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[The following is a more extended report than that which appeared in our afternoon edition of yesterday.] On Thursday the Lord Chief Baron, Lord Penzance, and Mr. Justice Keating—the judges who tried the appeal case " Mordaunt v. Mordaunt"—delivered their judg ments. The question was whether the insanity of Lady Mordaunt is a permanent bar to the progress of the divorce suit which has been commenced by the husband, Sir Charles Mordaunt. Mr. Justice Keating first read his judgment, as follows : This is an appeal against an order made by the Judge Ordinary on the Bth of March, 1870,. directing " that no further proceedings be taken in this suit until Lady Mordaunt recovers her mental capacity, and that the petitioner be at liberty to apply to the court whenever he is able, to affirm the respondent's recovery." It appears that the petitioner, Sir Charles Mordaunt, on the 30th April 1869 filed his petition in this court for a divorce, on the ground of the alleged adultery of the respondent with the co-respondent, and that the petition and citation were duly served upon the respondent. Citations were also served upon the co-respondents, who appeared and filed their answers, denying the alleged adultery. An appli cation was afterwards, on the 9th May, 1869, made on behalf of the respondent to stay the proceedings, on the ground of her mental incapacity, and to extend the time for entering an appearance, and filing an answer on her behalf. The judge ordinary therefore, on affidavits, ordered that the respondent's father should appear as guardian ad letem, and allege the insanity. The guardian accord ingly *appeared, and pleaded the insanity of the respondent formally. The petitioner took issue on the plea, and that issue was tried before a special jury, who found that the respondent was at the date of the service of the citation in a state of mental derangement, which rendered her wholly unfit and unable to answer the petition or duly instruct an attorney for her defence, and that she had ever since remained, and then still remained so, unfit ani. unable. The Judge Ordinary afterwards, and upon the under standing of both parties that the question should be sub mitted to the full court, made the order appealed from, and the question is whether that order should be rescinded or varied, or in other words, whether proceedings upon a charge of adultery with a view to a divorce can or ought to be continued against a respondent who at the commencement of the suit was, and still is, wholly unable and unfit, through mental incapacity, to defend herself so long as that mental incapacity continues ; and I am of opinion that the order made ought not to be rescinded or varied. If this were a criminal proceeding, or a proceeding in pcenam, properly so called, of course, there could be no doubt upon the subject. Mental inca pacity not only excuses the commission of what otherwise would be crime, but is a bar at every stage to any pro ceeding on the part of the Crown in respect of it. It excuses the act charged as crime, because the essence of crime is the mens rea, which could not exist in such a case, and it is a bar to criminal proceedings, in consequence of want of capacity on the part of the ac cused to understand the change, or make a defence to it. Now, it is true, that by the law of England adultery is not the subject of indictment, and therefore cannot, with strict technical accuracy, be termed a crime; yet the charge, both in its nature and consequences, much resembles a criminal charge. Indeed, Mr. Emlym, whose learning and ability are vouched by Mr. Hargrave in his preface to the second edition of " State Trials," expresses an opinion that it was indictable by our laws, and cites authorities for his opinion. By the law of France it is punishable as a - criminal offence, and we have the authority of Lord Holt in the case referred to (Galyard and Rigault) that it is considered as such in the spiritual courts. In divorce pro ceedings in the House of Lord also it appears to be so treated. The nature of the offence charged seems to me to distin guish the proceedings in divorce essentially from those merely of a civil character, in which the object is the reco very of debt or damages for an injury to person or property. In proceedings for a divorce, although the consequences to the party charged, and found guilty are certainly not the same as in misdemeanour, yet in the case of a wife respondent they are so incalculably more terrible than fine and imprisonment, that (as argued by Mr. Archibald) it seems contrary to all sense of natural justice that a woman should be convicted of adultery involving a change in her personal status that by a judgment in rem without the fullest opportunity of making her defence. By analogy, therefore, to those principles which have been established in the administration of criminal justice in this country, it seems to me that the proceeding for a divorce from cause of adultery, although not strictly a criminal proceeding, is a least a proceeding quasi in poenam, and ought to afford similar protection to parties accused. But by far the most cogent reasons for supporting the present order are in my opinion to be found in the provisions of the statute itself upon which the jurisdiction of the court is founded, and in order to appreciate their effect it is neces eary to bear in mind that before the passing of the statute 20 and 21 Vic. cap. 83, by the law of Eng land marriage, when lawfully contracted, was an indissoluble contract. Unlike all other civil contracts it could neither be put an end to by mutual consent nor by act or operation of law. The husband whose wife had proved unfaithful might, indeed, go into the spiritual court, and, upon proof of adultery, without fault on his part, obtain a divorce a mensci et thoro, and also bring an action for damages against the adulterer ; but the marriage contract remained undissolved, nor could the parties during their joint lives marry again, unless by special interference of the Legislature. In that state of things the statute 20th and 21st Victoria, c. 85, was Passed, which for the first time gave to a court of law the Power to dissolve a lawful marriage, but only sub mock), and subject to certain conditions. Mere the learned judge recapitulated some of the Principal sections of the Act. That Act and another more recent one enables any person to present a petition for dissolution of marriage, but the court must be satisfied that there is no collusion between the parties, that the petitioner has not condoned the adultery, that the peti tioner has not himself or herself committed adultery, that there be no unreasonable delay in presenting the petition, and that the petitioner has not separated from the other Party, or deserted him or her without reasonable cause, &c. Now, continued the judge, it appears, to me to b e i m p oss ibl e t o a pply these provisions of the statute in the manner contemplated by the Legislature in a case where one of the parties is insane. The court cannot pronounce a decree of divorce unless satisfied after inquiry which it is bound to make that none of the statutable impediments exist. Yet if the existence of those impediments, or of most of them is Peculiarly