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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-28

SUPPOSED MURDER IN WEXFORD.

The dead body of a man named William Handley was
found yesterday in a meadow at Elonee, near Ferns,
oounty of Wexford. There was a deep cut over the left
eye, and severe wounds at the back of the head and over
the left temple. Marks also were observed round the
neck, as if caused by a rope. It is supposed that the man
has been murdered and the body dragged by the rope to
the place where it was found, as at some dstance stones
were found clotted with blood. Robbery is supposed to
have been the cause of the murder, as the deceased had no
land.

THE PROPOSED DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF
SLIGO.

The messenger of the House of Commons has served the
Mayor of Sligo with a copy of the Disfranchisement Bill
about to be introduced into the House of Commons. The
people of the borough strongly protest against the proposed
disfranchisement, and have numerously signed a petition
against it. This document, a copy of which is sent to every
member of the House of Commons, asserts that the Go-
vernment are not justified in the steps they are about to
take. It points out that although ninety-one persons are
returned as guilty of bribery in 1865, at the election in
1868, when the constituency was increased 150, the very
small number of twenty-seven persons were returned as
guilty of offering or receiving bribes. Thirteen of them,
too, are not electors of the borough. The petition also
refers to the freedom from crime in the borough and
county. The most strenuous efforts will be made to have
the entire facts of the case brought before Parliament,
and, if necessary, a deputation will be sent over to pre-
sent the petition at the bar of the House of Commons.

At the Manchester City Police Court to-day James
Fletcher was fined £5O for being in possession of 50 gal-
lons of illicitly distilled whisky.

THE MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

Business in the Stock Exchange has been limited to-day,
but the movements in prices have been unimportant.
Consols have been flat, and 4 per cent. lower at
94+ to 941 for delivery arid the June account. Reduced and
New Three per Cents., 921 to 924-; Bank Stock, 234 to 236 ;
and the Exchequ-r Bills, par to bs prem. India 5 per Cents
have been done at 114 to 1 4+; and India Bonds, 20s to 25s
prem.
In the market for Foreign Bonds, the transactions have
been restricted. It lien, 1861, have been + per cent. better,
but Peruvian, 1865, and Spanish, 1867, show a reduction
of ±.
An increase of strength has been noticed in the market
for English railway stocks, and a general advance has taken
place. Caledoni n has risen + ; Great Northern A,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1; London and North
Western, + ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, ;
Midland, ; North Eastern, t; and South Eastern, I.
In Miscellaneous Securities very little business has been

doing.
Bank Shares have been steady, at improving prices.
London and Westminster have marked 64f.
The tone of the market for Telegraph Shares has been
healthy, but business has not been extensive.
London, England, 1870-05-28

lIOUSE OF COMMONS.-TRIDAY.

The SPEAKER took the chair at five minutes to four
o'clock.

THE PARTY PROCESSIONS ACT.

Mr. STACPOOLE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether the bill which the Government had undertaken
t 9 propose with reference to party processions in Ireland
would be introduced before the Whitsuntide Recess ; and
if not, when it might be expected.

Mr. C. FORTESCUE said the measure would be introduced
m Vic first Thursday after the Whitsuntide recess.

LISIMPS' RESIGNATION BILL,

Sir ALtssEY LOPES asked the first Lord of the Treasury
whether he did not consider that the provisions of the
Eesignation Lill of last session might not with
eat advantage be extended to the other dignitaries, as
w.ll as to the beneficed clergy of the Established Church
•nerally, who tither from infirmity or other physical
nimble effectively to discharge their dutiee.
( ~,TON I: :aid it w mild not be possible to extend
-inea. me of last session, n•Lich related especially to
h.Thops to the clergy generally. 1-16 entirely agreed in
tha spirit of the question, that it would be a great
advantage to the Church generally in passing a bill to
pi-oxide for the retirement of the beneficed clergy under
th. 3 circumstances alluded to.
THE -FENIAN RAID ON CANADA.

Mr. WHALLEY asked the Under Secretary of Sta e or
the Colonies, with reference to the Fenian raid on Canada,
whether the G o vernment had in their possession, and if so,
were prepared to consent to the publication of any docu-
ments or written information calculated to throw light
upon the origin and nature of the Fenian conspiracy,
either in the United Kingdom, in the Colonies, or in
America, and especially as to any purpose or design other
than that of an Independent Republic in lroland ; and
whether the Government were informed of any connection
between this Canadian raid and the recent Fenian
demonstration in support of the Red River Rebellion.
Mr. MONSELL said her Majesty's Government were not
in possession of any further information which it would be
for the public benefit to lay before the House. With
respect to the second part of the question he had also to
inform them that the Government had no information to
connect the Fenian insurrection with the Red River re-
bellion.
London, England, 1870-05-28

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cicck, NO 101,40. NO SUPPER: Mr.
Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Edward Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F.
Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwynne.
After which, at 8 precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK: Mr. Sothern,
Mr. Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Buckstone; Miss
C. Hill, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.
And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern,
Concluding with A IKSS IN THE DARK.
London, England, 1870-05-28

LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN
RAILWAY.
ST. ALB IN'S STEEPLECHASES, MONDAY and TUESDAY.

