The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-09 00:00:00

s has scent 3 the vould Idled id his )r be track level . The rered, ath a afler o Mr. e had ire of main- now this inse- essive .ound. ess or colfl Intain said, t they I diffi ower- ent of ed or liends about t bap ocked, ,gacity anger, 3y had ht for in road nately m•1MM........... _._ Yr. T. une 7, Dch Cal f .A.thole gregor. norning es were liony do 1-ll AT. on th© Creche , Tj p per Er. Owen rind per' 3elgrwsre- weep the The rY• - Ty n dall Cotterell r, and i‘ SharPe and W ney fron funie, on EGEO I Tune 8. was shot 1 the firr r Captalil TY. Societ9► trly good , )erfectioa greates t Mr. Gonz° show 9° ing. lows viol iigism und %tee vial the E 9P j am ilten , Exeter , kin, g r ` j ; LedYxr"' August us r, Hel ad tund Tilt" hn YateB' 3sterda9; lines 1134 vesterda, agate, cii . i , ict of ace l t of regr e w as tot .fighter second stoiii 3d at R A the -rP" was a fe 1 Bouve4 o f tx' , l e P s At Fill° the 11 cle jo b 500. i f rdshiP to, ly ben ° man. erll restal ect it is stat "do' : t Frl t de L n g on o y his Pr 1 , ay 1, 4 3 tived, th e )11 ~--' AL' SPIRIT OF THE PRESS—THIS MORNING. SPAIN AND HER KING. Notw ithstanding the disorganisation inseparable from a r n , epoch of t rans i t i on, t h ese l as t t wo y ear s, thinks the m tes, are clear gain to Spain. Religious tolerance, emanci pation law from priestly thraldom, popular education , and the development of great material prosperity are va.nlong the m os t i mme di ate resu lt s o f th e late change. The ZelY, Promptitude with which the Madrid Government has of Y been a bl e to rescue the E n glish captives from the hands brigands near Gibraltar speaks volumes in praise of t he _ascenden c y th e centra l au th or ity exercises in the re motest provinces. It is only a strong Government that is able to establish a free Government, and of the firm_ Hess of Pri m ' s h an d we requ i re no b e tt e r evidence than. be e av ha s given in the many serious emergencies which o f Arn e arisen at too frequent periods during his ten ure th - 4. 'uce• It is only in this matter of the King's election prim seems to us to have acted an inconsistent , wh , Perhaps, not ver y ingenuous part. There is much in a t 'Prim has d one that may be looked upon as mere co en his p ar t ; b u t no w let us hope the play is fully I taYed out, an d t h at ser i ous b us i ness a lone is henceforth be attended to. Let the kingdom be set in order ; the eo 4i ng will c ome i n hi s own goo d ti me , and as a matter of x" s e• Nor i s t o so very diffi cu lt to imagine who the i ng is ultimately to be. MR. GOLDWIN SMITH. Ile Standard says that Mr. Goldwin Smith, from his saf e retreat i n the Cornell University, seeing in a work of fiction 1) Y Mr. Disraeli the character of an O xford pro fessor, of o ver fl ow i ng van it y , o f i n tense bumptiousness, n restless arrogance— shallow, conceited, and a ei s6 l parasite," makes haste to put on the cap, - "ng out lustily, " That's me !" Not content wit h Z i r der hig this tribute to the keenness and trut h of reB ' Disraeli's portraiture, Mr. Goldwin Smith s rte to foul l anguage , and in the opprobrious terms Pro to the angry victim of satire, retorts that Mr. 6 , " is a " co war d," and avers that his aspersions are C a n gless insults." This is not the first time that w e s ye seen the man most prone to venomousness and e i l l r ility horribly sens itive to any attack upon his own e t:i naracter No man ever abused another with so bitterness, with so much pertinacity, with so ile . ll recklessness, as Mr. Goldwin Smith has abused ;' - Disraeli. He has exhausted every resource and coke of vituperation in the personal objurgation of O nly who co u ld be known to Mr. Goldwin Smith o hv 1 .. 4 as a Political adversary. We shall not venture to 6:o(luce the sh ame f u l and insulting epithets which Mr. v jwill Smith, out of his prolific vocobulary, has at anytimes a ppli e d t o Mr. Disraeli. There is scarcely 4 14' elin le of which a politician could be guilty, scarcely which bas eness with which a gent l eman cou ld b e c harged, Mr, Goldwin Smith has not imputed e ither directly or indirectly to Mr. Disraeli—either s peech or in writing. Mr. Disraeli's sole re p l y „„ "• '" this long course of vituperation—of vituperation t . • t'aralleled i n mo d ern political history—was in a _con tiirePtilous silence, broken only once, when he alluded to ( . 1 e e x - professor as " that wild man." t hree different occasions, says the Advertiser, Mr. '"win Smith has personally assailed Mr. Disraeli, with „ ° C" we believe, having received any provocation from him. p e ° , 111(1 , he, then, expect that when Mr. Disraeli had the af : ; hi hand he should allow the opportunity to pass vin g the ex-professor a few sharp words in return? " smith talks of "stingless insults of a coward." But th first remark we heard made, by a bystander, was, calls th e m stingless, but nothing can be more - , tte itt sai d than that he has been stung." A second observer f v , " reminds me of a man writhing in every limb felt. . flagellation, yet trying to persuade you t h a t he has not It at 4. all." The quarrel, we suppose, is now over. At 1:76 we do no t see h o w either of the antagonists can l e t: ter h is position by any perseverance in the wrangle. Goldwin Smith is not a " parasite," and Mr. , a le raeli is not a " coward." Each of these distinguished ciught to be able to use the right word ,— y et each shas the wrong one. The public gains not hin g b y e xhibitions, and the sooner they cease the better. r t , Tllll HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE IRISH LAND BILL. ' ue Rouse of Landowners, says the Telegraph , h as on reass embling, to discuss a bill which in several respects hitheutionises the rules for the tenure and use of land , d 0 accepted everywhere in the United Kingdom ; 4 ) 4 7 - 1 1 7 the bill is presented to it by statesmen with s e ,p ° l , lll , an actual majority of that patrician as al-Julage has no political sympathy. Yet nothing is re, e certain than that the Lords will pass the great as it of the session, the Irish Land Bill, substantially a "has left the Commons. In a political no less than in and Sense, its urgency has been admitted by them all ; tri e . I ' l elle or two members, representing honest b ut eccen p,, chridualism of opinion and conduct , shou l d be dis to dl ed to carry their prejudices against certain provisions is t he length of endangering the bill as a whole, it the c ertain, that not only the respon sible leaders of 'PPosition, but the thoughtful statesmen represent ing t• he nobl e or d er an d th e true judgment of the times, shrink from so grave a defiance of public liC'ent—from so arrogant a denial of the wish de b, fiber expressed by the nation. It may , th en, 11 anti cipated that the course adopted by the Upp er at 0,, -se will be, in the highest sense of the words , patriot ic Prudent. Possibly a natural leaning to well-estab tatAePrinciples in social and political economy may clic i,"; t he introduction of certain amendments, practically further freedom Of the landlord. though nominally designed to . '"ier freedom of contract and to discourage litigation. a,% lt it is very unlikely that such altera tions will be extra ast in th e i r sc o pe — or that, if opposed by the Govern feeling -11 t and the Commons, and deprecated by the avowed _ • 0 I the