The Sun. — London, England, 1870-07-15 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTDERAY. The anticipated peaceful solution of the Franco- Prussian difficulty, by the withdrawal of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern from the candidature of the Spanish throne, appears to have been quite premature, judging from the advices from Berlin to-day. War is now con sidered almost a certainity, and in, consequence, a panic has again prevailed, prices receding to their former low level. The value of all descriptions of securities has been injuriously affected, the depreciation in the leading foreign speculative bonds being very severe, and amounting, on the average, to about 2i per cent. Railway stocks have, also participated in the general heaviness. As regards consols, the tone of the market has been a sure indication of the suspense in which all parties are at present held. At one time the price fell to 94, but it has since recovered to 91 1 1 to 92* for the August account, and 91/ to 92, shewing a decline on the day of per cent. Reduced azd New Three per Cents., 91, 92 ; Exchequer bills, is. to 6s. prem ; Bank stock, 233, 235 ; n India Five per Cents. ei, ; and India bonds 20s. to 255. prem. The foreign bond market has been in a most excited state, and the whole of yesterday's recovery has been lost. Italian (1861) are now quoted at 50, 51; Spanish (1867) 25, 26 ; ditto (1864), at 25 to 25-i ; Turkish Five per Cents. at 43, 43i ; and Egyptian Seven per Cents., at 78 to 79. The market for English railway stocks has been very unsettled, and further adverse movements have taken place. Metropolitan is quoted at 69 4 , 70 , E ; Great Eastern, 38k, 39i ; Midland, 129/, 130 ; North-Western, 1281 129 ; Great Western, 70k, 71, and North-Eastern, 1441, 145. For Innian railway stocks there has been but little inquiry. Nevertheless prices have been maintained. Canadian shares have been dealt in quietly, In foreign shares the business doing has been only moderate. Lombards have fallen 1. In Bank shares the business doing has been limited, and-the fluctuations in prices have been trifling. Imperial Ottoman have been done at 3i prem. ; and London and County at 501. Telegraph shares have commanded but little attention. Falmouth have been * better. Telegraph Construction shares have been quiet, and * easier, at 254 to 26*. In miscellaneous securities the transactions have been restricted, at about late rates. The return of the Bank of England shews the following results when compared with the previous week :—An in crease in circulation of £30,707 ; a decrease in public deposits of £1,148,237; a decrease in other deposits of £2,243,159 ; an increase in Government securities of £5,003 ; a decrease in other securities of £2,880,538 ; a decrease in bullion of £444,315; an increase in rest of £39,839; a decrease in reserve of £442,360. The circulation, including bank post bills, is now £24,353,213 ; public deposits amount to £5,938,213; and private deposits to £18,731,634. The securities held re present £21,373,475, and the stock of bullion is £21,004,268. The rest figures for £3,355,208. The report of the National Discount Company, to be presented on the 20th inst., shews that the gross profit for the half-year has been £110,251, and that after providing for the current expenditure, &c., and reserving £93,959 for rebate of interest on bills not due, there remains, with the balance of £2,264 brought forward from last account, £66,327, out of which it is proposed to distribute £63,830 in the payment of a dividend at the rate of 16 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, and to carry forward the balance of £2,497 to the next account. The sum of £131,000 has been sent into the Bank to day. The Nyanza, from Alexandria, has brought £443,500 in Australian gold. The Oneida, from the Brazils, has arrived at Lisbon, with £19,296 in specie. The directors of the Metropolitan Bank recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The dividend of the Midland Bank will be 6 per cent. for the half-year. The steamers which left New York yesterday for Europe took £145,000 in specie. An increased amount of animation has been noticed in the demand for money. There has been a good supply of capital, but the inquiry has been stimulated by the Stock Exchange settlement, and the rate fo'r negotiating three months' paper has risen to 2k, 3 per cent. A failure of a jobber in the Stock Exchange has been announced to-day, and other inabilities to meet engage ments are also rumoured. The traffic returns of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for the week ending July 10, shews an increase of £1,326 on the corresponding week of last year ; Great Western, increase of £3,312 ; Caledonian, increase of £2,567 ; Bristol and Exeter, increase of £556 ; Great Eastern, increase of £3,416: Great Northern, increase of £5BB ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, decrease of £932. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-THURSDAY. FROM THE OFFICIAL LIST. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Ce l nt Consols 911 921 Brazilian 9ol, , 1865, 5p c .... 90 92 921, 1 Do for Account 921, 1,1, 1 79, 81, 9/ Three per Cent Reduced 92 921 Do Rail Deben 7 p • • 97 99 921, 1 981 New 3 per Cent 94 531, 501 Exchequer Bills , March Is, 6spm Peruvian, 1865, 5p c .... 87 8 9 Do, June is, 6s pm 891, 9 Bank Stock 2341, 34 30 India 5 per Cents llOlllll Russian, 1866, 5p c 111 93 India Bonds 2os, 25spm Do Nicolas 4p c . Can 6pc Jan&JulylB77-84 10311041 681 1 Do March & Sept. 105 106 Spanish, 1867, 3pc Do 5p c Jan & July .. 951 961 271, 1, 61, 51, 6 1 951 Do, 1869. 3 p c Do Inscribed Stock .. 95 97 271. 61, 51. 6 1 Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 971 98) Turkish. 1854, 6p c B5 87 Ceylon 6 p c May and 88 November 1878 lOB 109 Do, 1865, 5p o Mauritius 6 p c Jan and 441, 5,4, 51, 41 x d July 1873 lOl 103 Do, 1865, 6p e New S Wales 5 p clB7l-76 100 101 671 New Zealand 6p c 1891.. 109 111 U.S. 5-20 Bonds, 6p c 1882 871 871 Do 5 p c 99 mai 89, 71, 81, 71 Do 5p c Consolidated 9011001 Do do 1885 87 871 991, 1001, 991 Do 10-40 Buds, 5p c 1904 86 87 Do 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 111 113 Erie Sha, 100 dole, all paid 161 171 Do June & Dec 1891 109 111 171, 1 Vict 6p c Jan &July 1891 112 113 Illinois Central Shares.. 11011111 DoApril & Oct 1833-85 lll 112 112, 111 111 1, 1 Atlantic and G W R Con Vict 5 p 1011 c Jan & July 1894. 101 102 Mortgage Bonds 25 27 77 79 50 52 93 94 68i 691 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Exeter B6 88 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian 78 Do 3rd Pref Stock Great Eastern 3Bl 39/ Grand Trunk of Canada Great Northern 1221, 1214 Great Indian Pen g 5 p 0 10611074 Do A 132 133 107 1324, 1314 Great Western of Canada 151 151 Great Western 7Ol 71 Do 6p c Bonds. 1873.. 99 101 71. 701 Do 51 do, 1877-8 97 99 Lancashire & Yorkshire 133 131 Do 5p c pref, issued 80 34 pm 134 Madras guar 5 p c Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 391 401 1061 40 N. Railway of Canada, Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 141 151 6p c Ist Pref Bonds Lon and North-Western 1281129 Oude and Rohilkund g 1281, 1275, 1284, 1 5 p c Lou and South-Western -90 31 1051, 1 90, 91, 901 Scinde, Punjaub, and Man, Shef, and Lincoln 501 511 Delhi guar 5p c 511, 504 1045 Metropolitan 691, 5, 70/ g 7 p c Midland 1291130 1 84. 4 1299, 129, 130/, 129 Belgian E Junction —.. 2 21 North British North-Eastern Consols 1441145 Dunaburg and Witepak 18 19 1451, 144 Dutch-Rhenish 23 24 South-Eastern 75 76 Eastern of France 23 24 754 Great Luxembourg Atlantic and St Lawmen 79 81 135 Bombay, Baroda, and Lemberg Czernowitz gua Central India, g 5 p c.. 10511061 7p c l6/ 165 Buff & Lake Huron Pref 5 6 161 Do 51 p c Bonds, 1872-3 - 4 80 83 Northern of France Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p c East Indian, g 5 p c 111 164, 4 Grand Trunk Canada Do Equip Mort Buds, 1 South Austn & Lom-Ven charge 6p 0 Do 2nd do Scrip Do Ist Pref Bonds 641 16 17 24i 251 BANKING COMPANIES. P P d d 10 Agra Bank (L) A loi 11 10Imperial Ottoman.... 331 pm 10:1 Char m 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 19, 20 50 , 1 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 24 24 1 : 15 London, Joint-Stock 331,341. 