The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-03 00:00:00

THE MORDAUNT APPEAL CASE Yesterday the Lord Chief Baron, Lord Penzance, and Mr. Justice Keating—the judges who tried the appeal ea se " Mordaunt v. Morclaunt"— delivered their judg ments. The question was whether the insanity of ac l 3 , Mordaunt is a permanent bar to the progress of the divorce suit which has been commenced by the husband, Sir Charles Mordaunt. Mr. Justice Keating first read his judgment, as follows : This • is an appeal against an order made by the Judge rdinary on the Bth of March, 1870, directing " that no further proceedings be taken in this suit unt il Lad y Mordaunt recovers her mental capacity, and that the Petitioner be at liberty to apply to the court whenever he is able, to affirm the respondent's recovery." It appears that 't h e Petitioner, Sir Charles Mordaunt, on the 30th April 1869 filed his petition in this court for a divorce, on the ground of the alleged adultery of the respondent with the c° "relPondent, and that the petition and citatio n were unly served upon the respondent. Citations were also ser ved up on th e co-respondents, who appeased and filed t heir answers, denying the alleged adultery. An appli cation was afterwards, on the 9th May, 1869, made on behalf of the respondent to stay the proceedings, on the g'round of her mental incapacity, and to extend the time for entering an appearance, and filing an answer on her be half. The judge ordinary therefore, on affidavits, ordered that the respondent's father should appear as guardian ad /item, and allege the insanity. The guardian accord ingly appeared, and pleaded the insanity of the respo ndent f ormally. The petitioner took issue on the plea, and that Issue was tried before a special jury, who found that the respondent was at the date of the service of the citation i n a state of mental derangement, which rendered her wholly unfit and unable to answer the petition or duly instruct an attorney for her defence, and that she had ever since remained, and then still remained so, unfit anl unable. T he Judge Ordinary afterwards, and upon the under standing of both parties that the question should be sub mitted to the full court, made the order appealed from, and the . question is whether that order should be rescinded or varied ! , or in other words, whether proceedings Upon a charge of adultery with a view to a divorce can or ought to be continued against a respondent who at the Commencement of the suit was, and still is, wholly !Inable and unfit, through mental incapacity, to defend herself so long as that mental incapacity continues ; a n d r • am of opinion that the order made ought not to be rescinded or varied. If this were a criminal proceeding, IT a proceeding in pceriam, properly so called, of course, there could be no doubt upon the subject. Mental inca 'aelty not only excuses the commission of what othe rwise would be crime, but is a bar at every stage to an y pro ceeding on the part of the Crown in respect of it. It . excuses the act charged as crime, because the essence 9f crime is the mens rea, which could not exist in such a case, and it is a bar to crimina l p roceedin g s, in c onsequenceof want of • capacity on the part of the ac cusedV to understand the change, or m ake a defence to it. OW, it is true, that by the law of En g land adulter y is not the subject of indictment, and therefore cannot, With strict technical accuracy, be termed a crime ; yet the ch arge, both in its nature and consequences, much r esembles a criminal charge. Indeed, Mr. Emlym, those l earn ing and ability are vouched by 'lr• Hargrave in his preface to the second e dition of State Trials," expresses an opinion that It was indictable by ourdaws, and cites authorities for his °Pinion. By the law of France it is punishable as a • criminal offence, and we have the authority of Lo rd Holt in the case referred to (Galyard and Rigault) that it is considered as such in the spiritual courts. In divorce pro ceedings in the House of Lord also it appears to be so t reated. The nature of the offence charged seems to me to distin guish the proceedings in divorce essentially from those • merely of a civil.' character, in which the object is the reco very of debt or damages for an injury to person or p ro p ert y . proceedings for a divorce, although the co nse q uences , 11 the party charged, and found guilty are certainly not the same as in misdemeanour, yet in the case of a wife respondent they are so incalculably more terrible than fine and imprisonment, that (as argued by Mr. Archibald) ' t seems contrary to all sense of natural justice that . a woman should be convicted of adultery involving a change in her personal status that by a judgment in rem without the fullest opportunity of making her d efence. By analogy, therefore, to those principles w hich have been established in the administration of criminal justice in this country, it seems to me that the proceeding for a divorce from cause of adultery, although not strictly a criminal proceeding, is a least a Proceeding quasi in poenam, and ought to afford similar Protection to parties accused. But by far the most cogent reasons for supporting the present order a re in any opinion to be found in the provisions of the statute itself upon which the jurisdiction of the court is founded, and in order to appreciate their effect it is neces -BarY to bear in mind that before the passing of the statute ° and 21 Vic., cap. 83 , by the law of Eng land marriage, when lawfully contracted , was an indissoluble contract. Unlike all other civil contracts it could neither be put an end to by mutual consent nor by act or operation of law. The husband whose wife had Proved unfaithful might, indeed, go into the spiritual c ourt, and, upon proof of adultery, without fault on his Part, obtain a divorce a mend et thoro, and also bring an action for damages against the adulterer ; but the marriage contract remained undissolved, nor could the Parties during their joint lives marry again, unless by special interference of the Legislature. In that state of t hings the statute 20th and 21st Victoria, 0. 85, was Passed, which for the first time gave to a court of law the Power to dissolve a lawful marriage, but only Btth 4n0d.0, and subject to certain conditions. Here the learned judge recapitulated some of the Principal sections of the Act. That Act and another Illore recent one enables any person to present a petition for dissolution of marriage, but the court must be satisfied that there is no collusion between the parties, that the Petitioner has not condoned the adultery, that the peti tioner has not himself or herself committed adultery, that there be no unreasonable delay in presenting the petition, and that the petitioner has not separated from the other Party, or deserted him or her wit hout reasonable cause, &c. Now, continued the judge, it app ears, to me t o b e impossible to apply these provisions of the statute in the manner contemplated by the Legislature in a case where one of the parties is insane. The court cannot pronounce a. decree of divorce unless satisfied after inquiry which it is bound to make that none of the statutable impediments exist. Yet if the existence of those impediments, or of most of them is Pbculiarly and often exclusively within the knowledge of the parties themselves, how, then, can it Tpe suppnsed that the Legislature contemplated such a suit pro ceeding daring the insanity of one of the parties to it? Take the case of a petitioner. Is a petition for a divorce to be presented or prosecuted on behalf of a lunatic with a view to alter his or her personal status, without his or her