sister country, they will be maintained with heedless obstinacy. SUGAR DEALERS. The ' l3l / 4 4i1 Y News says that Mr. Cra wford has resolved Up appealing to the House of Commons to treat cessionge dealers in sugar with equity. A con h:ve has already been made. The suga r-refiners , be en. allowed a partial drawback, while those 14' s l " l ike our correspondents, have large quantities of co ' ill the p rem i se s of these refiners are refused all 1111 Pe nsation. It is urged, moreover, that many firms c i )4 4 , 41 1 - 0 stocks because they relied upon the assurances w Z ie Chancellor of the Exchequer that they b e s3 b.7 be fairly dealt with in the event of the duty intreduced. Th ey a ffi rm th a t their grievance is thus b ase We cannot but think that the whole case is E as ,, e i; °ll some misunderstanding. The Chancellor o f the B , 4s l — `equer may often say some harsh things, but he is too man to persist in doing unwise ones. He prob a r"l-1 hot requir e much pressure to induce him to re ive the dissatisfaction which he has occasioned. The , e _ s t Policy is that which gives no person any reasonable e' O r etext f ther for alleging that he suffers unduly in order that ers I llay be satisfied. T he NATURALISATION TREATY. SenaTe Foreign Relations Committee of the American th e t i e have opposed the Naturalisation Treaty between Ile g . i nted Stat e and England, which has lately been oltated. RAI LWAY ACCIDENT NEAR HUDDERS FIELD. Ln Abc 'ut hall-past seven last night a goods train of the V, ll l Stsliire and Yorkshire Company ran off the line at up l- r° ll se, Huddersfield. The engine passed over the ne and ran down the embankment. Both sets of gus were plou g h e d u p ex t e nsiv e ly, and the traffic was ightly injured. fir Deu ded- The driver , the stoker, and the guard were 41. A AGED THEFTS BY VOLUNTEERS. IF 3 n fan c y fair, opened by the Earl of Derby on Monday, .. o w bein g h e l d i n the new Stanley P ar k , a t th e nor th (3 f Liv erpool. Several corps of volunteers t oo k part Atl2e f estivities, and a number of men were detailed to h i,, a i r i d the tents of the bazaar department during the I,;, ff t -Yesterday, two of these men, named Thomas tr at : l and Bernard Rice, were brought before the magis to their enarged with stealing some of the goods entrusted care. —They were remanded. A wat ; e lICHILD SHOT BY ITS BROTHER. da y dißtresB ing accident occurred at Macclesfield yester , by which a child named William li fe. -- In aged two years, son of J. Watkin, lost its G eo The child had been playing with its brother inzt 4 , l.Be, .aged ten years, and another lad named Wor.th tche—nle et r a l e b s ui ence their own yard in Derby-street. During of their parents, who had gone to the ups, meters to inter another child, the elder Watldn went ho i .„" ai rs, and took from a box in the bedroom an e o e ld_ pi a pistol, Pistol, which he and the other lad comm t etre, bed load:? with. A fter some time, not knowing _ nip p , Le , c :W f e du . g o t i t to the a lighted . lucifer, and put i Poo r ,a,„ , e pistol, when it immediately exploded. The th e '_ullg, who happened to be standing just in front of sh,,',-"L.uzzle, was killed instantly, the charge entering its mischief The elder brother who had been the cause of the . pl esi i ,lef, bad his fingers ciit, and was strained by the ).- a, 0 . 1 :2 1 . It appears that the pistol had been borrowed by Inadi.. Ilaill:tfeetdeun:dieicidard for a pigeon match,. but he, after ug it retu rt - ed t eh u i s l e d le:e . : ) , a t r h en er t e s. being no nipple on it, and ---!--'....__------ ot wh itk.. v u t-LE alai Beifatir, are the largest holders by the in World. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended Plied i t !Profession iu preference to French brand .au a, pplic ..a and or home use or exportation. Q ation to Sup 'eh Dis ,.tll ea, Belfa Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal 'strand , w .e St ;or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings notations THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF PERSONATING WOMEN. CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) The whole of the witnesses in this case went before the Grand Jury yesterday afternoon, and after their examination a true bill for misdemeanour was found against Boulton, Park, Lord Arthur Clinton, H. Cumming, Wm. Somerville, Fiske, Hurt, and Thomas. A true bill for felony against Boulton and Park. A true bill for felony against Lord Arthur Clinton and Park. A true bill for felony against Lord Arthur Clinton and Boulton. Mr. Poland then made an application to the Court to grant warrants for the arrest of the four persons, Lewis Hurt, William Somerville, Henry Cumming, and J. S. Fiske. He said that accord ing to the instructions of the Attorney-General, who had had the whole of the case laid before him, in-. dictments had been preferred against , the parties named and true bills had been found. Warrants had been issued against Lord Arthur Clinton and Thomas, but now he had to app►y for warrants against the other four. Mr. Justice Blackburn—For what are they in dicted ? Mr. Poland—For conspiracy. It was quite within the power of the Court, under 22 and 23 of Viet., to issue bench warrants as the Court was sitting. He had every reason to believe that the whole of the defendants were within the jurisdiction of the Court. Mr. Justice Blackburn said, as there was a reason able belief that such was the case, the Court would direct the warrants to issue. As at present arranged, the Attorney-General, will attend at ten o'clock to-morrow morning, but there still appears to be some doubt as to whether the prosecution against Boulton and Park will be proceeded with, or whether some further postpone ment will take place. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 9. 1870 of the advantage of free trade if admitted universally among nations, looks with alarm on the exclusion by a hostile tariff of British manufactures from foreign coun tries, and considers that the present commercial policy de mands investigation." Mr. Leach again atttempted to gain a hearing, but was hooted down. It was then pro posed by the conveners of the meeting to 4djourn it to the 30th instant, but the first resolution was declared to be carried by 500 to 1. The meeting, which was the noisiest ever held in Leicester, closed with passing a vote of confi dence in Mr. Paget, the Liberal candidate for South Lei cestershire. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTERDAY. A " GALLANT" SOLDIER.—Henry Murf en, a private of the Coldstream Guards, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, with brutally assaulting a young woman named Ann Slater. From the evidence of the complainant, whose head was bandaged, it appeared that on the previous night, while near St. George's Barracks, she heard an altercation going on and a female scream, and on going over to ascertain the cause the prisoner struck her in the face, walked away, and then afterwards returned, and gave her a vio lent blow in the mouth, cutting her lip, and causing her to fall to the ground, in consequence of which her head was so severely hurt that she was rendered insensible, and compelled to be taken to the Charing cross Hospital to have her head dressed. The prisoner, who bore a bad character in the regiment, was sent to prison for two months' with hard labour. " A MAD AND WILD IRISHMAN."