June 6th and 7th.

CHEAP EXCUR4TON 'FICHE I S fo- ST. ALBAN'S tv'll be
issued from Euston Station on each of the above days at 10 30
and 11 30 a.m., and Chalk Farm at 10 M and 11 35 a.m., ret
ru-
ing' at 68or 7 r.m. each day.

Fares from Euston and Chalk Farm to St. Alban's and back—
Covt•red Carriages, is. :d.; First Class, 3s. 2d
Trains in connect on at Willesden Junction will leave Broad-
street (City). Dalstou-lane, Highbury, Victoria (Pimlico), Ken-
sington, and Uxbridge-roa I.
For p •rticnlars see Bibs.
W. CAWKWETiTi, General Manager.
Euston Station, May, 187• x.
London, England, 1870-05-28

TRAMWAYS BILLS.

The second reading of the following bills was post-
doned : Birmingham Street Tramways, Birmingham
Tramways Bill, Glasgow Street Tramways Bill, Glasgow
Tramways Bill, Leeds Street Tramways Bill, Leeds
Tramways Bill, Liverpool Street Tramways Bills, Liver-
?ool Tramways Bill, Manchester and Salford and Dis-
;riot Tramways (No. 1) Bill, Manchester and. Salford and
District Tramways (No. 2) Bill, Manchester Street Tram-
vays Bill, Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport Street
rilamways Bill, Portsmouth Street Tramways Bill.
London, England, 1870-05-28

LIFEBOAT SE RVIC ES. —D urin Er. the storms of
the past 17 months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU-
TION contributed to the saving of 1,592 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 43 vessels from destruction. It has now 220 Lifeboat
Stations under its management. CONTRIBUTIONS for their
support will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis and Co ,
Coutts and Co., Herries and Co., by all the London and country
bankers, and by the Secretary, RICHARD LEWIS, Esq., at the Insti-
tution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.
London, England, 1870-05-28

THE PRIZE-FIGHT.

The fraternity of " roughs " throughout the whole
country has been in a state of congenial excitement, over
the result of the prize-fight which took place between
Mace and Allen near New-Orleans. To peoplo of average
intelligence the whole affair will be simply disgusting.
There is nothing but brutality involved in these exhibi-
tions of the " noble art " of self-defence, and it is some
consolation to know that they are being universally dis-
countenanced. For two rational beings to deliberately
go into a severe training for months, and then as
deliberately proceed to pummel each other out of all
human semblance, not in passion, or revenge, or self-
defence, but simply for a purse of so much money,
is surely the grossest perversion of the physical
powers which can well be conceived ; and for a
crowd of people who claim to be respectable members of
society, and hold positions of prominence, to rush excitedly
to witness such a scene, is nothing less than an imputation
upon the civilization of the time. There is, doubtless, a
brutal element in human nature which finds gratification
in exhibitions of torture ; but it is chiefly manifested in
savage, perverted, or uncultivated minds, which are
incapable of distinguishing between mere brute endurance
and true heroism. The Indian, who lacerates himself,
the matador, who contends with a maddened bull, the
gladiator, the prize-fighter, and the murderer, who
goes jeering to the gallows, all exhibit the
lowest form of physical courage—or, as the
quality might more properly be. called, bravado.
It is possible to understand the satisfaction of possessing
sufficient skill in " self-defence " to protect one's self from
assault, and one can appreciate the physical advantages to
be found in its friendly contests ; but beyond that the
trick of pugilism is degrading in itself, and an outrage
upon the existing laws of every civilised community. The
New Orleans exhibition was chiefly notable for the official
countenance and protection which were thrown around it.
A large body of police was called into requisition, and
many officials;and prominent citizens were present. The poor
wretches who were the central figures in the " battle,"
were cheered and encouraged to maul and batter each
other by a crowd of persons who were. supposed to be
gentlemen, and who would doubtless resent the insinua-
tion that they were as bad as Mace and Allen. What-
ever may be the laws of Louisana in reference to such
contests, it is quite clear that they ought to be prohibited
in the future. We believe all the Northern States
have stringent statutes against prize-fighting. Pugilists
are rather dexterous in evading the law, but it is to be
hoped some way will be found of turning the physical
strength of Mace and Allen to some better account than
either of those redoubtable persons has yet discovered for
himself.—New York Times.
London, England, 1870-05-28

Privacy in Parliament.

Although all reasonable men are agreed as to the
undesirableness of it being in the power of a single
member to have reporters, strangers, and
visitors summarily ejected from the House
of Commons, yet it is another question whether the
House should resign absolutely its right to exclude
those who for business purposes or otherwise are in
the galleries. It has been very justly said that there
may arise occasions, though it is difficult to foresee
them, when the public interest or the public safety
may require the Lower House to deliberate
in private. Bearing in mind this fact, it
as well that the motion for the inva-
lidation of the privilege of members in this re-
spect should be postponed for further consideration.
The indignity of the proceeding on Tuesday night
is still fresh in the minds of those numerous mem-
bers who cried " Oh, oh," so lustily ; and if the
power is to be still left to the House to have de-
bates with closed doors, the safety of that power may
probably be secured by the delay. It has been sug-
gested as a sort of compromise, that the House
should resolve to settle the question of exclusion
hereafter by majorities, and the proposition is at
least worthy of thought between this and Monday
next.
London, England, 1870-05-28

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE,

A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
J NO. GOSNE I.L and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated
form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, Ss each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ-
ng brush.
lied Bull Wharf .Angel-passage, V 3, Upper Thames-street, Lon-
don, E.C.
London, England, 1870-05-28

EXPENSES,

The expenses of carrying out this scheme, and of sustaining
the organi3ation of the present. Company to be provided by the
new Company, the Trustees being authorised to issue and use for
these purposes, by hypothecation or otherwise, a pro rata
amount of each description of Bonds.
SYNOPSIS OF ARRANGEMENT.