consent ? Who can say that such a proceeding, if it could be taken, would necessarily be for his or her benefit, or would be approved of upon recovery ? A proceeding for a judicial separation stands upon a totally different ground. It is temporary in its effects, and always contemplates the possibility of reunion, and there certainly is authority for such a decree being made in the petition of the committal of a lunatic Woodgate v. Taylor." The decision also seems to have been present to the minds of the Lords Justices in making their order for proceedings. But whatever may have been the case with reference to a Petitioner, yet in the case of a respon dent, although pro ceedings for judicial separation are not fenced round with all the statutable conditions applicable to cases of divorce there is no instance to be found in which a decree for even • a judicial separation has been made against a lunatic re spondent ; and there seems to be an additional objection to making such a decree in the fact, 'by a recent statute he or she is made a competent witness, and has the right t° give evidence in disproof of the charge of adultery. It !F,3 not difficult to suppose many cases where su s p icion of the gravest kind, resulting from conversations or letters, or entries, might be dispelled by a few words of ex p lanation, Which could only be given by the absent lunatic, or where atota party y y different complexion might be put upon facts ap parently of a highly criminating character by the e vidence of the charged. Ido not wish to attach undue im- Portance to the fact that charge or counter-charge is either by statute or rule to be made upon the oaths of the parties respectively, as perhaps the Court could in furtherance of justice relax the strin gency of requirements ; but such a provision in the statute ; 1 1 the case of a petition tends at least to shew the Legis lature contemplated the parties being in a state of sanity. Neither does it seem to me that the argument urged at the bar that as the court could pronounce a decree of divorce against a party not served with the citation, so it might do in the case of a lunatic, avails much to the case of the apellant. When such adecree 48 made the court is satisfied either that the tarty has gone away to avoid service or ma y ave had notice, by means of advertisements or other wise directed to be given, whereas in the case of an insane Person the court knows that the party had not and c ould not have had notice, and cannot pos siblyinb, defend himself or herself against the charge. The question arose before the late Sir Cresswell Cress well in 9 the case of Bawden v. Bawden, on a p etition for a divorce und er the present Act, and that eminent judge, lifter taldng time to consider, gave judgment that t uo proceedings should - be stayed. In my judg ment, that case was rightly decided. The order Zl 4 made stays the proceedings unti l the peti ii:'oner, who haothe custody of the respondent , can assert er recovery. • Meanwhile he is in the same position as be would have been in before the passing of the statute. The fa cts of this case are not before us, but should it upon these facts, i n cons equence of any peculiar ha rdshi p , be `Leelnecl one fit for legislation, of course there is nothing to prevent it. In my opinion, the order of the Judge ' Z di mi n se arY ed was right, and the appeal against it ought to be Lord Penzance, the Judge Ordinary , then proceeded to 1 deliver his judgment. The law d il not p ermit a m arriage l to be dissolved against a husband unless if a h%l been guilty of adultery an d cruelt y ; and wife committed adultery, and it was proved that the husband had deserted his wife, or had not proceeded with his suit w ithi n a reasonable time, then the court ' did not ordina r ily i n terfere between the parties. Mar riage was not an ordinary contract, and there was no lunatic between it and an ordinary point of law. No .i n atle petitioner could take proceedings to dissolve is marriage, and why, then, should a sane one proceed against an insane wife, the case would, if such were per- Initted, only be a one-sided interpretation, and a wife in her then condition could not explain away matters, which she could do if she was in a proper state of mind. His Lordship c onc l u d e d by expressing his opinion that the order originally made should be affirmed, but if it wa:,s th e intention of the petitioner to appeal against this decision in the House of Lords, then he would hear any argameAt as to whether the order might be varied. The Lord Chief 'Baron held that the order of the cou made in this case ought to be rescinded or varied. If tln were not so, grievous wrong, for which there was no remedy, might be inflicted on a husband will() was tied to an adulterous wife. The interests of a lunatic respondent, in his view would be sufficiently secured by the appointment of a guardian ad litem, according to the ordinary practice of the courts. In the case of Hancock v. Hancock, a wife had brought a suit against her husband for nullity of marriage'on the ground of her insanity at the time of its being contracted, and in this case the interests of the parties were as deeply involved as they were in that now under consideration. The true question was whether the court had any power to stop the suit, once commenced, except upon final judgment on all the matters laid before it ; and he held that there was no such power. In ordinary cases the suit was not stopped, but set aside upon some overruling consideration, and to stop a suit in the way proposed ap peared to him to be an usurpation of powers beyond the ' competence of the court. The statute gave no such powers to stay a suit by reason of insanity in any of the parties, but, on the contrary, directed the court to pron ounce a decree of dissolution of marriage when it was satisfied upon the evidence that the facts alleged had been proved. His lordship referred to several of the sections in support .of this view, and explained their provisions at length. If the making of the order contravened the provisions . of the Act of Parliament, it was unnecessary to consider the analogies drawn from the practice in criminal proceedings, but he must still declare his opinion that that there was really no such analogy between a criminal proceeding and a suit for divorce. In civil cases, again, insanity was no defence or bar to proceeeding in an action ; and there was an instance in which Lord Eldon issued a commission of bankruptcy, which partook both of a civil and criminal nature, against an insane person after an act of fraudulent bankruptcy. That the respondent's status might be affected was no real objection. In the present case the gravest charges were brought against. two co-respondents, charges which might be fatal to domestic happinness in the case of a married co-respondent. Upon what ground was a co respondent to be refused his right to insist upon giving eyidence of the falsity of the charges brought against him? Again, if the principle of the order was to be adopted as sound, the case of a lunatic husband who was made respondent in such an action must be in cluded. In such a case charges of adultery might be brought against a woman which there would be no opportunity of effectually rebutting if the suit were to be stayed, and under the imputation of which she might remain during her lifetime. Upon all these grounds, he was of opinion that the order could not be sustained. The majority of the court, as will we seen, were for upholding the order; the result is that the divorce suit cannot be proceeded with. A LETTER FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES, A French paper