50 British N American 53 55 20 Lou and Westmnster 61 63 20 Ch of India, Austrlia Di 17 10 Metropolitan 0 9 25 Char Mere of India 29 30 20 Midland (L) 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) •-. • ,1, IPm 421, i 20 Eng, Scot, and Auso 175 184 25 Union of Australia.. 43 45 20 Imperial tL) TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. Pd Pd 340 Anglo-American L) 80 85 10 Great Northern .... 11 lli 10 Anglo - Meditrn (L) l4/ 14; 6 Great N. China, a n d 100 Atlantic ll 13 Japan Extension.. 321 ills 100 Do 8p c 3 British Australn (L).. 3231 dis 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 10 British Ind Exten (L) 6 61 and Malta (L) ... • 6 7 10 British Indian Sub- 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 52 61 marine (L) 8 8. Reuter's 2 ,China Submarine (L) 3 3ldis 20 Soc Trans France (L) 14/ 151 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, " 100 Submarine, .' : - 240.254 and Malta (1.) . .... 8i 0} 1 Do Scrip ;. ..2* ;'2''. `3 - e, 10 Windia& Panama(L) 6 7. MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. - - Anglo-Austrian And- - 315 London Fin Assoc (L) 18 17dis holders' Certificates 11 21 4 Lon Gen Omnibus .... 21 2 10 BerlinWatsrworks(L) 141 15 28 30 Bolckow-Vaughan(L) 35 45pm 2 Lon & Prov Marine (L) 1/ pm 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 100 •Madras Irrig & Canal, p c Sterling Loan 88 90 * gsp c by Ind Gov. 102 103 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 212/pm 2 Mauritius Land (L)..1 dis, par 27 Canada Company.... 77 80 5 Natnl Disct Comp (L) 111 111 10 Ceylon Company (L) 41 31 dis 21 N Zealand Loan and • 35 City Offices (L) .... 241 231 dis Mere Agency IL) .. 11 pm 20 Colonial (L) 5 Corn Union Assurnce 21 2/ pm Trust (L) 10 Crdt Fonc of Eng (L) 21 28 61 N Britsh and Mere (L) 28 30 21 5 OceanMarinelnsur 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do Pref 100 Do 6p c Perp Deb lO9 114 50 Rhymney Iron 271 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 9 8 die 15 Do New 9l 101 19i, 8 60 Royal Mail Steam 100 Egyp 9 p cV'roy Loan, 20 Tel Con and Main (L) 258 268 guar by Egyp Gov.. 95 98 26, I, 258 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L)5l 61 pm 2 Thames and Mersey 1911 Marine Insur (L) 10 Fgn and Colonial Gov St Tobacco 6 p c Loan, Trust 6p c Bonds.. 98 100 guar by Italian Gov. 85 89 71 Gen Credt & Disct (L) 1 Ipm 5 Trust and Loan Co of 14 Gen Stm Navigation 29 31 Upper Canada 7 Hooper's Tel Works 2113 dis 5 U Marine, Lvpool(l) 6162 lan 20 Hudson's Bay 13, 12/ 6 United Dis Corprn (L) 11 1 did 45Indrbbr, Gut Per, and 5 Univ Marine lnsur IL' 551 pm Tel Works (L) . 20 InternlFinan Soc)h) 1/ Adis 79 It Irrig (Can Cavour) 31 4,pm Mortgage Loan.... 77 80 100 Do 6p c Bonds, re- 12 Warrant Finance.... 9 7 dis deemallie 1870 . MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, THURSDAY.—The atten dance at this market to-day was small. There was a short sup ply of English wheat, for which higher prices were demanded, but not generally obtained. Barley was unaltered. Oats were only a retail sale. Peas and beans were firm. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY —About an average supply of beasts has been on sale, the general quality of which has been indifferent. Prime breeds have been scarce, and in request, at full prices, but for other qualities the demand has been inactive. As regards sheep the supply has been good. The trade has been rather quiet, but prices have been maintained. Lambs have sold slowly, and there has not been much inquiry for calves. Beasts have sold at from 3s. to ss. 4d. ; sheep, 3s. to 58.4 d. ; lambs, 6s. 6d. to Os. Bd. ; calves, 3s. 10c1. to ss. 6d. ; and pigs, 4s. 6d. to ss. Bd. per 8 lbs. to sink the offal. Total supplies :—Beasts, 1,127 ; sheep and lambs, 15,670 ; calves, 600 ; and pigs, 130. Foreign—Beasts, 331 ; sheep and lambs, 3,640; calves, 442 ; and pigs, 110. BRISTOL CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY.—There was a good supply of beef to-day, prime quality selling at 725. ; secondary, at 665. to 68s. ; inferior, at 60s. to 635. Lamb and mutton were also furnished in a good supply. The trade, however, was hardly so good. Mutton sold at 74d., lamb at fild. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY. —The supply of cattle at this market to-day was considerably short to that of last week, both as regards number and quality. The demand was dullish, and last week's prices were fully maintained. Beef, top current, 745. to 755. per cwt.; secondary, 725. to 735. per cwt.; middling and inferior, 665. to 655. An ordinary supply of sheep and lambs, about two-thirds of which were of a secondary and middling quality. Top sorts were in demand, at prices rather lower. Inferior quality was dull and unsaleable. Prices — mutton, top current, Bd. to 81d. per lb. ' • secondary, 71d. to 7/d. per lb. ; middling and inferio r , 6d . t o 7d. per lb. Lambs, top, 255. to 28s. each ; secondary, 20s. to 235. each ; middling and inferior, 12s. to 16s. each. At the c l ose a c l earan ce could not be effected. MANCHESTER COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.—In conse quence of a more peaceful aspect of Continental politics, this market was not so depressed to-day. There is less irregularity in prices. Buyers still act with much caution, and there is only a very small business to report. Prices are nominally the same as on Friday, and the stnall sales that have.been effected have been at the lowest prices yet accepted. There is little confi dence in the maintenance of the present values. Piece buyers hold off. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—This market opened steady to-day, The Sales will probably reach 10,000 bales. Second report.—This market closed steady to-day. The sales reached 10,000 bales. 7,000 American bales sold at Bd. to lOid. 500 Pernambuco bales, sold at Rd to 10d. 100 Maran ham bales, 114 d. to llid. 500 Egyptian bales, 111 d. to 13id. 1,900 Surat bales, 51d. to 9d. Imports, 10,702 bales. LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET, THURSDAY.— In consequence of war being considered imminent, the markets have become very unsettled. The business doing has been limited, and the, quotations are nominal. Sugar has been quiet. Penang has been bought in at 205., and Zebu at 19s. 6d. to 20s. Coffee has been steady in value, but demand has not been active The metal market has been quiet, but the value of iron, tin, and copper has been maintained. Oils are unaltered in price, with a slow inquiry. Tallow has been quiet. Y.C. spot, 455. ; last three months, 465. 6d. to 465. 9d. per cwt. LONDON WOOL MARKET, THURSDAY.—The further receipt of warlike news from the Continent has unsettled the wool market, nevertheless, although transactions have been less freely entered into, prices have been fairly maintained. METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, THURSDAY. —The market to-day has been moderately supplied. The demand has been steady, and the value of prime old hay and new clover has improved :—Prime old hay, 110 s. to 1265. ; inferior ditto, 905. to 100 s. ; prime new hay, 905. to 100 s.; inferior ditto, 70s. to 80s.; prime old clover, 130 s. to 140 s. ; inferior ditto, 110 s. to 120 s. ; prime new clover, 110 s. to 1265. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 100 s. ; and straw, 245. to 365. per load. BRADFORD TRADE REPORT, TUURSDAY.—The sudden and serious warcloud that has arisen on the Continent during the past week has given a considerable shock to business, in Brad ford. So extensive are the interests of this town, foreign, that they are the • special sufferers. Business both on Monday alld to-day has been almost at a stand still, and although to-day the anxiety about the future is somewhat allayed, there remains sufficient uncertainty to pre vent all operations that can be delayed. Staplers are refusing to concede upon their quotations for wool, and, indeed it is doubtful whether a concession would tempt buyers. Prices are, therefore, nominally unchanged, but probably with a slight softening tendency, particularly in unfashionable sorts. The export yarn trade has become quite weak. Merchants have received no orders from abroad, and the few they have in hand they only place when very pressing. Spinners' quotations are not fairly tested, but probably are weaker. The home trade for both yarns and goods keeps up very well, and a little is doing for America. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, THIIRSDAY.