and often exclusively within the knowledge of the parties themselves, how, then, can it be supposed that the Legislature contemplated such a suit pro ceeding- during the insanity of one of the parties to it? Take the case of a petitioner. Is a petition for a divorce to be presented or prosecuted on behalf of a lunatic with a view to alter his or her personal status, without his or her consent ? Who can say that such a proceeding, if it could be taken, would necessarily be for his or her benefit, or would be approved of upon recovery ? proceeding for a judicial separation stands upon a totally different ground. It is temporary in its effects, and always contemplates the possibility of reunion, and there certainly is authority for such a decree being made in the petition of the committal of a lunatic " Woodgate v. Taylor." The decision also seems to have been present to the minds of the Lords Justices in making their order for proceedings. But whatever may have been the case with reference to a Petitioner, yet in the case of a respondent, although pro ceedings for judicial separation are not fenced round with all the statutable conditions applicable to cases of divorce there is no instance to be found in which a decree for even a judicial separation has been made against a lunatic re sPondent ; and there seems to be an additional objection to making such a decree in the fact, by a recent statute he or she is made a competent witness, and has the right to give evidence in disproof of the charge of adultery. It is not difficult to suppose many cases where suspicion of the gravest kind, resulting from conversations or letters, or en tries, might be dispelled by a few words of explanation, Which could only be given by the absent lunatic, or where a totally different complexion might be put upon facts ap parently of a highly criminatinot character by the evidence of the party charged. I do not wish to attach undue im- Pertance to the fact that charge or counter-charge is either by statute or rule to be made upon the oaths of the parties respectively, as perhaps the Court could in furtherance of justice relax the strin gency of requirements ; but such a provision in the statute In the case of a petition tends at least to shew the Legis lature contemplated the parties being in a state of sanity. Neither does it seem to me that the argument urged at the bar that as the court could pronounce a decre e of divorce against a party not served with the citation, so it might do in the case of a lunatic, avails Pilch to the case of the apellant. When such a' decree 18 made the court is satisfied either that the [' s alty has gone away to avoid service or may have had notice, by means of advertisements or other wise directed to be given, whereas in the case of an insane Person the court knows that the party had not and sib cu t uld not have had notice, and cannot pos -8 ,-,„ t lY d sjueefend himself or herself against the charge. stion arose before the late Sir Cresswell Cress well in the case of Bawden v. Bawden, on a petition for a divorce under the present Act, and that eminent judge, after taking time to consider, gave judgment that „ s li e proceedings should be stayed. In my judg ment, that case was rightly decided. The order Zi 4 made s t a y s the proceedings until the peti e°Tler, who has the custody of the respondent, can assert r recovery. Meanwhile lie is in the same position as he ~euld have been in before the passing of the statute. upon these of this ease are not before us, but should it upon ( ,nese facts, in consequence of any peculiar hardship, be "ell - led one fit for legislation, of course there is nothing to prevent it. In my opinion, the order of the Judge yirBdlninisasreyeas right, and the appeal against it ought to be Lord P enzance, t h e J u d ge O r dinary, then proceeded to deliver his judgment. The law di not permit a t?arriage to be dissolved against a huand ;handuless e had been guilty of adultery and cuelty b u s wife committed adultery, and it was proved that the and had deserted his wife, or had not proceeded with his suit withi n a reasona ble tithe, then the court did not ordinarily interfere between the parties. Mar riage not an ordinary contract, and there was no anal ogy betwee n it an d an ordinary point of law. No his natic petitioner could take proceedings to dissolve marriage, and why, then, should a sane one proceed against an insan e w if e the case would, if such were per ehrt d ' onl y be a one - sided interpretation, and a wife in hen condition could not explain away maters, which 'e could do if she was in a proper state of t mind. His Lordship concluded by expressing his opinion that the order originally made should be affirmed, but if it was the intention of the petitioner to appeal against this decision in the House of Lords, then he would hear any argument as to whether the order might be varied. The Lord Chief Baron held that the order of the court made in this case ought to be rescinded or varied. If this were not so, grievous wrong, for which there was no remedy, might be inflicted on a husband who was tied to an adulterous wife. The interests of a lunatic respondent, in his view would be sufficiently secured by the appointment of a guardian ad litela, according to the ordinary practice of the courts. In the case of Hancock v. Hancock, a wife had brought a suit against her husband for nullity of marriage on the ground of her insanity at the time of its being contracted, and in this case the interests of the parties were as deeply involved as they were in that now under consideration. The true question was whether the court had any power to stop the suit, once commenced, except upon final judgment on all the matters laid before it; and he held that there was'no such power. In ordinary cases the suit was not stopped, .but set aside upon some overruling consideration, and to stop a suit in the way proposed ap peared to him to be an usurpation of powers beyond the competence of the court. The statute gave no such powers to stay a suit by reason of insanity in any of the parties, but, on the contrary, directed the court to pronounce a decree of dissolution of marriage when it was satisfied upon the evidence that the facts alleged had -been proved. His lordship referred to several of the sections in support of this view, and explained their provisions at length. If the making of the order contravened the provisions of the Act of Parliament, it was unnecessary to consider the analogies drawn from the practice in criminal proceedings, but he must still declare his opinion that that there was really no such analogy between a criminal proceeding and a suit for divorce. In civil cases, again, insanity was no defence or bar to proceeeding in 'an action and there was an instance in which Lord Eldon issued a commission of bankruptcy, which partook both of a civil and criminal nature against an insane person after an act of fraudulent bankruptcy. That the respondent's status might be affected was no real objection. In the present case the gravest charges were brought against two co-respondents, charges which might be fatal to domestic happinness in the case of a married co-respondent. Upon what ground was a co respondent to be refused his right to insist upon giving