—Da nieI Mulcahy, a sun-dried and weather - beaten mariner, with a large and bushy beard, was charged before Mr. Woolrych, at the Thames Police-court, with being drunk and disorderly. Richard Martin, police-constable, No. 46 K R, said that at an early hour this morning, the prisoner rolled against him in High-street, Shadwell, and exclaimed, " I am a mad and wild Irishman, take me if you dare." He begged of the prisoner to be quiet and go home. The prisoner said it was not time to turn in, and again ex claimed, " I am a mad and wild Irishman," and acted so noisely and strangely tiat he took him into custody. The prisoner said he had recently come to England, was paid off two days ago, and being "three sheets in the wind," and a little more, set his "jawing tackle" at work, Irishman." Mr. he did sing out " I am a mad an d wild Mr. Woolrych—You are not an Irishman? The prisoner —My mother and my father are both Irishmen, and I was born in Australia—that makes an Irishman of me. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Woolrych —Very nearly so. How came you to make so much noise this morning? The prisoner —Well, it is the first time I have been in old England, and I was on the spree. Mr. Woolrych—You are not mad, but you were very wild this morning. You must pay Os. for being drunk and disorderly. The pri soner—That I will do with pleasure. There's luck in odd numbers, says Rory O'More. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SPANISH BRIGANDS KILLED. Intelligence was received at the Foreign-office last night from Mr. Layard, stating that the brigands who captured the Messrs. I3onell were waylaid on their return with the ransom by the Spanish Civil Guard. Three out of four were killed, and the capture of the fourth is expected. Mr. Layard also believes the ransom to bav• been recovered. Other accounts state that the brigands near Gib raltar have attempted to capture two English officers. In this attempt they were fortunately unsuccessful, as the Civil Guard came to the rescue and captured one of the brigands after a skirmish. It is said that the Governments of England and Spain are making arrangements to prevent Gibraltar from becoming a resort of brigands—a precaution which appears to be necessary. The large amount of ransom demanded and agreed to in the case of the Marathon prisoners has possibly stimulated the avarice of the brigands in Gibraltar, as they appear to have an especial fancy for capturing Englishmen. Mr. Bonell Senior has arrived in the vicinity of Cadiz. THE CHELSEA. MURDERS. At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Blackburn, Walter Miller, 31, plasterer, a respectoble-looking working-man, was indicted for the wilful murder of Elias Huelin, in the parish of St. Luke's, Chelsea, on the 9th May. He was also charged with the wilful murder of Ann Boss. The prisoner, in a firm and distinct voice, pleaded not guilty to both charges. Mr. Poland and Mr. Beasley, instructed by Mr. St. John Wontner on behalf of the Treasury, conducted the prosecu tion; Mr. Collins, instructed by Mr. B. Hutchinson,defend ed. Mr. Collins, addressing the learned Judge, said he was instructed to make an application to postpone the case till next session. Mr. Bury Hutchinson, the solicitor for the defence, at the request of some society, attended to watch the case on the secondremand before the magistrate, and when the examination was over, his duties ended. Last Saturday he received a telegram from some of the prisoner's friends, instructing him to appear for the defence, but he did not receive any remittance till yesterday (Tuesday) evening. A state ment had been made by the prisoner, and in consequence it was necessary to make certain inquiries of a compli catod character, which he could not disclose at present. Mr. Justice Blackburn said he could not postpone a trial on materials the nature of which were not dis closed. He must know the nature of the facts that were to be inquired into. After some little delay, Mr. Collins said there were certain provisions in the will of the deceased gentleman by which the bulk of his property was left to his nephew and his housekeeper, and it was possible that another member of the family feeling aggrieved at this, had become connected with the matter, and it would be recollected that it was a man who spoke broken English that called at the house in Paulton square. Substantially, however, the ground on which he based his application was that Mr. Hutchinson was only instructed yesterday. The learned judge said it was not sufficient to say that the prisoner was not guilty, and that another person was, but he would let the matter stand over and take another case in the meantime. Mr. Poland made another application later in the day, but it was refused. THE TRIAL OF THE SUPPOSED FENIANS. It is probal)le that, owing to a suggestion made by the Law Officers of the Crown, the two suspected Fenians, Michael Davitt and John Wilson, who stand char g ed with treason-felony, will be tried at Leeds. There are many circumstances which render it desirable that the venue of the trial should be laid at that town. In the first place, it was there that Davitt is alleged to have committed the felonious acts of treason with which he is charged. There, also, according to the evidence of two witnesses, the other prisoner, Wilson, a gun and pistol maker of Birmingham, took from the par cel office a box of firearms which he had forwarded from Birmingham, and sent it, in charge of Davitt's warehouse man, to the premises occupied by Davitt under the assumed name of Jackson. Another incidental advantage is the central position of the place, and, since a large majority of the witnesses reside in the midland and northern parts of the kingdom there will be a considerable saving of expense if these persons have only to travel to Leeds instead of London. The lodginghouse keeper with whom Davitt had been staying in London for the fortnight previous to his arrest, and the half-dozen detectives who assisted in the capture of the two prisoners, would at the Leeds Assizes meet half-way, as it were, the police of Glasgow who took possession of the cask of fire-arms sent from Bir mingham ; the Newcastle police, who are witnesses to the arrival of similar packages in that town; the wit nesses in Manchester who saw Davitt apply at a parcel office for a box of ammunition, afterwards seized under very suspicious circumstanoes, and traced by the police from a cottage in Caroline-street Birmingham, which was occupied by a man named Rafferty, and used, it is believed, by Wilson as a depot for the storage of fire arms and ammunition ; and lastly, the numerous witnesses from the neighbouring town of Birmingham who saw many of the consignments of weapons which ultimately fell into the possession of the police, despatched from Rafferty's cottage under Wilson's direction.—Tini€B. There was a full attendance at the Botanic Gar dens, Regent's Park, yesterday afternoon, as the Ame rican plants were in the greatest penfection. An old pensioner has died at Greenwich from the effects of injuries he received from garotters, when visit ing London the other day. A Coroner's Jury, last night, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some per sons unknown." rADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills and Ointment —Palpitation of the Heart, Shortness of Breath.