trial before a higher tribunal, and he had come the more readily to that conclusion because Lord Randolph Churchill had I.is remedy. The charge on both grounds was therefore dis missed. LAW AND POLICE. THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUcH.—An appeal has been heard by the House of Lords from a judgment of Vice-Chan cellor Malins. The owner of some land in Lancashire was the respondent, and the Duke of Buccleuch, as Lord of the Manor, the appellant. The Duke claimed the right to work the mines under the land of the respondent. The Vice-Chancellor decided that the Lord of the Manor had such a right, but must not cause a subsidence of the land by so working. Both appellant and respondent appealed against the decision. The House of Lords affirmed the decision that the appellant had a right to work the mines, but reversed it so far as it restrained the appellant from causing a subsidence of the surface. THE ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.--Several matters connected with this case have been mentioned to Mr. Bloxam, the chief clerk. The Vice-Chancellor has extended the time for the policy-holders who have paid their premiums to the official liquidators, under the order of the 14th August, to have the premiums returned to the 30th June. The question of advances on policies came before the'chief clerk, and it was proposed that the parties should take the opinion of the chief clerk on the question to be raised. A CURIOUS QUESTION OF PROPERTY.—A Case has come before Vice-Chancellor Malins on the administration of Ambleside Charities. Ambleside is a small town in Westmoreland ; and it appears that in 1688 James 11. granted letters patent to trustees to receive certain tolls which were to be applied to the use of the poor of the town of Ambleside. From 1688 to the latter end of the last century there was no record of the tolls, but from 1806 t o 1866 i t appeared that the tolls had averaged between £3 and £4 per annum ; and in the latter year they had di m i n i s h e d to 11 .. 6d., difficulties having arisen in the collection of tolls, on account of the dispute on that legality. It appears that the trustees had called themselves the- Corporation of Ambleside, and they had acquired some waste lands, which they had sold, and had built a market house in the town. The question was whether the property had accumulated under the original charter ; and if so, the money having b een app li e d for lighting and sweeping the streets could not be con sidered for the benefit of the poor of Ambleside. The Vice-Chancellor came to the conclusion on the whole of the evidence that the property, now yielding £6O per annum, had accumulated under the original charter of James 11., and that therefore some scheme would have to be devised for furthering the objects of the original grant, viz., the relief of the poor of Ambleside. REMARKABLE BURGLARY.—The Croydon burglary which has attracted so much attention during the last few months, has been the subject of investi gation at .the Kingston Assizes. The bur glary was committed on the night of the 30th of September, and the case for the prosecution was that it was committed by two men, one of whom was thought to have been a man named Greenhead, who was afterwards found lying dead near Cuckfield. The prosecution believed that a dispute had taken place between the thieves as to the disposal of the stolen property, which was worth about £5OO, the house robbed being that of a jeweller, and that in this dispute the man Greenhead was murdered, and a bricklayed named Charles Rowland, was apprended soon after the event and has now been charged with b e i ng an accessory before and after the fact. The principal evidence against him was given by the children of the murdered man, who• said that on the night of the burglary the prisoner came to their house and gave their father a " jemmy," or crowbar, saying that would do the business. They afterwards went out toge ther, and the next morning Rowland cam e aga i n , and the children heard money clinking. The judge, in summing up, remarked upon the singular nature of the case, and the lack of positive evidence. Rowland was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. ENCORES AT MUSIC HALLS.—At the Sheffield County Court a case has come on in which Mr. J. F. Robins, comic vocalist and dancer, otherwise John Robinson, at present engaged at the Rotunda Music Hall, Liverpool, sued Mr. Thomas Jackson, proprietor of the RoyalP av ili or Music Hall, Sheffield, fora sum of £2 15s. for salary. Tb„ plaintiff was engaged at the defendant's music hall, r ..t a salary of £2los. a week. One evening his perform nice, in singing and dancing were so good t' a t hi was encored no less th an four times. Onbe ,ng agai-' called on the stage, he was so much exhaue.,d th his previous efforts that he declined to go on akin, and in consequence of that. Mr. Jackson disr • e 'd him ? , and would not allow hi H m is tow ou la o y u rouwtash is : 3 -intra j n i i l o ient ti c i m pay him his salary.— recover then am at ou tll plaintiff had a perfect right to. claimed, and therefore gave jr.dg,ment for £2 10s, with l full costs. He considered that. it was optional on the part of the plaintiff to go on t:ue stage after having been encored four times. CRUEL NEGLIGENCE.---Tlui bailiff and shepherd on the estate of Sir Ivor Gue.4t have been convicted by the Winn borne masistrates of, 'cruel negligence of the sheepfold under their charge, The animals were insufficiently fed and wretchedly neglected. Forty ewes and 279 lambs had died in consequ.ence. The prisoners were each sentelyzed to a month's Gard labour. A. telegram was sent from India at 12.20 p.m., Was received in Lordon by the Indo-European line at 2 p.m. the same afternoon, an inatauce of renAckAitt MR. MILL ON TIIE RELIGIOUS DIFFICULTY, The speech of the evening at the great Education League meeting held in London, was that of Mr. J. S. Mill. He was received with great cheering, the entire audience rising when he came forward to speak. His vigorous remarks on the religious difficulty seemed to g i ve equa l satisfaction. The bill, he admitted, was good in many respects; but its religious provisions were still defective. Hitherto, he said, instruction has only been given to those who asked for it ; but we are now going —at least we hope so—to teach every child ; and the bill gives up to the local bodies, which in the rural districts means the squire and the parson, all the neglected children—the children of all who care little about religion, of all who are dependsnt, of all who are under obligations for charitable offices, of all who are too timid to risk displeasing their superiors by sending in a solemn refusal in writinc , to do what they are wanted to