—The market to-day is flat. Business is done down to 575. 6d.. ciosing in favour of the sellers. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 32, for the week endinrWednesday, July 13, 1870. ISSUE DE➢ARTMENT. Not©s issued £35,091,820 Governmt. Debt. 11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,90 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion .C 35,091,820 BANKING D £3k091,820 Proprietors' Capi tal Rest Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Say ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt. and Div. Accounts Other Deposits 18,731,634 Seven Days and other Bills 448,923 'ARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... -ti12,493,441 Other Securities 18,433,034 Notes 11,187,530 Gold and Silver Coin ... 912,973 £43,026,976 £43,026,976 EXPLOSION NEAR HUDDERSFIELD. An explosion of gunpowder has taken place at the Dalton Gardens, a short distance from Huddersfield. During the season a representation has been given on cer tain nights of the Bay of Naples, of which there was a large picture, and the illuminated representation closes with a display of fireworks, Behind the scenery Mr. Potter had erected a wooden shed for the manufacture of fireworks, and it was in this manufactory that the explo sion occurred. Two men were making the fireworks. The powder which they were using ignited, and in a few moments the whole premises were in flames. Two kegs containing a quantity of powder, on a shelf in the work shop, exploded, and the report was followed by a con flagration, which not only destroyed the workshop and its contents, but demolished a part of the picture of the Bay of Naples. The 'damage is estimated at between £2OO and £3OO. Fortunately the persons in the shop escaped injury. GREAT FIRE IN SHOREDITCH. Between seven and eight o'clock yesterday morning a fire, attended .with a great loss of property, and which caused great confusion, was discovered in the extensive premises belonging to Mr. James Miles,, a paper-hanging manufacturer and glass merchant, Nos. 6, High-street. and 1,2, and 3, Blossom-street, Shoreditch. The flames commenced in the top floor amongst some crates of glass, and in a very short time the flames burst through the win dows and also through the roof. A large number of en gines arrived with all possible expedition, and all hands went to work most vigorously, but the conflagration could not be extinguished for nearly three hours, and not before the roof was burned off from the fourhouses, and the upper warehouses nearly destroyed. The floors below and the contents are also severely damaged by water, but the loss would have been greater had it not been for the ser vices rendered by the Salvage Corps. Insured in the Royal.—Another fire happened in the residence of Mr. Vought, a tailor, No. 5, Upper John-street, Golden square. The proprietor at the time was in bed, and some time elapsed ere he could be sensible of his danger, and when that was accomplished the heat and smoke were so great that he was obliged to be rescued by means of the fire escape from one of the upper windows.—A fire also occurred close by—namely, in the premises of Messrs. Gregory and Co., No. 7, Little Marlborough-street. The Salvage Corps and the engines arrived, and were set to work, but both buildings were seriously damaged before the flames could be extinguished. There were fifty-two fires in New York in June loss, $244,693 ; insurance, $659,200. FAMous.—No one need ever despair of waking up to find himself famous. The other day a gentleman of San Francisco, hitherto only noted for deeas, of daring in fighting the tiger," was seated asleep in the smoking-car of the evening train from Sacramento on the Vallejo route. The car-window on the side opposite him was open. Suddenly he sprang to his feet and drove headforemost out of it, his heels barely touching the sash 'and tearing it to fragments. At the moment the train was moving at not less than twenty-five miles an hour ; but as quickly as possible it was stopped and backed to the place of the occurrence, about five miles from Sui Sin. The gentleman was found sitting on the ground, evidently a little confused as to his whereabouts. He was unhurt, except a mere scratch on one arm. He climbed into the car without difficulty. When he saw, as well as heard about, w h a t he had gone through, he explained that pre viously, when awake, he had been picking blackberries and was startled by the appearance of a snake. While sleeping in the car he dreamed .of the reptile, and made wvigoyous jump to avoid it. For the fpture he intends to select a sate jumping-off place when he has, 'Y an..exposition of -sleep" come upon him.— Tribune. • THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORA ING, U 15, GREAT BOAT RACE BETWEEN SADLER AND KELLEY. This exciting race, for £4OO and the second best claim to the championship of the Thames, took place yesterday, from Putney to Mortlake. Our aquatic readers need hardly be reminded that Harry Kelley, watermau, of Fulham, and Joseph Sadler, landsman, of Surbiton, have been before pitted against each other, and that the race was transferred from the Thames into a court of law for decision, where upon a technical point it was held that Kelley was not entitled to the stakes which had been awarded him. The legal deci sion left the question of superiority as much at issue as it had been before, and hence the race of yesterday. The betting was 5 to 4 and ultimately 7 to 4 on Kelley. A large assemblage mustered to see the start. Sadler won the choice of station, and took the Middle sex side, while Kelley's berth was just outside, and, if anything better, as the tide had slackened considerably before they had got to ' the sta tion. When fairly under way Kelley showed a slight lead, which he held up to the Duke's Head, where Sadler came up, hand over hand, and ere they arrived at Simmon's Bay they were level, a smart struggle of 100 yards left the result in doubt, and shortly after Sadler, who had all along been rowing a long clean stroke, gradually sto'e away, and at the Point was more than two lengths ahead. They so remained to the Rose Cottage, where Kelley spurted and slightly lessened the distance, but all to no purpose, as Sadler persevered to an even lead, was three lengths ahead at Hammersmith, and ultimately won by six lengths. The time was slow, viz., 20 m. 10 sec., in a very bad tide. LAW AND POLICE ' THE CHARGE AGAINST A CHEMIST. - At Bow-street, Eugene Taylor, aged 20, alias Dr. Ralph Richardson, of 101, Drury-lane, chemist, was again brought before Mr. Vaughan, charged with administering noxious drugs to Julia Pound, with intent to procure abortion. Mr. A. B. Kelly defended. The particulars of the case were reported last week. The medicines administered had since been analyzed by Doctors Attfield and Harvey, who proved that the drugs contained therein were noxious and calcu lated to have the effect charged. Mr. Vaughan committed the defendant for trial, but accepted bail for his appear ance at the Sessions. MONEY LENDERS AND THEIR PRACTICES. —A gentle man, accompanied by Sergeant Davey, 'of the Detective Department, Scotland-yard, applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough-street Police Court, for his advice under the following circumstances :—The applicant stated that seeing an advertisement in a Bristol newspaper to the effect that money was ready at four days' notice on appli cation to Mr. J. H. Pilgrim, No. 161, Whitfield-street, Fitzroy-square, andrequiring the advance of £l2O, he wrote for that amount, and in reply received a letter statingthat on the remittance of a fee inquiries would be made, and, if satisfactory, the money would be advanced. He for warded the requiredfee, and shortly after received another letter, which, as well as the former one, was signed "J. H. Pilgrim," stating that his agent (Mr. Chamberlaine had reported favourably, and that the money would be advanced immediately on the receipt of £7 65., a year's interest—that being stated to be the invariable condition on which money was advanced. He forwarded the amount asked for, and although he had written several times respecting the advance, he could not get any answer. On coming to London and making inquiries he found Mr. Pilgrim did not reside at the address in Whitfield-street- Sergeant Davey said he had made inquiries into the matter, and was informed that Pilgrim never resided in Whitfield-street, but had been in the habit of having letters sent there for him and calling for them. Mr. Tyr whitt said he was afraid the applicant could not do any thing until he found Mr. Pilgrim, and even then there might be some difficulty in proving the handwriting to be his. Probably the matter might get publicity, and if it did no doubt it would be attended with a gcod result. Sergeant Davey said he believed Pilgrim was a travelling photographer, and went from place to place, staying at each only a short time, and therefore difficult to be found. The applicant thanked the magistrate and retired. A STRANGE APPLICATION.