—These distressing affections frequently arise from indigestion or a relaxed state of the nervous system, and may be thoroughly overcome by a course of these corrective pills. When the throbbing of the heart and feeling of suffocation on making any slight exertion harass the patient, Holloway's Ointment should be well rubbed, twice a day, over the pit of the stomach and right side. It will soon bring out a rash, and on its appearance all anxiety and every unfavourable symptom will be miti ' Kaled. The use of the medicine should not be discon tinued until the patient has been for some time free from palpitation and other attendant inconveniences. PROTEST IN THE COUNCIL. -- - The opposition in the Council have addressed a strong protest to the Pope, complaining of the arbi trary course adopted, wt ereby fifty Fathers were prevented from speaking on the dogma of Infallibi lity by the sudden closing of the general discussion. [The following appeared in our Special Edition of las evening :—] PROTEST OF THE AUSTRIAN CONSUL AT BUCHAREST. The Austrian Consul-General has made a protest to the Roumanian Government on the subject of the illegal im prisonment of two Austrian Jews, and threatens to take decisive measures if they are not liberated. PORTUGAL. Senhor Sampara has relinquished his post in the Sal danha Cabinet, because of his opposition to the dissolution of the Cortes. On the Ist of July the submarine cable from Falmouth to Lisbon will be inaugurated. ILLNESS OF COUNT BEUST. A special telegram of the Eastern Budget reports that Count Beust is very unwell. His illness is not of a dangerous character, but it is painful. He will return to Vienna by the end of the week. THE SPANISH THRONE. In yesterday's sitting of the Cortes the amendment of Senor Rojo Arias, which requires an absolute majority of the Deputies to vote on the election of a monarch, has been carried by 137 to 124. This was the second time the amendment was brought forward, having been previously voted on Friday, but requiring a second decision. It is considered greatly to affect Montpeusier's chance, as he has only the promise of about 100 votes, which would not come up to the requisite standard. The Ministers voted in the minority. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND ASSOCIATION. Sir Stafford Northcote presided yesterday at the an nual meeting of the Bath and West of England As sociation, and was warmly welcomed back from Canada. The report stated that the funded property of the Society amounted to £5,500 ; the number of members was 1,097. The Council recommended that the next meeting of the society be held at Guildford, and that Earl Cork be president. These propositions were put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Various formal votes of thanks were passed, and brought the proceedings to a conclusion. COMPLETION OF THE FALMOUTH, GIB RALTAR, AND MALTA CABLE. The steamers, Hibernia, Scauderia, and Edinburgh, which have been laying the Gibraltar and Porthcurnoe section of the British Indian Submarine Cable, arrived at Porthcurnoe this day. The cable was immediately spliced to the portion which was laid by the Investigator yesterday. Communication to Bombay is now therefore completed. THE LATE SIR JOHN SIMEON, BART., M.P. At a special meeting of the Ryde Town Council, held on Tuesday, it was unanimously resolved to forward an address of condolence to the family of the late Sir John Simeon, Bart., M.P. The Mayor and ex-Mayor were requested to draw it up and affix the borough seal to it. AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT TAUNTON. Twelve thousand two hundred and ninety-six persons paid for admission to the Agricultural Show at Taunton yesterday. The sum thereby realised was £1,482, being the highest amount taken on any one day, with the single exception of the occasion when the show was held at Bristol. EDUCATIONAL MEETING AT STROUD. This evening a public meeting was held in the Stroud Subscription Rooms, to consider the Government Educa tion Bill. Mr. Mailing- M.P., presided. The resolutions passed were to the effect that schools supported with pub lic money should be open to children of all religious creeds on terms of perfect equality without desiring to in terfere with the continued receipt of public grants by existing denominational schools, subject to an efficient conscience clause. That the meeting protested against the establishment of denominational schools out of public grants as a violation of religious equality ; and t hat no grant of public money should be made to any school which did not permit the absolute withdrawal of a child during the time of religious education. The meeting heartily ap proved, 1 y resolution, of the course taken by Mr. Winter botham, Laal pledged itself to support him. The chair man opposed secular education. Mr. Winterbotham, M.P., argued at length against denominational education. CHARITABLE MEETING AT LIVERPOOL. A meeting was held at the Liverpool Town Hall yester day, under the presidency of the Deputy Mayor, for the purpose of promoting the exemption of charities from local rates. A petition was adopted in favour of Mr. Muntz's measure. CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES' MEETING AT MANCHESTER. A congress of delegates from co-operative societies in all parts of England is being held at Manchester this week. A proposal to establish a co-operative bank to receive deposits from stores and distributive societies, which it was reported were in possession of large surplus capital for which they could not find remunerative and safe investment, and to lend sums to productive societies, which, it was also stated, were in many cases straitened in their business for want of capital, has been the subject of much discussion. The tone of the conference was almost unanimous in favour of this proposal, and yester day a resolution was adopted, approving it, and expressing the feeling of the meeting that the present Is an oppor tune time to establish the bank provided sufficient capital can be raised, and remitting the matter to the executive for further development. Although no resolution has been adopted on the subject, an universal feeling has been expressed in favour of the extension of the produc tive societies. To-day a letter from the Bishop of Man chester, expressing himself in favour of co-operative farming, was read and received with much applause. FREE TRADERS AT LEICESTER. Last evening a meeting convened by the Manchester Reciprocity Association was announced to be held in Leicester, but long before the time for commencing the proceedings the hall was taken possession of by the friends of free trade, who had been invited to attend. A chairman was elected in opposition to the one proposed by the conveners of the meeting. Incessant uproar pre vailed, and Mr. Leach, a working man, of Staleybridge, and Mr. Wheelhouse, M.P., Leeds, the deputation, who were limited by the chairman to ten minutes each, were unable to make themselves heard. Only the friends of free trade were granted a hearing, and a resolution was proposed " That in the opinion of the meeting the commercial policy inaugurated by Cobden and Bright had been on the whole a great blessing to the working classes of this coun try ;" and the meeting condemned most strongly any approach towards the old policy of protec tion. Mr. Leach then proposed the following resolution — which the chairman declined to receive—" That this meeting desires to express its sincere sympathy with those of the working classes who are unable from want to obtain the necessaries of life ; and while deeply sensible IDENTIFICATION OF FENIAN ARMS. Mrs. Coveney, on whose premises the seizure of arms and ammunition was made last night by the Cork police was brought up at the police-office to-day. Mr. Morton, a gunmaker, identified a gun found as one of those carried off from his shop by a party of Fenians in 1868. The box, gun, case, and flash, belonging to Captain Magnay, Royal Engineers, and bearing his initials were produced. The articles were stolen by supposed Fenians in 1869. The case was adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, MANCHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Maiden Plate of 50 sovs. One mile. Mr W. Hudson's Torreador, by Piccador—Stolen Moments, 3 yrs, 7st (Platt) 1 Mr James Dawson's Fearnought, 3 yrs, 7st ...