The Sun. — London, England, 1868-05-15 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Confining its attention to what has occurred in the House of Commons, the Times thinks there is almost room to doubt whether the present session can witness a settle ment of this Boundary Bill, or, indeed, of any other mea sure beyond the merest routine which can be brought before Parliament. The aimlessness, the want of pur pose of those who shared in yesterday's conversation is eminently discouraging. But we have some faith in the good effects of the time for reflection which the practical adjournment until Monday affords. For the last week there has been more or less agitation about this Boundary Bill. There have been unceasing rumours of what might, could, or would happen when the time arrived for going into committee upon it. The time has arrived. Everything that could be said has been-said, and when reflection supervenes on the confusion of yesterday evening, it must induce a feeling of astonishment that there has been so much excitement over a matter so simple. It could not be expected that Parliament would embody the report of the Boundary Commission in an Act with out a word of discussion ; and, on the other hand, it was impossible for the House of Commons without grave cause to retract its policy deliberately adopted last year, and sacrifice the labours of commissioners who have faithfully observed the instructions it had given them. In such a conjuncture a select committee may fairly be invoked to rescue the House from itself. If the committee be impartially nominated by the Government, and there is no reason in the world why it should not be chosen with a leaning to the side of the Opposition, its recommendations will be accepted without demur, and the House will gratefully pass from an unpleasant position to the discussion of some other of the measures essentially preliminary to a dissolution. The Post, remarking that the anticipated contest on the merits of the Boundary Bill has very sensibly been post poned, says, the fact is that very few members of the House of Commons have given that care and attention to the consideration of the very elaborate report published by the Boundary Commissioners which could justify them in expressing their opinion on its merits as a whole. The representatives of particular boroughs, dissatisfied with the lines of demarcation which have been drawn by the commissioners, were certainly prepared to demon strate the obvious injustice of the proposed arrangement so far as it affected their particular constituencies. but the obvious bias which necessarily tinged their con clusions would necessarily detract from their weight. Again, it was obvious that if the House proceeded to con sider in detail the operation of the bill in each borough in the kingdom, with a view to modifying the proposals of the commissioners, the time expended would not he less than that occupied last session in the discussion of the various clauses of the Reform Bill. 'Under these circumstances, it was proposed that the bill should be referred to a select committee, whose business it should be to entertain the complaints of any constituencies which have petitioned against the proposed arrangement. The desultory discussion which followed on this suggestion ended in its acceptance by the Prime Minister ; his proposal, however, that the task of appoiriting the special committee should be thrown upon the Committee of Selection having been strenuously protested against by the members of that body, it was ultimately resolved that the Government should on a future day submit for the approval of the House the names of the members to compose the select committee, and with this understanding the House, as a matter of form, went into committee on the bill, and shortly atter wards resumed. The Daily News declares that a satisfactory adjustment of boundaries is impossible, save in conjunction with a redistribution of seats, Gigantic constituencies, such as 11lanchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, and the metropo litan boroughs, need rather to be reduced to manageable dimensions by division than swelled by the aggregation of outlying demerits. The additional members whom this subdivision would call for could be obtained only by the disfranchisement of small boroughs. The present House of Commons has, however, declined this necessary reform. The final settlement of boundaries must therefore be deferred until this kindred and connected task is accom plished. The Standard says the chiefs of the Opposition found that they could not rely on their followers. There is, in deed, a compact body ready to follow them unquestion ingly in any course they may choose to take ; but there is, too, as they have found to their annoyance before, a con siderable section which puts forward the pretension to consult its sense of the public interest and of its own honour in the votes it may give, and this section declined to support Mr. Hibbert's proposal to fling back their report into the faces of the commissioners, and virtually leave a great evil, recognised by every Government which has promised to deal with the question of Reform, and specially provided for in the Act of last year, undresssed. There was nothing to be done, therefore, but to make as skilful a retreat as possible, and with that view Mr. Glad stone initiated a discussion upon the motion for going into the committee on the bill. The Star points out that the debate on the Boundaries Bill had a defect from which many recent debates in the House of Commons have been free. It was too complai sant. A real grievance was in the minds of Liberal mem bers, or there would have been no hesitation in going into committee ; but there was a serious disposition to avoid as far as possible all topics of offence, and much of the lan guage used was so exceedingly restrained, and even honeyed, that a spectator not in the game could only ask what it was that underlay the seemingly inconclusive and tuatrenchant criticisms in which very responsible members were indulging. One point there was which was not even hinted at. Everything that makes for delay makes for the delectation of her Majesty's Government. But we live in courteous times, and as a week has hardly elapsed since Government heard the plain truth from Mr. Bright, it is too soon for either him or any other member to ad minister a very strong dose again. EFFECTS OF THE RATEPAYING CLAUSES. In an adjacent town situated in the Black Country, and within ten miles, a very heavy poor rate (3s. Gd. in the pound) has been granted, and the poor people are in great distress. In but few instances have landlords made any arrangements with their tenants, neither has there been a public meeting to explain to the rentpaying commu nity their liabilities ; consequently, when the humbler classes obtain their notes from the collector, they usually fly to some one to explain the matter, or write letters to the overseers and guardians. The following extraordinary letter is a specimen sent to one of the latter gentlemen :—" Your honner I have been in thirty years. With my hard work and industry I saved a hundred and fifty pounds up to the year of sixty and through the badness of trade and a large family and a sick wife I have run out of my hundred and fifty pounds up to the year sixty-four when the colliers strike was then I did not owe the world a penny, nor the world did not owe me a penny. then I was oblyged to come on to my creaditors with sickness in my house and bad trade and the undermining of trade. I am above fifty pounds in debt for bills that I owe and house rent, and I shall be 5G years old next July and I never troubled the parish for a penny in my life and I will leave it to you gentlemen to Judge for yourselves wether I can pay poor's rates or no for I am the father of twenty-five children and there is seven of us in family and I can't hardly get vittles suffishen for them to eat this is to true to be a lie but I wish it was a lie then it would be the better for me and if you dout my word I will show you my bills and I will show you my rent books and I stand in need of help instead of being accrushed and apressed please to turn it over and the year of sixty-six I had 12 months sickness in the hous . e." [The writer enters most minutely into the sicknesses which have prevailed in his house during the twelve months. It is of such a delicate and private nature that we do not care to publish it, inasmuch as it could serve no end, and the father of twenty-five children must necessarily have a large circle of acquaint ances.] The writer concludes his letter thus :—" This is twelve months misery for a married man and Mr. F— was the doctor this is to true to be a lie and I will leave it to do as you like with me for I work more hours than any man in the town and the gentlemen of the town no it and I can't get a living in it."