publishes a letter purporting to be ad dressed by the Prince of Wales to the Duke of Eclinburctl in India. We do not vouch for the authenticity, but there is nothing in the letter to lead to the suspicion that it is otherwise than genuine. It is such a letter as his Royal Highness might very well have written to his wandering brother, and it gossips gaily about " Alex " and " Bertibus" (whom we know as Prince Albert Victor), and " Thyra," the Princess Alexandra's youngest sister, about whom and the Duke of Edinburgh a romance seems to be weaving. Of the much talked-of Mordaunt case, the Prince writes as follows, (we must premise that this is a re-translation back from the French to the English) : "The Mordaunt affair has occasioned us a good deal of annoyance as you may suppose, but as I had done nothing for which I need blush, I thought I ought not to be gagged. La mere expressed a wish that my name should not appear in : that. affair, but Mordaunt would not agree and I was not sorry after all, because all sorts of ru mours were afloat, which I had a good deal of trouble to draw from Harris (an equerry of the prince). I told Gladstone that I wished to be called as witness when the case was tried ; he consulted the other Ministers, and went several times to Windsor. In the end it was settled that we should take the public into our confidence. It was not very pleasant for me to , appear in a court of law, but after all the thing went off better than I hoped, for Penzance was cautious as were the lawyers. I told all the truth, remembering wh a t Hatherley said to me once, Be brief, and go direct to the point.' Naturally the papers attacked me, and the Times gave me a lecture. But lam getting-used to this sort of thing, and if it pleases the papers they are welcome. Alex does not like it, but she cannot suggest any cure for it. If I hunt or shoot, I am called empty-headed, and if I exercise the least influence in public affairs, I am told I have no right to do so yet. I am constantly reminded of the example of our poor father, as if my posi tion were the same as his. I ought not to do this or that. I ought to do always as he did. I ask myself whether other people are always thinking; of their fathers, long since dead ? I know more than one y oung man who seems to have forgotten he ever had one. As for me, though, our poor father has been dead these nine years, I am always to be sitting in ashes and honouring his memory ! . Really, it is a little too strong, and I, as well as Alex, am beginning to get tired of it. You often say to me that you would like to change places with me, but you would soon regret it, my good fellow, if we could get our friends—and our enemies—at West minster to sanction the little arrangement. I can assure you that very often when I am passing in the railway by the comfortable houses of the bourgeoisie in the suburbs, and see how happy they look, I think they need not envy me. Neither need you, because as Thyra says— ' Alfred is too good to be king.' You missed being so one day, and George hastened to go where you feared to reign. Poor George I" Speaking of a possible visit to Ireland, the writer says : " I would willingly spend a summer or an autumn in Ireland if it would do any good. If any of the Irish want to assassinate me, why don't they try to do so in London, instead of waiting till Igo there ? I don't mean to say I want to be shot at, far from it ; but now-a-dayb there are many things we must put aside. I am getting somewhat tired of the life I lead here, and should be glad to make friends in Ireland. lam told the Irish make the best soldiers in the world. Do they make good sailors ? What do you say ? Childers sa3, s no, and he ought to be a judge. I hope you will be back in July, and if we are then in England we shall reckon on having you at Sandringham. " The house is nearly finished, and will be really fine. Alex sends you her love, and Bertibus too. He is growing somewhat impudent, and I think seriously in calling the Usher of the Black Rod ; but you may be sure that if the execution does take place it will be inside the walls. Joking apart he is a good little fellow, who grows wonderfully like the other young chickens. But I know that you bachelors cannot sympathise with the father of five bairns. Alex says, Ah, bachelors are always selfish,' and I agree with her ; but Thyra will not allow a word to be said against your class. Naturally you pay little heed to what Thyra says, and you will excuse the simplicity of a ' gentle creature of seventeen summers.' She is growing more beautiful than ever, but she resembles Dagmar more than Alex Pleasant. voyage to you, and take care of yourself, old 'ellow. —Your affectionate brother; " BERTIE." MR. ROYD'S MISADVENTURE ON THE ALPS. " A Traveller " supplies some further particulars of the accident by which Mr. Royds, son of the well-known banker of Rochdale, recently lost his life near Lugano, as previously reported. Mr. Royds, it appears, arrived at the Hotel du Parc with his uncle. Mr. Smith, and others of his family, on the evening of Wednesday, the 25th ult., and set out for Monte Salvatore,a,ccompanied by a sister and a cousin. The long-continued hot weather had made the grass very slippery, and the ill-fated young man missed his footing, fell over the perpendicular precipices of the mountain, and was killed, probably instan taneously. The poor young ladies, heartbroken, spent some hours, with utmost peril to themselves, in searching for his body. When found one of the two remained on the mountain to keep watch over the corpse, while the other returned to Lugano for assistance. It was far in the night before the sorrow-stricken girl reached the hotel, and about 1 a.m. a large body of men with lanterns, and ac companied by a doctor, started for the scene of the acci dent. They relieved the solitary guardian of her agonis ing midnight watch, and conveyed Mr. Royd's remains to the hotel. The relatives were stunned with the sudden ness of the calamity. WOLVES IN FRANCE.—It is now nearly two cen turies since wolves were exterminated in Great Britain — the last was killed in Scotland by Sir Evan Cameron in 1680—and it seems curious to an English reader to find a French country gentleman at an agricultural meeting taking the trouble to discws the best means of getting rid of a beast of prey which in these islands is as little likely to • trouble our farmers as the mastodon or the megalosaurus. At the Congres Lainier at Dijon, however, a week or two ago, the Comte d'Esterno' called the attention of the meeting to the depredations of wolves in Burgundy, and urged his hearers not only to wage a war of extermination against the wolves themselves, but to do all in their power to get rid of the louvetiers— i.e., the officers who are supposed to organise 'wolf-hunts, &c., and who are named by the Government in all departments where wolves abound. Tflese gentlemen the Comte d'Esterno accused of being no more real enemies of the wolves or anxious for their extermina tion than are the masters of hounds for the total destruc tion of foxes in England. Not only do they take good care—in order to insure a run and to avoid all danger of " chopping" the wolves in their lairs—to sound the horn (and a sportsman's horn is something like a horn in France) when approaching a, wolf covert, but they even offer a reward for litters of young wolves and turn them down in the woods—just like young cubs. At present a reward of 15f. is given to whoever destroys a she-wolf, 12f. for a wolf, and 6f. for a wolf-cub. M. d'Esterno considers that these prices are not high enough, and proposes a reward of 200 f. (28) for whoever shall kill a full-grown