1. Under the proposed arrangement the holders of the various
First Divisional Bonds will receive in exchange, therefore, First
Mortgage Bonds of the new C ,mpany, secured on the whole line
franchises, and property of the Company, for the amount of
principal and interest due to them.
2. The Second Divisional Bondholders will receive in like
manner Second Mortgage Bonds, secured on the whole line, fran-

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Dr. Ball, and the Hon. David Plunket, the mem-
bers for Dublin University, will, it is thought pro-
bable, move for •the extension of the University
Tests Bill to Ireland. Some confirma.tion of the
supposition appears to exist in the fact that
Dr. Ball voted for, and Mr. Plunket paired for the
Tests Bill at the second reading. Should the mea-
sure be hereafter applied to Dublin, the scholarships
and fellowships in the university alone will be affected;
and the former not so much as the latter, as
there are already "non-foundation scholarships."
of equivalent value to the ordinary college scholar-
ships, which are granted without the profession of
any religious belief, whereas the Trinity College
Fellowships are alone conceded to those graduates
who take oath that they are members, and intend
to remain members, of the Irish Episcopalian
Church.
London, England, 1870-05-28

CHILDREN EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE.

Mr. FAWCETT, who on several previous occasions had
attempted to call the attention of the House to the condi-
tion of children employed in agriculture, again introduced
the subject, andmovedthatin the opinion of the House the
evidence of the commission appointed to inquire into the
condition of such children proved that the ignorance
which prevailed in the rural districts was in a far greater
degree due to the early age at which children were taken
from school to be sent to work than to any general de-
ficiency in the means of education. The hon. gentleman
at great length argued that the ignorance of the young in
the agricultural districts was not attributable to want of
school accommodation.

Mr. BRUCE said the whole aim and objeot of the hon.
member was to show the absolute necessity of a compul-
sory system of education. He admitted the condition of
the children of the agricultural population was not satis-
factory, but at the same time they were no worse than the
children of other portions of the country. The hon.
gentleman had said that there was no lack of good
schools ; but the proportion of schools which would be
recognised by the Education Bill in the agricultural dis-
tricts was very small.
After some remarks from Mr. Corbett, Mr. Scou6eld,
and Mr. Forster, the motion was withdrawn.
London, England, 1870-05-28

Brigandage as a Political Institution.

It is currently believed that brigandage in Greece,
is a political institution, and. that no Minister is bold
enough to attack it, because to do so would
be a declaration of war against the policy,
which finds it convenient occasionally to send
brigands to the Ottoman frontier to get up
insurrections. The Greeks have chosen this extra-
ordinary time to call for a rectification of their fron-
tier, though Takos and his nine associates are still
uncaptured in Greece. If any Minister were to
expel from the capital criminals who have received
an amnesty he would at once be accused of having
done so from party motives, and his successor would
very likely recall the criminals. The expe-
rience of thriller Ministers was not encouraging.
Korphiotakes, Minister of Finance, was assassinated
in Athens in broad daylight, and another Sotero-
poulos, was captured, and had to pay £2,500 before
he escaped. When such immunity is enjoyed by
the brigands we need not wonder that Ministers of
State are afraid to provoke their hostility by ener-
getic oppressive action..
The Smallpox in Paris.

The Lancet observes that some idea of the magni-
tude of the small-pox epidemic in Paris may be
formed from the fact that the'number of deaths re-
ceived last week was 195. being an increase of 16 on
the previous weeks return. The population of Paris
is less than half that of London, yet the maximum
number of deaths occurring in the latter city during
any week of the year of greatest small-pox fatality
for a third of a century never reached 100. No
fewer than 1,940 fatal cases have occurred in
Paris in the twenty weeks elapsed of the present
year, a mortality equivalent to an annual death-rate
of 2.7 per 1,000 of the population, the corresponding
ratio for London being 0.1 per 1,000. There appears
to be not the slightest question, says the Lancet, that
this most lamentable state of things in the French
capital is attributable to the neglect of vaccination.

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London, England, 1870-05-28

BRISTOL ELECTION PETITION.

Yesterday further evidence in the Bristol Election
Petition was called to disprove the statements of Frost
and Kemp. Serjeant Ballantine then summed up the
respondent's case. Mr. O'Malley followed by summing
up the whole case. Both counsel confined themselves to
the facts in their addresses, reserving the legal point as
to the test ballot until afterwards. The judge delivered a
lengthy judgment, holding that there was no bribery or
treating except at the test ballot, and whether that bore
on the election he would reserve for the decision of the
Court of Common Pleas. The question of costs was
also reserved.
London, England, 1870-05-28

The Late Cattle Plague.