—Biriningham Po3t. We have been informed that the labours of the Trades' Union Commission, or Westminster Star Cham ber, concluded on Tuesday last, so far as the examination of witnesses is concerned. The future sittings will be &voted to the.preparation of their report to be presented to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Beehive. A case of great importance to the medical pro fes3ion and also to the public has been heard in the Liver pool County Court. The facts of the case admit of close compression. A man sent for -a surgeon to attend his child ; but the surgeon being from home his assistant attended, and subsequently another surgeon went in place of the doctor first sent for. The child died, and its father refused to pay a claim for attendance and medicine, on the ground that he engaged a particular surgeon, who did not visit the child, but sent an assistant who had not qualified, and subsequently another surgeon, whose ser vices the father bad not consented to accept. The judge nonsuited the claimant, holding that a medical man was not entitled to charge for a deputy whose services had not been solicited or accepted. RAILWAY ACCIDBYTc,i,' On Thursday morning, about a quarter to nine o'clock, a sad fatality occurred on the Western South Coast Branch of the Brighton Railway. Mr. Robert Bay ly, a gentleman residing at 3, Denmark-terrace, Brighton, went out for a walk, and was in the act of crossing the line near the bridge between Hove and Cliftonville, when the B'l6 a.m. train from Worthing came up. Before Mr. Bayly could do anything to avert the calamity, the engine caught the unfortunate gentleman and knocked him down. The guard-iron in front of the engine struck the back of his head, and inflicted a frightful injury, which must have caused immediate death. The lifeless body was taken to the Hove Station, where it was soon afterwards identified, and the necessary steps were taken for holding a coroner's inquest. A very serious accident occurred on Wednesday evening at the Gloucester and Cromwell-roads cutting, Kensington, where an extension line of the Metropolitan Railway is in course of construction. It appears that a steam excavating engine, together with the necessary implements and tackle, were fixed at the mouth of a pit, and the process of delving and bringing up the soil to the surface was being carried on, when from some cause or other the engine, &c., with its weighty accompaniments, fell over into the pit. There were three men on the engine at the time of its fall—the engineer, the stoker, and an attendant (who were severely injured)— and several labourers or miners were at work below. As the engines descended the shorings were torn away, and the whole mass of mould and ddbris fell to the bottom. Providentially, the men at work below received the alarm by the crashing of the timber shoring, and the roaring and hissing of the steam and water and the sudden blocking out of the light. They all escaped with the exception of one man. The half-buried men were recovered as speedily as possible, and conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where three of them were found by Mr. Holderness, the house surgeon, to have sustained very serious injuries. The names of the sufferers are as follows :—Thomas Parker, aged 43, of 14, Balford-street, Battersea ; he was the engineer; he has sustained fractured skull, fractured ribs, together with internal injuries—case serious. Thomas Grey, stoker, of 26, Warwick-road, Kensington, fractured ribs and severe contusions about head and face. Thomas Gerard, aged 20, attendant on the engine, of Jaines-street, Kensington, most severely in jured on head and body—an almost hopeless case. The fourth man, a miner, received various injuries and wounds, but on being surgically attended to he was sent home at his own request, leaving no record of his name or place of abode. Neither of the injured men can as yet give an ac. count of the occurrence. A shocking accident is reported to have occurred at the goods station of the London and North-Western Railway, in Park-lane, Liverpool. A young man, Leigh Parry, who was employed as an engine-fitter there, was engaged in oiling the machinery of a crane worked by steam whilst it was in motion. A loose slop he was wearing was caught by the revolving shaft, and he was dragged in and whirled round with fearful rapidity. Before the engine could be stopped both his legs were severed at the knee by being dashed against the platform upon which he had been standing, and nearly every bone in his body was broken. In order to release the shapeless corpse from the shaft It was necessary to use a knife. LAW AND POLICE. -0 ACTION AGAINST THE SHERIFF OF KENT.—In the Court of Queen's Bench the case of Dignam v. Bailey was heard. It was an action by a judgment creditor against. the Sheriff of Kent for allowing his debtor whom he had in custody to escape. It appeared that in June 1866 the debtor, one Brassington, made a composition with his creditors by deed under the Bankruptcy Act, engaging to pay them ss. in the pound. One of the creditors, a person named Clayton, held a bill of exchange of Brassington's for about £2O, and as he refused to assent to the compo sition be passed it away to the plaintiff, who sued and recovered upon it, and took Brassington in execution on the judgment. The sheriff's officer, however, being shewn the certificate of the Registrar in Bankruptcy that the deed had been registered (which by the Act is to operate as a protection), the sheriff at once discharged him, and hence this action. It has since been held that the deed was no protection as against the non assenting credi tors. Upon these facts the learned judge told the jury the question for them was what damage the plaintiff had sustained through the discharge of his debtor under such circumstances. The jury gave a verdict for £23 18s. 9d., the amount of the bill and the costs of suing upon it. PASSAGES FOR WRONGFUL DISCHARGE.— In the Court of Common Pleas the case of Brown v. Whitbread and another was heard. The plaintiff brought his action for damages for a wrongful discharge. He had been hired for three years by the defendants, who are paper manu facturers, bad served them for nearly two years, at a salary of 1:180, but bad got into difficulties. The de fendants of jetting to the plaintiff's pecuniary position, as entailing inconvenient conseq , ences on themselves and their business, discharged Lim before the end of the second year, and they now paid into court the balance due up to the end of the second year, and a quarter's salary, and a small additional sum in lieu of notice. The real question was whether the defendants had paid enough. It is always a difficult matter to ascertain what sum should he paid into court, and in the present instance the jury gave the plaintiff £4l 10s., making, together with the money paid into court, £lOO. The full salary for the last year had been fixed at £l9O. BREACH OF CONTRACT.