wolf. We do not know what influence the lieutenants de louveterie, or, as they are also called, louvetiers (M. Paul de Cassagnac styles himself a " louvetier de l'Empire ") enjoyin the provinces, and how they will receive Comte d'Esterno's proposition to'clo away with the animal that shews sport to them and their packs, but we should like to see the man who would be bold enough to set a reward of £8 ,on foxes' heads in Leicestershire. — Pall Mall Gazette. To. 80, epson of the bee❑ Wm. kept is -At . trd the )owder u into to the o❑ be" edbead - i n last .:cusedl g your .o; I have le-end, i nlets. d-class utts at Lie visi and he triers in house edhead Ie said .lotho9 ,itl tlio It) 1)0' the do goile ) nipple rib ou. , k,rt alld ied in t' bat °I3 iuty a 5d hea d lle ?,, said en too he wzt° Mn bin). .I foun d No. B °l broug h bolo `2l time of 1. T he shot hie I ; it ig ,urn the ,d lied to prove )f ITO LI ; part °` 11110 at irn©d cad 101 he t "' A V Iy, 0 ," ag ol n iveY° itrong l i ' close* nd the by wag icity jo 'rola vitt wed ig be° raid °°, 1 by O r* Pareel ° be S till , v arde 8 an 3 tftllll • 'og othe r 00 the ad the': t bel°l4' four °t na b° a go °n. e tbiligi stat iop 't )OX tbb a s. 10, the c k ) W irj • Dub 10, Deie f t l3 o alf)v , „ . ` to siS° C°V O re 01 ite ho fle d xl. o f off 6ct ,pOlO THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1870 LATEST INTELLIGENC (BY ELECTRIC :TELEGRAPIL) FRANCE. JUNE 2. A review has been held at Longchamps by the Emperor. The Empress and the Prince Imperial were present. The Minister of the Interior, in reply to M. Jules Simon, stated in the Corps Legislatif that the Medical Committee of the Assistance Publique had declared vac cination to be the only cure for small-pox. The disease is said to be de . creasing in severity. M. Picard in the Electeur Libre says that the arrange ments between the Moderate:and Republican party in the Left are not concluded. The Bourse has been firm. The Bank of France return is as follows for the week : Increase. Francs. 14,600,000 5,800,000 Notes ... ... Cash in hand Advances ... 500,000 Decrease, Treasury balance Private accounts Bills discounted 5,200,000 2,333,000 100,000 SPAIN. The Cortes approves the establishment of the Civil Marriage Registry. Several amendments have been pre sented to the bill for the election of a king. Marshal Espartero, according to the Iniparcial will maintain his refusal of the Crown. An arrangement has been made by which a cable willbe laid from Corunna, to the south of England, within a twelvemonth. ITALY. FLORENCE, June 2. No more fears are entertained in Calabria of an increase of brigandage. The Filadelphia band have dispersed. Ten of Nathan's followers are still in the mountains pur sued by the troops. The frontier garrisons have been strengthened, and the Swiss gendarmes watch the Swiss frontier. The (.pinione of yesterday censures the Swiss Government for not con fining the refugees to the interior. MILAN, June 2. Sixty persons, several students being among them, have been seen in the north of Como. THE ROMAN COUNCIL. PARIS, June 2. According to the intelligence which is published in the Memorial Diplamatique the (Ecumenical Council will be pro rogued from the first of July to the fifteenth of October. The dogma of Infallibility will be proclaimed on the Feet of St. Peter. AMERICA. NEW YORK, June 2. The Federal troops fired upon a party of Fenians at Williamstown, New York. Some were wounded. The present tariff has been strongly denounced by the Democratic State Convention of Ohio, and the Govern ment policy has been condemned. (REpTEWS TELEGRAM.) The following appeared in our Special Edition of yester• day evening;— MANIFESTO IN SPAIN. MADRID, June 1 (E vening. ) The partisans of Marshal Espartero have published a manifesto calling on the country to elect him King, and strongly opposing the maintenance of the present Regency. In to-day's sitting of the Cortes an animated de bate took place on the subject of establishing civil registers. THE DISTURBANCES IN ITALY. FLORENCE, June 1 (Evening). In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, the debate on the Army Estimates and the proposed reduc tions commenced. The House rejected, by 181 against 124 votes, a proposal of Senor Cavroli of the Left, which was opposed by the Government and by the General Financial Committee, to suspend the discussion of the 3d clause of the Ministerial bill. OUTBREAK OF OHOLERA IN INDIA. ALLAHABAD, June 1. The Pioneer reports an alarming outbreak of cholera at Rewah. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) ALARM. OF FENIANS RISING PRECAUTIONS AGAINST GREEK FIRE. The Western Mwning News of this day (Friday) reports that, in consequence of information received by the authorities, special precautions are being taken at Devon port and Keyham Dockyards against a Fenian attack, or the effects of Greek fire. Sandbags and casks of soda and water have been placed in charge of officers at various points, and steam launches cruise in the harbour all night. THE PRINCE CONSORT'S STATUE, CAMBRIDGE At a congregation held yesterday at Cambridge the fol lowing grace was passed ; that the Vice-Chancellor Dr. Cartmell, master of Christ's College, Dr. Worsley, master of Downing College , Dr. Selwyn, the Lady Margaret Professor, Dr. Campion, Dr. Paget, A. Long, M.A., o f King's College, W. G. Clark, M.A., of Trinity College, W. M. Gunson, M.A., of Christ's College, W. B. Pike, M.A., of Downing College, and A. A. Vansittart, M.A., of Trinity College, be appointed a syndicate, to consider the best site for the statue of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and to report thereon to the Senate before the end of the present term. THE KIDSUROVE BOILER EXPLOSION. The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the twelve men killed at Kidsgrove was held yesterday. Mr. Longridge, engineer of the Steam Boiler Assurance Company sa id that conclusive evidence as to the cause of the explosion was given in the central flue, the plates of which must originally have been too weak. One plate produced had been nearly corroded through, and over a consider able surface of the flue the thickness of the plate did not exceed a quarter of an inch. The corrosion he attributed to acids. The jury found as their verdict " That the deaths were caused by the accidental explo sion of a boiler the flues of which were originally too weak for the work it had to do." They recommended strongly that in future the boiler should be periodically inspected by a competent scientific man. THE MURDER AT WAKEFIELD. The inqueston the body of the woman found in a back yard at Wakefield on Wednesday morning with her throat cut was resumed yesterday. It was proved that Johnson, the man in custody, was in the company of the deceased at an early hour on Wednesday morning, and had been driven from her several times by various policemen. When last seen together the two were staggering about one of the streets of the town in a drunken state. A few hours after the body of the murdered woman was found Johnson pledged two shirts at different pawnshops, and and in different names. Both of these were damp, and had been, apparently, recently washed. Stains of blood were discovered on each shirt, and also upon his jacket. The woman Welsh , wh o is also in custody, was in, Johnson's company at one of the pawnshops, and was heard to ask him if there were any marks on one of the shirts. The inquest was adjourned to next Tuesday. - A report from the island of Lewis states that up to Wednesday the catch of herrings showed a deficiency of 3,000 trans as compared with the catch of last year up to the same date. • At the Liverpool Police-court, yesterday, two women were charged with attacking an American gentle man named Larwill, on Wednesday evening, and robbing him of £7OO. The prisoners were remanded. The Kildare police have arrested a man near Ennis killen, who answers the description of the one who com mitted an outrageous assault on a child some time since, in Glasgow, from the effects of which she died.