—A very respectable-looking, middle-aged man, addressing Mr. Arnold, at the West minster Police-court, when he took his seat upon the bench yesterday, said, " I much wish your advice to recover my daughter, who is kept away from me." Mr. Arnold : How old is she ? Applicant : In her 18th year. On Monday my daughter was missed from home, and her absence necessarily caused much anxiety. Yesterday morning my wife, the girl's step mother, discovered that she was at the house of her grandmother. It was imme diately communicated to her grandfather that I objected to her being there, and insisted on her return home, but the grandfather refuses to give her up. This is my youngest daughter, and I wish her to be under my roof. Her elder sister is here, who will tell you that there is no pretext for her being kept from her home. Mr. Arnold : I have no power to interfere. You must apply to a judge for a habeas corpus. The grandfather stepped forward, exclaiming "I am here. It is the girl's own wish to be at our house." Mr. Arnold: As you are here, I will take the opportunity of telling you that you have no right to keep the child against the consent of her father, and if he takes the proceeding I have recom mended, the whole of the expenses will fall upon you. Give up the child. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A WIFE AND FAMILY.— George Jackson, a fish hawker, of 52, Windsor-street, Essex-road, was charged at Clerkenwell Police-court yesterday with threatening to destroy his own life and to murder his wife and' family. Mrs. Jackson said that last night about twelve o'clock the defendant came home very much the worse for liquor. Witness tried to induce him to go to bed, but he would not do so, and said that he intended to take his life. He pulled, a razor from his pocket, and said "You had better let me cut your throat —we had better die together." He became very violent, and she held him down. He endeavoured to cut his throat, and becoming exhausted she took the razor away from him and threw it away. Soon afterwards he jumped up, saying she had not done him yet, for he had a knife in his pocket, with which he in tended not only to cut his own throat, but that of her and the children. She succeeded in getting the knife away from him, and he rushed towards ,a drawer in which some knives were kept. She screamed for assistance, and her cries of murder caused some of the lodgers to go to her aid, and the defendant was restrained from further vio lence. The defendant, who said he did not remember any thing at all about it, was remanded for a week. SYRENS AND THEIR VlCTlM.—Margaret Scott, aged 30 years ; Mary Burns, 40 ; and Emily Bowyar, 16, were brought before Mr. Lushington, at the above Court, charged with stealing a coat, value 305., from the person of John Anderson, a seaman. The prosecutor was in veigled by one of the prisoners into .a horrible den in, Bluegate-fields, Shadwell, where they lesolved in his pre sence to rob him of his coat. They stripped him, and threw his coat into a back yard. He saw another woman pick it up. James Batts, a police constable, 303 K, was called in, and took all the prisoners into custody. The coat was worth 30s. It was pawned in Ratcliff Highway by a woman, who gave the name of Smith, for ss. All the prisoners said they knew nothing about the coat. Mr. Lushington committed them for trial. ACTIONS AGAINST THE NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COM PANY.—At the Durham assizes on Wednesday, before Mr. Baron Cleasby, an action was brought against the North Eastern Railway Company by Mr. Lord, of Newcastle, the superintendent of the agents in the northern counties of the Prudential Instirance Company, to re cover compensation for injuries received in a collision on the Durham and Bishop Auckland branch of the North-Eastern Railway on the 22nd October. Mr. Mainisty Q. C., and Mr. Leweos were for the plaintiff, and Mr. holker, Q.C., and Mr. Kemplay for the defen dant. The plaintiff stated that ever since the collision he had suffered from pains in the head, trembling in the limbs, and loss of memory, and he was now unable to attend properly to his business. He had been coin pelled to engage assistants. Doctors were examined, who stated that plaintiff was still suffering, and would not be able to attend to business for some time. The defendants did not deny that the collision occurred through the negligence of their servants, and the only question to try was the amount of compensation ; and they called several medical men who expressed it as their opinion that the plaintiff was now recovered and able to attend to his business. The jury returned a ver dict for the plaintiff, damages £6so,—An action was brought at the same assizes against the North-Eastern Rail way Company by Bridget Gowland, as the administratrix of John Gowland, who was killed on the defendants' line at West Hartlepool in October last by being run over by a guard's van. The only question to be tried was the amount of compensation to be paid. The deceased was an ironworker, and used to earn Os. a day, and he has left ' a widow, a son of fourteen years of age, who earns ss. a week, a girl nine years of age, and an in fant. The jury awarded £550 compensation, divided as follows :—The widow, £100; the boy, £100; the girl, £l5O ; and the infant, £2OO. Another action was brought by a widow named Margaret Gilespy, to recover compensation for injuries sustained in a collision on the Newcastle and South Shields branch of the North-East: errs Railway on January 16. The defendants paid £7O into court, and a verdict was agreed to be taken for £3OO more than the amount paid into court. THE VALUE OF AN EYE.—At the Durham Assizes, a Mr. Hind brought an action against a Mr. Wheatley for an injury inflicted in an assault on the plaintiff by the defendant, which caused the plaintiff the loss of an eye. The plaintiff was formerly butler to one, of the halls of Durham University, receiving a salary and perquisites worth £lOO a year. The defendant in July last year was with the plaintiff and some others haymaking ' and after the close of the day they, adjourned to a publichouse and had gin and porter to drink, and much chaffing went on. On the road home, according to the plaintiff's account, the defendant got into a quarrel with the plaintiffs brother ; the plaintiff interfered, and the, defendant struck the plaintiff over the eye with a thick stick which knocked his °pc out. He cried out " Oh, Wheatly has knocked my eye out ; what will become of my mother and children ?" I t appeared the plaintiff supported his mother, and had six children. He had lost his wife. The defence was that the plaintiff was mistaken ; that it was another man who struck him and unfortunately knocked his eye out ; and that what the plaintiff called out was, " Oh, some one has knocked my eye out." The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, £133. It is intended to hold a demonstration in Hyde Park on Sunday to protest against the passing of the Sunday Trading Bill. The chair is to he taken at three o'cloCk in :the afternoon, and two platforms are • to be .erected for the spoilers. . . THE DOUBLE MURDER AT CHELSEA., The trial of Walter Miller for the wilful murder of Elias Heulin and Ann Boss was resumed yesterday morn ing, before the Lord Chief Justice. Mr. Poland and Mr. Beasley conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Crown, and Mr. Collins and Mr. E, St. Aubyn were counsel for the prisoner. John Large, a police-sergeant, said that on the night of the 11th of May he was called to 15, Paulton-square. On the way he met the prisoner, Piper, and a policeman. They all went back together;and witness was shown a green box. The box was locked, and