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, the case of Crowther v. Walley was heard. This was an action by a tradesman residing at Huddersfield, against a money-lender, or money-lender's agent, for breach of contract to lend him some money. It seems that in August last an advertisement appeared in the Hudders field Chronicle stating that loans from £5 to £l,OOO were made to respectable persons. The plaintiff, at the period being in want of money, wrote to the address named in the advertisement, and said that he wished to borrow £450 upon mortgage of leasehold property. In answer to this the defendant wrote : " We can obtain £450 for you upon personal or other security, if all is satisfactory. As to interest, if you effect a life policy in an office of our clients' selection for 2.500, as collateral security for the loan, the money can be lent at 5 per cent., for five years, repayable by instal ments or otherwise." After much negotiation, the plain tiff spent £2O in having the deeds prepared, &c., and seeing no chance of obtaining the loan, he brought the present action. The defendant's counsel at once agreed to the return of the money given by the plaintiff, and a verdict was returned for that amount. CURIOES CASE of FRAUD.—At the Clerkenwell Police court, Mr. Charles Case, an omnibus and cab proprietor, appeared in answer to a summons which charged him with having, on the 27th February last, unlawfully obtained of and from the Hop and Malt Exchange and Warehouse Company (Limited), by means of certain false and fraudu lent pretences, the sum of £35, with intent to defraud. From the evidence of Mr. Herbert Renny Duke, the secretary to the company above mentioned, it appeared that on the 4th of December last, at about half-past five in the afternoon, he saw a hansom cab overturned in front of the company's premises in Southwark.street, the cause of the accident being a heap of earth over which it went. The horse was a dark brown one, and from the examination he then made be was enabled to say that neither the driver nor the horse were injured ; and he told the driver, who said he was not hurt, and only a little shaken, to call on him the following day if any damage was done. Instead of doing this the defendant sent a letter, through his solicitor, demanding compensation for injuries sustained by himself and ho►:se. Thinking the demand exorbitant, witness and a director of the company went to the defendant's yard and there saw a horse that hopped on three legs and had a large wound. After that a letter was read, stating that the horse was dead, and £43 4s. 10d. was remitted to the prisoner's solicitor. The money was paid on the repeated statement of the prisoner that the mare seen at his stable was the same one which fell down. It was proved that this was not the case, and the driver of the horse in ques tion was called, and he said that the animal was brown, and not a black one, as was the one seen in the prisoner's stable by Mr. Duke. This witness having been corrobo rated in some material degree, the case was sent to the Central Criminal Court for trial. The freedom of the City of London, in a gold box of the value of 100 guineas, is to be presented to Field- Marshal Sir John Burgoyne, Constable of the Tower. BRIDGING THE CHANNEL.—The COUriZer du Pas de Calais gives the following piquant account of an inter view between the Emperor and M. Boutet, the engineer, who proposes to build a railway bridge across the Channel between Calais and Dover : " The Emperor was ex tremely gracious to M. I3outet, and put several ques tions to him which spewed his Majesty's perfect com petence to judge of the difficult subject. He was so much pleased with the answers that he said to Mr. Boutet : ' Let me have a full report of your scheme, with plans, :stimates of cost, the time required for the execution, and the calculated profits to the shareholders. I w ill go into the matter myself, and we will support you. Your project seems to me far more practicable than any hat I have ever seen, whether for tunnels or bridges.' While the Emperor Was speaking, M. Boutet's plan of the proposed bridge was spread out upon the floor. The Prince Imperial took a run and jumped over it, where upon General Favtl, who had presented M. Boutet to his Niajesty, said, ' Monseigneur, you are the first person who lat; passed over the Channel bridge.' The Emperor ;fled approbation, and repeated to 31. Boutet, We buppolt you. " THE SCN, LONDON, FRIDAY, EVENING, MAY 15, 1868. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY. The few who remained in York over Wednesday even ing came into Doncaster by the morning trains to parti cipate in the sport on the Doncaster Town Moor, but it was hardly beyond plating form. The weather in the mornirg was as fine and as agreeable as in York, yet there was a great falling off in the attendance, and bookmakers had all the betting among themselves. The dullness of everything was very marked, and all seemed inclined to get through the programme as quickly as possible in order to finish the day's work. Details are appended. The Trial Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added. T.Y.U. (7 fur. 214 yds.) Duke of Newcastle's Bombastes, by Orlando, 4 vrs, Bst 7th (J. laley) w. o. The Hopeful Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds. Hopeful Course (about 5 fur.). Lord Annesley's f by Stockwell—Vergiss-mein-Nicht, Bst 71b Mr. Watt's Snider, Bst 101 b (Custance) 2 • Count Lagrange's Banco, Bst 101 b (Grimshaw) 3 Lord Stamford's Broutia, Bst 411.) (J. Snowden) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Banco, 100 to 30 agst Vergiss-mein- Nicht filly, 4 to 1 agst Snider. The Vergiss-mein-Nicht filly got off with the lead, having Banco close up till the distance, where the latter dropped away, and Snider took second position. The lead ing pair then raced home together, but the filly stalled off her opponent and won easily by a length, the other two coming twenty lengths at least in the rear, and together. The Doncaster Spring Handicap of 15 son, 10 ft, with 100 added. Leger Course (1 mile 6 fur. 132 yds.) Mr J. Wood's Beauty, by Knowsley—Bargain, 3 yrs, Bst 31b,. (Ket,yon) 1 Mr Lincoln's Kidderminster, 4 yrs, Bst 41b...(5 . . Tailor) 2 Mr J. Osborne's Sister to Little Agnes, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (car. Est 111 b) , , (G. Walker) 3 Mr Ambery's Greenhorn, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Mordan) 0 Mr R. Eastwood's Sawyer, 3 yrs, Bst 81b (in 10113 ex.) (Snowden) 0 Mr Walker's Wee-Weo Flowei, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Cameron) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Beauty, sto 2 agst Greenhorn, 8 t 1 agst Sawyer, 10 to 1 each agst Sister to Little Agnes and Kidderminster. Kidderminster jumped away with a load of Sister to Little Agnes, Beauty, Greenhorn, Sawyer, and Wee-Wee Flower, but after going two hundred yards Wee-Wee Flower ran into second place. Very little change occurred till Kidderminster ran to the fore, having as his imme diate attendants Sister to Little Agnes, Sawyer, Beauty, Greenhorn, and Wee-Wee Flower. Kidderminster held a long lead on the far side and seemed all over a winner, but Beauty, hard held, came on easily in the rear of Sister to Little Agnes and attended by Sawyer. At the Rifle-butts Kidderminster had a very long lead, but on coming to the bend Beauty improved her position on the outside, and drawing away won easily by five lengths ; the same dis tance separating second and third, Sawyer being fourth, Wee-Wee Flower next, while Greenhorn cantered to the post, and his jockey dismounted on the course. The Municipal Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added. Half a mile. Mr. Darling's Mother Neasham, by Buccaneer—Little Hannah, 3 yrs (.£3O), 7st 71b (R. Challoner) 1 Captain Macholl's Curiosity, 2 yrs (.£3O), sst 111 b (car. Gst 11b) (Jeffery) 2 Mr. Page's Thermometer, 4 yrs (.£3O), 9st (Coslett) 3 Mr. W. Nicholl's Oceans, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 111 b (Wilson) 4 Mr. Craven's Paleface, 3 yrs (.£3O), 7st 71b ...