(Doretty) 2 Mr Ambrose's Lady de Trafford, 3 yrs, 7st...(Gradwell) 3 The following also ran :—The Mate, Newark, Londes= borough, and Irish Maid. Won by three lengths. The Philips' Handicap of 100 Bova. T.Y.C. About five furlongs. Mr W. A. Baker's Prior, by Camerino—Lady Abbess 4 yrs, 7st 61b Mr T. P. Pope's East Coast , 4 y rs, 7st lolb (C. Gray 2 Mr Lawrence's Ismael, 4 yrs. , Est 91b (Gradwell 3 Blucher also ran. Won by two lengths. The Copeland Stakes of 10 SOVB each. T.Y.C. (about five furlongs). Mr. Foy's Presano, by Stockwell—Contadina, Bst 101 b (Parry) 1 Mr. P. Jackson's Mulatto , Bst 101 b (Hudson) 2 Mr J. Kay's Hesperia (11 b), Bst 71b (Gradwell) 3 Mount Blair, Bishopthorpe, Alarm Bell also ran. Won by a short head. The De Trafford Cup of 200 sovs. One mile and a quarter. Lord Wilton's Curio, by Romulus—Attack, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr Eastwood's Hawthorndale, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Gradwell) 2 Mr James Dawson's Surgeon, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b .inter, 3 Lord Marcus, Maid of Mickley , Badinage, Vinter, and Good Hope also ran. 9to 4 agst Badinage, 3 to 1 agst Good Hope, 8 to 1 each agst Surgeon, Hawthorndale, and Maid of Mickley, 10 to 1 agst Curio. Won by half a length. The Pendleton Stakes. Straight half-mile. Mr Mumford's Filou, by Trumpeter—Sharp Practice, 3 yn.s, 7st 121 b (250) (Hardy) 1 Mr W. A. Baker's Light Cloud, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (250) (Kenyon) 2 Mr H. Owen's Truth, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (X5O) (Maidment) 3 Nelly Gray, Bonita, Maiden, Cateress also ran. Won by three lengths. The Trial Handicap Stakes. One mile. Mr W. Bourke's c by Rapid Rhone—Hetty, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (carried 6st 51b Mr Barber's Disturbance, 3 yrs, s st 81 b (West) 2 Mr Phillips's Kellogg, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (Gradwell) 3 Performer, Honesty, and Eskadale also ran. Won by two lengths. SCRATCHINGS City Handicap—My Uncle, Consternation, and Star and Garter. CROYDON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Welter Cup, value 50 sovs. About one mile and a half. Mr W. H. Manser's King Theodore, by King Tom — Sneer, 3 yrs, list (in 71b ex) Marsh w. o. for the forfeits. The Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs. Half a mile. Mr J. Frost's Robert Bruce, by Lord of the Isles — Forest Maid, Bst 71b (Penfold) 1 Mr W Castle's Lecturer, Bst (Mordan) 2 Mr H. Wright's Infanta, c. 7st 101 b (Huxtable) 3 Avenstone, Hilary, Slashing Kitty, Lothair, also ran. Won in a canter. The Woodside Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs. Half smile. Mr G. Taylor's Lincoln, by Ely— Sister to Little Lady, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Butler) 1 Mr J. Prince's Election,s yrs, 7st 71b (Wilson) 2 Mr F Temple's Succession, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (in 71b ex (Rowell) ) 3 Bismarck, Bliss, Hue and Cry also , ran. Won in a canter. The Two-year-old Stakes of 5 sovs each. About five furlongs. Mr. J. Frost's Robert Bruce, 9st llb (in 51b ex) (Penf old) 1 Mr Hailey's Buskin, Bst 51b THE LYNN ROYAL REGATTA. Lynn royal regatta was held yesterday. The weather was fine and the number of spectators large. Samson beat zones for the Lynn championship. Lady Margaret rowed over for !the eights match. The Alexandra Club rowed over for the Members' Plate. Close, brother to the amateur champion at Cambridge, won the championship of the Ouse. He led throughout the race add won by four lengths,Goldie being second. De Grey's boat capsized at the start. The Granta Challenge `(eights) Sixty Guinea Cup was won by First Trinity (Cambridge), Lady Mar garet being second, and Jesus third. Outrigger fours for the Prince of !Wales's prize of 25 guineas—Jesus (Cam bridge), 1; Corpus, 2; Trinity, 3. The Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University yesterday morning made known the following award of Gaisford prizes :—Prose composition, J. H. Godley, Balliol College; Proximo accessit, G. E. Jeans, Pembroke College ; verse composition, W. S. Gibson, Balliol College. There having been a slight disturbance last night in front of the theatre at Ryde, in connection with the Isle of Wight election, the magistrates have determined to enrol a posse of special constables. At the Druids' (A. M. D.) Lodge, held at Sunderland yesterday, a resolution was carried nearly unanimously to support the Government bill, which proposes to aboliish the office of Registrar of Friendly Societies, and transfer the powers to the Board of Trade. The affairs of the oraer were discussed during the remainder of the day. The delegates were entertained at a grand banquet in the evening at Newcastle, the Mayor presiding. TOO MUCH COTTON AND TOO LITTLE CORN. From the accounts of the Southern papers, in relation to the prospect of the crops on the second week in May, it seems that the universal complaint at some points is that too much land has been planted in cotton and too little in corn, so much so as to warrant the prediction that from present appearances " cotton seed will have to take the place of corn for man and beast next fall and winter." This is unfortunate. Before the war it was the great mis take of the South to be obliged to buy from year to year the actual necessaries of life and rely for payment thereof upon the growing staple, and when the crash came she was like an unprovisioned garrison, filled with brave men with empty stomachs. The South must rely more upon her own fields for her breadstuffs and provisions and less upon the grain and bacon of the great West. If a lesser breadth of cotton be planted the price of the staple will be correspondingly increased, in consequence of a dimin ished supply, and in any event, provided in the meantime plenty of corn and grain be planted, they will have plenty of food for man and beast without paying five-fold for the same to the West and California. The danger of the South in the future lies in having too much cotton and too little corn. —New York Herald. Mr. Alexander M'Call, superintendent of the Cen tral District of Police, Glasgow, has been appointed a chief constable of that city. The Messrs. .Mansell, of the Lyceum Theatre, have had an offer to go to America and introduce opera bouff6 into that country, founded on Lyceum experience. And they are going ?