a piece of cord was tied round it once. Witness removed the box, and then saw a quantity of blood. He took a poker from the fire-place and broke the box open. He saw the body of Ann Boss inside, with a piece df cord (produced) round her neck. It was tied sufficiently tight to cause strangulation. The blood oozed from the mouth and nose and was running over the body. The box was two feet eleven inches long, one foot five inches wide, and one foot seven inches deep. The box was a wooden painted one. After that he searched the place and found a quantity of bed linen tied up and ready for removal. He then took the accused to the station. It was afterwards found that a key which fitted the box was on a bunch of keys found in the prisoner's possession. Joseph Colles, Police-constable, 94 E, said that on the night of the 11th of May, about ten o'clock he was on duty in Paulton-square. He saw the prisoner and Piper at the top of the square. (Witness here corroborated the evidence of Piper, the van proprietor, in every important particular.) He added that when at the station he searched the prisoner, and found £7 10s. in gold, 9s. 9d. in silver, a corkscrew, two knives, a pipe and some vesuvians, spectacles and case, three gloves, a common ring, abstract from a title deed for the house in Wellington-square. (This last article had a large quantity of blood on it, and when produced in court caused quite a sensational murmur.) There was also in his pocket a rent book, a silk handkerchief, two envelopes addressed to " Miss Boss," some pieces of glass —as if from a broken bottle, a card with the address of the witness Evans on it, and a bunch of keys. Inspector Tarlton saw the prisoner searched. He heard the evidence of the constable, and the list produced by him was a correct one. Dr. Godrich came to see the prisoner, who was believed to be shamming insensibility. He was taken to St. George's Hospital, and remained there for some hours. On the Friday he was taken to the Westminster Police-court, and was there charged.. When the charge was read over Miller made no reply. Witness afterwards asked him if he understood what had had been read to him, and the accused answered, " You said something about murder." Witness again read the charge, and the accused said, " I'll say nothing now." Dr. Francis Godrich, surgeon, was sent for to see the prisoner at the Police-station. The police said the accused was a Frenchman, and witness spoke to him in French. The prisoner did not answer him. Witness examined the accused, who was very weak and depressed, and could not or would not move his head. The police shewed witness a broken bottle, and he fancied that it had contained laudanum. Witness gave the accused an emetic. The vomit gave no traces of laudanum and , it must have done so had the accused taken any. Witness thought he was shamming insensibility. Edward Clough on the afternoon of the Thursday went to the house in Wellington-square with Watts, another constable. Under the boards of the sink they found a hat. (The hat was produced, and was much battered, and had blood on it. It was of the shape usually worn by clerical gentlemen). On going into the yard the witness found a quantity of clothes, blood, and , paper scattered about, and also noticed that a new piece of boarding had been put down near the sink. The next day the witness Payne was there, and shewed witness and Watts where he had' dug the drain. Witness and Watts dug there, and found the body of Mr. Huelin. He had on his vest, trousers, boots, and mittens, and the coat was underneath where the head was placed. One sleeve of the coat was turned inside out. There was a rope round the neck, which Watts took off. After the body had been found, witness observed a reddish subitance on the floor. ...._ __. William Watts, the other constable, gave corroborative evidence. - - -- - Thomas A. Turner, surgeon, 182, King's-road, Chelsea, spoke to being called in to see the body of the Rev. Mr. Huelin. On the following day witness made a post mortem examination. He examined the head very minutely, and found two small holes behind the right ear, through which the brain matter protruded.. On opening the head he found another large hole. There must have been two blows. The left eye was very much contused and the right eye slightly. On examining the chest, lungs, and heart, which he had ex pected would be congested from the rope being found round the neck, witness discovered that the parts named presented no indication of death from strangulation. Detective Inspector Payne gave evidence as to search ing the premises of the accused. He found a bunch of keys, one of which unlocked the spirit cupboard of 15, Paulton-square, a pair of black trowsers with spots of blood on them. The prisoner's wife was present when he found the things named: Witness then went to the house in Wellington-square. There were marks of blood on the floor, as if some had dropped there and had been rubbed over with a stone. From 24, Wellington-square to 15, Paulton-square was 1,222 yards, which could be walked in ten minutes. From Paulton-square to the Admiral Keppel was 1,463 yards, and fromthe Admiral Keppel to Wellington-square was 1151 yards. Edward Heulin, nephew of the late Mr. Heulin, said he lived in Lincolnshire, and his uncle had property there. He used to go down about once a year. Witness came to London on the 12th of May. The articles produced belonged to his uncle. The rent book, with the exception of the first page, was in witness's writing, and that one was in Mr. Heulin's, the deceased. The prisoner's box, in which Mrs. Boss's body was found, was used to keep clothes in. By Mr. Collins : Saw his uncle on March last. He was a native of Jersey, and had relations there. He was on good terms with them. Perhaps witness came in for the bulk of the property. By the Judge : Some of his relatives in Jersey spoke " broken " English. Mr. John Carter, The Vale, King's-road, Chelsea, had known Mr. Heulin and Ann Boss for twenty-five years. Recognised the spectacles (produced) as belonging to the deceased. The boots were also his. (These boots were found on prisoner.) Mr. Collins addressed the jury for the defence. He reminded the jury that the prosecution were bound to make out their ease beyond a reasonable doubt, and .if there was the smallest doubt the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal. First of all they must look for the motive. What motive had the prisoner to commit the brutal murder he was charged with? Mr. Heulin seemed to have treated the prisoner well, and to have let him have money on account. As to the making of the drain, it was impossible for anyone now to say whether or not it was not dug by the orders of Mr. Heulin, and had the prisoner intended to bury the body in it, he—being a working man--would in all likeli hood have done the work himself so as to avoid suspicion. His friend had said that the pri soner had shaved his whiskers to make himself look like a Frenchman. That theory was upset by the evidence of Mrs. Sibley, who informed them that the prisoner was in the habit, during the summer time, of phaving off his whiskers. The same witness was present when prisoner came in at 3.30 o'clock, and was sitting in his shirt, and laughed and joked as usual. Could a man who committed two such horrible murders act in that way? He (Mr. Collins) would say " certainly not."