do. And because the Nonconformists would not stand this they were told—but I must do the Government the justice to say not by them—that their motive could not be religious or political principle, but could only be u nwor th y sectar i an jealousy. By the promised concessions this blot is in great part—l wish I could even now say entirely—taken out of the bill. But the principle remains of teaching the religion of a part with funds raised by taxation from the whole ; and a measure infected by this bad principle cannot be satis factory to any but pers ons o f th e d om i nent creed, nor to impartial persons of any creed. It is true we may be told that the Dissenters can teach their own doctrines if they please, and in the school b u ildi ngs , t oo . Th ey can, if, after deducting the school hours and the extra hours set apart for Church teaching, sufficient time re mains • but they must p a y th e w h o l e expense, and their sharel of the cost of the Church teaching besides. We may be told, too, that in places where the Dissenters arc the strongest it will be they, and not the Church, that will be enabled to teach their own doctrines at other people's expense. As if an injustice in one place were cured by an injustice in another. But this permission to be unjust in their turn wherever they are strong enough the Dissenters are so extremely unreasonable as not to value. It is well known that they do not desire their distinctive doctrines to be taught in school. moreover,added the speaker, they were not strong enough in most places to triumph over other Dissenters and the Church. The worst feature of the system, the bigoted re fusal of aid to secular schools, is to be abandoned ; and the bill provides that if the boards, instead of providing new schools, elect to subsidise the old, they must subsi dise all denominations impartially, secular schools, I hope, included. For this the framers of the bill are en titled to our cordial thanks. But it is puzzling to find such opposite principles acted on in different parts of the same Bill, and such different measure meted out to the old schools and to the new. It looks like the result of a compromise between two parties in the Government, on the plan of giving something to each ; the sort of thing, in short, which makes our legislation the jumble of in consistencies that it is. Some have the face to tell us that the ratepayer, after all is not taxed for the religious instruc tion, for the rate is so limited by the Bill that he in reality pays only for the secular teaching. Indeed Then who does pay for the religious teachin g ? Do the Church party i n t en d to raise the mon e y by voluntary subscription ? But if the expense is not paid by subscription it must be paid by the Privy Council--that is, by the taxpayer—and do not Dissenters pay taxes ? Is there a Conscience Clause for the tax-gatherer ? One more thing is said, which might well amaze anyone who is not past being astonished at any of the tricks that are played with words. We are told that in our case for the conscience of the minority we violate that of the majority, who conscientiously dis approve of schools in which religion is not taught. Now, if what their conscience objects to is sending their own children to such schools, there is no compulsion ; they are free to found schools of their own. It is neces sary to say this, for the principal supporters of the bill in the House of Commons did not appear to be aware of it ; they seemed never to have heard of such an id ea ; they charged us with expelling religion from the schools, as if there were n o sc h oo l s t o b e h a d b ut t h ose supported by the rates, as if we were proposin g t o pro hibit all schools except secular ones, or to throw some great obstacle in their way. What we demand is that those who make u se o f re l i gious teaching shall pay for it themselves instead of taxing others to do it. So that the conscientious scruple which we are accused of violating is a scruple not against going without the religious instruc tion, but against paying for it, and their conscience requires them to get it paid for by other people. Is not this a sin gular spectacle of the richest and most powerful part of the nation, who, with two-thirds of their expens es sure t o b e paid by the Privy Council or the school-rate, canot bear to do what the smallest denomination of Dissenters cheerfully does—pay for their own religious teaching? But is not this precisely because they are the rich and powerful ? The poor and weak never dream of throwing their personal pecuniary obligations upon the public. It is a privilege only sought by those who do not need it, but who think they have a right to it, because they have always had the power to exact it. The liberty we stand up for is the equal liberty of all, and not the greatest possible liberty of one and slavery of all the rest. There ought to be room in the world for more than one man's liberty ; and there ought to be room in the world for more than one conscience. Let all parties have what religious teaching- their conscience approves and they are willing to pay for. But when a man tells me his conscience requires that other people shall have religious teaching, whether they like it or not, and shall have it in schools, though they would prefer having it elsewhere, and shall not be helped like other pe o pl e w ith their secular teaching unless they consent to accept religious teaching along with it, I tell him that he is not asserting his own freedom of conscience but trampling on that of other people. If this is a right of conscience, it was bigotry and prejudice to complain of the persecutions of the Vaudois and of the Protestants. The case is less flagrant, but the principle is the same. Mr. flugg, the Administrator-General of Bengal, is dead. The rainfall in the Punjaub has failed, aid severe distress is apprehended. Wachtel will, it is said, sing at Covent Garden at the rate of £75 a night. The Ireland Scholarship has been awarded to Mr. John A. Godley, scholar of BallH, a first in Moderations. The Court Journal, in announcing the continuation of the bull fights at the Agricult ura l H a ll , says that several Irish M.P.'s will assist on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy (as Lady Blanche Murphy prefers, we hear, to call herself) are on the point of szatung A temple explosion occurrea In melton Uounty, Ohio, on March 12. Th e b o il er o f a portable saw-mill exploded, killing seven persons. The fanatical sect of the Skopze, whose stronghold is in the South of Russia, have latterly been making con. verts amon. , the Lutherans or St. Petersburg. Some of these offenders have been punished. CHINESE LABOUR IN LOUISIANA.