(Cameron) 5 Mr. Williams's Hailstorm, by Neville—Lucy, 2 yrs (X3O) 6st Betting-6 to 4 agst Mother Neasham, 2to 1 agst Ther mometer, 100 to 15 each agst Curiosity and Paleface, Mother Neasham got off next the tails with the lead, and, making all the running, Won easili'by three-quarters of a length ; Curiosity defehting -Thermometer by :a. length; Oceana was fourth ;. Paleface lae:*,'and The winner Was sold to Mr. R. Porter for 165'gnitielts. The Londesborough Plate of 100 sovs. Red House in (5 fur. 152 yds.) Mr C. Percy's A Insley, by Wild Dayrell—Emily, 4 yrs, Gst 71b (Kenyon) 1 Capt. Macholl's Out - and - Out er, 6 y rs, B st 81b (Cus'ance) 2 Duke of Newcastle's Bismarck, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b (J. Daley) 3 Mr. Smith's Cornet, 3 yrs, Gst (car Gat 1 1b)...(11ammond) 4 Betting—G to son Out-and-Outer, sto 2 agst Bismarck, sto 1 agst Aiusley, 7 to 1 agst Cornet. The favourite made play, with Bismarck on the rails next, and Aiusley in the rear, till coming into the straight, where Ainsley rushed through his horses to the fore, in company with Capt. Machell's colt. These two then left the other pair, and a slashing race home ensued, but Kenyon managed to land by a short head ; Bismarck and Cornet were together several lengths in the rear. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 50 added. Two miles. Mr T. Wilkinson's Verdi, by Adainas—Don't Come Late's dam (h b), 4 yrs, 1 2st 71b (Mr T. Spence) 1 Mr Brockton's Primrose, 4 yrs, list 4 1 b (Owner) 2 Mr Archer's General Sherman, 4 yrs, 1 2st...(Mr Wood) 3 Mr A. Cheese's Advertisement, 4 yrs, list 4lb (Owner) 4 Mr G. Walker's Philip (h b", 5 yrs, list 61b (Owner) 5 Mr Barge's Esmeralda, 4 yrs, list 41b (Mr T. Price) 6 Sir G. Cholmeley's Hexgrave (11 b), 5 yrs, list 131 b (Mr C. Boynton) 7 Betting-5 to 4 agst Primrose, sto 1 each agst Verdi and Ilexgrave, 6 to 1 agst Advertisement, 8 to 1 ags Philip. Ilexgrave took the loa'l and held it till rounding the bend, when General Sherman rushed through his horses and took up the running, closely attended by Verdi. At the Rifle-butts Primrose went to the front, but was soon joined by Verdi, and the latter, having the - best of it at the finish, won by a length ; a very bad third ; Adver tisement was fourth, Esmeralda fifth, and liexgrave last. BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken and offered) 100 to 15 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 8 to 1 agst Speculum (taken) 11 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 100 to 8 agst Blue Gown (taken) 14 to 1 agst Torn Bowline (taken) 14 to 1 agst Orion (taken) 50 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (offered) SALISBURY MEETING—THURSDAY. This pleasant gathering attracted a very large attend ance of turfites, the principal backers and bookmakers who had patronised York journeying on to Salisbury in prefe rence to staying at Doncaster, and the fixture benefited considerably by its following Winchester, whose company "assisted" at the old city to-day. Of the outside public there was a numerous muster, and many of the patrons of Woodyeat es, Beckhampton, and Littleton were present in the ring. Tho weather was beautifully fine, and the course, which is one of the most pleasantly situated in England, was seen to the greatest advantage. Danebury was successful in the opening race, the Craven Plate, which fell to Naiveti, who beat a couple of better favourites in Magnolia and Charles 11. The Salisbury Stakes turned out the good thing the betting made it for MinnaTroil,who ran second to Miss Foote at Winchester. The Stone henge Plate produced the best race of the day, as Pales only won by a short head from Resistance, while Acknow ledgment and Lady Di ran a dead heat for the third place. Philosopher won the 'Wiltshire Stakes in a canter from five others, and Victress scored a clever win in the City Bowl, the day's sport concluding by Leading Suit carrying off the Old Castle Stakes, defeating Cork Jacket and a fairish field. Details of the sport are appended : The Craven Plate of 50 soya. Five furlongs. Mr Padwick's Naivete, by Stockwell—Artless, 3 yrs, Bst (Cannon) 1 Mr Trimmer's Magnolia, 3 yrs, Gst 61b (inc. 31b ex.) (Killick) 2 Lord Durham's Alruna, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (J. Goater) 3 Mr J. Day's Minnie Warren, 3 yrs, ist 91b (Pranglo) 0 Sir F. Johnstone's Charles 11., 4 yrs, 7st (T Sadler) 0 Mr E. Edwyn's Englishman, 3 yrs, Est 121b...(G. Sopp) 0 Mr E. Brayley's Redbourne, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Kitchener) 0 Mr J. Wood's Lady Mary, 3 yrs, Est Sib (Wyatt) 0 Betting-3 to 1 each agst Magnolia and Charles 11., 5 to 1 each agst Naivete and Alruna, and 7 to 1 agst Lady Mary. Magnolia made play with a slight lead of Naivete, Al tuna, and Lady Mary, and Charles 11., Redbourne bring ing up the rear, till opposite the Stand, when Naivete got the advantage, and won cleverly by a length; two lengths divided the second and third, Lady Mary was fourth, Min nie Warren fifth, Redbourne sixth, Charles 11. seventh, and Englishman last. The Salisbury Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added. Half a mile. Mr Graham's Minna Troil, by Buccaneer—Bella Donna, Bst 51b Mr Ruff's Sea Breeze, Bst 1016 Mr W. Day's Benbow, Bst 101 b (J. Sadler) 3 Mr Padwick's Matilda, Bst 61b.. (CLnnon) Mr J. Day's Lopez, Bst 101 b (11. Day) 5 Mr E. Brayley's Clifford, Bst 101 b (Kitchener) 6 Betting— 7 to 4 on Minna Troil, 5 to 1 each asst Sea Breeze and Matilda, 20 to 1 " bar three." Minna Troil, Sea Breeze, and Bellboy, lay in front throughout, the favourite winning after a smart race by three quarters of a length; a length divided the second and third, Matilda was fourth, close up, Lopez fifth, and Clifford, who was well up to the distance, where he dropped away, last. The Stonehenge Plate of 50 sovs, for two-yr-olds. Half a mile. Mr Saunders'sPales, by Prime Miuister—Bucolic, Bst Glb (Payne) 1 Mr G. Jones's Resistance, Bst Glb (T Adams) '2 Mr J. B. Day's Acknowledgment, Bst 101 b (J. Sa Iler) f Mr Pad wick's Lady Di, Bst 6lb (Cannon) f Mr 11. Goater's Miss 13agot, Bst Gib (J. Goater 0 Mr P. Percy's Kilmun, Bit 101 b (Maidment ) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Resistance, 9to 4 agst AcknowleCig meat, 5 to 1 ag,t Mi , s Bagot, 8 to 1 agst Pales. Resistance held a slight lead of Pales, the others lying in close company to the distance, where Pales got a slight alvantege of Resistance, Acknowledgment, and Lady Di, the four running a close and exciting race home, ending ii favour of Pales by a neck; Resistance finished a bead in front of Acknowledgment and Lady Di, who finished a dead heat for third place ; Kilmun was fifth, close up, and Miss Bagot last. Tho winner was sold to Lord Poulett for 50 guineas. The Wiltshire Stakes (Handicap) of 25 sovs each, 15 It, with 100 soya added, if four horses start; the winnor of any handicap after the weights are declared to carry 61b, if two, 91b extra. Two miles. Mr. Stephenson's Philosopher, by Nowminster, Pru dence, 3 yrs,. Est 121 b .(Butler) 1 Mr. W. Davis's Fair Star, 3 yrs, sst 911)...