—The learned counsel proceeded to argue that the prisoner was the dupe of a person whom he believed to be the nephew of Mr. Heulin, and that the cottage at Fulham was hired under direction. Before Miller was in custody Mrs. Middleton said that Miller was not the man who called on the Tues nay night. Then they had it from the witnesses that Mr. Heulin was going into the country. If robbery was the object, why not wait till he had gone? Moreover, no article of value was found at the prisoner's residence. Witnesses to the character of the prisoner were called. He was described by his first master as " a sober, humane man." The Lord - Chief Justice in summing up the case observed that it was entirely of circumstantial evidence. In re • ferring to the drain his lordship pointed out that there was already a drain in the yard, and the pri soner was the man who had the keys, and also the person who gave orders for the new drain to be dug. Who filled it in was a question for the jury. But the case did not rest there. Clothes belonging to the deceased, and money in gold was found in the prisoner's possession. True, it might be that the prisoner possessed the amount found on him ; but on the other hand no money was found on the body, and it must be IN membered that the deceased was a rich man. Then the spectacles were found on the prisoner ; but for him it was contended that he found them, and certainly there was evidence that Mr. Heulin had lost them. After going through the various facts of the case the learned judge went on to say that, if the prisoner was proved to the satisfaction of the jury to have assumed the part of the nephew, the case assumed a most formidable aspect. Though Miss Middle ton and another witness could not swear to the prisoner at the police-court, still he (the judge) was reluctantly though bound to say that the evidence pointed out that the prisoner was the man. The evidence of Piper shewed that the prisoner at first assumed a French accent ; but in the horror of being seized by Piper he dropped it, and spoke in good English. The jury retired at two minutes past three to consider their verdict, and returned in ten minutes with a verdict of guilty. The Lord Chief Justice, in sentencing the prisoner to death, implored him not to deceive himself with any hopes that the sentence would be remitted. It was impossible for the jury to have returned any other verdict, or for any person who had heard the evidence not to believe that the prisoner had been guilty of two murders. There was no doubt he murdered the poor old man for the miserable and sordid purpose of getting hold of his money, and to gain his end he • had recourse to the most subtle resources and connivances. He must have gone with his hand almost reeking with the blood of one person to murder the other, and he went home afterwards and laughed and joked in• his usual manner, exulting, as it were, in his wickedness. No language could express the horror one felt at hearing even mention of such a crime. His doom was certain, and in a few short days he would be out of this world. His lordship con cluded by a most earnest exhortation to the prisoner to seek forgiveness from God. Sentence of death was then passed in the usual form. His lordship ordered the witness Piper to stand for ward, and said that it was mainly due to his courage that the perpetrator of two of the most atrocious murders ever heard of had been brought to justice. He was glad that by an Act of Parliament he had the power of ordering some reward. He had great pleasure in awarding him £5O. . The announcement was received with applause. 1870. THE STEPNEY MURDER. William Redhead, a respectable looking lad, eighteen years of age, was indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah Redhead, on the 30th May.—Mr. Beasley and Mr. Besley conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Ribton and Mr. F. H. Lewis defended.—The facts of the case were very few. The prisoner was a private in the Tower Ham lets Rifles, and lived with his step-mother, the de ceased woman, at No. 80, Sydney-street, Stepney. On Monday, the 30th May, about a quarter to three o'clock, the deceased was speaking to a lodger on the first floor landing, and went downstairs to answer a knock at the door. A report of firearms was then heard, and the deceased was discovered lying at the foot of the stairs, dead. At the same moment the prisoner was seen leaving the house, carrying a rifle. He ran quickly away, and 'going up to a police constable, named Smith, in Alfred-street, said, " Now I have done it." Smith asked what he had done, and he said he had shot his stepmother, and that after he had discharged his rifle had set fire to the house. Upon this the constable took him into custody, and in his possession were found five cartridges and six percussion caps. The rifle had the appearance of having just been discharged, and there was an exploded cap on the nipple. When the charge was taken down in writing, thelnspector asked the prisoner if he had anything to say, and he replied ." All I have got to say is that she was very unkind to me and my sister." The deceased had been married about twelve months to the prisoner's father, who is a ship's steward. From the medical evidence it appeared that the ball had entered the back and come out two inches from the right nipple. It was found embedded about two inches in the wall. - As it passed through the heart, death must have been almost instantaneous. The prisoner, it was stated, bore the character of a quiet, well-behayed young man. On the part of the defence, Mr. Ribton addressed the jury at some length, and contended that the evidence was not sufficient to support the capital charge. There was no evidence that there had been any disagreements be tween the prisoner and the deceased, and the much more probable hypothesis was ehat the gun was accidentally discharged. Witnesses were called who gave the prisoner the char acter of being a quiet, steady lad. M. Justice Byles, in summing up, said the case was one of the most painful in his experience. The jury retired at three o'clock, and at eight had not been able to agree. In a long conversation with his Lord ship they exhibited anxiety to come to some other verdict than that of murder, but the learned Judge pointed out that, if the prisoner's confession was true, they had no alternative. After retiring for the second time they re turned almost immediately with a verdict of guilty, but with a strong and unanimous xecomm - endation to mercy, which his Lordship promised to forward to the proper quarter. THE IRRIGATION COMPANY OF FRANCE. In the Court of Vice-Chancellor Sir R. Malins, yester day, a motion was made by M. Joseph Pelletier, of Paris, and Mr. Gatliff, an Englishman, residing also at Paris, for the purpose of having it declared that the transfer of the business of the Trrigation Company of France to the Compagnie Generale de Canaux et de Travaux Publics, was beyond the powers of the directors,' unauthorised by the articles of assurance, and not binding upon the general , body of the shareholders. The motion was made on behalf of the other shareholders of the company ; the defendants being the Irrigation Company, Mr. T. Cave, M.P., Mr, A. Young, and the Compagnie Generale. Mr. Glasse, Q.C., and Mr. Graham Hastings were counsel for the movers ; Mr. Cole, Q.C., appearing on be half of the defendants. Mr. Glasse said the question in the present case was the same as that involved in the petition presented a short time since by Mr. Fox, for the compulsory winding-up of the Irrigation Company of France. He had been prepared for a considerable time to bring forward the motion, but had consented to allow it to stand over for the conveni ence of the defendants, who, however, had at the very last moment, for the mere purpose of creating delay, made an application in Chambers for the appointment of a special examiner, not only to examine the plaintiff but other parties in France who were to give evidence in the matter. If this were acceded to, its effect would be to throw the case over the long vacation, and thus place the shareholders entirely at the mercy of defendants, who in the meantime would be able to do with the assets precisely what their motives dictated. His honour had intimated his intention of delivering judgment in the winding up petition on Tuesday next, and no active steps could be taken until the following Thursday ; 'and unless, therefore, the defendants gave an undertaking not to interfere, he should be obliged to ask for an interim order, to prevent them from touching the assets of the company. Mr. Cole positively declined to give any undertaking of the kind. He was quite prepared to have the motion dealt with on its merits. .