—The man who stabbed his wife the other night has been committed for trial on the charge of murdering the infant born during the struggle with his elder victim , w ho is reported to have since died. ' • The Western Morning News of this day (Friday) comments on the fact, that although shipwrights and joiners have been discharged from Devonport dockyard, on superan nuation at the rate of half a gang a week, many of them being of the most efficient and experienced workmen of the service, there have been no eorresponding discharges of leading men or petty officers of which there is one to each gang, many of whom, therefore, are now supervisors with- . out anything to supervise. The treatment of the officers : throughout the whole series .of discharges has presented a marked difference to the treatment of ordinary workmen. 4 qPRTING INTELLIGENCE, EPSOM RACES—THURSDAY. The Ebbishan Stakes of 5 sous each. About half a mile. Mr T. E. Case's Pericle s, b y Newminster—Peri, 6 yrs, 9st (X 6O ) (J. Adams) ,1 Mr J. u. Stuart's Retty, 5 yrs, Bst 11Ib (£6O) (Goater) 2 Lord Vivian's Alma Mater, 2 yrs, bat 21b (£6O) (Jewitt) 3 Hierapolis, Peasant Girl, Vibration, Sunflower, Nellie Grey, Voucher, Mousey, and Agate also ran. Pericles made all the running, and won by a length, The Glasgow Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap). Seven furlongs, Mr Spencer's Rattlepate, by Rattle—dam by Stockwell•-•• Rosalie, 3 yrs, 6st 3lb (W. Gray) 1 Mr T V Morgan's Titbit, 3 yrs, 7si, 51b (Hunt) 2 Mr Beverley's Flyaway Jack, 3 yrs, 7st 101b...(Maidtaent) 3 The following also ran : —Tornado, Masaniello, Chilworth, Reflection, Agnes, and Nudity. Won by a length, - a length. and a half dividing the second and third. The High Level Handicap of 200 sow. About one mile and a half. Mr J. Smith's Paganini, by King of Kent—Melody 5 yrs, Bst (Heraud) 1 Count Batthyany's Thor, 4 yrs, bat 101 b (in 51b ex) • - (F. Webb) 2 Sir C. Legard's Border Knight, 4, yrs, Bst 121 b (Custance) 3 Fitz-Ivan, Curio, and Ironstone also ran. Won by a neck. The Two-Year-Old Stakes of 10 cove each. Half a mile. Baron _Rothschild's f by King Tom—Starlight, Bst 71b (Fordham) f w.o. Count F. de Lagrange's Turquoise, Bst 71b . (Parry) f Mr Harold's Balquhidar, Bst 101 b ................. 3 The following also ran :—Olotilde f, The Penguin, and Alma Mater. A fine race, ending in a dead heat. The stakes were divided, and the Starlight filly walked over The Tadworth Stakes of 5 sous each. About three-quar ters of a mile: _ Mr Chaplin's f by Marionette -Tamara, 2 yrs 6st 111 b (car 7st) ... Prince Soltykoff's Star Thistle, 2 yrs, 6st 111 b ...(Jewitt) 2 Mr I. Wookott's Feronia, 2 yrs, 6st 111 b (Wilson) 3 Y. Philippe, br to Vex, Filou, Anticipation c, Antwerp, Pluck o, and Uriel also ran. Won by a head ; a like distance between the second and third. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; about two miles and • a quarter. Mr. Hodgman's Cauldron, by Newminster—Hecate, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Parry) 1 Mr Savile's Lady Blanche f, 3 yrs, 7st 10113...(Maidment) 2 Mr Brayley's Roxana, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Heraud) 3 Arkadi also ran. Won easily by a neck. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. OAKS. 5 to 4 on Hester (taken). 4 1 agst Sunshine (offered). 4 1 Pate (offered). ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. Hopbine, Gertrude, Miss Sharp, Hester, Lizzie Cowl, Squib, Gamos, Manifesto, Lady Blanobe filly (3 yrs), Viper, Chillingharn, and GlAdness. SCRATCHINGS Lady of Lyons and all Baron Rothschild's horses out o he Oaks. LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END. THURSDAY, Midnight. THE OAKS. 5 to 4 on Hester (taken) 3 to 1 agst Sunshine (taken) sto 1 agst Pate (taken freely) 100 to 7 agst Gamos (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Gertrude (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Performer (taken and offered) N E WCAS TLE-UP 01 Acceptances for the Northul Age st lb Kidderminster Argyle 4 8 8 Lord Hawthorn 4 8 6 Diyosotis Mysotis Fleets 4 7 8 Aperaantus 4 7 4 Cap-a-pie. Wild Flower 4 7 3 The Bobby. 8 7 2 Hawkhead :, 8 7 1 Kennington TYNE MEETING. lberland Plate. Two miles. Age et lb Exciseman 3 6 10 Fuzee Jarnac Newsman 3 6 7 -Halnaby Geoffery 3 6 6 Five per Cent. Lingerer 3 2 Silverband - 1 Lackland 3 6- 1 3 6 . 1 Irregularity HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. May 27, at 9 a.m., Oratava and Cottenham, out of al engagements. May 27, at 9 a.m., The Little Drum, out of the Epsom Derby, Ascot Triennial, North of England Biennial, and Great Yorkshire Stakes at York, and the Doncaster St Leger. May 27, at 0 30 p.m., Shilling a Dozen, out of the Ben tinck Plate, Epsom. May 27, at 1 23 p.m., Thesaurus out of the Stanley Stakes at Epsom. May 27, at 2 40 p.m., Fiz, out of the Stanley Stakes at Epsoin. May 27, after 11 p.m., Bridgwater, out of Epsom Derby. May 28, at 3 p.m., Baroness, out of Epsom engagements. May 30, at 9 a.m., Talavera, Albuera, Westley, Hawkhead, Sea Captain, Glengarry, Exciseman, 'Emote, Eskadale, Painkiller, Barford, and Moorlands, out of the Epsom Derby. May 30, at 9 a.m., Fragrance, out of the Epsom Oaks avid Ascot engagements, 1870. May 30, at 9 a.m., Lady Studley, Caradoc, King Offs, Miss Ellis, O x ygen Medora, and Miss Barrington , o ut of E p som sgagements, 'lB7O. May 30, at 9 a.m., Snorter, Absolution, Hebe, Greta filly, Hop-picker filly, Lady Mary, Harebell filly, Two by Honors, Rosalie, and Invicta, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 9 a.m., Lady Heron, out of the Woodcote, Acorn, and Stanley Stakes at Epsom. May 30, at 1112 a.m.,A1l Baron Rothschild's horses, out of the Epsom Derby. May 30, at Mahonia, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 1112 a.m., Norfolk, out of the Wood-cote Stakes at Epsom. May 30, at 11. 30 a.m., Constable, Theodoros, Alaric, Chancellier, Annexion, Arziane,Bellone, and Fille do l'Orne, out of Epsom engagements, 1870. May 30, at 0 12 p.m., Golden Horn, Fearlfinder, Thor nettle, Gnome King and Milo, out of the Epsom Derby. May 30, 'at 012 p .m., 0 Sapienta, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 0 40 p.m., Sir Robert, out of High Level Handicap, at Epsom. May 30, at 040 p.m., Tourist, out of the High Level Handicap, and the Derby, at Epsom. May 30, at 1 8 p.m., Gaylass colt, St George, and Catgut (dead), out of the Epsom Derby. May 30, at 1 p.m., Slippers, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 1 8 p.m., Sylva and Mont Blanc, out of the High Level Handicap, at Epsom. May 30, at 1 8 p.m., all Lord Wilton's Two yrs old , ou t of Epsom engage mets. May 30, at 2 35 p m., Colonel Ryan, Marquis of Steyne, Lady Atholstone, and Hinton, out of Epsom engagements. May 30, at 2 85 p.m., All homes in Mr (3 JOllO3'S name, and Braemar , nut of the Epsom Derby. May 30, at 2 35 p.m. Stockhausen, Cestus, and Philos, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 3 45 p.m., The Boy and Five per Cent., out of Epsom Derby. May 30, at 3 45 p.m, Fast Day and Forget-me-Not, out of Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 345 p.m., The Boy out of the High Level Handicap at Epsom. May 30, at 345 p.m., Forget-me- Not, out of the Grand Prize at Paris. May 30, at 356 p.m., South Hatch, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 