—Chinese labour, to a limited extent, is about to be introduced into Louisiana from Cuba. Colonel Roberts, of that State, has contracted for 240 Chinaman from Habana and Cecu fuegas. They are employed by contractors who deal with American employers. THE ERIE RAILWAY.—The New York correspon dent of the Pall Mall Gazette telegraphs :—" Before the State committee of the Legislature at Albany, Mr. J a y Gould has made a speech controverting Mr. Burt's most material assertion concerning the Erie Railway. Mr. Burt's chance of success is considered to be complicated by the serious split which culminated yesterday between the city and the country Democrats on account of the notorious corruption connected with the Tammany rule in New York." The Liverpool Journal of Commerce says --Mr. Lane, one o f th e " execut i ve " of the Erie Railway, has arrived in Europe, and is now in Paris. Contrary to general expectation, it is stated that he is not armed with any power from his brother directors to treat with the English shareholders' committee. SNOWSTORM IN AMERICA.--The American papers report the heaviest snow fall of the season to have occurred on the 12th and 13th March. Business in New York was interfered with in consequence. A severe snow and hail storm prevailed along the Hudson for sixteen hours, accwn panied by a high wind. The snow and hail were eight inches deep. The storm in Massachusetts wf..,s very severe • the snow was fifteen inches deep. Rep a rt s f rom Springfield state that the snow was a foot deep there, and high winds prev a il e d. O n t h e thirteenth a snowstorm commenced in Providence, and continued midnight. The accumulation in the streets was larger than before this season. The freight house of the Fall 'River steam boat was crushed in by the weight of sr.icow. on the roof. The train from Boston came in half an hour late, with two engines. A severe hail and svaO'Vi storm had been raging through Chicago, and was &en eral over the north west. DENOMINATIONAL OXEN.- —A. gentleman travelling in Texas met on the road a.l-daggon drawn by four oxen, driven by a countryman,. v-41„,, in addition to the skilful flourish and crack of wh- 4 -- , p was vociferously encouraging his horned horses after this fashion :—"w,_Presby terian ! Gee, Baptis',; ! Ahoh, Episcopalian! Geet up, Methodist ! " The traveller . stopped the driver, remark ing to him that / ..ie had strange names fer his oxen • he would like to know why he thus called them. Said driver: " Ic 41 this ox Presbyterian because he is true blue and ne.rer fails, pulls through difficulties, and holds out to the call thi• end • besides, h e knows more than the r es t. I 4 Baptist beca use h e i s always after water, and Beße a ns, as though he'd neve r d r i n k enoug h ; then again, he a Pt eat with th e o th ers. I ca l l this Episcopalian because n e .. has a mighty way of holding his head up, and if the yoke gets a little tight he tries to kick clear of the traces. I call this ox Methodist because he puffs and blows and bellows as he goes along, and you'd think he was pulling all creation, but he don't pull a pound unless you con tinually stir him up." VICTOR HUG 0 AND THE CAPTAIN OP THE NORMANDY.—The Rappel_ publishes a letter from Victor Hugo to a friend, dated Hanteville House, March 20th. It is as foll ows :—" I wr i te to you in sorrow. There has been a great catastrophe here. A packet has been lost (as you see by the accompanying account). The island is in mourning, the houses dosed. It is the first time that a packet has been lost during the forty years in which there has been a steam service between England and the islands. The captain died heroically. He was named Harvey, and three years ago - I - was on board his ship. - The English fleet was then at Sheerness with the Viceroy of Egypt and Queen Victoria. Some ladies who were with me on board the Normandy, wished very much to see, the fleet, and asked me to tell the Captain of their wish. It required a d6tour of two hours. They said to me, " Tell the captain that . you - wish it ; " " but" ladies," I replied, " a French ship would not do this for me." - Captain Harvey overheard me, and ex c l a i me d " What a French ship would not do for' Victor "Hugo an Esli ship must dp." He made- the d e t our and showed us ngli t'-'l6 fleet while the Queen was shewing it to the Khedive. ." This amiable man," concludes Vi c f or H ugo, " died like a hero, saving all these he could save and remainiaz to die," _ THE SAN DOMINGO ANNEXATION TREATY. (From the Anglo-American Times.) For some time past a frequent report from the London Stock Exchange has been " San Domingo Loan firm." The history of that loan has been fully told in the American papers, and, if untruth fully, still without Contradiction. We do not an ticipate many more reports about the San Do mingo Loan from the London Stock Exchange. Whatever may have been the connection between BAEZ, and those who floated these bonis,we feel some confidence in asserting that the transaction as de tailed by the press of New York weighed with the senate Committee on Foreign Relations to re commend the rejection of the San Domingo An nexation Treaty. Congress has to fight (and still more has the Executive) gigantic combinations, which strive to use the nation as a tool ; and invari ably the views of the " rings" are put forward un der the guise of patriotism. There are no railways projected which it is not for the vital interest of the country to construct ; there are no steam lines propostd, except with the object of reviving the ocean-carrying trade of America; no Atlantic Cable can be devised but with the design of placing the Republic on a level with the foreigner ; still the eyes of all, even while they talk, are fixed on the money-bags in the Treasury. Any bill which has "money in it" has always a suspicious appear ance to an American statesman, whether he be in the Executive or in the Legislature, and know ing that a triple wall of brass cannot fence the Treasury from I ankee ingenuity, he feels, while compelledtogrin and bear that, that at any rate uncle SAM'S pockets shall be closed against foreigners. The extraordinary story narrated of the San Domingo Loan probably told against a measure commend ing itself to American spread-eagleism, which, too, was earnestly pressed by the Executive, whose pet scheme it appeared to be, for annexation would fix that doubtful debt on the shoulders of the Repub lic. There was much in the proposal to annex what is certainly the West. Indian island second only to Cuba (if it be second) that was peculiarly fascinating to Americans. Many leading men, prominently Mr. SEWARD and General GRANT, favoured the scheme. BAEZ pressed it, and the majority of the islanders voted for it. Flanked by such a possession- to the East, with Florida closing down to the North, Cuba