• Mr. Glasse emphatically protested against the adoption of such a mode of procedure, because, if the assets were transferred to a guaranteed company under the French Government, they would be irrecoverable ; and he de clined to allow the assets to be in the power of men like Messrs. Cave and Young, who had evinced such care lessness and recklessness in protecting the interests of the too confiding shareholders. The Vice-Chancellor inquired what could possibly be done with the assets within so short a period as two days? Mr. Glasse : Why, in the meantime they would get rid of every shilling of the assets. Mr. Cole : We can do that now. Mr. Glasse : No you cannot, inasmuch as you have deposited £7,000 in court under Mr. Fox's petition. But hat deposit will not protect the movers in this case. The Vice-Chancellor suggested that the £7,000 shouldbe regarded as an indemnity in the present case also. Mr. Cole refused to accede to the suggestion. Mr. Glasse said the greater the opposition offered the greater were his fears that the assets would be taken to France. The Vice-Chancellor said why two gentlemen one of whom was French, and the other an English resident in France, should desire the affairs of the company to be ad ministered under the French law surpassed his compre hension. But it had been completely and satisfactorily proved that M. Gatliff had actually placed in his posses sion twenty shares of the very company whose constitu tion he now objected to. He asserted that they were thrust into his possession ; but if it had been so he ought to have returned the shares im mediately, but on that ground alone Mr. Gatlitf's could not now have any effect whatever. With regard to M. Pelletier, there was the most positive statement—the statement of Messrs. Cave and Young, whom he believed —that during the whole spring of 1869 he actually urged upon them to transfer the company, and that he con tinued to do so when the transfer was made, and until December last. Acquiescence, therefore, in the transfor mation precluded him, under the district rules of the court, from obtaining an interlocutory injunction. In commercial transactions of every description where a party was interested only to the extent of sixteen hundred pounds out of a capital of several hundred thousand pounds, the court ought to be slow to interfere in impeding the operations of an overwhelming majority of the share holders. The plaintiff had acquiesced, and this applica tion was quite an after-thought, which the court was bound to view with disfavour. The interlocutory injunc tion was therefore refused. TERRIBLE SCENE. The exhibition of the Milanese Menagerie at Lyons was interrupted the other evening by a terrible fight between the beast-tamer, M. Faimali, and a panther. The man was in the cage with two of those animals, putting them through different feats of agility, when the male refused to ascend the ladder, and crouched down in a corner, as if preparing to spring on its master. A sharp cut with the whip recalled the refractory performer to obedience, and it began, although unwillingly to climb the steps, but, when half way up, it again stopped, and, on receiving a second blow, put out his paw and clawed the man down the face, making him bleed profusely. The spectators shrieked with terror, but Faimali did not for a moment lose his presence of mind, and with the butt end of his whip administered such a vigorous correction that in a moment the animal was completely cowed, and slunk off with its tail between its legs. The tamer then calmly came out to the public, and was received with tremendous applause. The Irish 'limes says that a measure effecting considerable changes in the judicial staff is in contempla tion. " The Admiralty Court will," it is added, "be pro bably merged into another, as will also the Landed Estates Court, and that of Bankruptcy will be placed on a new footing. The Vice-Chancellor's Court, though of recent creation, is likely to be dispensed with." An unlooked-for impediment has been discovered to the holding of the proposed monster meeting in South wark-park, to protest against any portion of it being leased for building purposes. One of the bye-laws of the park provides that any person collecting a crowd round him, and haranguing them in the park, shall be subject to a fine of forty shillings. It is stated, however, that four leaders of the anti-Board of Works movement are willing to pay the fines, and have their say in the Park next week. The prospects of a rich and bountiful harvest (says the Limerick Chronicle) were never more certain of being realised than they are at present. Crops have seldom presented a more flourishing appearance, and the recent rain that has fallen has been invaluable, especially to the turnip and potato crops. Barley, though scarce, is excel lent. Wheat is not by any means so general a crop, at least in the vicinity of Limerick, as in other parts of Ireland. It promises, however, an abundant yield. A Reading correspondent telegraphs shock ing accident occurred on Wednesday night at the Reading junction of the Great Western Railway. A fireman named William Woodman, about twenty years of age, slipped from his engine while shunting some goods trucks and the wheels passed over his body. He was killed on the spot. It is a singular circumstance that :.two other firemen are now on sick leave through injuries they had sustained while working on the engine from which Wood man fell. ' • SINGULA.II RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—AS a train was proceeding from Dunkirk to Audwick, the two guards were engaged in examiningtickets passing, as is the custom on Continental lines, from carriage to carriage along an external footboard. A goods train passing on the opposite line, the two men were swept away by a pack age which projected beyond the waggon on which it was placed. The trains were stopped, and search was made for the guards, who were found lying on the railway, one but :little hurt; and the other seriously, but not fatally, inlured. MR. GOLDWIN SMITH ON THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF EUROPE. During the last days of " Commencement Week " at Cornell University, Professor Goldwin Smith delivered an address on the political condition of Europe. History, he said, had been making itself rapidly of late, and all things betokened the approach of humanity to a crisis, compared with which even the great crisis of the Reformation itself might prove to have been superficial. He regarded the convocation of the General Council at Rome as the central event of the whole. It shewed that the forces of Authority on the one hand, and of Reason on the other, were arraying themselves for the decisive conflict. At the time of the Reformation, the Protestant churches had stopped half-way, asserting reason against the Church of Rome, but asserting authority over their own members, and against dissenters from their creed ; but reason had now set up her banner in defianee of all authority, and was advancing to the battle with science and all the forces of modern civilisation on her side. The General Council might be the immediate work of the" Jesuits and their party ; but it was the inevitable culmination of two natu ral tendencies—the tendency to push to the utmost church authority in antagonism to the advance of Rationalism, and the tendency in the Church of Rome' to centralisation or to a concentration of power in the hands of the. Pope. While the great monarchies of Europe were Catholic, and the Papacy rested securely on their support, there had been a good deal of independent spirit in the national churches; France had asserted Gallican liberties, and even Spain had repelled the interference of the Pope in the internal affairs of her Church. But since the Church had lost the support of the temporal powers, it had been forced to fall back for support upon its centre and to increase the power of the Pope. Though reason might be victorious in the end, the struggle might be long. Rationalism had not yet developed a positive side, and those who could not bear a doubt—a class including many of the best of mankind—will take refuge in complete sub mission to Church authority. Rationalism also gave cause of alarm by shaking the moral foundations of society. The lecturer quoted in illustration of this a passage of Mr. Lecky on the subject of marriage. Such passages, he said, would make them tolerant of reactionary ten dencies, and shew them that if they took any part in the movements of their time they would have not only to secure a free way for truth, but at the same time to guard the fundamental principles of society against the subver sive tendencies of a revolutionary era. The present unsettlement of the human mind on the deepest questions relating to humanity was the cause of the feebleness of political character and the abortiveness of political effort. France by the plebiscitum had passed upon herself again the doom of despotism ; she was exhausted and reduced to apathy by abortive