(James Clark) 2 Mr. Flight's Viscount St. Albans, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (inc 61b extra) (Praugle) 3 Mr. lirayley's Douro, 5 yrs, Gst 1 Olb (Kitchener) 4 Mr. J. 13. Day's c by Vedette—Merry Sunshine's dam, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Cox) 5 LordAilesbury's Whalebone, 5 yrs, Gat 91b (Wyatt) 6 Betting-6 to 4on Philosopher, 6to 1 each agst Douro and Whalebone, 7 to 1 apt Viscount St. Albans. Fair Star at a good pace cut out the work, Douro, Whale bone and Viscount St. Albans following in the order named, the rear being brought up by the favourite. The order given was maintained without any alteration until a mile and a half of the journey had been covered, when Whalebone dropped back beaten, and Philosopher ad vanced into a position level with Douro and Viscount St. Albans, the pair being just in rear of Fair Star. About a quarter of a mile from home Philosopher was taken to the front, and, quitting his opponents at the distance, won in a common canter by a length, fair Star defeating Viscount St. Albans a length and a half for second place ; Douro was fourth, just in advance of the Merry Sunshine's dam colt ; Whalebone was last, beaten a long way. The City Bowl of 25 sovsvalue, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each. Five furlongs. Mr Payne's Victress, by Lambton—Baund's dam by Scroggins, 4 yrs (X2O), Bst 51b (Cannon) 1 Mr Hope's Lillie, 4 yrs (£2O), 8A olb (Maidineut) 2 Betting-5 to 4ou Victress. The pair ran together till the distance, when, owing to the swerving of the favourite, Lillie was enabled to take a slight lead, but, coming again at the stand, Victress won cleverly by a short head. The winner was sold to Mr 11. J. D. Bayley for 80 guineas. The Old Castle Stakes of 5 sovs each, in case of acceptance, with 30 added. Oue mile. Mr Hope's Lemling Suit, by King of Trumps—Sortie, 4 yrs, 7st 91b Mr Woolcott's Cork Jacket, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Butler) 2 Sir J. Johnstone's Historian, aged, Bst 121 b (Parry) 3 Mr G. Clement's Romney, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (llibberd) 4 Mr Flight's The Shrew, 3 yrs, 7st (Weston) 5 Mr E. Rickard's Trifle, 3 yrs, Est 21b . (Wyatt) 6 Mr J. B. Day's f by Vedette—Hope, 3 yrs, Est 91b (car. Est 121 b) (T. Sadler) 7 Betting-2 to 1 agst Cork Jacket, sto 2 agst Hope filly, 4 to 1 agst Trifle, 100 to 15 agst Leading Suit, 10 to 1 agst Historian. Leading Suit made the whole of the running, and won, after a good race, by a short head from Cork Jacket, who challenged resolutely at the distance, but, failing to quite get up, sustained a clever defeat; three lengths separated the second and third, Romney was fourth, The Shrew fifth, Trifle sixth, and Hope filly seventh. MANCHESTER SUMMER MEETING. THURSDAY, JUNE 4. Tho Manchester Tradesmen's Cup of 200 sovs in specie, if throe run, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each. Two miles. 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Proserpine COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall, at which the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen) presided. THE ADDRESS TO TILE QUEEN. The LORD MAYOR formally communicated to the Court that he had attended upon her Majesty to present the address of the Corporation in refer ence to the attempt to assassinate the Duke of Edinburgh, and that the Queen had been pleased to receive the same in the most gracious manner. lie added that the Town Clerk would read the answer to the Address. The TOWN CLERK (Mr. Woodthorpe) accord ingly read the answer given by her Majesty upon the occasion, which has already appeared. The LORD MAYOR then said that when her Ma jesty presented her hand to be kissed she said to him, " I feel very grateful to you for your kind sympathy."—(llear, hear.) The answer of her Majesty was then ordered to be recorded on the minutes and journals of the Court. THE IRISH CHURCH QUESTION. Mr. J. SYMONDS said that as a question of pri vilege he wished to put a question to the Lord Mayor in reference to what he was reported to have s lid at the recent meeting that took place at St. James's Hall upon the subject of the disestablish ment of the Irish Church. (Cries of " No, no.") He found that there was a great deal of noise and confusion at the meeting, and he thought it was possible that the reporters had not heard him dis tinctly—(cries of " Oh, oh ")—and he wished to know whether he was correctly reported to have said that he attended the meeting as the head of the Corporation of Loudon, and that he was speak ing the sentiments of the Corporation. (Hear.) He wished to be informed whether there had not been some misapprehension as to the observations that were made by his lordship in reference to this matter, and to observe that this Court had not ex pressed any opinion that would justify his lordship in making such a statement upon a political sub ject. (Cries of " Oh, oh.") The LORD MAYOR said that the report was cor rect, and he requested the Town Clerk to read what he stated in moving the resolution he did at the meeting in question. It was to the effect that be attended the meeting as the head of the Corporation of London, and that he believel the majority of his fellow-citizens at least were opposed to the pro position for disestablishing the Irish Church. (Hear, hear.) The matter then dropped. PRIVILEGES OF THE COURT. Mr. GOVER called the attention of the Court to a fact that had come to his knowledge, which he said materially affected the honour and dignity of the members of the Court. A discussion had re cently taken place, with closed doors, upon the subject of the Sheriffs' Court, and some matters connected with the judge of that court, and he was told that one of the members who took part in that discussion had communicated to the judge of the Sheriffs' Court what had taken place during the discussion. (Hear, hear.) Such a proceeding, he considered, was most improper, and, indeed, con trary to the oath that was taken by the members of the Court, and he should, therefore, move that any member who should adopt su ch a p roceedin g in future should be held guilty of a breach of privi lege. (Cries of "Name, name.") He said he had no objection to state that the member to whom be referred as having made the communication was Mr. M'George. Mr. M'GEORGE claimed the right of explanation, and he went on to deny that he had done anything that was wrong in the matter. (Hear, hear.) All that occurred was this—ln the course of the dis cussion referred to, one of the speakers asserted that it was nothing but a question of money with the judges of the Sheriffs' Court, and he simply in quired of the judge whether he had given the mem ber referred to any authority for making that state ment, and he assured him that be had not. (Hear, hear.) That was the only foundation for the miserable charge that was made against him. (A laugh.) The COMMON SERGEANT, in answer to a ques tion.put to him by a member, said that tly3 judge of the Sheriffs' Court would have the right to be present at the discussion referred to, if he had pleased. He was always summoned with the other officers of the Corporation. The motion of Mr. Gover was then put and negatived. TILE CORPORATION OF LONDON AND TILE METRO- POLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Mr. 11. L. TAYLOR, one of the representatives of the City at the Metropolitan Board of Works, re ferring to the question that had been put to him at a former meeting of the Court by Mr. Lawley, the chairman of the Local Government and Taxation Committee, as to whether a letter written by Sir J. Thwaites, the chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, to the different, metropolitan members of Parliament, in reference to the bill that had been introduced into the House of Commons for im- proving the dwellings of artisans and labourers, was written with the sanction of the Board, said he wished to put the Court in possession of some fur- ther information. He had made inquiries upon the subject, and h:Ad ascertained that no member of the Board was aware that such a letter had been written, and the subject had never been dis cussed, and, finding this to be the case, he put the question to Sir John Thwaites, and he admitted that he had written the letter iu question upon his own responsibility, as there was no opportunity to bring the matter before the Board. He considered that the board generally bad been improperly com promised by the course that had been taken by their chairman, and he brought the subject for ward ; but a resolution was proposed that the chairman was justified in the course he had taken under the circumstances, and his (Mr. Taylor's) was the only hand that was held up against it. lie added that he had since received a letter from Sir J. Thwaites, in which he embodied the same excuse for the course he had taken that he had previously given, and he considered the matter of so much im portance that he should move that the letter be re ferred to the Local Government and Taxation Com mittee for them to consider and to state what steps they thought necessary in reference to it. Mr. LAWLEY seconded the motion, and in con demning the course that had been pursued by the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works in reference to the bill in question, said it was too much the fashion to malign the Corporation of London and to say that they desired to shrink from paying their share towards things that were •required for the benefit of the public. He asserted that there was no foundation for this suggestion, and said that the Corporation considered they were en titled to have control over the expenditure of their own money, and if this privilege were acceded to them they were ready to contribute their share equally with any other portion of the metropolis towards any amount of money that might be re quired for public purposes. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to unanimously. PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO SIR JOHN BURGOYNE. The adjourned debate upon the motion of Mr. J. E. SAUNDERS, " That the freedom of the City, en closed in a gold box, of the value of one hundred guineas, be presented to General Sir John Bur goyne, G.C.8., Constable of the 'rower of London, in recognition of the distinguished services rendered by him to his country during a long and useful pro fessional career," was then proceeded with. It .Will be reMembered that at the last Court a loiia discussion took place upon this question, and • the, incitiou was strongly opposed by several hon. members, : cliiefly upon - the' 'ground that before a proposition, of Luis character was submitted to the Court, it -'ogbt."pret:iously to be considered by a, Eommittee and tedoiumehdedfOr 'adoption: ' Mr. LA wLEY now proposed' as an amendment that the consideration of the question be adjourned, and that iu fu►ture no such motion should be brought forward until it had received the sanction of the Lord Mayor for the time being, and the chairmen of the several committees of the Court of Aldermen, or that the propriety of such motion should have been discussed with closed doors in this court. A long and somewhat personal discussion took place upon the motion, in the course of which seve ral honourable members pressed Mr. Saunders to withdraw it. The points relied upon by the speakers in opposition, were that Sir John Bur goyne's military services were not of su c h a hi g h character as to entitle him to the distinction, and that four other field-marshals were alive who were his seniors, both as regarded age and period of military service, and that it would be invidious to confer the proposed honour upon him alone. In the course of the discussion a question was raised by one honourable member, whether, after what had taken place, and the difference of opinion that existed in the Court, Sir John Burgoyne would accept the proffered compliment; but this difficulty was got over by Mr. Saunders expressing his belief, that if the motion were carried, Sir John would accept the honour intended to be conferred upon him. In the result, and after a very warm debate, Mr. Lawley withdrew his amendment, and the motion of ➢lr. Saunders was agreed to. TIIE PEABODY STATUE. Mr. J. SYMONDS brought up a report from the City Lands Committee on the petition of the Com mittee of the Peabody Statue Fund, recommending that the sanction of the Corporation should be given to the proposed statue being erected upon a part of the site of the churchyard of St. Benet Fink. Mr. RIGBY said he should like to call attention to the way Mr. Peabody's gift was being applied. It was well known that some buildings had been erected, one of which was tolerably full, another half full, and a third nearly empty ; and it was a matter of surprise that the trustees should keep these dwellings so sparsely occupied as he mentioned. Surely the intention of the donor would be better met by drawing a less percentage on the outlay and having them better filled. There were two of the buildings especially, situated in the poorest neigh bourhoods, where there were thousands that would be glad of their shelter and accommodation, but the people could not pay the rents that were asked. Under these circumstances, he hoped that attention would be called to this matter ; and he ventured to hope that the munificent gift to the City would be better carried out in the future than it had been hitherto. Mr. SYMONDS said his hon. friend would perceive that his observations had no reference to the ques tion before the Court ; and he need scarcely say that the City Lands Committee hal no control over the funds referred to. The report was then agreed to unanimously. THE BUSINESS OF THE COURT. Mr. H. L. HAMMACK moved a resolution to the effect—" That inasmuch as important matter, which in some cases had been on the paper of business so far back as October, 1867, had not yet come under consideration, and it was evident that unless some alteration in the mode of the proceedings of the Court took place its proceedings could not be at tended to with proper promptitude and care, it was desirable that the meetings of the Court be con vened for, and the chair taken at, two o'clock in the afternoon, and that the Court continue its sitting, unless previously adjourned by resolution, until eight o'clock." Mr. Deputy DE JERSEY (in the absence of Mr. 11I‘George) moved as an amendment that it be re ferred to the General Purposes Committee to con sider whether any arrangement could be made to facilitate the business of the Court; and also to con sider the various standing orders and . resolutions of the Court which regulated the present arrangement of business, reporting generally thereon, with such suggestions as might appear desirable. After a brief discussion the original motion was withdrawn in favour of the amendment, which was then carried, the Lord Mayor remarking that it would be most inconvenient far him to sit from two to eight, and that he could not consent to such an arrangement. LECTURES TO THE WORKING CLASSES. Mr. W. S. GOITER moved, that with a view to as sist and encourage adult self-education among Lon don working men, u, series of useful lectures be de livered by eminent men, in the Guildhall, similar to the series recently delivered to the working men of Path, under the auspices of the Empress of the French, by the most eminelt Frenchmen, and that the neces sary arrangernenti be referred to the Library Com mittee to carry out. This was an experiment, he said, which could be carried out at a very small cost, and in a very simple form ; and he believed, if the working classes were educated in this way on general topics of usefulness, the difference of feeling which existed between them and the higher classes of society would soon be done away with. Lectures might be delivered in the months of No vember and December by men of eminence, and they could then aszertain whether the working classes would appreciate them, and what results would follow. He had no doubt the experiment would be attended with very great success, and that if the example were once set it would be largely followed in other parts of the country. Mr. DRESSER. RooErts seconded the resolution. Mr. BEDFORD said the machinery was already at hand, if they chose to adapt it to the object in view. There was such an institution as the Gresham College, with a fine lecture-hall and plenty of funds; but he was sorry to say those funds were shamefully wasted. Instead of giving popular lec tures, discourses were given on physics and geometry in Latin, and he could imagine no greater bore than listening to them. He begged to move as an amendment, "That in the opinion of the Court it is desirable that some plan should be devised to render the lectures at Gresham College more useful and more adapted to the wants and wishes of the present generation, and that a copy of this resolu tion be transmitted to the Gresham Committee." Mr. CRESCENS ROBINSON, as a member of the com mittee, said this matter had been frequently brought under notice, but there was a determined opposi tion to any change. 