The report of the Veterinary Department of the
Privy Council with reference to the late cattle plague
in Great Britain has been printed. Mr. Williams,
whose name is appended to the volume, states
that only three visitations of the rinderpest
have occurred in England. In 1714, from 1745 to
1757, and in 1865. The disease in all cases is con-
sidered to have originated in outbreaks among cattle
introduced into this country from the Continent.
Experience has shewn that the word contagious is
more applicable to the plague than infection, and
that the smallest particle of diseased matter
so small as to be incapable, even of detection —can
communicate the pest. The theory of minute par-
ticles floating in the air, however, is totally
discarded in the report. Mr. Williams ex-
plains that " stamping out " is found to
be the only preventative of the plague,
i. e. the immediate slaughter of the infected animal
or animals. All idea of curing diseased cattle before
the contagion extends is abandoned, as isolation,
though probably resulting satisfactorily as far as
the animal first attacked was concerned, would
be so difficult to obtain in this country that its
adoption is looked upon as an impossibility. The
report states that the means of detecting the rinder-
pest are now comparatively well known, and
Mr. Williams confidently states that the
plague, if it again visited England, would be
stamped out before any serious damage could be
done. The late disastrous epidemic is said to have
resulted in a direct loss of property, without reckon-
ing the indirect losses, worth five millions sterling.
Duplicates in the British Museum

It is estimated that there are in the British
Museum one hundred thousand duplicate works, and
the question has naturally arisen whether they can-
not be utilised. The attention of the Commissioners
appointed to inquire into the affairs of the Museum
in 1848 was called to a proposal for supplying dupli-
cates of works for the purposes of reading or other
public libraries, and they expressed their opinion
that such a measure might be carried out to a useful
extent. The large number of free libraries now in
existence affords an opportunity to the museum trus-
tees to render valuable aid in this direction. It is
not at all necessary that books of value should be
entirely parted with ; they might be offered as a loan
to towns where the supply is not commensurate to
the demand
London, England, 1870-05-28

DEATH OF THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF
DUNRAVEN.

The Dowager Countess of Dunraven expired at Clear-
wellCourt, Gloucestershire, on Thursday. Her ladyship at-
tained her 80th year this month. She was greatly beloved,
and her loss will be deeply felt, owing to her great
benevolence. It is expected that her remains will be con-
veyed to Ireland for interment.
London, England, 1870-05-28

LONDON. SATURDAY,

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

THE HEIR EXPECTANT'.
By the Author of "Raymond's Heroine," &C.

"An admitable novel. In plot, details, completeness, and the
unflagging interest which carries the reader resistlesslyto the end
'The Heir Expectant' is a triumph of novelistic skill."—Saturday
Review.
London, England, 1870-05-28

A Suspicious Bill.

If the views of the Daily News are correct in
reference to the Kensington-road Improvement Bill,
a piece of jobbery is about to be perpetrated which
it behoves the public at once to raise their voice
against. Our contemporary states that the de-
sign is not so much to improve the Kensing-
ton-road as to benefit a joint-stock company
who have built a hall in which to give lectures, con-
certs, and balls. The hall is called the Royal Hall
of Sciences, nominally to do honour to
the Prince Consort, but really in order to
promote its success as a speculation. What
makes this company differ from other mercantile
associations in the rank and high position of certain
of its directors, who form part of that set of ener-
getic men who have contrived to render the name of
South Kensington a by-word in Parliament.
Emboldened by victory they now come for-
ward to make a proposition, which, in
audacity, surpasses any previous experiment. The
time having arrived for completing the building,
it appears that a piece of Hyde-park-corner must be
appropriated for the purposes of thie private com-
pany. They offer to pay for it, but will not give
more than £2,000 for that which is worth £lOO,OOO.
It remains to be seen whether the guardians of the
people's rights will sanction the compact. At all
events, the public should demand that Hyde Park
be spared.
- •
London, England, 1870-05-28

SUNDAY CLOSING OF PUBLIC HOUSES.
A great open-air WORKING MEN'S DEMONSTRATION
willtake place at Lismore Circus, Haverstock Hill, on SATURDAY,
May 28. Speakers ;—Rev. J. Morgan, and Messrs. G. Dibley, J.
Hilton, and J. Leicester ; the Rev. E. Mathews, M.A., Travelling
Secretary of the Central Association, will attend as a Deputation.
The Chair will be taken by M. A. GARVEY, Esq., LL.B., Barrister-
at-Law, at Five o'Clock, p.m.
London, England, 1870-05-28

.• ust published, price Is 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious prooeedings of the Advertising Quacks.
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular." _ . .

London: H. 13alliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other
Journals, recommendime its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.
London, England, 1870-05-28

SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE,
Alfred-terrace,S Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution
affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin,
especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home
for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED.
Bankers, ndon and South Western (Holloway Branch).
HUGH R. GOUGH, Hon. Sec.
London, England, 1870-05-28

DEATH OF AN ACROBAT.