revolutions. The other countries were passed in review ; Spain, where dynastic govern ment had literally become effete ; Italy, occupied with the task of blending into one nation populations diffe rent in their character, and never before united ; Austria, struggling with the difficulty of holding together a con federacy whose original bond, common fear of the Turk, was gone ; Germany, bent on completing her work of consolidation, while she was jealously watched by France. In England the Gladstone Government was as firmly as ever seated in power, since Mr. Gladstone had conciliated the mistrustful members of his party by bringing in the Bill for the Abolition of University Tests, and by accepting the secular principle of educa tion. The common school system of America was likely henceforth to prevail in England ; and thus amid all temporary bickerings and disputes, the great influences still acted, and England received back from her great colony the greatest of all boons. The Irish policy of the Government would, the lecturer believed, restore peace and good feeling among the Irish people in time, in spite of the present disturbances. The speaker concluded by referring to the two university years which had passed since his arrival as years he hoped of prosperous progress, in spite of all difficulties, Un- the university, and certainly of happiness for himself. Speaking of the rejection of the treaty for buying San Domingo, the Tribune says :—" We accept the vote as a declaration by the Senate of its hostility, not to the Administration, as there will not be lacking papers and persone to urge, but to the premature and dangerous ten dency of the country to swallow up adjacent lands and foreign peoples. - - - INCREDIBLE INHUMANITY. - What punishment shall be visited upon the incendiary wretch—it were base flattery to call him man—who, with the thermometer at 91 in the shade, fired an ice-house containing 500 tuns of that frozen nectar which the Knickerbocker Ice Company doles out to afflicted citizens in exasperatingly small quan tities at exasperatingly high prices ? We have never con templated in our numerous and solemn protests against capital punishment that such an offender would rise up to make us half regret our own arguments. But hanging is too good for such a fellow. Some special punishment must be devised to meet his case.—New York Tribune. MR. SPURGEON.—The Boston Journal says: It was announced by cable a few weeks ago that the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon was willing to come to America to lecture. In response to an offer made to him by the Boston Lyceum Bureau, he writee ;—Gentlemen,—l am much obliged by your very courteous letter, but you are under a mistake. lam not a lecturer. I now and then give a lecture for some good object, but I do not do it well, and moreover have no ambition in that line. lam very glad to preach, but not if there is any charge at the door. Moreover, I have no kind of idea of visiting :he States.—Yours grate fully, C. H. Spurgeon. A GIRLS' ROWING MATCH IN PITTSBURGH.— There is every prospect, says The Pittsburgh Commercial, of an exciting contest at the female regatta, which is to come off at . the Nonpareil Club Pic-nic on the 16th of July. The following are the names of the girls who have signified their intention of entering into the contest : Miss Lottie McAllice, of Pipetown ; Miss Miller, of Soho ; Miss Sherridan, of Brownstown ; and Mary Whalen, of the South Side. Miss Lottie is a girl of 16, and is en titled to the credit of originating female boat racing. She looks like a girl who could row well and has consi derable " vim." Miss Whalen is said to be an excellent puller of a skiff, although in her first efforts to manage a scull, a few days ago, she was upset, and got a ducking in the Monongahela. Miss Lottie takes a long walk at three o'clock in the morning, practises constantly, and will doubtless be in tip-top condition for rowing when the day for the contest arrives. A letter has been received from a young lady in Beaver, Pennsylvania, inquiring about the matter, and signifying her intention of entering the contest. A WOMAN WINS A MEDICAL PRIZE.—It is re corded as a significant fact, that while some of the doctors are disputing whether women have intellect enough to master the principles of medical practice, one of the latter sex has carried off the prizes offered by the New York _Medical Gazette for the best clinical reports. These articles were sent in signed by the initials M. M. W., and turn out to have been written by Mrs. M. M. Webster, a graduate of the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia. It is said that the Medical Gazette may be regarded as an impartial arbiter in this matter, because its editor was opposed to woman physicians, but that is not so much to the point as if we had been told how many competitors there were, and what was their quality. However this may be, the fact itself is worthy of record. Our own views of the controversy as to the admis sion of women to the practice of medicine are well known. There can be no doubt that women will continue to study for the profession, and that being so, they ought to have the best opportunity for training. Nor can we doubt that some of them have first-rate apti tude for the profession. They have demonstrated this beyond dispute. Yet it seems equally clear that, in the main, their practice should be confined to the maladies of women, where their presence ought to be able to check many a disease that otherwise might run its fatal course without any medical advice.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. THE FUNDING BILL.—Mr. Schenck may be gifted wtth a prophetic vision, but certainly he is not profound in the philosophy of finance. His professed faith in the succcess of a four per cent. loan is doubtless sincere, and the House may be willing to accept his faith as the evidence of things not seen by others. When he insists, however, that the rate of interest is higher in this country than in Europe simply because our Govern ment is willing £to pay more, he substitutes fancy for fact, and reveals a strange unfamiliarity with the laws which govern finance. When the Government reduces its rate of interest," he says, " the general rate of inte rest will fall in proportion." Now, it may be quite true that the profitableness of investments in our six per cent. bonds has drawn into that channel sums which would otherwise have been available for ordi nary enterprises ; and that if the Government were able to substitute a lower rate of interest, there would be a greater readiness to accept other investments. But the result, so lar as the aggregate amount available in the market is concerned, would be the same, and the general value of money would remain unchanged. That value is determined, not by the will of the Govern ment, but by the laws of supply and demand. And it is greater than the value current in Europe, be cause the opportunities for the profitable use of money, consequent upon the amazing progress of material de velopment on this continent, are in excess of those found elsewhere. Will Mr. Schenck explain, according to his theory, how it happens that the Illinois or Minnesota farmer borrows money at twice the rate of interest which obtains in the East ?—New York Times. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., at Brixton-rise, Mrs. E. W. Lawley, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Trotton House, Sussex, the wife of Colonel Horace Newton, R.H.A., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 12th inst., at St. John's Church, Uxbridge Moor, Charles 0. Barker to Fanny, the eldest daughter of Arthur Linley, Esq., Rockingham House, Uxbridge, Middlesex. On the 12th inst., at Hove parish church, Francis Adams, only surviving son of William Henry Hyett, Esq., of Painswick House, Gloucestershire, to Ellen Maria, the fourth daughter of Charles Carpenter, Esq., of No. 45, Brunswick-square, Brighton. DEATHS On the 13th inst., at 2, Clifton Villas, Highgate-hill, R. Wormald, late of Kilburn and St. John's-wood, aged 68. On the 11th inst., at 18, Tavistock-square, Francis Hay ward Evans, Esq., aged 38. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him at Txn SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the P recinc t o f th e Savoy, in t,.e County of Middlesex. " Friday, July 15, 1870.