3 56 p.m., Lair d of S cotland and Anarch y , out of the Town and Bentinck Plates at Epsom. May 3 1 ), at 3 b 6 p m., Althorp, out of Woodcote Stakes at Epsom. M a y 30, at 4 20 p.m., all Mr G. Hilton's horses, out of the Epsom Derby and Oaks. May 30, at 5 45 p.m , c by Oxford, out of Miss Living stone, and f by Rapparee, out of Annie, out of Epsom en gagements, 1870. May 31, at 9 a.m., Play and Stanley, out of the Epsom Derby. day 31, at 9 a.m., Thundercloud, out of the High Level Handicap at Epsom. May 31, at 9 a.m., Sweet Sound, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 31, at 11 15 a.m., all Mr Ray's horses, out of their Epsom engagements. May 31, at 11 15 a.m., Green Riband, out of the Grand Prize at Paris. May 31, at 2 20 p.m., Astolfo, out of the Epsom Derby. May 31, at 233 p.m.. Fuzee, out of the Epsom Derby, and Northumberland Plate at Newcastle. May 31, at 4 18 p.m., Disfranchise, out of Two Yrs Old Stakes at Epsom. • May 31, at 433 p.m., Ptarmigan, out of the Epsom Derby. May 81, at 4 89 p.m, Sunshine and Sunlight, out of the Epsom Derby. June 1, at 9 a.m., r unease and La Calonne, out of the Epsom Oaks. June 1, at 9 a.m., Baron Cavendish, out of the Epsom Derby. The objection against Elul/lower, the winner of the Han dicap Plate at Chester, has been, overruled. THE JOCKEY CLUB COMMITTEE.—Lord Caltherpe has iven notice that at the next meetin g of the committee he will propose thr following resolution :--" That, should the recommendations of this committee be approved of by the general meeting of the Jockey Club, they shall remain in force, certainly for not less than three years, as it is evident that the interests of the turf are most materially suffering from a state of uncertainty, and from anticipated changes with respect to two-years old racing." CoLouss or BIDEES.—Mr Bingham, blue and white dia monds ; Mr H. May (altered to), Orange, black belt. The following name has been given :—Mr W. Fletcher's b f by Lord of the Isles —Uigelboche, 3 yrs, Lady Hilda. A veterinary certificate, signed by Mr. Charles Turner, of Croydon, M.R.C.V.S., of the age of the chestnut mare Astrolabe, by Allez-y-gaiement, aged, has been lodged at Messrs. Weatherby's. A horseshoe manufactory in course of erection at Glasslough, the property of Colonel Leslie, M.P., was demolished on Tuesday night. At Taunton a lad named Powell, performing at a circus, fell from a trapeze, and pitching on' his head was killed instantaneously. He was about fourteen years of age. CRICKET. THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE v. QUIDNUNC'S. This match was commenced yesterday at Lord's." The following is the score of the day's play. The match will not be concluded. THE BRIGADE. • Ist Innings. C. B. Rowley, Esq., b Brune W. Kenyon-Slaney, b Brune W. H. Walrond, Esq., b Percy ... ......... . C. F. Buller, Esq., 1 b w, b Brune 36 Hon. E. B. Acheson, hit w b Brune 1 Hon. E. Boscawen, hit w b Brune 2l Lieut.-Colonel Parnell c Brune, b Percy lO Captain G. Hardy,• c Tabor, b Percy ... Lieut.-Colonel Beresford, run out Viscount Downe, b Brune..... 1 Hon. W. Trefusis, not out . . 0 B 20, 1 b 4, w 4 Total 2d Innings. C. B. Rowley, Esq., not out W. Kenyon-Blaney, Esq., o and b Brune 0 W. H. Walrond, Esq., c and b Brune Lieut.-Colonel Parnell, c Ethic b Brune . Lieut.-Oolonel Beresford. b -Brune 0 lion. Trefusis Ibw, b Brune ..... Total QUIDNUNCS. Ist Innings. G. H. Tuck, Esq., c and b Buller F. R. Edric, Esq., c Walrond, b Hardy C. E. Green, Esq., c Buller , b Hard y 54 R. D. Balfour, Esq., c Acheson, b Buller ll Hon. S. G. Lyttelton, b Walro nd lB R. Forster, Esq., b Hardy .. C. J. Brune, Esq., a Beresford, b Walrond 0 F. B. Turner, Esq., b Walron d lO Hon. A. Percy, b Buller R. M. Tabor, Esq., c Acheson, b Hardy 0 J. H. Roupoll, Esq., not out 19 B 12,1 b 5 0 w2 Total • 139 Umpires—Flanagan and Pratt. MATCH FOR THIS DAY, AT CHARLEYFORD, HERTS. M. C. C. and G. v. The County of Herts (return match). CHARGE OF ADMINISTERING , A NOXIOUS DRUG TO A FEMALE. Mr Woolrych resumed an important investigation yes terday at the Thames Police-court arising out of a very serious charge made against William Harding, aged 59, of administering a noxious drug to a married woman named Isabella Tuson, better known as Miss George, of the Alhambra Theatre and Music Hall, Shoreditch, with intent, &c. The unfortunate woman a few days since gaffe birth to a child at her dwelling, No. 28, John-street, Stepney, and died immediately afterwards. The child was prematurely born dead. The evidence only went to show the sudden illness and death of the unfortunate woman, and that the prisoner had visited her several times shortly before her death, and that in her dying agony she took his hand, pressed it, and put it cm her chest. A large quantity of brandy was administered to the deceased on the day she expired. The prisoner, when she was dying, said, "You have loft it too late; you should have sent to me before." When the poor creature died he said he should return, and left the house, He never called afterwards. He was seen in the Alhambra Theatre while "Miss George" was per forming. The deceased had been long separated from her husband. John Cook, a detective of the K division, appre hended the prisoner inWindsor-terrace,City-road, on Tuesday night. The prisoner was described as a retir3d medical prac titioner. Ho told him the charge, and he said nothing in reply. Evidence was given of the ♦isits of the deceased to the pri soner at his house and to his visiting her at her dwelling ; and that the deceased said to a Mrs Mitchell, after one of her visits to the prisoner, in allusion to her pregnancy, " Oh, it will be stopped ;" and it is believed she was then taking some deleterious drug. Miss Laura Stevens, whose profes sional nom de guerre is Madame Lorenzya, said she was a performer at the Alhambra, and deposed to the visits of the prisoner to the deceased. Mr Stoddart, solicitor for the pri soner, maintained there was not a tittle of evidence to im plicate the prisoner in any immorality or criminality what, ever. Gook, the detective, produced three powders ho found in the room where the woman died, and a Dr Mahoney, who saw the body after death, thought there was something suspicious in them. Mr Woolrych: That amounts to nothing at all. MONETA THURSDAY. Steadiness has been the feature of the Stock Exchange t o -day. A healthy inquiry has been experienced for both railway stocks and foreigh bonds, and a general advance has ensued. Consols have been firm at 92j, to 93 ex div. for delivery, and 931 to 93 ex div. 'tor July. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 92 to 92.4. Ex chequer Bills, par, to ss. prem. Bank Stock has . marked 234, 236. India Five per Cents 113.1, 114, mid Indi Bonds 20s. to 255. prem. The tone of the market for English railway stocks was very firm. Metropolitan recove red g from yesterday's depression, whilst Metropolitan district shews a rise of 1-1. London and Brighton has risen il, London and North Western *, and Midland *, but Caledonian and Great Northern A are each I better. ' , lndia stocks have been quiet, but firm. Canadian shares have been flat. Great Western at one time fell to 14 7 , but subsequently recovered to 151,- shewing a de cline on the .lay of Foreign shares have been and without important movement. The market for foreign bonds has been steady. Turk ish Five per Cents. have been in request, and at W shqw a rise of Spanish 1867, at 32 to 32*, •and ditto 1869, at 31i to 31, are each better. Egyptian 1868 have improved to a similar extent, or to 84. Japan scrip has been more freely dealt in, and has further recovered being quoted at 1 dis to par. Argentine 1868 have been lower. The new Spanish Loan is quoted at 3k, 4k prem. American securities have been quiet, but prices have shewn no quotable change. Bank shares have been dealt in quietly, but pi ‘ ices ave • ruled firm. Union of London ha ve marked 40,t ; Lon h don and Westminster, 602, and London and County, sn. For telegraph shares there has been only a moderate demand, but the movements have been unimportant. Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta , 91, and French Cables 15g. Telegraph Construction shares have been flat, and lower, at 32k, 322. In Miscellaneous Securities the transactions have been limited, and the movements have been unimportant. The European Bank have made a call of £3 per share. The sum of £25,000 has been sent inte the Bank to-day. The Clearing House return for the week ending June 1 shews a total of '285,372,0000.gain5t £70,678,000 for the corresponding period last year. At a meeting of the Atlant ic Telegraph Conipany the report was adopted, and a dividend of £1 Bs. , per cent. was declared on the preference stock, and 15s. per cent. on the original stock. The return of the Bank of England shews the following results when compared with the previous week :—An In crease of circulation, £239,550 ; increase of public deposits, £516,202 ; increase of other deposits, £285,982 ; increase of other securities, £919,230 ; increase of bullion, £87,494; a decreaseof rest of £35,010; a decrease of reserve of £120,591. The circulation (including 'hank post bills) is now £23,423,417 ; public deposits amount to £10,065,809; and private deposits to £16,310,297. The securities held represent £23,462,200 ; and the stock of bullion is £20,494,392. The rest stands at £3,097,069. • ND alteration has been made in, the Gfficiai:Minimum to-day, which therefore remains at .3 per Cent. The supply of capital in the discount market, has been tolerably good to-day. The demand for accommodation has not been active, and Three Months' Paper' has been negotiated at 21 per cent. At a meeting of the European Assurance Society it was shewn that the premiums on the new life and guarantee policies of the year amounted to £27,592. The gross amount received in pre miums was £311,873, sheaving a falling off in the premium income of about £26,000. Recently, however, a large number of policies which had lapsed after the pro ceedings in chancery, have been reinstated. The gross revenue from all sources has been £330,898, and the life and guarantee claims, including bonuses, have been £255,072. The life and guarantee claims outstand ing at the end of 1869 were upwards of £20,000 less than at the corresponding, perind; of 1868. The expenditure has been £72,282, but it is stated that a considerable proportion of this belongs to previous years, and also to expenses and special pay ments which will not occur in future. The annual saving in the chief office alone is now £12,000, and it is expected that the future general expenditure will shew a reduction of about £28,000 per annum. The foll Owing is from the Great Western of Canada Railway : " Information has been received from Canada to the effect that a company has been organised to construct a rival line to the Great Western Railway Of Canada, and that the necessary deposit has been lodged with the province of Ontario. The directors of the Great Western railway desired to intimate that this cdmpanY has Legis lative power to construct a line under more advantageous circumstances, to cover the same territory, in alliance with the Michigan Central Railroad. This question was discussed at the recent meeting of shareholders, and a special meeting will be at once called, at which, from the facts then to be submitted, authority will be sought to proceed forthwith with its conetruction as a,.100p to the main line. , LONDON STOCK EXCHA.NGE-THURSDAY. LATEST PRICES ---AFT: 'ER OFFICIAL HOURS. Brazilian, 1865, 5 p c 911 921 Egyptian, 1868, 7 p c 821 82 Do. Rail. Deben., 7 p c 10111021 Italian, 1861, 5 per cent 59 59. Peruvian, 1865, 5 per cent 891 901 Portuguese, 1869, 3p c 34 341 Russian, 1866, 5 p c 931 941 Do. Nicolas, 4 per cent 6Bl 69 Spanish, 1867, 3percent 32 321 Do., 1869, 3 per cent Turkish, 1854, 6 per cent 87 89 Do., 1865, 5 per cent 521 52f Do., 1865, 6 per cent 74 741 U. S. 5-20 Bonds, 6pc 1882 894 894 Do~ 1865 Do., 10-40 13onds, spc 1904 861 861 Erie Wm, 108 dole,. all pd. 181 182 South-Eastern 80m.,8ar.,&01.1nd.g.5 pc 10711081 East India guar. 5 p 0 Grand Trunk of Canada 15 151 I Do. Ist Preference Bonds 68 69 Great Indian Pen. g, 5 108/1091xd Great Western of Canada 15 151 Madras g. 5 pc ...1 Scinde, Delhi, do. Scinde, Punjaub, do lO7 103 Dutch Rhenish 251 26 Eastern At Frlynce, 23 241 Great Luxembourg l4i 141 Northern of Frange 0 ttom. (Eimyrn e. to Aldin) 71 7 Recife and San Friincisco 16 161 San Paulo (L.) guar. 7p c 201 21 S. Aus. & Lom. Vpnetn. BANK OF ENGLAIsiII RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday , June 1, 1870. ISSUE DEP ARTMENT. Notes Issued Govenamt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 • Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £34,540,685 £34,540,685 BANKING DJPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. • • Accounts 10,065,809 Other Deposits.. 16,310,297 Seven Days and other Bills -- £44,436,402 Governint. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... 412,976.001 Other Securities 18,979,199 Notes 11,527,495 Gold and Silver Coin £44,436,402 THE MARKETS. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS, THURSDAY .— There has been a fair inquiry for sugar , and prices have ruled firm. Fine coffee has sold steadily, at full prices, but other qualities have gone off irregularly. Tea has been dull and unaltered. Rice has been steady. --- • • • METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THIIRsDAy.-An in creased supply of beasts has been on sale here to-day. ♦ fair amount of animation has been noticed in the inquiry, at about late rates. As regards sheep, the receipts have been good. The trade has been quiet, on former terms. Lambs have sold at pre vious quotations. Calves have been quiet. Beasts have sold at from 3s. 4d. to 58. 2d.; sheep, 3s. 2d. to Os. 4d.; lambs, 7s. to 7s. Bd.; calves, 3s. 10d. to ss. Bd. per 81b. to sink the offal- Beasts, 1,500; sheep and lambs, 14,250 ; calves, 672. Foreign : Beasts, 450 ; sheep and lambs, 3,100 ; and calves, 550. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, THURS DAY.--There was only a fair supply of hay and clover on sale at to-day's market ; the trade was firm, and prices ruled consi derably higher. Straw, the supply of which was moderate, ex perienced a slow sale, at previous quotations. Prime meadow hay, 85s. to 955. ; inferior ditto, 70s. to 808. ; prime clover, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 105 s. ; prime second-cut clover, 1108. to 120 s. ; inferior ditto, 85s. to 955. ; and straw, 20s. to 28s. per load. LONDON METAL MARKET, THURSDAY-Scotch pig iron has been firm at 595. 7}4. cash. Tin has been steady at full quota tations. Cgpper quio. - - - - - LONDON OIL MARKET,. THURpAY.--Linseed oil has been dull at 31s. 6d. buyers, spot. Rape has been firm. English brown, spot, 435. 6d. to 435. 9d. LONDON TRADE REPORT, TIIIIRSDAY.—TaIIow has been steady. Y. C., spot, 45s ; month, 455. ; last three months, 465. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—Market qui& 60s. to 595. cash accepted ; closing sellers, 595. 9d.; buyers, a shade less. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.