would then have been hemmed in by U.S. territory, and with such a discontented population, whatever thepresent success of Spanish arms, the days of Spa nish rule in that colony would thenceforth be num bered. One of the broad principles of American politics is to sever all political connection between that continent and Europe. In furtherance of this, (a policy dictated by common sense), the annexation recommended itself to such minds as that of SEW ARD, and doubtless struck a chord in the national heart. Yet, with so much to recommend it, the Senate Committee has brought forward a report against the annexation, and it is not believed that the treaty can command the necessary two-thirds majority in the Chamber. According to a telegram, despatched from America last Tuesday, " The objections to it are that money is to be paid ; that the annexation of Hayti must follow ; that possession of a. West India island facilitates smuggling; and that it is impolitic to annex any country occupied by the Latin race." It will be seen that the leading ob jection is the money. First, there is the San Do mingo ring, whose demands will expand with the success of their scheme ; next, there is the San Domingo London Loan, which is a peculiarly dis tasteful morsel to the U.S. Senate, and President BAEZ has probably defeated his object by attempt ing to kill these two birds with one stone. The second objection has been with us the fatal one. So surely as the Unite I States garrisons occupy the chief towns of San Domingo, as certainly will fol low a war lasting over years, costing millions upon •olious of dollars, the lives of many American cit zens, the extermination of no small number of the Senate's pets, the " full-blooded negro,'' and that detestable and unsatisfactory work which lowers instead of enhances the military reputation of a nation—a guerilla mountain warfare in an unhealthy clime, against barbarians. Contempt for, and dis like of, the negro is more strongly imbued in the American than in any other nationality. It would be Impossible for all U.S. soldiers to refrain from show ing this feeling. When the conflict burst forth, which must surely follow annexation, it would take its most dreadful form, a war of races ; and what would be the difference between the position then held towards San Domingo and that now held by Spain towards Cuba ? The very thought of occu pying such a position, when fully realized by a Senator, would make him throw a dozen votes—if he had them—against the treaty ; and we feel "con vinced that whatever might be the political and ma terial gains to be derived therefrom,that so probable an evil overshadows all. The third objection is per haps of greater moment than may, on this side the water, be at a single glance apparent. Ports of entry in the United States can be guarded, but who can guard the ports of San Domingo unless an elaborate and expensive Custom-house organization be main tained for an island which could not afford and cer tainly will not pay the expenses of a U.S. regiment. Shippers would send produce to the new Territory, which would be entitled to transfer its produce to any other part of the United States, as the commercial in terchange of a Territzry. Thus a ready means for evading the tariff would be supplied; and the United States might find that they had bought another white elephant " much more costly than the "bear garden" of Alaska. The fourth objec tion we hold to be equally well grounded. Not only is the Union for the present large enough, but its citizens are sufficiently diverse in race, creating al- , ready numerous difficulties in the way of Govern ment. There has been anlndian difficulty—a negro difficulty —an Irish difficulty—and there is growing up a Chinese difficulty—without the addition of a Latin difficulty. Whether the term " Latin "is applicable to San Domingo we do not here discuss. Doubtless the French have left some of their blood, if it be Latin, in Hayti, and the Spaniards in San Do mingo ; though the island is African in nationality. But whether Latin or Negro matters little in view of the fact that half the population would have to be exterminated, and the other half swamped before it became a peaceful possession of the United States. iVhat does, however, matter is, the statement of the Senate's policy made in the objection. The fears ex pressel by some Mexicans will now be allayed and the hopes of others damped. The fact, if the treaty be rejected, will stand on record that the States have refused to admit into the Union two islands not withstanding the vote of their people for annexation. This is the position which the Republic ought to assume, for it is nothing less than preposterous that everypaltry community of savages are to be eagerly picked up as citizens by what many believe to be the first nation on earth (and still more are inclin ing to that opinion), and be paid for doing the Union the honour of entering it. When the world knows that a people must be on their good behaviour for a long time before they can aspire to secure a place in the Union, there will be a rapid appre:lia tion of that stock, and the honour, and material ad vantage will then be eagerly sought. On the whole, we consider the Foreign Affairs Committee to be giving sound advice, which we hope may not have been influenced by any feeling of opposition to the Executive. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republican, March 11.) Gold is below the teens, an event that has not been re corded in this country since ll'elellan was floundering in the inalariotte pwanws of the Chiekahorainy and Fitz 'ENING, MARCH 28, 1870. amounting probably to $35,000,000. But altogether our foreign trade wears a cheerful aspect. State Bonds have steadily advanced during the present week. Virginias have improved about G per cent., Tennessees and Louisi anan about 2to 3, and the others in a less degree. Stocks are " being carried" by the bulls, who thus hope to stave off a fall. The ease of money assists their endeavour; as does also the demand for good railroad securities to go abroad. Railroad stocks and bonds have during these war years rested under the stigma of being greenback contracts, and it may be that with the rise of greenbacks they will recover a quotation nearer to Governments. Still we cannot but think that, if they are let alone, they will suffer some apparent depreciation with the fan in gold The Union and Central Pacific Stocks have kept up, the former even rising 2 Per cent. on Tuesday. New York Central is 1 to 11 per cent. higher than last week. The Western road. aro oxpootios Luso spring earn ings and have mostly maintained their quotations. There is much squabbling just now for the control of the Great Western line. The London Times' Phila