eyidence of the falsity of the charges brought against him? Again, if the principle of the order was to be adopted as sound, the case of a lunatic husband who was made respondent in such an action must be in cluded. In such a case charges of adultery might be brought against a woman which there would be no opportunity of effectually rebutting if the suit were to be stayed, and under the imputation of which she might remain during her lifetime. Upon all these grounds, he was of opinion that the order could not be sustained. The majority of the court, as will we seen, were for upholding the order; the result is that the divorce suit cannot be proceeded with. A LETTER FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES. A French paper publishes a letter purporting to be ad dressed by the Prince of Wales to the Duke of Edinburgh in India. We do not vouch for the authenticity, but there is nothing in the letter to lead to the suspicion that it is otherwise than genuine. It is such a letter as his Royal Highness might very well have written to his wandering brother, and it gossips gaily about " Alex " and " Bertibus" (whom we know as Prince Albert Victor), and " Thyra," the Princess , Alexandra's youngest sister, about whom and the Duke of Edinburgh a romance seems to be weaving. Of the much talked-of Mordaunt case, the Prince writes as follows, (we must premise that this is a re-translation back from the French to the English) : _ _ " The Mordaunt affair has occasioned us a good deal of annoyance as you may suppose, but as I had done nothing for which I need blush, I thought I ought not to be gagged. La mere expressed a wish that my name should not appear in that affair, but Mordaunt would not agree and I was not sorry after all, because all sorts of rumours were afloat, which I had a good deal of trouble to draw from Harris (an equerry of the prince). I told Gladstone that I wished to be called as witness when the case was tried ; he consulted the other Ministers, and went several times to Windsor. In the end it was settled that we should take the public into our confidence. It was not very pleasant for me to appear in a court of law, but after all the thing went off better than I hoped, for Penzance was cautious as were the lawyers. I told all the truth, remembering what Hatherley said to me once, 'Be brief, and go direct to the point.' Naturally the papers attacked me, and the Times gave me a lecture. But I am getting used to this sort of thing, and if it pleases the papers they are welcome. Alex does not like it, but she cannot suggest any cure for it. If I hunt or shoot, I am called empty-headed, and if I exercise the least influence in public affairs, I am told I have no right to do so yet. I am constantly reminded of the example of our poor father, as if my posi tion were the same as his. I ought not to do this or that. I ought to do always as he did. I ask myself whether other people are always thinking of their fathers, long since dead? I know more than one young man who seems to have forgotten he ever had one. As for me, though, our poor father has been dead these nine years, I am always to be sitting in ashes and honouring his memory ! Really, it is a little too strong, and I, as well as Alex, am beginning to get tired of it. You often say to me that you would like to change places with me, but you would soon regret it, my good fellow, if we could get our friends—and our enemies—at West minster to sanction the little arrangement. I can assure you that very often when I am passing in the railway by the comfortable houses of the bourgeoisie in the suburbs, and see how happy they look, I think they need not envy me. Neither need you, because as Thyra says— ' Alfred is too good to be king.' You missed being so one day, and George hastened to go where you feared to reign. Poor George !" Speaking of a possible visit to Ireland, the writer says : " I would willingly spend a summer or an autumn in Ireland if it would do any good. If any of the Irish want to assassinate me, why don't they try to do so in London, instead of waiting till Igo there ? I don't mean to say I want to be shot at, far from it ; but now-a-days there are many things we must put aside. I am getting somewhat tired of the life I lead here, and should be glad to make friends in Ireland. lam told the Irish make the best soldiers in the world. Do they make good sailors ? What do you say ? Childers sa' s no, and he ought to be a judge. I hope you will be back in July, and if we are then in England we shall reckon on having you at Sandringham. "The house is nearly finished, and will be really fine. Alex sends you her love, and Bertibus too. He is growing somewhat impudent, and I think seriously in calling the Usher of the Black Rod ; but you may be sure that if the execution does take place it will be inside the walls. Joking apart he is a good little fellow, who grows wonderfully like the other young chickens. But 1 Imow that you bachelors cannot sympathise with the father of five bairns. Alex says, Ah, bachelors are always selfish,' and I agree with her ; but Thyra will not allow a word to be said against your class. Naturally you pay little heed to what Thyra says, and you will excuse the simplicity of a ' gentle creature of seventeen summers.' She is growing more beautiful than ever, but she resembles Dagmar more than Alex Pleasant. voyage to you, and take care of yourself, old fellow. —Your affectionate brother, " BERTIE." MR. ROYD'S MISADVENTURE ON THE ALPS. " A Traveller " supplies some further particulars of the accident by which Mr. Royds, son of the well-known banker of Rochdale, recently lost his life near Lugano, as previously reported. Mr. Royds, it appears, arrived at the Hotel du Parc with his uncle. Mr. Smith, and others of his family, on the evening of Wednesday, the 25th ult., and set out for Monte Salvatore,accompanied by a sister and a cousin. The long-continued hot weather had made the grass very slippery, and the ill-fated young man missed his footing, fell over the perpendicular precipices of the mountain, and was killed, probably instan taneously. The poor young ladies, heartbroken, spent. some hours, with utmost peril to themselves, in searching for his body. When found one of the two remained on the mountain to keep watch over the corpse, while the other returned to Lugano for assistance. It was far in the night before the sorrow-stricken girl reached the hotel, and about 1 a.m. a large body of men with lanterns, and ac companied by a doctor, started for the scene of the acci dent. They relieved the solitary guardian of her agonis ing midnight watch, and conveyed Mr. Royd's remains to the hotel. The relatives were stunned with the sudden ness of the calamity. WOLVES IN FRANCE.