A man named Davenport, an acrobat, has died at Devon-
port from injuries received in practising one of his feats.
He was in the habit of allowing a stone to be broken on
his chest with a hammer. The stone was broken without
being noticed, and another blow given, from the
effects of which he died.
London, England, 1870-05-28

Cockney Pleasures.

" Not to know the old Welsh Harp and its
landlord is to be ignorant of a remarkable
phase of Cockney life ! So famous has the,
" Harp" become that the directors of the Mid-
land Railway have called a railway station
by its name, and now the " Welsh Harp" as seen
in Bradshaw takes its place with St. Alban's and
Northampton, and seems to be as much considered in its
arrangements for passenger traffic as many a populous
city. This wonderful hotel is near Kingsbury, and the
proprietor is said to have accidentally . strolled into
it one Sunday evening, after the Crimean War,
with a small capital at his bankers, and to have com-
pleted a purchase of the house and its stock before
he left. There are, it would seem, a host
of stories collected already about this tavern,
and many and strange are the anecdotes of ladies of
high rank who have walked the grounds in the
present owner's time, of Royal sportsmen who have
hung up their rods in the hall, and of duke's whose
drags have bowled up to the door, A. writer of the

PRICE 1 d.
STAMPED 2d.

Daily News has made himself thoroughly acquainted
with all these facts, and also with all the small
attractions which make the inn, to a casual visitor one
of the resorts which contributed a large amount of
pleasure to the cockney, whether he .be fashion-
able, or whether he be -humble and poor.- " Spend,"
says the writer, " a Saturday and Sunday at
the Welsh Harp, mingle with its people, dine at its'
ordinary, and become acquainted with its
ways," and you will be amply repaid. Dinners
you will obtain par excellence, gardens you
will see bldoming with flowers, and a river
you will find filled with fish. Guests you
will, meet staid and hilarious, military and
civil, and traditions you • will hear, which are so
impt•essive that they will only shew you how inade-
quate, as records, are the. year books, annuals, and
almanacs you have ever before consulted."
Reading all this description, and consider-
ing that it is merely that of an inn, one cannot
help feeling that Thackeray's partiality for warm club
rooms, caf6 restaurants, cognac saloons, and heroes
who will ever smoke, has had a woeful effect upon
the literary men of this day, who have now evidently
entered into a conspiracy to shew the pleasure of
these things to the world, and to ruin it as fast as
they can.

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T,
Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, an original Comedy, by A.
Halliday, entitled FOR LOVE OR MONEY. At 9.45, the new
Burlesque, by Conway Edwardes, entitled DON CARLOS; or,
The Infante in Aims. Supported by the following Company:—
Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey, H. Irving, W. H. Stephens, C.
Garthorne, E. Elton, and Thos. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power,
Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, K Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauclerc, R.
Evelyn, Kemp, T Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power.
London, England, 1870-05-28

KIRWEE BOOTY.

Mr. GOLDNEY called the attention of the House to the
petition of Majors-General Miller, Nott, and Ludlow on
behalf of the officers and men of the late Sir G. C. Whit-
lock's force employed during the war in India in 1857-58,
and moved an humble address to her Majesty that their
claims to have 25,600 Rs. and other debts due to the
Kirwee chiefs treated as booty, might be fully inquired
into, and referred for the decision of a legally constituted
tribunal.

Major ANSON seconded the motion.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was impossible for the
Government to agree to the. motion. The matter had
been referred to a competent tribunal, and the case had
been fully heard and decided.
The discussion which ensued lasted for some hours.
The House divided on the question with the following
result—for the motion, 67; against, 108.
London, England, 1870-05-28

'LYS.

BANKING COMPANIES.

Agra Bank (L) A .... 1 11} 10 Imperi...l Ottoman 4i 41
Alliance (Limited) .. 14 158 20 Lon.Cnar. of Austrlia 241 258
Anglo-Austrian .... 161 pm 20 London and County 50 51
Anglo-Egyptu (Lim) 25} 26 , 15 Londo a Joint-Stock 36 361
British N orth•Amrcu 54 56 ! 20 Lndn & Wstminstr 64 641
Ch.of ludla,Australla 17 18 1 10 Metropolitan Bl 9}
Char. Merc. of India 30 31 I 20 Midland (Limited) 1 dis, par
City
Colonial
Consolidated (Limtd) lOm 25 Union of Australia.. 46 47
Eng., Scot.
(Limited.st C 171 18} 15 Union of London .. 40 41
Imperial

LONDON TRADE REPORT. FRIDAY.—TaIIow has been
firmer. Y.C., spot, 445. 6d, ; June, 445. 6d. buyers ; and last
three months, 465.

LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS, FRIDAY.--There has been
a fair demand for raw sugar, at improving prices—say 6d. ad-
vance for common biown. Brown Barbadoes, 265. ; law, soft,
and fine grainy yelloW, Vs, to 325. ; brown and low yellow Mau-
ritius, 20s. 6d. to 275. 6d. (3(iffee has sold slowly, at drooping
prices. Fine colony Jamaica, 83s: io 84s. fine ordinary pale,
51s. 6d. For tea there has been veil little demand.

LONDON OIL MARKET, FRlDAY.—Linseed oil has been
steady, at3ls. 9d. to 325. spot. Rape haS been firm. English
brown spot, 435. 6d.