delphia correspondent claims that a lease is perfecting by which the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific will pass into the hands of the Pennsylvania Central and For t Wayne, thus giving the latter a consolidated line of 1,317 miles from Philadelphia to Omaha. It is rumoured that the Pennsylvania Central is also attempting to gain a controlling voice in the Chicago and North Western, the rival of Rock Island. This is the more •difficult, as the president of the North Western, Alexander Mitchell, is also president of the St. Paul and Milwaukee, and will run these two roads for their mutual glory rather than in the interest of the Pennsylvania Central. Pacific mail has fallen off 2 to 3 per cent. under the competition of the Pacific Railroad, the last steamer being delayed for lack of freight. The fall in gold has affected trade less than might have been expected. Cotton has declined within the week from 234 to 24 for uplands, but a part of this is due to unfavourable advices from Manchester. The re• ceipts thus far, since September 1, have been 2,189,513 bales, 486,502 more than for the same period last year. The stock on hand is 568,761 bales, against 429,057 last year. The abundance of this staple, the fall in gold and the panic at Manchester, if there be one, render the price very sen sitive to decline. Wheat has declined 2 to 3c, and flour from 15 to 25c, though choice family br a nd s are scarce an d _ • ._ _ well maintained. In dry goods the movement of A. T. Stewart to undersell has produced a break along the whole line, and a general reduction in prints, bleached and brown goods, and imported dress goods. (From the Wall-street Journal.) FRIDAY EVENING, March 11. Money on call continues in ample supply at four to five per cent. on Governments, and at five to six per cent. on railroad and miscellaneous collaterals. Discounts con inue easy., and choice acceptances, double names, pass easily at seven per cent.; No. 2, at eight to nine per cent., and single names at seven to twelve per cent. Gold has fluctuated heavily, having fallen, on the 9th inst., to 1104, but has since rallied to 1134, closing this afternoon at three o'clock at 113, with an advance at later hours to 1141. The market has been largely oversold by outsiders, who, imagining in their innocence that gold woald at once reach par, are badly bitten. QUOTATIONS FOR SPECIE. Amor. silver... 9.51 to 961 1 Eng. sovs 486 to 488 Mex. dollars...lo3k ,„ 104 i 120 francs 3E 1 4 „ 386 Eng. silver 475 , 480 I 'ntters Five francs 96 „ 97 1 Government Bonds are active, the old bonds being higher and especially strong. Ten-forties aro also firm and higher. sixes, 1861, registered — to Sixes, 1881, coupon ll4l to 115 Sixes, 1868, coupon U.S. 6s. Pacific Railroad ll2 to 1121 Five-twenties, 1862, registered — to Five -twenties, 1862, coupon to :190 , - - , Five-twenties 1864, coupon to o Five-twenties,,lB6s,.coupon Five-twenties, 1855, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 .... 1091 to 1091 Ten-forties, coupon lO- to 107 2 Ten-forties, registered ..... Oregon War Loan, Sixes Closing quotations this da 1881 y for the railroad and miscel laneous stocks : N. Y. Cent. & Hud. Rr 971 Erie 25 Reading Mich. Central ll9 Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 9B Chi & North-West North-West Preferred 88i Canton.. Pacific Mail 37i Atlantic Mail — Quicksilver W. U. Telegraph Miraposa .. 8 Mariposa Preferred Ohio and Mississippi BO Boston Water Power l7/ Cumberland __ 2Bl Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo M & St. Paul Fort Wayne 931 lAr & St. Paul Preferred 751 Express Stocks do not show much animation, but are not pressed on the market. Adams 62 to 63 American Merchants' Union 38 to 381 Merchants' Union, old Stock to United States Wells, Fargo, and C o 2l to 21} FOREIGN EXCHANGE. sixty Days. Three Days. London Bankers London, Prime Comme rc i a l 1071.-108 Paris, Bankers Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, Bankers Frankfort, O.M Berlin and Cologne Antwerp Amsterdam, Bankers wihti tem, • John Porter was betraying General Pope, far back in the gloomy summer of 1862. In that black harvest season gold reached a premium often per cent., but the people hardly thought of it, and little suspected that before many months they would learn to watch the gold quotations with as much interest as they did the war telegrams. To-day there is hardly a man or woman so disinterested in this topic, commercial though it be, as not to have a nerve to note the vibrations in the premium, cud, at least, a passing thought as to whether the end is really nigh. The ques tion is decidedly speculative, and no one can feel safe in predictions. We may sail along like an inflated balloon for some months to come, just above terra firma and within hailing distance of specie resumption, or wo may bump down upon hard money within a week. Gold has declined 5 per cent. within ten days, and 91 per cent. within twenty clays, and it is not impossible that in twenty days more will do as much again. The sun sinks pretty fast when it gets near the horizon ; and a margin of only 10 per cunt. inspires little hope in those who would keep up the gold premium. The demand for gold for business is very light. The high price of American Bonds abroad has checked investment in them to a certain extent, but the falling off in their export is more than counterbalanced by the foreign demand for American railroad securities. The cotton and produce bills are so plenty as to be a drug in the foreign exchange market, thus preventing the renewal of the export of gold. Every move in Congress in favour of the Funding Bill has a depressing tendency, as also did the mere introduction of Senator Wilson's bill to allow the payment of half the import duties in greenbacks. MI these causes weaken gold and render. possible its imme diate decline to par. On the other hand, we cannot trust too much in spasms and must be on our guard against reaction. Healthy changes in finance are not apt to be of this jerky character. If Mr. Boutwell lets things take their course, the road to resumption will probably be longer, but will undoubtedly be safer. If he attempts to bear gold and force resumption, we may have a season of irregularity and wide fluctuation. Silver has lready made its appearance and is being given in change ome traders, principally yet as an advertisement, however. Its repudiasion by the Canadian Government is a lucky move in our favour. The effect of the present crisis in money and stocks is quite complicated. As greenbacks appre ciate in value, the immediate effect is expansion of the currency; that is to say, a paper dollar now worth 90 cents represents more wheat than it did when it was worth only 82 cents, and will therefore do