—It is now nearly two cen turies since wolves were exterminated in Great Britain — the last was killed in Scotland by Sir Evan Cameron in 1680—and it seems curious to an English reader to find a French country gentleman at an agricultural meeting taking the trouble to discuss the best means of getting rid of a beast of prey which in these islands is as little likely to trouble our farmers as the mastodon or the megalosaurus. At the Congres Lainier,at Dijon, however, a week or two ago, th e C om t e d'Esterno called the attention of the meeting to the depredations of wolves in Burgundy, and urged his hearers not only to wage a war of extermination against the wolves themselves, but to do all in their power to get rid of the louvetiers— i. c., the officers who are supposed to organise wolf-hunts, &c., and . who are named by the Government in all departments where wolves abound. These gentlemen the Comte d'Esterno accused of being no more real enemies of the wolves or anxious for their extermina tion than are the masters of hounds for the total destruc tion of foxes in England. Not only do they take good care—in order to insure a run and to avoid all danger of " chopping" the wolves in their lairs—to sound the horn (and a sportsman's horn is something like a horn in France) when approaching a wolf covert, but they even offer a reward for litters of young wolves and turn them down in the woods—just like young cubs. At present a reward of 15f. is given to whoever destroys a she-wolf, 12f. for a wolf, and (if. for a wolf-cub. M. d'Esterno considers that these prices are not high enough, and proposes a reward of 200 f. (28) for whoever shall kill a full-grown wolf. We do not know what influence the lieutenants de louveterie, or, as they are also called, louvetiers (M. Paul de Cassagnac styles himself a " louvetier de l'Empire ") enjoy in the provinces, and how they will receive Comte d'Esterno's proposition to do away with the animal that shews sport to them and their packs, but we should like to see the man who would be bold enough to set a reward of £8 on foxes' heads in Leicestershire.—Pall Me,( Gazette. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEISING, JUNE 3, 1870. ALARM OF FENIANS RISING PRECAUTIONS AGAINST GREEK FIRE. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) The Western Morning News of this day (Fridayl reports that, in consequence of information received by the authorities, special precautions are being taken at Devon port and Keyham Dockyards against a Fenian attack, or the effects of Greek fire. Sandbags and casks of soda and water have been placed in charge of officers at various points, and steam launches cruise in the harbour all night.' PORTSMOUTH, Thursday. Some alarm has been created here by the protective measurses which the Government has taken to prevent a surprise in the harbour and at the Royal establishments. A meeting of all the commanding officers was hastily called on Tuesday afternoon, after which men were told off to perform row guard duty all night from the southern end of the harbour to the upper part of Fareham Lake, where the powder-ship is now stationed. In the dock yard hoses were laid ready to be affixed to the main pipes, and steam launches and gunboats were kept with their fires backed up all night ready for any duty. It is said these precautions followed some remarks made by a few discontented emigrants who left on Wednesday even ing in the Tamar, and who had created a great disturb ance ; but the impression is that the Admiralty have received intimation that some dash will be made at one of the Royal establishments, and that repressive mea sures are organised at all alike. At Clarence yard, Gosport, the two steam-tugs are kept with their fires backed up, and everything has been done to prevent the possibility of a successful surprise there. Yes terday afternoon eight non-commissioned officers and 32 privates from the head-quarters of the Portsmouth divi sion of Royal Marines at Forton embarked for duty in the steam reserve. This would furnish a complement for the eight gunboats which are kept ready in the harbour for immediate service. CHATHAM, Thursday. Last night, for the first time, a guard of the Royal. Marines Light Infantry, divided into three parties, pro ceeded from the Royal Marine Barracks, and embarked on board her Majesty's ships Sultan, Cerberus, and Glou cester, lying in the harbour off the dockyard, for the pur pose f guarding those vessels from any Fenian attack, orders to that effect having been received from the Ad miralty. A guard of the Royal Marines will be placed on board each of those vessels nightly until further orders, and, at the same time, additional precautions are adopted by the heads of the Metropolitan Police doing duty at this port for the safety of the dockyard and the other Go vernment establishments. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE CONSPIRACY IN FRANCE. PARIS, June 3. The High Court of Justice has assembled. According to the Gazette des Tribunal= the arrest of sixty-four of the persons accused of conspiracy will be confirmed, and ten discharged. THE ITALIAN REFUGEES. Mn &N, June 2. Nathan the Italian refugee has returned to Switzerland, giving up his undertaking, and paying each of his fol lowers ten francs, Some of his men have been seen on the mountains and pursued. The Italie publishes a statement that the Foreign Mini ster has complained to the Swiss Government that it has not been sufficiently vigilant in watching the movements of the refugees, and in keeping them to the interior. SPAIN. MADRID, June 2 (Evening), A riot took place to-day at Valladolid among the work men on account of the octroi duties. Order is now re stored, but some arrests have been made, and several people are said to have been injured. The bill for the abolition of slavery has been reported on by the -Cortes Committee, and they suggest that sixty years after the proclamation of the law complete emanci pation shall take place. E lIONEY MARKET cOM ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. With the excep ion of Consols, which have fallen per cent, the Stock Exchange Markets are steady, and the quo tations have risen in many instances. Consols are quoted at 92f to 921 ex div for delivery, and 93 to 9.31 ex div for July. Reduced and New Three per Cents,92i to 92i. Exchequer Bills par to ss. prem. Bank Stock has marked 234 to 236. India 5 per Cents. have been done at 1111 to 11111 x d ; and India Bonds, 209 to 2091. As regards foreign bonds there has been a strong inquiry for,Turkish 5 per Cents., at an advance of I. Spanish have been firm, and Egyptian as well as Peruvian have well maintained previous quotations. Italian, 1861, have risen to the extent of fully 1 per cent. English Railway stocks have been firm on the who] !. Midland have been in request, and have further risen 1; Caledonian, Great Northern A, and Great Western each show an improvement of 1, Great Eastern of 1, and South Eastern and North Eastern of 1. On the other hand Me tropolitan has receded 1, and London and Brighton 1. Indian Railway stocks have been quiet, and there has not been much demand for Canadian shares. Foreign shares have been quietly dealt in. Great Luxembourg, 141 to 141; Lombards, 151 to 151. Bank shares have been steady, but not active. Imperial Ottoman, 41 to 5 prem.; London and County, 501 to 51 ; London and Westminster, 641 to 641; and Union of Lon don, 401. Telegraph shares have been qttett. Anglo-American have marked 161; ritish Indian Submarine, Bto 81; Falmouth, 9 to 91; Telegraph Construction shares have fallen 1, or to 32 to 321. Money remains quiet, but the discount rates are un changed, the Lombard-street quotation for the best short paper being 21 per cent. Stock Exchange loans are still in demand at 21 to 3 per cent. on English Government secu rities. The steamers which left New York, yesterday, bring £BO,OOO in specie. The tendency of the exchanges is in favour of further shipments of gold to this side. It is xpected that the new Peruvian Railway Loan for £12,000,000 will be introduced to-morrow. The report of the Malta and Mediterranean Gas Com pany (Limited) shows an available balance of 1.4,806175.1 d., after adding £3OO to reserve fund a d writing off £386 O. Id. fot preliminary expenses. The directors recommend the usual dividend of 7 per cent. on the preference, and a dividend of 41 per edit., free of income tax, on the ordinary shares. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company announce that a payment of ss. per share by way of interest will be made on the Ist of July. The directors of the Eclipse Gold Mining Company (Limited) have made a call of ss. per share payable on July the 22d. The resolutions adopted at the general mooting of mem bers of Lloyd's have been published, and will come into force on July Ist. The effect. wilt be that payment upon a policy up3n which a loss has been adjusted will be made on the seventh day after the settlement of such loss, instead of at the end of the longer interval that now obtains. MAIiKETS-(THIS DAY.) A TRAPEZE PERFORMER KILLED. Another death has to be recorded to those which have already taken place from this dangerous feat. On Tuesday last " Young Powell" was going through his " thrilling performance" at Clifton's Circus, Taunton, when he missed his hold of the " flying trapeze," fell to the ground, and, pitching on his head, was killed on the spot. ANOTHER FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. At noon yesterday a boiler explosion occurred at the sawmills of Mr. Amos Roe, Worcester Wharf, Birming ham, by which two men lost their lives. The boiler was of the kind known as Cornish. It was 20ft. long and Gft. in diameter. Mr. Roe, the proprietor, and a friend had just passed out of the boiler-room, when a noise resemb ling thunder was heard, and the gentlemen were buried in debris. On search being made the engineer (William Cowley), the foreman (Henry Alexander), and a boy, named George Cook, were found lying in different parts of the room. The former two, both dreadfully scalded, were removed to the Queen's Hospital, and they there expired in a short time. Cook was taken home. Mr. Roe and his friend escaped with slight bruises. Cowley and Alexander eaoh leave a widow and family of four or five children. About fifty men have been thrown out of employment. The chimney stack was shattered, the place took fire, and a large quantity of timber narrowly escaped destruction. The damage done to other property is con siderable. IRE DENHAM TRAGEDY. Jones's conduct in the prison has been just eueh.as' might have been expected, savage and brutal, injuring himself in mad fits of passion, and threatening others. The other day Daniel Love, the warder of Reading Gaol, told him he was sorry to see him in for such a crime, to which he replied " Why should you be sorry ? I a'nt sorry ; they can't but swing me," jumping from the chair, and indicating the fall of the drop. He is narrowly watched day and night. The disappointment was very great at Slough on Tuesday when it was found the prisoner would not leave Aylesbury. Crowds of persons entered the town from far distant places in the hope of seeing him. Many were satisfied on being told by the police that he was not there, but something like a hundred remained, threatening to break into the police court, if he were not brought out, and they had not all dispersed until six in the evening. The departure of Superintendent Dunham with his witnesses in the morning was thought a mere ruse, as it was stated that they had merely gone to Taplow, and would return with the prisoner. The police have not yet given up possession of the house at Denham, which, we understand, the owner will shortly cause to be destroyed. Sir Charles Mordaunt will, it is believed, make an appeal to the House of Lords against the deci s i on o f the majority of the judges in the Divorce Court yesterday. A horseshoe manufactory in course of erection at Glasslough, the property of Colonel Leslie, 1V1.p. , wat , demolished on Tuesday night. A meeting of the Royal Sanitary Commission was held yesterday—the Right Hon. Sir C. B. Adderley, u.p., K.C.M.G., in the chair. Some of the Norwich Liberal electors are in favour of inviting Mr. Milner Gibson to offer himself as a candi date for that city. One gentleman has offered to sub scribe £250 to defray the necessary expenses. A. reward of £l,OOO has been offered for infor mation leading to the conviction of the parties concerned in the destruction of a tombstone in Monaghan Cemetery, belonging to a gentleman named Woods. The Yorkshire Post states that Colonel Akroyd, M.P., is recovering from his recent accident, but he will not be able to return to his place in Parliament for some weeks. A man was charged at the Bradford Police- cour t , on Wednesday, with throwing a bottle containing explosive material at a building. The bottle exploded outside, and broke a window. Had it exploded inside it would,' it is said, have killed a man. The prisoner was remanded. THE MURDER AT CROYDON. —The adjourned in quest on the body of Mary Carver, who was stabbed by her husband on the 26th ult.,was held yesterday before Mr Carter, at the Blue Anchor Inn, Croydon. The evidence adduced was precisely similar to that given at the examina tion of the accused, John Carpenter Carver. After a few minutes' consideration, the jury returned a verdict of " Wil ful mud! against the prisoner. RELEASE OF AN IMPRISONED EDITOR.—Quite a demonstration was got up when Mr. Shimmin, editor of the Liverpool Porcupine, who was recently sentenced to a month's imprisonment for libel, was released from prison. On arriving at the Porcupine office in Cable-street there was a strong manifestation of popular feeling, and the re leased editor was immensely cheered. The street was dressed with flags and streamers, and the office of the paper was gaily decked. The Liverpool public have sub scribed about £5OO over and above Mr. Shimmin's costs. His Royal Highness Prince Christian of Schleswig- Holstein presided yesterday at a meeting of the General Purposes Committee appointed by her Majesty's Com missioners for the Exhibition of 1851, to carry out the series cf annual international exhibitions, the first of which will be held in 1871. There were also present Sir Francis Sandford, Mr. Edgar Bowring, Mr. Cole, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Colonel Ponsonby, Mr. Thring, and Lieut.- Colonel Scott, R.E. r secretary). Mons. Corr- Vander rnaeren was present at the meeting, as representative of the commission appointed by the Belgian Government to co operate with her Majesty's Commissioners in carrying out the series of exhibitions. A. K. H. B.—One of the most distinguished mem bers of the committee engaged in the preparation of " The Scottish Hymnal," the use of which has just been sanc tioned by the General Assembly of the Established Church, is Dr. Boyd, the " A. K. H. B." of Eraser's Magazine, whose essays have attained such general popularity. Referring to his literary productions in the course of a debate as to the name of the hymnal, the Doctor created much amuse ment by saying that the title was a matter of vital import ance, in fact ho had known a volume of sermons which if published under the title of sermons would probably never have sold at all, but of which 50,000 or 60,000 had beensold in a year or two. HORRIBLE DEATH.