LONDON METAL MARKET, FRIDAY.—There 1104 been only
a moderate demand for iron. Tin has been firmer. Straits
tin, £133 to £133 10s. Copper has been quiet. Chili bars, £67
to £67 10s.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET, FRIDAY.—More steadiness hag
been noticed in the demand, but the trade has not been active.
Prices are without alteration. From the plantations the accounts
have been favourable. Mid and East Kents, £7 to £l2 12s. ;
Wealds, £6 to £8; Sussex, £5 12s to £6 12s. ' • Bavarians, £6 6s.
to £9; French, £5 to £6 10s. ; American, £4 ss. to £6 ; and
yearlings, £1 10s. to £3 15s. per cwt.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FRlDAY.—Market active at
advancing prices. Wheat 2d, to 3d. higher. California wheat,
95.; red American, Bs. 2d. to Bs. 3d. per cental. Maize, 3d. to Gd.
advance.
MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY.—The market con-
tinues quiet, and with little or no demand for either goods or
yarns. In some instances producers will accept lower rates than
those current on Tuesday.
LINCOLN CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—There was a fair
attendance at this market to-day: Wheat is slow, at last week's
rates. Beans are brisker, at 2s. advance. A slight improvement
in oats. Peas about the same.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAT:—At this market
wheat was Is. dearer than last Friday. A fair consumptive
demand. Beans and oats again dearer.

LONDON GAZETTE—L .st Evening,

INDIA OFFI E, MAY 27.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major General
Henry Wylie Norman, C. 8., Bengal Staff Corp, to be an
Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General
of India, Vied Major-General Sir Henry Marian Durand,
K.C.5.1., C.B.
London, England, 1870-05-28

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the past 17 months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU-
T lON contributed to the saving of 1,592 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 43 vessels from destruction. It has now 220 Lifeboat
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Coutts and Co., Berries and Co., by all the London and country
bankers, and by the Secretary, RICHARD Lions, Esq., at the Insti-
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London, England, 1870-05-28

THE PERMISSIVE BILL.

Last night a numerously attended meeting was held in
the Guildhall, Doncaster, in support of the Permissive
Prohibitory Liquor Bill. The Vicar of Doncaster pre-
sided. Resolutions thanking their Representatives, Vis-
count Wilton and Mr. H. F. Beaumont, for supporting
the bill last year, and pledging the utmost efforts in sup-
port of the bill now before Parliament were carried unani-
mously. Dr. F. R. Lees and Mr. Raper attended as a
deputation from the Allianc. Alderman Clarke, J. P. , Rev.
W. H. Walker, Rev. T. Richards, and others took part
in the proceedings.
London, England, 1870-05-28

jIECEUM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs Mansell).
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL. Mr. F.
Charles and Miss L. Morgan.
At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL.
After which, at 8.30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M.
Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle.
Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily
Soldene.
London, England, 1870-05-28

MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW NOVEL.
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k_y Author of " Nathalie,' "Adele," &c. •
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London, England, 1870-05-28

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING .EIEART.S. Messrs
Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Buf ton and Santley.
Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs. James,
Terry, Fenton; Mesdames Santley, Dashwood, Goodall, Hughes,
A nstiss, and Metcalfe.
London, England, 1870-05-28

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The North German Parliament.

The first ordinary Parliament of the North German
Confederation has just concluded its fourth session.
King William closed the Parliament in person and
congratulated the members on the vast amount of work
which they had accomplished. He enumerated the prin-
cipal measures which had been passed, the treaties
which had been entered into, including the reform of
the Federal postal system, and the conventions with
Great Britain and the United States. The
organization of the army of the Confederation
was now complete, and the war-force of the
Bund was in process of development in a manner worthy
of the national expectations. By the stamp duty on
exchange bills a Federal tax in the interest of freedom of
commerce had been established, and the establish-
ment of laws and customs, based on common
rights, had been achieved to a degree hardly
anticipated. The establishment of a supreme Federal
tribunal would shortly be accomplished, and the new
penal code was one of the most important steps to-
wards it. The great object of the unity of
the German criminal law could only be
attained by mutual sacrifices. The King
thanked the members for having so readily agreed to
the. sacrifices demanded, and said the satisfaction he felt
at the result of their labours was shared throughout
Germany and beyond its frontiers. The North
German Confederation, by its vigorous labours, was
preparing the way to German unity and to general
peace, to the preservation of which the respect and
confidence of foreign peoples and Governments would
contribute.

rrHE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at
NV. SMITH'S " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden-

town.
London, England, 1870-05-28

Privacy in Parliament.