more exchange work. Fewer dollars being required to do the same work, the dollars thrown out of employment come into the loan mar ket and contribute to the already prevailing ease. Distrust of the present chaotic state of affairs also leads men to buy and sell and shift es rapidly as possible, and in as small quantities as possible. The effect on Government Bords is very depressing. Although the value of the bonds really appreciates with the fail in gold and with the correspond ing declineof their own currency quotations, this fact is of no value to the present holder, looking forward as ho does to a time in the immediate future when greenbacks will be as good as gold He is verily in prospect of losing all the premium if he holds on to the end, and is therefore anxious to sell - as anxious as the man who has a stock of cotton or sugars. The fact is that greenbacks and greenback stocks are the only rising commodity in the market. The foreign quotations of bonds have been steady during the week, 1862's at London ranging at 90f, but rising on Wednesday to 91, 1 per cent. below par. Foreign ex change is very low, and the statistics of our foreign trade for the last six months of 1859 show that tho balance against us has been much reduced. The bureau of slat is-. tics has figured down the balance to less than two millions by reckoning in a credit item of freight carded in Ameri can bottoms and reeving out a similar debit item of freight p 141 to foreign shipowners. Leaving out these calcula tions, we have against us a balance of 1114,000,000, or ten millions, less than for the same time of 1868. We are also owing six months interest on bonds held abroad Railroad Stocks are active showing but slight variation terday. N. Y. Central 6s, 1883 90 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887 88 N. Y. Central 6s, R Est 881 N. Y. Central Os, Sub'n 87 N. Y. Central 7s; 1876 100 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 Erie Ist Mort Ex 100 Erie 78, 2d Mort, 1879 914 Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 89 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 8711 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 8t" Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist M, '77 B9 Hud. R. 7s, Ist M, '69_1011 Hod. R. 78, 3d M, '75 105 Hai - km.llst M, '6B '72 102 Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 124 Mich. new Ist M 85,'82 — Mich. So., 7p. c. 21.. N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 98 111. Cen. c, '7O 105 Alton & T.H. Ist M 954. Alton &T.H. 2d pfd 801 Alton & T. H. 2d M. Inc. 801 Han.& St.J.LandWrntsloB Han. di St. J. Con Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 109 Chi. & N. West, S. F 96 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony 9O Chi. & N. W. Int B B9l Chi. & N. W. Ist M 96 Quincy & Tol, Ist M, '75 81 111. & So. lowa Ist M 7O Gt. West. Ist AI, 'BB Bl I Gt. Western 2d M '93... 791 : Tol. & Wab. Ist M Ex. 93 In State Bonds a largo business is doing, especially in South Carolinas, Ala bamas, Georgian, and Missouris. Virginias are weak, as aro also new Tennessees and new North Carolinas. Lnd remarkably steady prices from the quotations of yes- Tol. & Wab. Equip Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M — Gal. & Chic. Ext 9B Gal. & Chic. 2d M 93 Chi. & R. I. Ist M 101 Chi. R. I. & PaciAc 7's 97 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund 100 N. J. Central Ist 3.1 102 N. J. Central 2d 11 102 Pitts. Ft.W., & Ch. Ist M 102 Pitts. Ft. W., & Ch. 2d M 94 Pitts. Ft. W.. & Ch. 3(.1 M 93 Cleve. & Pitts., 4th M... 75 Chic. & Alton. S. F. Inc. 97 Chic. & Altou,S. F. lst.M.lol Mil. & St. Paul Ist M... 94 Mil. & St. Paul 24 M... 83 Marietta &Gin. Ist M... 89/ Morris & Essex let M...10 1 i- Morris & Essex 2d M... 95- Jeilet & Chic. Ist Clii. & Gt. East'n Ian": N. Y. & N. H. 68 ..... 100 Dubuque &S. City,lst M 95 Peninsula Ist M B7 Ohio & Miss. Ist M 961 Ohio & Miss. Con Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D BO Atlantic & G. W. 2d M — Del., Lack., & W., 2d M.lOO Lake Shore Div. Bonds 85 Cleve, P. & sh. N. 8... Do. 0.13... Union Pacific Gold 8... 841. Central P.lllt. Gold 8... 94i PaCific RR. guar. by Mo. 97 In my note of the 21st of February, regarding the bonds of the Southern States, I was unable to furnish any infor mation about those of Louisiana, but, from data before me, I now compile the following:— "Louisiana 6s, old' and ' now,' must have the interest adjusted to the standard of January Ist and. July Ist. These bonds are dated for almost every month and day in the year, and are most mixed' of any of the Southern State bonds. "Louisiana Leveo 6s.—The interest on those bonds is payable in May and November, and there is no adjustment of interest. "Louisiana Levee 8s pay interest on January Ist and July Ist. J. D. S. "New York, 6, Wall-street, March 5, 1870." After alluding to the energetic steps taken by the Legi slature of SOuth Carolina in support of the credit of the State and the appreciation thereof by capitalists and in vestors, the Wall-street Journal thus remarks upon Ten nessee :—" The Funding Bill of the Tennessee Legisla ture has passed a second reading. The bill is important to all holders of Tennessee bonds, as it represents a com promise between the extreme parties. .It repudiates the payment of all principal and interest of the bonds above the actual prices paid for thorn. The ground taken by the people of Tennessee is, that out of the present debt, in round numbers $15,000,000, at least $23,000,000 have been created without the sanction or assent of the people of the State. This debt was created by the votes of about 40,000 out of 160,000 voters, and these 40,000 voters mostly pay ing no taxes. The compromise bill therefore proposing to pay only the sum for which the bonds were sold is con sidered liberal by the tax paying voters of Tennessee. FRENCH POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. In a recent circular of Messrs. Bowles Brothers and Co. it was remarked that "the rapid fall of the gold premium will further stimulate the increasing disposition of our people to travel abroad, and it is probable that the opening season will see the Con tinent flooded with American tourists." This is confirmed by our own T.dvices also by the actual ex perience of the steam lines, which are not only get ting all the berths engaged, but have been filling up with passengers even during the late inclement weather ; and the agencies announce, that a con siderable increase of travel both ways is expected during the ensuing summer, for which more exten sive arrangements have been made than heretofore. The Frencb Government appears to be so sure of reaping a harvest from American tourists that no steps are taken to meet American re quirements, and a