1)r. SAUNDERS observed that the Gresham Lec tures were well attended at present. After some discussion on the subject, Mr. Bed ford's amendment was adopted, and the Court there after adjourned. Among the notices on the paper which were not reached was the following motion by Mr. Alderman COTTON :-" That the freedom of this city, with a sword of the value of two hundred guineas, be pre sented to Major-General Sir Robert Napier, G.C. 8., G.C.5.1., Commander of the Forces in Bombay, in admiration of the fortitude, skill, science, energy, and promptitude displayed by him in bringing the Abyssinian war to so successful and brilliant a close." NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The chartered troopship True Briton arrived at Gravesend on Wednesday from Melbourne, having on board detachments.of time-expired men and in valid troops belonging to the Royal Artillery, lst Battalion of the 12th Regiment, 2d Battalion of the 14th Regiment, and the 50th Queen's Own Regi ment, with a number of soldiers' wives and children, the whole under the command of Ensign H. R. Wor thington, and in medical charge of Mr. Vaughan Carnley, surgeon. The True Briton sailed from Melbourne on the 27th of January, and experienced generally favourable weather during the voyage. Only one death occurred on board amo ng th e troops —that of Sergeant Corrigan, 50th Regiment, who died shortly after the ship arrived in the Channel. The troops were disembarked under the direction of the officers of the Staff at Chatham, and for warded to their respective depots at Chatham, Maidstone, and the other military stations. The Cadmus, screw (unarmoured wooden) cor vette, 21 guns, 1,466 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. Gordon, arrived at Spithead on Wednes day morning from U alifax, Nova Scotia, where she • had been relieved as senior officer's ship by the SphinX; Capt. Richard Vesey. She sailed from Halifax on the 25th of April, and experienced a very heavy westerly gale during her run across the Atlantic. Lieutenant Green, of the 61st Light Infantry, came home as passenger in the ship from Halifax, and a number of invalided seamen and marines from the ships forming the English squadrons under the command of Sir George Rodney Mundy also came home in the ship as supernumeraries. In addition to her Majesty's ship Sphinx there lay at Halifax, on the date of the Cadmus's sailing, the United States armoured turret ship Onondaga, Capt. Deverenne. Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. Mundy, in her Majesty's ship Royal Alfred, was expected to arrive at Halifax about the date of the Queen's birthday. On the 9th inst. the Cad mus passed at sea the Nameless, of Jersey. The seamen and marines were disembarked from the Cadmus soon after her arrival at Spithead yester day by the Sprightly, steam tender, and about 4 p.m. the corvette left Spithead again under steam, for Sheerness, where she is ordered to be dismantled and paid out of commission. She was commissioned for service in the West Indies in December, 1864. Captain A. C. Gordon has commanded her for nearly two years, his appointment bearing date June, 1866. The name of the captain of her Majesty's ship imble, whose arrival from Bermuda was an nounced on Wednesday, is Chatfield, not Churchill. The 12th company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Captain J. M. 11. Maitland, has been placed under orders to proceed from head quarters, at Chatham, to Cuxton, where they are to be employed during the summer months in the formation of a new " hard" on the banks of the Medway, to be used for pontooning practice by the officers and men of the Royal Engineers instead of the present pontoon " hard" in Chatham har bour, near Upnor Castle. During the time the Royal Engineers are engaged in the undertaking they will be encamped on the banks of the Med way. The 17th and 21st brigades of the Royal Artil lery, and the Commissariat Staff corps doing duty in the garrison at Woolwich, underwent a minute inspection on Wednesday morning by the comman dant of the garrison, Major General E. C. Warde, C. B. The sth Dragoon Guards are held in realness to march from Colchester to Aldershott as follows : Three troops on the 19th instant, a similar number on the 20th instant, and two troops and the head quarters on the 21st instant. The date of the re moval of the dismounted party by railway has not yet been fixed. The 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, from Shorncliffe, will relieve the sth Dra goon Guards at Colchester. Lieut. Theobald, 84th Regiment, is, under orders from the Horse Guards, held in readiness to proceed to Jamaica to join the service companies of the regiment. Ensign Main waring, Ist Battalion 16th Regiment, is under orders to proceed to Canada with the draught of his corps. Vice-Admiral James John Stopford died on the 12th inst., after a lingering illness. He was the son of the late Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stop ford, G.C.8., and brother of Vice-Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford. He entered the navy in 1829, obtained his first commission in October, 1837, and served for some time as Flag Lieut. to his father, Sir Robert Stopford, when Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. He was advanced to the rank of a Commander in February, 1810, and made Captain in May, 1841, Rear-Admiral June 4, 1861, Vice-Admiral April 2, 1866, and has since been placed on the retired list. STATE OF MADE. Under date of Tuesday, the Dundee Advertiser reports :—" The market to-day has been flat, and transactions are of quite a retail nature. As opera tions are confined to the supply of present wants, prices are rather lower, and more disposition is being shown to meet buyers. Flax continues to be held firmly, but the amount of business doing is small, as fresh supplies are expected soon. At auction to-day, of 213 tons flax, tow, and codilla offered, 125 tons were sold, but, as the bidding was slack, lower prices had to be taken than at previous sales. The Russian markets show no change, and, while about old prices are asked, there is little business being done. Dealers show little anxiety to quit their stocks, but, at the same time, wish to have offers made them. At Riga, K continues to be held at 48 roubles, and several transactions have taken place recently at this pric?. Here there is still great unwillingness shown by spinners to ope rate on contract, there being no encouragement in the present state of trade here to do so. Tow and codilla are in good request, and prices firm. Jute is very quiet here, with a small business doing, at about late prices. Yarns are being offered freely at old prices, but manufacturers buy but sparingly, and that a slight reduction on almost all sizes. Jute yarns are quiet. Linens are in slow demand, and prices continue in favour of buyers. The orders coming forward are generally small, and not suffi cient to take off the present production. Sailcloth is rather quieter, but prices are not changed. Jute goods are little asked for, and in some cases stocks , are accumulating in makers' hands. Hessians can be had freely at 2-ad. for 101 oz. sacking and bag ging are quiet, and prices unchanged." - Messrs. George Armistead and Co., in their weekly repot, dated Dundee, May 12, report as follows :—‘, The dulness in our trade continues without abatement, and in almost every department the same inactivity prevails. As there seems but little prospect of an early improvement, the alternative of working short time has again been taken into consideration, and at a meeting of spinners and manufacturers held yesterday, at which the trade was largely repre sented, it was unanimously agreed to reduce the time of working from 60 to 50 hours per week. Although this reduction is expected to have a good effect in course of time, it is not so griat as some considered the circumstances of our trade required, in order to produce a speedy amelioration. There have been no arrivals of flax during the past week. The inquiry for goods on the spot is active, but business is restricted, in consequence of the small ness of stocks of suitable quality. In prices there is no change, holders of the parcels remaining on hand being willing to sell at previous rates. The foreign markets are quiet, and in some cases have shown a slightly easier tendency. At Archangel the liver opened on the 7th of May, and the White Sea is reported to be unusually clear of ice. Of flag goods there is not much offering, and prices are un changed. At St. Petersburg flax is quiet, and very little business has lately been doing. Prices are rather easier, and may be quoted for Pscow 12 head 52 roubles, equal to £4B 7s. ld. ; Louga, 47 roubles to 48 roubles, equal to £43 163. 