Although all reasonable men are agreed as to the
undesirableness of it being in the power of a single
member to have reporters, strangers, and
visitors summarily ejected from the House
of Commons, yet it is another question whether the
House should resign absolutely its right to exclude
those who for business purposes or otherwise are in
the galleries. It has been very justly said that there
may arise occasions, though it is difficult to foresee
them, when the public interest or the public safety
may require the Lower House to deliberate
in private. Bearing in mind this fact, it
as well that the motion for the inva-
lidation of the privilege of members in this re-
spect should be postponed for further consideration.
The indignity of the proceeding on Tuesday night
is still fresh in the minds of those numerous mem-
bers who cried " Oh, oh," so lustily ; and if the
power is to be still left to the House to have de-
bates with closed doors, the safety of that power may
probably be secured by the delay. It has been sug-
gested as a sort of compromise, that the House
should resolve to settle the question of exclusion
hereafter by majorities, and the proposition is at
least worthy of thought between this arid Monday
next.
London, England, 1870-05-28

`S SECURITIES,

Pd
51. Rbbr, G P Tel. Wks. 44 45
100 Intr. Financial (L) 11 11 die
5 Mdras Irrigton g. 5 p c 104 106
5 National Discount (L) 12 121
50 Ocean Marine
20 Pninslr & Orntl Stm, 44 45
Telegraph Constrctn 34/ 34i
St Tobacco 6 p c Ln, Gua.
5 by Italian Civrnmnt 91 93
Trust &LnofU On da 11 pin

MINING SHARE LIST.—MAY 27.
Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS.
Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London.
Active demand for West Maria, West Panty Go, Eas Gren-
ville, Grenville, Tankerviile, Rosewall Bill, and Great Laxey.
Pacific and Prince of Wales flatter.

Assheton,
Australian 'United, 3, 31
Bwlch Consols, 31, 3f
Bronfloyd,
Chiverton Moor, 5, 51
Chiverton Valley,
Cook's Kitchen, 16, 17
Chontales (Gold),
Drakewalls, 11, 11
Don Pedro North Del Rey, 31, 31
East Bassett,
East Caradon. 41,
East Lovell, 311, 32
East Wheal Grenvi e, 21, 21
Frontino and Bolivia (Gold),
16s, 18s
General Brazilian,
Great Lacey 181, 19
Great Retallack,
Great Wheal Vor, 101, 11
Marks Valley, 61, 7
New Lovell, 3 &I
North Crofty,
North Treskerby,
Pacific, 81, 9

Prince of Wales, 148, 16s
Providence Mines, 38, 39
Rosewall 11111 and Ransome
United, 11, 11
South Condurrow,
Tankerville, 171, 18
Tincroft 34, 35
Tan-yr-Allt,
Taquaril (Gold),
Trumpet Consols,
Van, 80, 821
Van Consols, 31, 41
West Chiverton, 561, 58
West Frances,
West Maria and Fortescue. 3, 31
West Drakewalls,
West Caradon,
West; Tankerville,
West,Panty Go, 1, 11
Wheal Agar,
Wheal Crebor, 12s 6d, 15s
Wheal Grenville. 21, 21
Wheal:Kitty, St. Agnes, 7, 71
Wheal Mary Ann,
Wheal Seton,

THE MARKETS,

LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.—At Mark-lane to-day
the show of English wheat was short. The trade was firmer, and
prices were well maintained. With foreign wheat the market
was well supplied. Sales progressed steadily at full currencies.
Moderate supplies of barley were on offer. The trade was firm,
on former terms. Malt was inactive, at late rates. Oats were
in request, at extreme rates. Beans and peas were steady, at
full prices. Flour was inactive, on former terms. Arrivals :
English and Scotch—wheat, 890 ; malt, 2,450 ; beans, 20 ; and
peas, 10 quarters. Foreign—wheat, 13,780 ; barley, 2,410 ; oats,
66,300 ; maize, 540 ; and peas, 2,190 quarters ; flour, 160 sacks and
6,960 barrels.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, FRIDAY.—The sup-
ply of meat has been short. The trade has been firm, at full
prices :—Beef from as. 4d. to 48. 6d.; mutton, as. Bd. to ss. 4d.:
lamb, 6s. to Os. Bd.; veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d.; and pork, 3s. 4d. to
58. Bd. per 81b, by the carcase.
London, England, 1870-05-28

CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES
of tht CHEST, Victoria Park.
Special APPEAL for the NEW WING.
Amount still required, £4,000.
Number of beds now occupied, 120.
Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164.
The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support.
Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street.
HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Sec.
Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec.
London, England, 1870-05-28

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Sole Lessee; Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cicck, NO SOING NO SUPPER: Mr.
Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Ecla aid Oshorne, Mr. Clark; Miss F.
Wright, !dies Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwynne.
After which, at 8 precisely, BA RWISE'S BOOK: Mr. Sothern,
Mr. Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Buckstone; Miss
C. Hill, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.
And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, &c.
Concluding with A IKSS IN THE DARK.