—Mr. Coroner Heath held an inquest on Wednesday evening at New Radford, near Not tingham, on the body of a married woman named Jane Harrison. The deceased was employed at the Clyde Works, New Radford, and on Tuesday afternoon went into the engine-house for the purpose of washing the floor. The un fortunate woman incautiously approached too near the engine (which revolves at the rate of 124 times per minute), and her clothes became entangled in the machinery. A woman named Taylor, seeing the occurrence, immediately stopped the engine, and assistance being obtained, deceased was disentangled, but was found to be quite dead. It WAS stated that deceased had no business iu the engine-house• A verdict of " Accidental death " was returned. Deceased has lef, a family of five children. BETTING IN PARlS.—Another prosecution for organising sweeps on horse races has just taken place in Paris. Proceedings were last year instituted against the proprietors of the betting offices, and resulted in an acquit tal, for what is called mutual betting, on the ground that, as the public selected the horses on which they placed their money, the transaction was not a game of chance, but the sweeps,in which the runners are drawn by lot, were forbidden, as unauthorised lotteries. The keepers of the agencies have, however, continued the latter kind of opera tion in open defiance of that verdict, and six of those men • have now been summoned afresh before the Correctional Tribunal. The court acquitted one, named Cheron, but condemned the others to fines ; Bazon and Bouillon each of 100 f. ; Durgeat,. Duverdier, and 011er, each of 500 f. The five defendants were also ordered to pay the costs in equal portions. THE MALTA TELEGRAPH, Captain Sherard Osborne's secretary has heard from Sir Samuel Canning that the Lisbon shore end of the cable was landed on the Ist of June, the King and Queen of Portugal being present at the undertaking. The Lisbon and Falmouth section of the cable is being paid out from the Hibernia. INDIA. CALCUTTA, June 2. A report of Dr. Bayley on the Trade with Ladak, in 1869, has been published in the Gazette of India, and is favourable. (The following news appeared in our First Edition pub lished at Eight o'clock this morning:—] (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FRANCE. • JUNE 2. A review has been held at Longchamps by the Emperor. The Empress and the Prince Imperial were present. The Minister of the Interior, in reply to M. Jules Simon, stated in the Corps Legislatif that the Medical Committee of the Assistance Publique had declared vac cination to be the only cure for small-pox. The disease is said to be decreasing in severity. M. Picard in the Electeur Libre says that the arrange ments between the Moderate and Republican party in the Left are not concluded. The Bourse has been firm. The Bank of France return is as follows for the week : Notes ... . Cash in hand Advances . Increase. Francs. -. 14,600,000 5,800,000 500,000 Decrease. Treasury balance ... ... ... 5,200,000 Private accounts ... 2,333,000 Bills discounted ... 100,000 SPAIN. The Cortes approves the establishment of the Civil Marriage Registry. Several amendments have been pre sented to the bill for the election of a king. Marshal Espartero, according to the Imparciab will maintain his refusal of the Crown. An arrangement has been made by which a cable willbe laid from Corunna to the south of England, within a twelvemonth. ITALY. PWRENCE, June 2c No more fears are entertained in Calabriaof an increase of brigandage. The Filadelphia band have dispersed. Ten of Nathan's followers are still in the mountains pur sued by the troops. The frontier garrisons have been strengthened, and the Swiss gendarmes watch the Swiss frontier. The Opinione of yesterday censures the Swiss Government for not con fining the refugees to the interior. MILAN, June 2. Sixty persons, several stud6nts being among them, have been seen in the north of Como. THE ROMAN COUNCIL. Raus, June 2. According to the intelligence which is published in the Memorial Diplomatique the (Ecumenical Council will be pro rogued from the first of July to the fifteenth of October. The dogma of Infallibility will be proclaimed on the Feast of St. Peter. AMERICA. NEW YORK, June 2. The Federal troops fired upon a party of Fenians at Williamstown, New York. Some were wounded. The present tariff has been strongly denounced by the Democratic State Convention of Ohio, and the Govern ment policy has been condemned. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE PRINCE CONSORT'S STATUE, CAMBRIDGE At a congregation held yesterday at Cambridge the fol lowing grace was passed ; that the Vice-Chancellor Dr. Cartmell, master of Christ's College, Dr. Worsley, master of Downing College, Dr. Selwyn, the Lady Margaret Professor, Dr. Campion, Dr. Paget, A. Long, M.A., of King's College, W. G. Clark, M.A., of Trinity College, W. M. Gunson, M.A., of Christ's College, W. B. Pike, M.A., of Downing College, and A. A. Vansittart, M.A., of Trinity College, be appointed a syndicate, to consider the best site for the statue of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and to report thereon to the Senate before the end of the present term. THE MURDER AT WAKEFIELD The inquest on the body of the woman found in a back yard at Wakefield on Wednesday morning with her throat cut was resumed yesterday. It was proved that Johnson, the man in custody, was in the company of the deceased at an early hour on Wednesday morning, and had been driven from her several times by various policemen. When last seen together the two were staggering about one of the streets of the town in a drunken state. A few hours after the body of the murdered woman was found Johnson pledged two shirts at different pawnshops, and and in different names. Both of these were damp, and had been, apparently, recently washed. Stains of blood were discovered on each shirt, and also upon his jacket. The woman Welsh, who is also in custody, was in Johnson's company at one of the pawnshops, and was heard to ask him if there were any marks on one of the shirts. The inquest was adjourned to next Tuesday. A VESSEL ASHORE. The barque Medora, of Penzance, Read master, 360 tons register, principally belonging to Messrs. W. D. Matthews and Sons, Penzance, which left that place in ballast yesterday bound to Quebec, went ashore in a dense fog this morning about five o'clock, on the rocks near Perran, in Mount's Bay. The steamer Earl of Arran went out to try to tow her off, but could not, but will wait till next tide to make another attempt. A report from the island of Lewis states that up to Wednesday the catch of herrings showed a deficiency of 3,000 trans as compared with the catch of last year up to the same date. At the Liverpool Police-court, yesterday, two women were charged with attacking an American gentle man named Larwill, on Wednesday evening, and robbing him of £7OO. The prisoners were remanded. The Kildare police have arrested a man near Ennis killen, who answers the description of the one who com mitted an outrageous assault on a child some time since, in Glasgow, from the effects of which she died.