—London Figaro. - - - The Liverpool Mercury says a local firm (Messrs. R. Price, H. Thompson, and J. Reynolds), engaged in the provision trade, has suspended payment with liabilities exceeding £lOO,OOO. It is also said that a Liverpool bank is a creditor to the extent of £6,000. Mr. Charles Head, the well-known book-maker had the misfortune to lose a number of cheques while at Tattersall's, or leaving there, on Monday. They amount to upwards of £6OO in the aggregate, and are in various sums, all stopped at the respective banks. Mr. Head, by an advertisement, liberally offers £2O reward for the re covery of the cheques, which are of no use to anyone ex cepting the owner. MISS BATEMAN.—The brilliant engagement of this gifted lady is announced as concluding on Saturday, June 25. Those who have and those who have not seen her great impersonation of Mary . Warner will alike be eager to mail themselves of the brief period yet remaining to enjoy an impersonation pronounced by all who have wit nessed it the most natural and touching picture of womanly devotion the stage can boast. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul were on their way to Montreal to fulfil an engagement at the Theatre Royal, but on applying at the Troy (New York) station for tickets to that city were told by the officials that passengers were not allowed to enter Canada for the next day or two, and that they could only issue tickets as far as the frontier. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul have therefore been compelled to relinquish their engagement, and Manager Buckland has an empty theatre this week. A. dock labourer, named Goore Bradley, 22 years of age, attempted to murder a ma named Patrick Barnacles, in one of the booths at the wakes at Tranmere near Liverpool, yesterday. Barnacles had engaged in a " sparring competition " with another man. Barnacles having proved victorious, the supporters of the opposite party broke into the tent. Bradley, who was one of them, drew a knife and attempted to cut Barnacles' throat. Bradley was taken into custody with his brother, Daniel Bradley, who handed his brother the knife. There is every prospect of Barnacles' recovery. Another Indian delegation, composed of Spotted Tail, Swift Bear, and other harmonious chiefs of the Sioux tribe, are on their way to Washington to meet the Great Father and Red Cloud—a deadly enemy. It behoves our Indian Commissioners at Washington to make matters and things intelligible to those bloody-minded chiefs with out any delay, and to keep them away from Washington whiskey, or else we are likely to hear " the gentle war whoop of the savage, the cheerful report of the pistol and the pleasant cry of the victim," right under the shadow of the capitol.—New York Herald. ANNEXATION. —The news from San Domingo, shews that the project of annexation finds favour with all classes of the community, save the foreign merchants, who desire to preserve their monopoly of the trade of the island. If the pending negotiations break down, the 'island will at once be plunged in all the horrors of civil war. Since our own interests and those of the people of San Domingo coincide so thoroughly, would it not be well to settle this business at once, and so conclude a bargain which we certainly could never have reason to repent? — New York Times. THE REPRESENTATION OF EAST SUFFOLK. — Sir Alexander Shafto Adair has issued an address to the electors of East Suffolk who supported his candidature during the late contest. He attributed the Conservative victory to " the employment of coercive influence," and expresses his belief that all impediments to free voting will, however, be removed before the next general elec tion, by the adoption of the Ballot into the electoral system. Sir Shafto adds :—" Meantime I need not advise you to watch the Registration, knowing how carefully and with how much patience, the district committees have worked." SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR BE CC LE S.—Much excitement was caused in the town of Beecles on Tuesday morning by the report that the body of a woman had been discovered lying in a pool of blood in a lane about one mile out of the town, leading to Ringsfield Church. Whit-Monday was the annual fair at Beccles, and among the . country people on their w . 9.y home on Tuesday morning was a man named Fisher and his daughter, who live in the parish of Rings field. When about a mile out of the town, in a lonely lane that leads round to Ringsfield Church, they came upon the body of a woman lying by the side of the path. Fisher was at first under the impression that the woman was asleep, but after a short examination he discovered that she was dead and covered with blood, and hastened back to Beccles, where he informed Inspector Cole. Inspector Cole procured help, and after a short delay, . the body was conveyed to the police-station in a cart, where it was I identified as the body of a young woman, about 25 years of age, named Elizabeth Chenery, who lived at Ditchingham, but had visited the fair on the previous day. There were no wounds or blood on the body or head. A man named Jacob Ling, a coachmaker. who was known to be acquainted with the woman, hasbeen apprehended by the police, and is now in custody. It is suspected that he knows something i.of the matter, as his coat and boots were bespattered with blood. He is said to have made some statement to the police, which will probably be given at the coroner's inquest. Won in a canter. The Town Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs. One mile. Mr H. Wright's Transgressor, by Wild Dayrell— Editha, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b Mr T. Stevens's Barcelona, 4 yrs, 7st 71b Mr Dillon's Victoria, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ( J. Payne) 3 Won in a canter by ten lengths ; a bad third. LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END. WEDNESDAY A few transactions on the Royal Hunt Cup and Grand Prize are all that came under notice, but in no case were outlays extensive : GRAND PRIZE. 7 to 2 agst Bigarreau (taken) 9 to 2 agst Recorder (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Coutts (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Prince of Wales (taken and offered 10 to 1 agst Nobleman (taken) ROYAL HUNT CUP. 12 to 1 agst Typheous (taken and offered). 12 to 1 agst Dolphin (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Tim Weaver (taken) 25 to 1 agst Alpenstock (taken). 25 to 1 agst Countryman (taken) 100 to 3 agst Prince Henry (taken) 100 to 3 agst Lady of Lyons (taken) 100 to 3 agst Dunbar (taken) 40 to 1 agst Make Haste (taken) CITY BETTING—WEDNESDAY. GRAND PRIZE. 3to 1 agst Bigarreau (offered) 4to 1 agst Sornette (offered —take sto 1) sto 1 agst Recorder (offered) Bto 1 agst Coutts (offered) Bto 1 agst Prince of Wales (taken and offered) bOO to 40 agst Nobleman (taken and offered) ROYAL HUNT CUP. 10 to 1 agst Typhoeus (offered —I 00 to 80 taken and wanted) 1000 to 80 agst Dolphin (taken) 20 to 1 agst Uncas (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Tim Weaver (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blacklock (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Alpenstock (offered) 30 to 1 agst Moonstone (taken) 30 to 1 agst Callas (taken freely) 100 to 3 agst Blne Bell (taken) 100 to 3 agst Vagabond (offered—take 40 to 1) 200 to 4 agst Rupert (taken) 200 to 4 agst Pandore (taken) Vestminster and Mount Pleasant said to be scratched. MARKS .CS--Y ESTERDAY. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.