—At this market to-day there was an ordinary supply of cattle, and many of them were of good quality. The demand was dullish, but no alteration can be quoted from last week's prices. Beef, top current, from 705.: secondary, 665. to 68s. ; middling and inferior, 555. to 655. Of sheep and lambs there was a fair supply and generally of good quality. All kinds in demand at prices similar to last Week's quotations. Mutton—whitefaced, top current, Sid. to 10d. per lb. ; secondary, Rd. to 9d. per lb. ; black faced, top, 94d. to 10d. per lb. ; secondary, 8i to 9d. per lb ; clipped, Bd. per lb. Lamb—top, SOs. to 345. each ; secondary, 209. to 265. each. At the close a good clearance of all kinds was effected. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.—The Market opened quiet, at about yesterday's quotations. Sales probably 10,000 bales. BRADFORD WOOLLEN MARKET, THURSDAY.—The atti tude of persons engaged in the wool trade, whether buyers or sellers, is one of waiting the result of the new clip. Little new wool has yet come to hand, and the parcels that have been bought are mostly some exceptionally choice clips, which have been bought dear, but are no criterion of the prices that may bye and bye obtain. In the meantime consumers buy as little as possible, and sellersrefuse to take less till they shall see at what rates they can replace. The best descriptions of Yorkshire, Notting hamshire, and Leicestershire wools are most in favour. Theworsted yarn trade is active for home consumtion, but the export demand continues very flat. The offers of merchants are below what spinners can accept without loss. Some few transactions occurred in twofold, both warp and weft ; but the single yarn trade is almost stagnant. The home consumption relieves the production, and prices are thus maintained. Fair orders• for piece goods have been placed, not only by home merchants, but for the Continent and America. Alpaca lustres and mohairsare most in favour, and at advancing rates. BRISTOL CORN MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—There was a short supply of English wheat at this market to-day, for which farmers asked 2s. per qr. advance, but only is. was realised on this as well as foreign, both of which met with a quiet trade. Barley was in fair request, at last week's prices. oats 3d. to 6d. per qr. dearer. BRISTOL CA,TTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.—At this market there was a short supply of beef to-day, which was all sold. The demand was good. Best descriptions realised 745. per cwt.; secondaxy, 655. to 68s. per cwt.; inferior, 60s. per cwt. The store cattle' trade was better, the demand being pretty good. There was a good supply of mutton. Top price, 7id. to Bd. per lb. Lamb a good supply, the general price being 9d. per lb. The store sheep trade was much better ; a good demand. BIRMINGHAM IRON TRADE, THURSDAY.—There was a good attendance of ironmasters on 'Change to-day. Although the demanp is not yet specially active, the trade is characterised by a more confident and hopeful feeling than for some time past. Except in a few instances, there has been no actual advance in prices ; but orders are coming in pretty freely, and the trade generally appears to be in a safe and healthy condition. The large makers, who are the first to get the benefit of an improved trade, just as they are the first to suffer from a general reverse, are in good spirits, tneir works being kept pretty busy. In pig-iron the market is steady ; and in finished, especially sheets and' plates, there is considerable activity. To-morrow, Messrs. Rose, of the Albert Works, Moxley, begin a new furnace, which is to have all the modern appliances for economising fuel and augmenting heat. . Other new furnaces will follow in this and other parts of the ' Black Country, a fact which in itself is significant of the improve ment in trade, GOVItitN/AENT Three per Cent Consols 92i 93 xd Do. for Account 931 931xd Three ver Cent Rdod 921 92i New 3 per Cent Exchequer Bills,March, par spm Do., June Bank Stock India 5 per Cents Cau.6pcJau.Br,JulYlB77- 84 10741081 Do. 5 per cent do. 99 100 Domin. of Can. 5p c 1903 974 981 New S. W. 5p c 1871-76 102 103 New Zealand 6 p c 1891 ll2 114 Do. 5 per cent 99 100 Do. 5p c Consolidated Queensland 5p c 1882 Victoria 6p c Jan.& July 11511161 Do. 5 u a do. 104 104 1 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B3 85 Caledonian 74} 745 Great Eastern Great Northern Do. A Great Western 745 745 Lancashire St Yorzshire L. B. and South Coast Lon. Chat., and Dover Lou. and North-Western 13051305 Lon. and South-Western 91; 92; Man., Shef., and Lincoln 535 54 Metropolitan 685 68 Midland 130513 North British 37f 3 North-Eastern Consols Do. Leeds — Do. York — - BANKING COMPANIES. a Agra Bank (L) A ll 11 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 42 spm • Alliance (Limited) l5 15} 20 Lon . Cnar . of Austrila, 24} 25} Anglo-Austrian —.• 1618 pm 20 London and County 50 51 Anglo-Egyptu (Lim) 241 25} 15 Londo a Joint-Stock.. 35} 36} British B orth•Amrcn 54 56 20 Lndn & Wstminstr.. 64 65 Ch.of India,Australia 16} 1 7} ' 10 Metropolitan ' B2 9} Char. Mero. of India 30 31 20 Midland (Limited) ..1 die, par City Colonial Consialidated (Linitd) Ipm 25 17nion of Australia.. 46 47 Eng., Scot., & Aust. 0 17/ 18} 15 Union of London .. 40 41 Imperial (Liinited) l9 19} :FANIb:S. Great Northern .... 11 Indo-European (Lmtd) 14 18 Med. Extension (L).. 5 61 Soo. Trans. France (L) 151 1511 W. India & Panama 7 7i TELL() ltArit Pd 10 100 3 10 7 Anglo - American (L) 16 17 Atlantic British Ind. Ex. (L) t3l 7 British Indn Sub. (14 8 81 Fal. Gibraltar, &c. (L) 9 9 AIISCEI.I.ANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd 10 Berlin Waterworks (L) 141 15 27 Canada Company 78 80 I 0 Ceylon ComPany (L) 4 3 dis 20 Colonial ld's. fpm 10 1 Cred. Foncier of B (L) 21 2A 100 Crystal Palace 13Fore•ht Warehouse (L) 41 5 pm 71IGen. Creel: & Dsot 1 A pm 14Gen. Stria Navigation 29 31 45 Hooper's Tel. Works ll A dis Pd 511. Rbhr, G P Tel. Wks. 43} 441 100 Intr. Financial (L} 111* dia 5 Mdras Irrigton g. 5 p c 104 106 5 National Discount (L) 121 122 50 Ocean Marine 20 Piiinslr & Omtl Stan. 44 45 Telegraph Constrctu 32* 324 St Tobacco 6p oLu, Gua. 5 by Italian Gyrnmnt 91 93 Trust & Lu of IJ Onda 1 pm MINING SHARE LIST.—JuNt 2, Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS, Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Coruhill, London. Market moderately active. East Grenville, Grenville, West Panty Go, East Lovell, and Rosewall Hill in demand. Pacific and New Lovell flatter. Assheton, Australian United, 3. 31 Bwlch Consols, 31, Bronfloyd, Chiverton Moor, 5, 51 Chiverton Valley, Cook's Kitchen, 17, 18 Chontalea (Gold), Drakewalls, 11, 11 Don Pedro North Dtel Rey, 31, 31 East Bassett, East Caradon. 41, 41 East Lovell, 33. 34. East Wheal Grenville, 21, 21 Frontino and Bolivia (Gold), 188: • 205 General. Brazilian, Great Laxey 181, 19 • Great Retallack, Great Wheal Vor, 101, 11 Marke Valley, €4, 7 New Lovell, 21, 3 North Crofty, North Treakerby, Pacific, 81, 81 Prince of Vales, 15s, 17s Providence Mines, 381 391 Rosewall Hill and Ransome United 11, 14 South Condurrow, Tankerville, 181, 184 Tincroft Tan-yr-Ant, Taquaril (Gold). Trumpet Consols, Van, 75, 80 Van Console, 4, 41 West Chiverton, 53, 55 x d West Frances, West Maria and Foitescue, 24, 31 West Drakowslll3,: West Caradon, West Tankervi4e, West Panty Go, 19s, 21s Wheal Agar, ' Wheal Crebor, Wheal Grenville, 2/, 21 Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 61, 71 Wheal Mary Ann, Wheal Seton, 23, 25 D UNV I LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended by the medical profession in prerert nce to French brandy. Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations op application to Messrs DITNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.€ an in spneh years 3, ustial drunk ,cUS O3 *