—The man' who stabbed his wife the other night has been committed for trial on the charge of murdering the infant born during the struggle with kis elder victim, who is reported to have since died. The Western Morning News of this day (Friday) comments on the fact, that although shipwrights and joiners have been discharged from Devonport dockyard, on superan nuation at the rate of half a gang a week, many of them being of the most efficient and experienced workmen of the service, there have been no corresponding discharges of leading men or petty officers of which there is one to each gang, many of whom, therefore, are now supervisors with out anything to supervise. The treatment of the officers throughout the whole series of discharges has presented a marked difference to the treatment of ordinary workmen. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended by the medical profession in preference to French brandy. Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.( MARK-LANE. The refreshing showers which have fallen in most parts of the country during the past few days have greatly en hanced the aspect of agricultural affairs, and has assisted in checking the upward movement in the value of most kinds of produce. The supply of English wheat has been short. The trade has been quiet, but prices have been main tained. With foreign wheat the market has been moderately supplied. Inquiry has been limited, but at full prices. The supply of barley has been moderate. The trade has been firm at steady rates. Malt has been quiet, on former terms. Oats, the show of which has been limited, have been in request at quite late rates. Beans and peas have been steady. Flour has been quiet at previous quotations. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, tursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Victort: , , cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, June 1, 1870. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £34,540,685 Governmt. Debt-411,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £34,540,685 BANKING D. £34,540,665 Proprietors' Capi tal Rest 3,097,069 Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt. and Div. Accounts Other Deposits.. 16,3:0,297 Seven Days and other Di 115..... 410,227 ?ARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £12,976,001 Other Securities 18,979,199 Notes 11,527,495 Gold and Silver Coin £44,436,402 £44,436,402 CRICKET. THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE v. QUIDNUNCS. This match was commenced yesterday at Lord's. The following is the score of the day's play. The match will not be concluded. THE BRIGADE. Ist hmings. C. B. Rowley, Esq., b Brune W. Kenyon-Slaney, b Brune - 16 W. H. Walrond, Esq., b Percy . C. F. Buller, Esq., Ibw, b Brune... Hon. E. B. Acheson, hit w b Brune 1 Hon. E. Boscawen, hit w b Brune 2l Lieut.-Colonel Parnell c Brune, b Percy lO Captain G. Hardy, c Tabor, b Percy ... Lieut.-Colonel Beresford, run out Viscount Downe r b 8rune........ Hon. W. Trefusis, not out B 20,1 b 4,w 4 Total ...... 2d Innings. . 159 C. B. Rowley, Esq., not out W. Kenyon-Slaney, Esq., c and b Brune 0 W. H. Ws.lrond, Esq., c and b Brune Lieut.-Colonel Parnell, c Ethic b Brune 0 Lieut.-Colonel Beresford b Brune 0 Hon. W. Trefusis Ibw, b Brune ..... Total QUIDNUNCS. Ist Innings. G. H. Tuck, Esq., c and b Buller F. R. Edric, Esq., c Walrond, b Hardy C. E. Green,, Esq., c Buller, b Hardy 54 E. D. Balfour, Esq., c Acheson, b Buller ll Hon. S. G. Lyttelton, b Walrond lB R. Forster, Esq., b Hardy C. J. Brune, Esq., c Beresford, b Walrond 0 F. B. Turner, Esq., b Walrond lO Hon. A. Percy, b Buller 6 R. M. Tabor, Esq., c Acheson, b Hardy 0 J. H. Roupell, Esq., not out B 12, 1 b 5, w 2 Total Umpires—Flanagan and Pratt MATCH FOR THIS DAY, AT CHARLEYFORD, HERTS. M.C.C. and G. v. The County of Herts (return match). . 139 THE MATCH BETWEEN KELLEY AND SADLER. These old opponents and fellow-oarsmen and litigants are once more to meet on the Thames. The stakes agreed for are £2OO a side, and Thursday, July 14, is named as the day for the race. It is to be hoped in the interests of young watermen who aspire to high position in their calling that nothing will arise to disturb the even tenour of the match, and that the objectionable legal proceed ings which were caused by their last meeting will not as before sow distrust among the ranks of Thames watermen, and bring into derision a sport that ought to be without blemish. Kelley has done so well of late in his match with Bright on the Tyne, and in his forfeit which Renforth gave him, that he will want but a steady amount of work to be once more fit. We would rather see the race take place under the laws of the Thames Regatta, which the Northerners have adopted for their international race with the New Brunswickers in September, but one of the most stringent conditions of the Thames Regatta laws has been adopted as regards the jurisdiction of the umpire, so that a fair race is in view. ANGLO-GERMAN OPHTHALMICDISPENSAIIY.—T he second private subscription ball in aid of the funds of this excellent society will take place in St. James's Hall, on Wednesday, the 15th inst.. The list of Lady Patronesses is long and influential, and amongst the names of stewards will be found those of several gentlemen of standing and position. The first ball given for a similar object was so eminently successful that it has been determined to orga nise a second one, and from the energy with which the friends of the institution are working, and the deserving character of the charity, it is to be hoped the second ball will result in more than ordinary success. Those wishing for further information have only to apply to 15, Old Cavendish-street, where the secretary will be happy to give the fullest information respecting either the ball or the dispensary. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM SUMMER MEETING-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TW 0-YR-OLD PLATE. Manifesto Honeydew Jacques Coeur Eight ran. THE OAKS. G-AMOS SUNSHINE PATE Six ran. EPSOM RACES-THURSDAY. The Ebbisham Stakes of 5 sovs each. About half a mile. Mr T. E. Case's Pericles, by Newminster—Peri, 6 yrs, 9st (£6O) Mr J. C. Stuart's Betty, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (.£6O) (Goater) 2 Lord Vivian's Alma Mater ; 2 yrs, Est 21b (£6O) (Jewitt) 3 Hierapolis, Peasant Girl, Vibration, Sunflower, Nellie Grey, Voucher, Mousey, and Agate also ran. Pericles made all the running, and won by a length, The Glasgow Plate of 100 soya (Handicap). Seven furlongs. Mr Spencer's Rattlepate, by Rattle—dam by Stockwell— Rosalie, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (W. Gray) 1 Mr T V Morgan's Titbit, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b (Hunt) 2 Mr Beverley's Flyaway Jack, 3 yrs, 7st 101b...