6d. to £44 14s. 6d. Soletsky 12 head might probably be had at £4O 10s. ; old Louga, £43, free on board. In Nano , and Revel flax almost no business is doing, in con sequence of the high prices demanded by the dealers. At Pernau there is rather more disposition to meet buyers, but former prices are still demanded. The navigation at Revel and Pernau is opened, and seve ral vessels are loading. At Riga the supply of flag continues good, and holders are willing to sell at previous rates, whereat there are still buyers —viz./ at 48 roubles K, 45 W, 40 D, and 38 11D. 111 hemp there is nothing doing. Russian dealers re fuse to sell under 41 roubles for fine Ryne, whereat buyers are wanting. The supply of shipping is very abundant, and freights declining. Up to the 7th inst. 403 ships had arrived-77 sailed. The latest Russian telegrams advise no change in markets. The accounts of the growing crop of flax from al l quarters where it has been sown continue favour' able. In our market to-day there has been very little doing. In tows there is no change to notice ; there is a good demand for common qualities o f toy/ and codilla, of which there is very little in the mar ket, and any occasional small parcels that offer are soon picked up. Of fine tows the stock is also ne t large, and holders of such require fall rates. In jute there is little activity ; low qualities being scarce are in demand at comparatively full rates, but medinel and good descriptions are very dull of sale. Ther e is no improvement in the demand for flax and tog yarns, and prices of such are barely maintained . Jute yarns are also very dull. At to-day's marke t there has been very little activity, and prices of /1 0 and tow yarns arc rather lower. In jute yarns there is almost no business doing, so that quotation s are almost nominal. The demand for linens doe s not improve, but the contrary, and the depression prevails in almost every branch of our trade. Ju te goods continue in limited request, and, as the pre" duction is very heavy, stocks accumulate quicklY; It is hoped, ho w eve r , th a t th e s h ort - t i me movement will soon produce a good effect." LORD BROUGHAM'S BIRTHPLACE. A writer in a contemporary says—Your excellent biography of the great Lord Brougham —now, ala s! among the heroes of the past—gives a not.: Pr o• fessing to settle the exact place of his birth, " at the head of the Cawgate, above the shop °f Mr. Thompson, grocer, in the third flat." I f eAr there is yet some misunderstanding on the subje ct ' When, in 1856, I paid a visit to his lordoll at Brougham Hall, with a friend well acquain ted with the geography of Eliaburgh, his lords hi p dwelt at length on some points of his wo ll ' derful history, and distinctly stated that he '" born " in the corner house of St. Andrew's-squa re on the north side." How does this agree with th e above statement ? In the same notice you 8 0 , 1 that, after 1850, Lord Brougham chiefly figu re ., " out of door." In comparison with his forn le ; herculean labours, what he did in later years W a certainly but little, at least in the shape of law reform' Yet his indomitable energy was manifested 1 0 4 after that. He was the life of the Law Amen d, ment Society for many years. When I read lu e i paper on " Judicial Statistics" in 1855, and show the importance of obtaining correct data regario) the administration of justice, whether civil or cr i t urinal, his promptitude in bringing the subJ ec c i before the House of Lords, by resolutions bill, was very remarkable, and it was not long before the suggestions I made were carried out t o the fullest extent by the Home Office. But it will 0,3 a hard task for the biographer to tall all that Lo r Brougham did and spoke during his long and eu ii, nent life.—l remain, sir, yours faithfully, LEONE LEVI' Temple, May 12. [*** The entry of birth still preserved in t b t ° Register Office, Edinburgh, distinctly states th ti c i unto Henry Brougham, of the parish of St. Gilles, aye Eleanora Syme, his spouse, a son was born on 19th Sept., 1778, named Henry Peter. Novel o f t parish of St. Gilles, or Giles, of which the head of the Cowgate forms a portion, is in the old tovi° o Edinburgh, whereas St. Andrew-square is In new town, in another parish from that r e . 110 tioned in the registry, and at least half a 133 ,_„ distant. The natural inference therefore is 0 3 ' Lord Brougham's parents having been, at their °c/h 0,0 , birth, registered as residing in St. Giles's par i6 ; l3 o the noble and learned lo r d fi rs t saw the light in " r third flat above the s h o p o f Ur. Thompson, gr °ce Cowgate."] off The brocoli season for West Cornwall is ° l ot and we are g l a d t o repor t a grea t i m p ro vement 0° - 0 5, year. The West C o r n w a ll Railway has sent off 3,60 0 W o o against 1,500 in 1867, and 3,200 in 1866. These 10 0 g it id principally to Loudon, but to many other of tbo la r g e e r e' of England also, and as far north as Hull and Edinnocl In addition, the neighbourhood of Penzance has furailotst West Cornwall with a constant supply of brocoli ;.ois/1 December to April, at from id. to 2d. a piece. —"Q Telegraph. 11 5 %. rADVERTISEMENT p —Holloway's Ointment am, -100/ Every-day Want.— kin diseases, blotches, and ' l° 4l iugly eruptions, which prevail so frequently and $ 11°- 0, 1 much, can be removed with facility by this clew: o4° , 6 ot a' cooling ointment, the salutary properties of which ,° cutaneous affections have been long and indubitabO,',o ay, blished. Moderate doses of Holloway's pills sh ° ,: - ,D, taken while the out% ard ailment is being treated v i ifrcfr e ointment. They will depurars the blood, and free ate every taint that might induce a relapse, deteriolaroolob,o general health, or otherwise act injuriously. 13 1 N o viate lug digestion, and by purifying the circulation, 11°.to pills even help to keep the skin clean, and to era& iifir many rashes and spots so frequently denoting a° stomach. Births. CUNLIFFE —On the 13th inst., at Eccleston Bo cier ' ' t cashire, Mrs. Ellis Cunliffe, of a son. .sr ee CARLETON-0 n the 13th inst. at 16, Lowudes-street, Mrs. Carleton, of a daughter- f 11.4/ 0 GORE the 11th inst., at Folkestone, the wife ° Gore, of a son. Marriages. ono FIELD —COOKSON—OII the 14th inst , at RosslY„i n o tto t ' of Hrpstead, Walter Field, Esq., Of Squire's,l7,ooo, I\ i l h t e ry p J r t y t . n o e r , s, o E n , l4 . child of Win. Strickland ti°' 1./ 00,1 0, 61 , MENSELL—NEwmAN—On the 14th inst., 14 ree'' ° I A T. Mennell, Esq., of Tower House, Croydop, ii el'" Dunstan's-buiNlings. London, to Maria BradleY, daughter of Edward Newman, Esq., of Peclit" un. o f Deaths. -moo t ' BLUNT—On the 13th iust., the lov. Walter ioric lce ir \Vallup Hous e, l2th inst., ged 66. BISHOP—On the 'Vat at 1, Prospect s , 9. .10 e ham, W. Bishop, Esq., aged D. Cal'' bil' FItERE —On the 12th inst., at Paston House, r e • Philip E. Frere, aged 51. 0 afil 11E1111E1w-0n the 13th inst., at 16, Valo-place' j-- tr fit, ~,p-S smith, Isaac Ilerberd, Esq., aged 88. °'-' PowELL —On the 13th inst., at Mill lane, T° .6' f 0 1 " Miss Powell, aged 80. WOO"' SWANN —On the 13th inst., at 1 , Q ueen -squat stet, William Swann, Esq., aged 73. ' 'A l f 1 1) ' ° 1 1 '1 London : Printed and Published by WILLI A.g go 0. of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at Tits See; O%D tho 0,0000 I Strand, in the Precinct of the Sa Yoh Middlesex. —Friday, May 15, 1868. co fe ( 6,1 01