AD ELP HI THEATRE.—New Company. —N ew
Drama.—At 7.30, FREE LABOUR, a drama, in four
acts, by Charles Reade, played by a new company, selected from
first-class theatres. New scenery by Hawes Craven.
London, England, 1870-05-28

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).—
Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE-
MOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green-
wich, where any seaman, needing medical cm surgical care, will
be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in-
troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re-
moved from the City to the same building.
KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary.
London, England, 1870-05-28

UOVE[NMIN'

Three per Cent Consols 944 941
Do. for Account ....94 941 94
Three per Cent Rdcd 921 92
New 3 per Cent
Exchequer Bills,March, par spm
Do., June
Bank Stock
India 5 per Cents
Ca.n.6pcJan.&JulylB77-84 1079108
Do. 5 per cent do. 98 100
Domin. of Can. 5p a 1903 97 98
New S. W. spc 1871-76 102 103
New Zealand 6 p c 1891 ll2 114
Do. 5 per cent 99 100
Do. 5 p c Consolidated
Queensland 5 p c 1882
Victoria 69 0 Jan.& July 11511161
Do. 5 Do do. 104 105

Bristol and Exeter Bl 83
Caledonian 7ll 75
Great Eastern
Great Northern
Do. A
Great Western 721 721
Lancashire &Yorsshire 132 133
L. 11. and South Coast
Lon. Chat., and Dover
Lou. and North-Western 1301130
Lou. and South-Western 911 92
Man., Shet., and Lincoln 511 61
Metropolitan 7ll 71j
Midland
North British 371 38;
North-Eastern Consols
Do. Leeds —
,9 I Do. York — -
London, England, 1870-05-28

BURIALS BILL.

On the House going into Committee on this bill,
Colonel BARTTELOT moved, in consequence of the late-
ness of the hour, that the chairman report progress.

The House divided, and the result was—Ayes, 47 ; noes,
89. The committee were about to proceed with the con-
sideration of the first clause, when Mr. Goldney moved
that Mr. Dodson lea' e the chair.

Nearly half an hour was spent in discussing the ques-
tion of postponement, Mr. Bruce warning the committee
that Government could not give up any of its time
to the bill. He thought the amendments on the
paper might be easily disposed of, as they were compara-
tively unimportant. The upshot was that at twenty
minutes to one another division took place, on the propo-
sition that the Speaker leave the chair, and the voting
was—ayes, 39 ; noes, 78. Mr. Newdegate thereupon
moved that the Chairman report progress. During
the discussion several members of the Opposition
expressed their repugnance to the bill, and Mr.
Miall complained that they were taking unfair means
to stop the progress of the measure, and he at the same
time reminded him that the Liberals could stop any mea-
sure if they were to act factiously. At twenty minutes
past one the motion was withdrawn.
Several unopposed amendments were disposed of, and
progress was reported.
On the House resuming, Mr. Dodson, in consequence
of the illness of the Speaker, took the chair.
London, England, 1870-05-28

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Miss Bateman; assisted by Messrs. Vernon, D. Fisher, Blakeley,
Roberts, Elliott, Vanghan. and G. Belmore.
t receded by, at 7, MUSIC HATH CHARMS: Miss Mattie
Reinhardt.
To conclude with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Mr. Geo.
Belmore.
London, England, 1870-05-28

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The adjourned debate on the Public Schools was post-
poned until Monday.

VACCINATION ACT (1867) AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr. CANDLISH moved the second reading of this bill.

A division took place after a brief discussion, and after
several attempts had been made to avert one. The result
was as follows—for the second reading, 18 ; against, 8.
The House adjourned at five minutes past two.
London, England, 1870-05-28

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees—Messrs H J. Montague, D. James, and T,
Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, an original Comedy, by A.
Halliday. entitled FOR LOVE OR MONEY. At 9.46, the new
Burlesque, by Conway Edwardes, entitled DON CARD )S; or,
The Infante in Aims. Supported by the following COmpany:—
Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey, 11. Irving, W. H. Stephens, C.
Garthorne, E. Elton, and Thos. Thorne ; ?Jesdames Nelly Power,
Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, K Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauclerc, R.
Evelyn, Kemp, T Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power.
London, England, 1870-05-28

FRANCE.

PARIS, May 27.

M. Gambetta made a speech at Belleville yesterday
evening on the Plebiscite. The Irreconcileables should
only try persuasive measures, and universal suffrage will
eventually support them. The majority for the Plebiscite
was owing to the fears of the bourgeoise, and the nation
must be convinced that Republicanism was consistent
with order, and the Republicans must show that they could
govern themselves before they could govern France.
There has been another disturbance at the College de
France, at M. Laboulaye's lecture, owing to his nomina-
tion to the Senate. Stones were thrown, and the " Mar-
seillaise" sung. M. Laboulaye had to leave the room
without giving his lecture.
In the Corps Legislatif M. Bethmont, a deputy of the
Left, and M. Duvernois, of the Right, censured the Go-
vernment for their policy with regard to the right of asso-
ciation. M. 011ivier said the time had not come to grant
freedom of political association. The order of the day was
passed by a large majority.

The Council of State meets on Saturday to discuss
the Government Bill on the nomination of mayors.
A telegram from Poictiers states that to-day's mail train
from Limoges went off the rails at St. Benoit, and fell
into the river Vienne with the passengers. No particulars
are given.

The Bourse closed with Relates at 74f. 70c.
BANK OF FRANCE.
WEEKLY ACCOUNT.
Increase. France.
Private accounts ... ••• ... 26,333,000
Cash in hand ... 16,000,000
Advance ... 600,000
Decrease.

Notes ...
Bills discounted
Treasury balance,

... ... 26,142,000
... ... 21,000,000
- ... 600,000
London, England, 1870-05-28

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President---the Right Hon. the Earl of STRAFFORD, F.R.S.
This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24,000 patients since its
foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet the heavy
current expenses. EDMUND WYLD, Secretary.