(Maidment) 3 The following also ran : Tornado, Masaniello, Chilworth, Reflection, Agnes, and Nudity. Won by a length, a length and a half dividing the second and third. The High Level Handicap of 200 soya. About one mile and a half. yr J. Smith's Paganini, by King of Kent—Melody 5 yrs, Bst Count Batthyany's Thor, 4 yrs, 6st Nib 51b ex) (F. Webb) 2 Sir C. Legard's Border Knight, 4, yrs, Bst 121 b (et/stance) 3 Fitz-Ivan, Curio, and Ironstone also ran. Won by a neck. The Two-Year-Old Stakes of 10 soya each. Half a mile. Baron Rothschild's fby King Tom -- Starlight, Bst 71b (Fordham) fw.o. Count F. de Lagrange's Turquoise, Bst 7lb (Parry) f Mr Rarold's Balquhidar, Bst 101 b (Clement) 3 ' The following also ran :—Clotilde f, The Penguin, and Alma Mater. A fine race, ending in a dead heat. The stakes wero divided, and the Starlight filly walked over The Tadworth Stakes of 5 sovs each. About three-quar- ters of a mile. Mr Chaplin's fby Marionette -Tamara, '2 yrs Est 111 b (car 7st) Prince Soltykoff's Star Thistle, 2 yrs, Est 111 b ...(Jewitt) 2 Mr I. Woolcott's Feronia, 2 yrs, Est 111 b (Wilson) 3 Y. Philippe, br to Vex, Filou, Anticipation c, Antwerp, Pluck c, and Uriol also ran. Won by a head ; a like distance between the second and third. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; about two miles and a quarter. _ _ _ . . Mr. Hodgman's Cauldron, by Newminster—Hecate, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Parry) 1 Mr Savile's Lady Blanche f, 3 yrs, 7st 10Ib...(Maidment) 2 Mr Brayley's Roxana, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Heraud) 3 Arkadi also ran. Won easily by a neck. LATEST BETTING UN THE COURSE. OAKS. 5 to 4 on Hester (taken). 4 1 agst Sunshine (offered). 4 1 Pate (offered). ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. Hopbine, Gertrude, Miss Sharp, Hester, Lizzie Cowl, Squib, Gamos Manifesto, Lady Blanche filly (3 yrs), Viper, Chißingham, and Gladness. SCRATCHINGS. Lady of Lyons and all Baron Bothaehild's horses out of ,he Oaks. N EWCAS TLE-UPOI Acceptances for the Northui Age st lb Kidderminster Argyle 4 8 8 Lord Hawthorn 4 8 6 Myosotis Mysotis Fleets 4 7 8 Apemantus 4 7 4 Cap-a-pie Wild Flower 4 7 3 The Bobby 3 7 2 Hawkhead 3 7 1 Kennington - -TYNE MEETING. lberlaud Plate. Two miles, Age et lb Exciseman 3 6 10 Fuzee Jarnac 3 6 Newaman.... Halnaby Geoffery ... Five per Cent. Lingerer 3 6 2 Silverband 3 6 1 Lackland 3 6 1 Irregularity HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MEN TS. May 27, at 9 a.m., Oratava and. Cottenbam, out of all engagements. May 27, at 9 a.m., The Little Drum, out of the Epsom Derby, Ascot Triennial, Noah of England Biennial, and Great Yorkshire Stakes at York, and the Doncaster St Leger. May 27, at 0 30 p.m., Shilling a Dozen, out of the Ben tinck Plate, Epsom. May 27, at 1 23 p.m., Thesaurus out of the Stanley stakes at Epsom. May 27, at 2 40 p.m., Fiz, out of the Stanley Stakes at Epsom. May 27, after 11 p.m., Bridgwater, out of Epsom Derby. May 28, at 3 p.m., Baroness, ont of Epsom engagements. Mav 30, at 9 a.m., Talavera, Albuera, Westley, Hawkhead, Sea Captain, Glengarry, Exciseman, Timete, Eskadals, Painkiller, Barford, and Moorlands, out of the Epsom Derby. May 39, at 9 a.m., Fragrance, out of the Epsom Oaks and Ascot engagements, 1870. May 30, at 9 a.m., Lady Studley, Caradoc, King Offa, Miss Ellie, Oxygen, Medora, and Miss Barrington, out of Epsom . ligagements, 1870. May 30, at 9 a.m.,'S r ortor, Absolution, Hebe, Greta filly, Hop-picker filly, Lady Mary, Harebell filly, Two by Honors, Rosalie, and Invicta, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 9 am., Lady Heron, out of the Woodcote, Acorn, and Stanley Stakes at Epsom. May 3.0, at 1112 a.m.,A1l Baron Rothschild's horses, out of the Epsom Derby Mai 30, at 11 12 a.m., Mahonia, old of the Epsom Oaks. layBo, at 1112 a.m., Norfolk, out of the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom. May 30, at 11 30 a.m., Constable, T,heodoros, Alaric, Chancellier, Annexion, ArziaDe, Bellone, anti Fille de l'Orne, out of Epsom engagements, 1870. May 30, at 0 12 p.m., Golden Horn, Fearlfinder, Thor nettle, Gnome King and Milo, out of the Epsom Derby. May 30, at 0 12 p.m., 0 Sapienta, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 040 p.m., Sir Robert, out of High Level Handicap, at Epsom. May 30, at 0 40 p.m., Tourist, out of the High Level Handicap, and the Derby, at Epsom. May 30, at 1 8 p.m., Gaylass colt, St George, and Catgut (dead), out of the Epsom Derby. May 30, at 1 x p.m., Slippers, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 1 8 p.m., Sylva and Mont Blanc, out of the High Level Handicap, at Epsom. May 30, at 1 8 p.m., all Lord Wilton's Two yrs old, out of Epsom engagements. May 30, at 2 35 p in., Colonel Ryan, Marquis of Steyne, Lady Atholstone, and Hinton, out of Epsom engagements. May 30, at 2 35 p.m., All horses in Mr Q Jones's name, ajad Braemar, out of the Epsom Derby. May 30, at 2 35 p.m. Stockhausen, Cestus, and Philos, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 3 45 p.m., The Boy and Five per Cent., out of Epsom Derby. May 30, at 3 45 p.m., Fast Day and Forget-me-Not, out of Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 345 p.m., The Boy out of the High Level Handicap at Epsom. May 30, at 345 p.m., Forget-me Not, out of the Grand Prize at Paris. May 30, at 3 56 p.m., South Hatch, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 30, at 3 56 p.m., Laird of Scotland and Anarchy, out of the Town and Bentinck Plates at Epsom. May 3'), at 3 56 p in., Althorp, out of Woodcote Stakes at. Epsom. May 30, at 4 20 p.m., all Mr G. Hilton's horses, out of the Epsom Derby and Oaks. May 30, at 5 45 p.m , c by Oxford, out of Miss Living stone, and f by Rapparce, out of Annie, out of Epsom en gagements, 1870. May 31, at 9 a.m., Play and Stanley, out of the Epsom Derby. gay 31, at 9 a.m., Thundercloud, out of the High Level Handicap at Epsom. May 31, at 9 a.m., Sweet Sound, out of the Epsom Oaks. May 31, at 11 15 a.m., all Mr Ray's horses, out of their Epsom engagements. May 31, at 11 15 a.m., Green Riband, out of the Grand Prize at Paris. May 31, at 2 20 p.m., Astolfo, out of the Epsom Derby. May 31, at 2 33 p.m.. Fuzee, out of the Epsom Derby, and Northumberland Plate at Newcastle. May 31, at 4 18 p.m., Disfranchise, out of Two Yrs Old Stakes at Epsom. May 31, at 433 p.m., Ptarmigan, out of the Epsom Derby. May 31, at 4 39 p.m, Sunshine aLd Sunlight, out of the Epsom Derby. June 1, at 9 a.m., T unease and La Calonne, out of the Epsom Oaks. June 1, at 9 a.m., Baron Cavendish, out of the Epsom Derby. The objection against t- unflower, the winner of the Han dicap Plate at Chester, has been overruled. THE ,JOCKEY CLUB COMMITTEE.—Lord Cialtborpe has given notice that at the next meeting of the committee he will propose thr following resolution: —" That, should the recommendations of this committee be approved of by the general meeting of the Jockey Olub, they shall remain in force, certainly for not less than three years, as it is evident that the interests of the turf are most materially suffering from a state of uncertainty, and from anticipated changes with respect to two-years old racing." COLOURS OF lIIDERS.—Mr Bingham, blue and white dia• monds ; Mr H. May (altered to), Orange, black belt. The following name has been given : —Mr W. Fletcher's b f by Lord of the Isles - ltigolboche, 3 yrs, Lady Hilda. A veterinary certificate, signed by Mr. Charles Turner, of Croydon, M.R.C.V.S., of the age of the chestnut mare Astrolabe, by Allez-y-gaiement, aged, has been lodged at Messrs. Weatherby's.