—Fresh up to Mark-lane this morning, the receipts of wheat from Essex and Kent were limited. For all qualities the market was firm, and extreme rates were obtained. The show of foreign wheat was moderate. The trade was steady,. at extreme currencies. With moderate supplies of barley, the inquiry was firm, at full quota tions. Malt was quiet, at late rates. Oats were in moderate supply and healthy request, at improving prices, Beans and peas were firm, and fully as dear. Flour was steady. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS, WEDNESDAY.—There has been a moderate demand for sugar, but on rather easier terms* Brown Barbadoes, 255. to 325.; crystallised Bahia, 345. to 355. 6d. Refined goods have been quiet. Coffee has been in moderate request, on former terms. LONDON OIL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Linseed oil has been firm, 295. to 325. 3d. spot. Rape oil has been steady. English brown, 435. 9d. is 445. spot. - - LONDON METAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—Iron has been quieter. Tin has been firm. Straits, £135. LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.—TaIIow has been firm. Y.C. on the spot 455. 9d. ; spot, month, 455. 6d. buyers last three months, 465. 3d. to 465. 6d. per cwt. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The supply of meat has been moderate. The trade has been quiet, as follows :—Beef, from 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; mutton, 3s. 4d. to 55.; lamb, 6s. Od. to 6s. Bd.; veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; and pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. Bd. per Blbs., by the carcase. • • BOROUGH HOP MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The supplies have been moderate. The trade has been firm, but not active, on former terms. From the plantations the accounts are favour able. Mid and East Kents, £7 to £l2 125.: Weald of Kents, £6 to RS ; Sussex, £5 12s. to £6 12s. ; Bavarians, £6 6s. to £9 ; French, £5 10s. to £6 Bs. ; Americans, £4 ss. to £6 ; and year lings, £1 10s. to £3lss. per cwt. WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-There was a very good supply of fat stock at the market to-day. Beef sold at from Bs. to 9s. per stone of 141bs. Mutton was 7d. to 70. per lb. ; and at the close part of the stock was left unsold. The lean stock was very light. Number of fat beasts, 897 ; sheep. 7,600 ; pigs (a good show), 2,030. Slow sales. NEWARK CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY. - The supply of wheat to -day at this market was small, for which there was a strong consumptive demand, at an advance of from 2s. to 3s. per quarter. Barley, oats. beans, and peas were each offered very sparingly, and fully Is. per quarter dearer. The weather con tinues hot and dry. SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The trade at thismrket has been rather slow to-daylast week's prices cannot be realized. Best Beef, 2AI. per stone lower. Mutton 2d. per stone lower. LEEDS CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. - The number of beasts in the market to-day was 516 ; sheep and lambs, 4,770. The beasts met a good sale, at full rates. Sheep moved off slowly, at from 71d. to 7FI. Lambs were from 21s. to 31s. per head. MANCHESTER COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The city has assumed a holiday aspect, and the attendance on change was very limited. The business transactions were of no importance. This state of things will continue for the remainder of the week. Prices continue to be well supported, and it is thought that more business has been done lately than they have been credited for. At least enough has been done to prevent stocks accumulating, and enable producers to be under no pressure to sell. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-This market closed quiet. Sales, 10,000 bales ; speculation and export, 2,000 bales. Five thousand American sold at 9d. to ls. 0&d. ; 400 Pernambuco, 101 d. to 111 d. ; 100 Santos, 101 d. ; 100 Bahia, 110. to ls. Oftd. ; 400 EgYrdian. 91d. to ls. 2d. ; 300 Smyrna, 91d. to 10d. ;30 Peru, ls. Oid. ; 3,670 Surat, 81d. to 101 d. Imports, 28,285 bales. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-The supplies at this market were moderate. Wheat was in good de mand at 2s. per qr. advance. Barley was a slow trade, at last week's prices. Oats a ready sale, from ls. to 2s. per qr. dearer. Beans dull ; prices unchanged EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-There was a slightly large supply of sheep at this market to-day ; and trade was better at previous rates. Quality fully as good as last week. Top, rough, 91d. per lb., current 9id. Lambs are better at an advance of from 6d. to ls. per head ; top 355. each (a small lot) ; general top 325, each ; and from 20s. to 30s. each for other lots. Beef was a low trade with a downward tendency ; extreme top gs. 9d. per stone. Store cattle was in better demand ; stirks from £7 to £8 each ; two-year-olds, from £l2 to £l5 ss. ; Ayrshire cows, from £l6 10s. to £22 ; shorthorns, from £lB to £26 each ; fat pigs from 55. 6d. to Os. 6d. per stone ; young pigs a fair demand from 175. to 245. each. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, WEDNDSDAY. - The mar ket to-day is easier. Business is done from 61s. 6d. down to 60s. 9d. cash ; closing rather buyers latter quotation ; sellers one penny more. THE MONET. Influenced partly by realisations, and bythe continuance of the drought, the Stock Exchange markets have been in an unsettled state to-day. There has been a pre ponderance of sales over purchases, and, with scarcely an exception, the movements have been un favourable. Consols have been dull, at 92k, 92i ex div' for delivery, and 922, 92 ex div. for July. Reduced and New Three per Cents 92k, 92fi ; Exchequer Bills par to ss. prem. ; Bank stock 234, 236 ; India Five per Cents 111, 1111 ex div. Business in Indian railway stocks has been of a very moderate character. Nevert helets, the quotations have been maintained. Canadian shares have been dull, and Great Western have fallen In foreign shares no move ment of importance has been noticed. The sum of £59,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day. The traffic receipts of the London and North-Western shew an increase of £10,608 ; of the Midland an increase of £11,946 ; and of the North Eastern an increase of £ll 831. The Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph Company have held a meeting to-day, and have declared a dividend of 13s. per share, making, with previous payments 12j per cent. per annum. About £467,500 in Australian and New Zealand gold is known to be on passage to this country, of which £398,000 is due in the course of the week. The market for foreign bonds has been in a depressed state. Spanish have been fiat and i t easier, and Turkish also have been rather lower. Japan Scrip has fallen to 2, 1 dis. Peruvian, however, have continued firm. The new loan is quoted at Ito 1 prem., and the Spanish at 2i to 2g. American Government securities have been firm, and per cent. better. Illinois Central shares have risen 1, but Atlantic Bonds and Erie shares have fallen Bank shares have been dealt in quietly, but full quota tions have been realised. Imperial Ottoman have marked 41, 4 prem, and London and County 51511. Telegraph shares have been flat. Anglo-Mediterranean have fallen and West Indian and Panama Tele graph Construction shares have been done as low as 