curious instance of this is supplied in the circular to which we have alluded. The Paris banking firm therein announces the opening of a branch in the geographical centre of London, and well-chosen offices they certainly ap pear to be, opposite the Charing-cross station and hotel, between the post and telegraph offices, and within close reach of the Government offices, banks, clubs, and hotels. On.s of the reasons for establishing this is the difficulty in postal commu nication between the United States and the con tinent of Europe, which has been found to be so entrenched between official circumlocution that the Messrs. Bowles propose to circumvent if they cannot remove the:impediment. The design is in genious, being neither more nor less than the run ning of an opposition against the French Post-office. The principle upon which the French Ministers work is to extract as much money as possible from the pleasure-seeking American. Paris is a delight ful city, delights must be paid for, at least Paris delights; and one means of making a letter-re ceiving and newspaper-reading American pay is by taxing the carriage as heavily as possible. That tax,however, might be borne; but the service is ineffi ciently performed. It is cos ty when it is done well, and France desires to make money at both ends by cheap work at a dear rate. This is very natural on the part of the grand nation, but it is also na tural that Americans should rebel, though they bear the insolence and shortcomings of Govern ment officials much more patiently than their British cousins. That rebellion finds expression in the action of the banking-house and in its circular informing the American community of its course on the subject : " A practical examination of the question has proved that our London office will enable us to do this, by receiving all mail, telegraph, or other despatch matter, under the terms of the reduced tariffs between the United States and England. and forwarding the same to France, or other parts of the Continent, under theordinary Anglo-French tariffs. thus securing a saving of costs, without loss of time, since the re-expedition could be made in time to leave with the through mails from America. To illustrate: a letter of one half ounce, or 15 grammes, sent direct from America to France, pays by the present tariff 4 cents (20 centimes) in America, and, on delivery in France,.the double rate of 80 centimes (16 cents) for each 71 grammes (quarter ounce), making thus 1 franc 80 centimes (or 36 cents) in all. The same letter sent to our care in London, would pay the simple half ounce rate of 3d. (6 cents) ; plus, from London to Paris, 40 centimes (8 cents) per quarter ounce (71 grammes), or 1 franc 10 centimes (22 cen t s ) ; total postage to Paris, via London, a saving of 14 cents for each half-ounce letter, and vice versa for letters from France to the United States. A further gain of 2 cents (10 centimes) will be made as soon as the 3d. rate now in negotiation between France and England shall be adopted. In the same way, newspapers which have hitherto been sent to us in Paris as agents of the American press, for distribution on the Continent, will hereafter be distributed by us from London at a cost of ld. from the United States, and id. in remailing at London, or a sav ing of from one-half to two-thi r d s o f presen t cost. Multi plying this difference by the thousands of letters and papers which arrive and depart at least three times per week, we can judge of the economy resulting therefrom, to say nothing of the more frequent delivery. Lt is from these impositions, doubtless, small in themselves, but by their frequency rendered more vexatious, that our London office will serve as a shield, thus at the same time applying the principle that it is necessary to consider only the direct interest of the public." What the French postal authorities will say to this challenge, we know not ; but it looks very like an open declaration made in the face of the Imperial Government that a private firm has established the machinery for running an opposition against an Imperial monopoly. The French system will either be modified to meet the requirements of the Ame rican residents, or the opposition will be suppressed, though we cannot see bow, or all letters and papers from America for France will go through the banking-house of Messrs. Bowles Brothers and Co. Whatever may be the immediate result,such action always tends to ultimate good, and it certainly is the case that in view of the vast expenditure of Americans in France their wants and wishes should be more consulted by his Majesty's Government. It is not, however, on such grounds that a new Postal Treaty with the United States is urged ; but on those of liberality, of progress, and of mutual concession and good-will, all of which in the end pay, though short-sighted people who only grasp the immediate . present, may not perceive it. Mr. Cardwell has taken every care so to select members to serve on the Royal Commission on extra regulation prices, as to ensure for their proceedings the respect and confidence of military men as well as that of the public. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey has con sented to serve as chairman. The death is announced of the Rev. Charles Nourse Wodehouse, late canon of Norwich Cathedral, and rector of Lynn. The deceased gentleman, who was in his 80th year, was the second son of the Rev. Philip Wodehouse, prebendary oflkrwich brother of the first Baron Stit MONETARY REP ORTS.--SAT URDAY. The stock markets to-day have been generally quiet. Railways have been depressed, and there have been further heavy speculative sales of telegraph shares resulting in reduced quotations, Foreign bonds, however, have continued firm. Consols have been steady, at yesterday's quotations, viz., 93 to 9S for money, and 93a to 931 for the April account. Reduced and New Three per Cents. 