... LORD SHAND, . the Umpire-Chairman of the Conciliation Board. IMPORTANT SUGGESTION. Mr. Samuel Ogden, President of the Manchestor Chamber of Commerce, in bis-address at the sanuald meeting, oa )Ionday, referred at some length to the. coaL disputo, and sail. he felt very little confidence him- self that the present Board of Conciliation, acting upon the lines upon whieh alone it could act, would ...

... SHIPPING DISA,?T']'lBS. On Friday morning at two o'clock, an unknow! steamer ran down and sank a, Norivecian vaeht 1 (jeir, carrying a crew of four, oft South Sani- 'lhti. The steamer, it is said, did not mnake JIIIy o-R 1- assist the crOw. who, as the yacht Gradually went in :er. wore in imiminent peril of being drowned. 'J'hey *en' rortunrately seen by some Deal boatmen. and s.?r rescued and ...

... I S sac SHIP A OMPAY. ,dEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS, t %poRrANT STATI;MENT BY THE CHAIRMAN. Tbe 18th DrdinsrY gonoral meetir g of the Mrancehster pie Canal Company wai held in te Qeutlenlens Colle(Ht iall, in this city, on Tuesday. Mr. J. K. e thell. tho ohairman of the company, presided. There hierrge attendanco of shareholder s. The wort ?? trkofi as rca t lr Bvthlel, who was viry cordially ...

... LANICASHIRE AND CHESHIRE MINERS' FEDERATION. . V Tho monthly meeting of the Lancaohire and Chesli're hi rMiners' Federation was held on Saturday at the ?? Peter-street, in this city, with Mr. S.* of Woods, M.P. (the president), in the chair. A num- sC h ber of reports were presented dealing with the tf rawges dispute in the neighbourhood, and other local st rgrievances, and these occupied the ...

... I|- WEEKLY REPORT. ThIere h3as been more inquiry for shares during this wee~k, and a better bunsiness has been done. Buyers li~ve'not been willing to pay any material advance, bint the general tone of the market has been harder. 'I'lm following have been in good request: Albert, Borough, Arkwright, Dukle, Eagle, Tnoily, Leest~rook, Moss, North Moor, Palmn, Lion, Parkiside, and Star. The ...

... WTGES QUEvSTIO N THE COfT6t i -MSS ?? ',;.ThADE. ' ;-1 ?? TIM C~ . . .. ?? ?? 'SBO LT ON. ?? I | A 'ipeoal meeth J the members eiolton and a L D Chttfn Spinners' Associatioi' avis held t ,ps Tgesday aftepsoon, at tbib Nic~otos3 Hbt~l73an-- 1-ti Iechester, to consider the wages iuestion' The operative- j a pisinivery ha' liked £6F Iri ad'rce .o 'per * iet ?? 0 date finom the last making-up, day ...

... TEE MINERS' FEDERATION: SPECIAL CON. FERENCE AT CARLISLE. On Tuesday, a special conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain was opened in the County Hlall, Carlisle, - for the purpose of considering tho wages dispute of the Scotch miners. The Scdtch miners, who formed a Federation after tho wages troubles last year, received notice recently from their maasters of a reduction of ...

... THE BANKRUPTCY BJETUMNS. The report of the Inspector-General in Bankruptcy for 1889 was issued on Friday. The total number of cases of bankruptcy and deeds of arrangements show a decrease of 464 compared with those of 1888, and in these tiee liabilites decreased by £812,183, vhile the assets show an increase of £49,379, the estimated loss to the creditors having decreased by £823,421. The ...

... I Air- WEEKLY REPOR T. There hba been a heavy business done in cotton shares this week, but the tendency in prices has been downward, and buyers have been able to get in on advantageous terms, as compared with previous rates. The principal turnover has been in dis- count sorts, and the most important alterations in quotations are to be found in the same group. Shares which have been ...

... OLDIIHA MAN 1)ITTCT COMPANIEs.| d rFtToM OVR SPECIAL COM9EsPONDEN'T.h1 d The Broadway shareholders' meeting passed off 5 agreeably, as might have been expected, when those X interested in the concern had in their pockets a cheque e for a dividend. The -ompauiy has more than held its own for some time, and its results, when compared with those of the majority of spinning concerns,.refleot ...

... bUN ON. A B3ANK. There wnas a 'run on the flirkbeek Bank in ?? on 'Monday, the premises in Southampton Buildinpes being crowdecl witll dopositors anxious to vithdraw their Money. In anticpation of the run ' the directors had mado special preparations nod all de- nmands were promptly met, the Blankl being kept open until :a late hour on M onday night, so that thle depositors might havo the ...

... OLDHTAM AND l)TSTRIOT COMPANIES' riROM Ova mPuoukr, OnRmRSPvNoxNT.u] | Some of the Liverpool men who are connerted with the cotton market have taken steps this week to stop the months of certain gossips - Of late, while the market has been depressed, busybodies hav'e been engaged in whispering in a most indiscriminate mainner about the financial stability of brokers and otters. Again asid ...