29, but have since improved to 291, 29, shewing a decline on the day ofS. Silver's Indiarubber have risen 1. In miscellaneous securities the transactions have been to a very moderate extent, but the quotations have shewn no material alteration. In the money market to-day a fair amount of anima tion has been noticed. The supply of capital has been moderate, but there has been more inquiry for accommodation, and the rate for negotiating three months' paper has been firm at 21 to 3 per cent. The charge for discounting six months' bills is 3, 3-k per cent. Loans on the Stock Exchange are obtainable at about 3 per cent. The Main, from New York, has brought £114,809. The report of the Bombay Gas Company, to be pre sented on the 23rd inst., shews an available total of £7,488, and recommends a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The directors of the London and River Plate Bank have declared the usual interim dividend of 5 per cent for the half-year ended March 31st. A prospectus has been issued of the Dorsetshire Clay Pottery Company (Limited), with a capital of £40,000 in £5 shares, to lease an estate and works at Wareham. The directors of the Bank of New South Wales at Syd ney, have declared a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum. At a meeting of Hooper's Telegraph Works Company, the directors' report was adopted, and a dividend of ss. per share was declared. We have reason to believe that the reported loss of the Dacia, with 147 hands, having on board the cable for connecting by a new line the West Indies with South America was originated for stock jobbing purposes in order to run down certain telegraph shares. Should such prove to be the case some immediate action on the part of the Stock Exchange Committee is needed to check these disgraceful transactions. At Mark-lane, to-day, wheat has been firm, at full prices. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. John Edwards, builder, Booth-street, Manchester, trading under the firm of Bowden and Edwards, it was shewn that the liabilities amounted to £12,049, and the assets to £7,668. It was resolved to wind up the estate in bankruptcy. With the exception of Metropolitan, which, after being done at 67fi to 67i receded to 67# to 67k, shewing an ad vance of on the day, the market for English railway stocks has been depressed, North-Eastern Consols have declined to 146, 1461, being a fall of 1. Caledonian opened at 79 to 79k; but subsequently fell 0. Midland has relapsed # ; London and IN orth-Western, and Great Western ,ON DON STOCK EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. LATEST PRICES AFT: ER OFFICIAL HOURS. GOVERNMENT Three per Cent COll Bola —924 920xd Do. for Account 928 92ixd Three per Cent Rdcd 920 928 New 3 per Cent Exchequer Mills, March, par spm Do., June Bank Stock India 5 per Cents.... 111 1110 ad Can.6pcjau.SaulylB77-84 10701080 Do. 5 per cent do. 9 8 0 9 9 Domin. of Can. 5p c 1903 970 980 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 1150116 Do. 5 pc do. 104 104 SECURITIES. Brazilian, 1865, 5 p c 914 924 Egyptian, 1868, 7p c 82f 83 Do. Rail. Deben., 7 p c 1014102 Italian, 1861, 5 per cent 5BB 59 Peruvian, 1865, 5 per cent 901 91 Portuguese, 1869, 3 p c 331 34 Russian, 1866, 5 p c 934 94 Do. Nicolas, 4 per cent 6Bl 69 Spanish, 1867, 3percent 3lB 32 Do., 1869, 3 per cent Turkish, 1854, 6 per cent 87 89 Do., 1865, 5 per cent 528 534 Do., 1865, 6 per cent 74 75 U. S. 5-20 Bonds, 6pc 1882 894 691 Do., 1865 Do., 10-40 Bonds, spc 1904 864 86 Erie Sha.. 100 dols. all pd. 18 184 South-Eastern ~ Itom.,Bar., teCl.lnd.g.s pc 10711081 East India guar. 5p a ll3 114 Grand Trunk of Canada 141 15 Do. Ist Preference Bonds 674 68 Great Indian Pen. g. spe 1081109 Great Western of Canada 15 151 Madras g. 5 pc lOBllO9l Scinde, Delhi, do. ' Scinde, Punjaulo, do lO7 108 Dutch Rhenish 251 251 Eastern of France Great Luxembourg 144 141 Northern of France Ottom. (Smyrna to Aldln) 7 7} Recife and San Francisco 16 16 San Paulo (L.) guar.? p c 201 211 - S. Aus. & Loin. Venetn. 151 151 RAILWAYS Bristol and Exeter B5 87 Caledonian 7BA 78 Great Eastern Great Northern Do. A Great Western Lancashire & Yorsshire 1342135} L. B. and South Coast Lon. Chat., and Dover Lon. and North-Western 130/1302 Lon. and South-Western 92 93 Man., Shot., and Lincoln 532 54 Metropolitan 672 672 Midland North British 39} .392 North-Eastern Consols Do. Leeds — Do. York BANKING COMPANIES. .t Agra Bank (L) A .... 11 11 1 10 Imperial Ottoman 4f 4ipm Alliance (Limited) .. 141 151 20 Lon.Cnar. of Austrlia 241 251 Anglo-Austrian .... 15 17 pm 20 London and County 50 51i Anglo-Egyptn (Lim) 24) 251 15 London Joint-Stock 351 36 British NorthAmrcu 54 56 20 Lndn & Wstminstr 64 65 Ch. of India, Australia 16/ 171 10 Metropolitan Bl 91 Char. Merc. of India 30 91 20 Midland (Limited) 1 dis, par City Colonial Consolidated (Unita) f lipm 25 Union of Australia.. 4 6 47 Eng., Scot., & Aust. C 171 181 15 Union of London 40 41 Imperial (Limited) l9 191 T 141.1.10 la PH CO3trANII49 Pd IPd 10 Anglo-American (L) 162 17 10 Great Northern .... 11 lli 100 Atlantic 3 British Ind. Ex. 04 6/ 62 10 Med. Extension (L).. 5t 6 10 British Ind') Sub. (L.) 7/ 8/ 20 Soc. Trans. Prance (L) 151 14 7 Fal. Gibraltar, &c. (L) 81 91 S W. India & Panama 6 6 MINCI4I.I.ANICOUS SEMI ItITIES, Pdl Pd 10; Berlin Waterworks (14 144 15 51. Rbbr, G P Tel. Wks. 444 454 271 Canada Company 78 80 100 Intr. Financial (L) 14 dis 10 Ceylon Company (L) 4 3 dis 5 Mdras I rrigton g. spc 104 106 20iColouial id's, 4pm 5 National Discount IL) 111 121 10iCred. Foncier of E (14 21 24 50 Ocean Marine 10o'Cryst al Palace 13 Fore-st Warehouse (L)4154 pm Telegraph Constrctn 74 Gen. ()red. & Pact 14 Gen. Stm Navigation 29 31 5 by Italian Gvrumut 91 93 45 Hooper's Tel. Works 1 # dis Trust &Lnof 11 Cnda 11 pm A woman is in custody at Glasgow charged with the abduction of a little boy aged 3, the son of a gentle man residing in that city. The police state that the accused is a woman of the town. THE FENIAN AMAZONS OF BROOKLYN.—A meet ing of female Fenians has been held at the residence of Mrs. Jane Davis, No. 100 Court-street, for the purpose of organising the sisterhood to assist, pecuniarily, the men in the field. All reporters of the press were excluded, but it is understood that a complete organisation was effected. IMMIGRATION.—During the week ending May 14th there arrived in New York 9,017 passengers from abroad. Of these, 2,955 were from Ireland, 2,452 from Germany, 1,326 from England, 1,081 from Sweden, 370 from Den mark, 259 from Norway, 100 from France, and 257 from other countries. NEGRO CADETS.—In the judgment of the military authorities, the elevation of Senater Revels was a less momentous step in the advance of the coloured race than the apparition of a negro cadet at West Point. If reports speak truly the enterprising coloured lad may expect to have something more than the stated curriculum of our military school to pass through, and the resolute expres sion which appears to be visible on his countenance will probably find occasion to be deepened should he succeed in commencing his studies. Let us hope that the scruples of the officers in command will not unduly affect the seve rity of the preliminary examination, since it would be difficult to explain why a race that has shown its fitness to occupy the bar, the bench, the pulpit, and the seat of the legislator, should be debarred from monitory com mand,—NewYork Tines. .ESTERDAY