91i to 92. Exchequer bills par to 4s. prem. India 5 per cents. have been done at 113 to 1131, and Indian Bonds at 20s. to 255. prem. Bank stock has marked 2371 ex div. for opening. For Colonial Government securities there has been but little inquiry ; nevertheless, prices have been unchanged. - - - The market for English railway stocks has beende pressed, and an almost general reduction has taken place in prices. Glasgow and South-Western has risen 1, and Metropolitan. ; but Metropolitan District, Midland, Birmingham, and Derby, and South-Eastern Deferred, have fallen 1; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, North-Eastern, York, and Shropshire Union, /; and Gre- Western, Midland, and South-Eastern, Injan Stocks have been quiet, and without change. Canadian Shares have been flat, and for foreign there has been very little inquiry. There has been a continuance of firmness in the market for foreign bonds. Peruvian have been in request, at a further enhancement of f. Portuguese have been I better, and a similar improvement has taken place in Spanish 1867, Spanish 1869 being -7 2 - per cent. higher. Egyptian have been firm, at the recent improvement. For American Securities there has been a moderate en quiry. The Five-Twenty 1882 bonds have risen it, but the Ten-Forty have fallen /-. Erie shares have receded f; but Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Mort gage bonds, Illinois Central shares, and Virginia bonds have been dealt in at an advance of /. British Mining shares have been depressed. A further reduction of / has taken place in Assheton, and Van shares have been 1 lower. In colonial and foreign mines Pacific have been rather weaker. For Bank shares the demand has been inactive, ana prices have been without quotable change. Telegraph shares have been dull, at a general decline. Great Northern, China, and Japan Extension have fallen ; Anglo-Mediterranean, British-Australian, British- Indian Extension, British-Indian Submarine, and China Submarine ; and Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta, and French Cable shares *. The Money market has been rather quieter. The de mand for accommodation has been less active ; but three months' paper has not been taken under 3 per cent, There have been no bullion operations at the Bank to-day. £41,000 has arrived from Auckland, in gold. The report of the Canada Company states that the amount of dividend paid to the shareholders in 1869 was £2 10s. per share, and a further sum of £2 was returned to the proprietors in repayment of capital. The sale of land did not equal that of the previous year. The average price obtained, however, was ss. sd. per acre higher than in 1868. In order to check the accumulation of arrears of rent, all leases under which no payment of rent has been made by the tenants for many years have been cancilled, and the company have thus resumed possession of 49,069 acres. The directors of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China recommend a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. The rumour that the old-established firm of Cotterill and Sons, of Throgmorton-street, was in difficulties, has been confirmed. The senior pattner, Mr. William Cot terill, who is underliabilities for from £lOO,OOO to £120,000, disappeared about a fortnight since. A judge's order at. tachment to the amount of £14,500 has been issued. MARKETS , -SATURDAY. LONDON •TRADE- REPORT, SATURDAY. —Market flat at 455. 6d. per Y C, spot and March ; June, 445. 9d. ; last three months, 455. 9d. per cwt. Linseed oil, 325. English brown rape, 425. 6d. to 425. 9d. LONDON COLONIAL MARKET, SATURDAY.--Little doing privately, and rates nominally unaltered. Sugar has sold at yes terday's prices. Jamaica, 325. 6d. to 355. ; crystallised Bective, 3Ss. to 41s. Tea has ruled s t ea dy, b u t quiet. No business of im portance, and coffee late rates being current for all qualities. Rice dull and unaltered. LONDON WOOL 31AliKET, SATuRDAY.—The public sales of colonial wool have been fixed to commence on the 7th inst. The arrivals to date amount to 118,000 bales, principally Australian. There has been very little animation in the market, but manu facturers hold small stocks, and a good demand is looked for ward to. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET, SATURDAY.—The supplies have been of moderate quality, but the demand has ruled fairly active, and prices have been supported, especially for Scotch rocks. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SATURDAY. —Although the supply was but short, the trade was without animation, and prices were with difficulty maintained :—Prime meadow hay, 755. to 82s. 6d. ; inferior ditto, 60s. to 70s. ; ro wen, 50s. to 655. ; prime clover, 110 s. to 1265. ; inferior ditto, 80s. to 955.; prime second-cut c l over, 1 00 s. to 1108. ; inferior ditto, 80s. to 90s. ; and straw, 265. to 30s. per load. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—Market quiet. Sales, 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 on speculation. Import of the day, 22,500 bales. CORK BUTTER MARKET, SATURDAY.—Ordinary firsts, 1355.; seconds, 130 s. ; thirds, 104 s. ; fourths, 795. ; fifths, 50s. : and sixths, not quoted ; 290 firkins in the market. Mild cured Firsts, 1398.; seconds, 1395. ; thirds, 117 s. ; 25 firkins in the market. HAVRE COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—Steady feeling in the market, and values well maintained. AMSTERDAM, SATURDAY.—Banta tin, 71k. PARIS, SATURDAY.—FIOUr, current month, 58'25 ; May-June, 58 . 25: Aurust. 57. ROYAL PROPERTY.—Three men have been charged at the Kingston Assizes with trespassing in pursuit of game upon Royal property at Egham, and with beating two of her Majesty's keepers. The witnesses were some uncertain as to the identity of the prisoners, who were accordingly acquitted. _ - - THE REVOLVER.—Two Irishinen, named Mannion and Doherty, have been committed for trial at Burslem for shooting and wounding two other men. A number of men were drinking in a beerhouse on Saturday night. The landlord offended Mannion by refusing to supply him with more beer. Upon this, Mannion drew a revolver, and fired four barrels, wounding the two men. Doherty assisted him to escape. THIRTY BURGLARIES IN Two MONTHS.—The Stockport magistrates have had before them one Joseph Smith, a native of Colton, who has committed no less than 30 burglaries in Stockport within the last two montns, and who has hitherto baffled the utmost vigilance of the police. Having ascertained that he lived in a cellar in a notorious street in the town, the police effected his cap ture, but the -prisoner's wife, however, hearing of the arrest, dispatated a large box by rail to Halshaw Moor, near Bolton. It was followed, and contained watches, plate, drapery, grocery, in addition to a large quantity of stolen property found at his house. He was committe d for trial to the Quarter Sessions, but expressed a desire to be sent before a judge at the assizes. 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WHITCHURCH—ARNOLD—On the 24th inst., at Great Bar ford Cburch, Bedfordshire, Nathaniel Whitchurch, Esq., of Melton Mowbray, to Anne Fanny, only child of the late John ArnolJ, Esq., of Great Barford House, and 135, Al deragate-street. DEATHS. HALL—On the 25th Inst., at Leamington, Colonel Thomas Hall, of Killean, aged 81. PARSONS—On the 26th inst., at 45, Russell-square, Joh n AL Parsons, Esq., aged 71. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAU ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, NO. 112, strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex,. Monday, Hargis 96, 1870.