... FRom the report by the Inspector-General in Bankruptcy on the general working of the Bankruptcy Acts for the year 1895, some interesting facts and figures may be extracted. First, as to the amount of insolvency under the Bankruptcy Act, there were during the year 4,396 receiving orders, being a decrease as compared with the previous year of 366; the liabilities were £6,518,191, a decrease of ...

... I I--- ?? .2 -= .: 7 YE'J,.4OL.NTT.l. WE1.-' AIN 1TM JAI~I.'rp; HOLk) . |rt1:lE O S .J LLT.r I-P ATIC7o1. ,] ?? nC tw eocur arce /iook pliace on Toetiedy :.t Uowrham liiarlret, nedr Lynn. A ?? ,ran, E I ,aaned Xolert Staiaeen, #titl D01100, hin the emrploy of Mr oeomm R.oba, Sata.e, ni tb'. plae, w;:eo rolling eiT. a field with a torml, hzdra,; En ncrtire Jeroe, whichr ae ili wa In to U a.J i ...

... SALIS'BURY, DONOASTER, AND : ARPENDEN. SELECTIONS. 'ruE meeting at Newmarket was as usual a ancoess, and the same can-be said of- Gat- vick, which seems to im piove each meet- i rg, and they had a record attendance there lI Saturday last to witn'ess the contest for lie princ-e'sHandicap. The nbiimber of the icldexactlyequalled that of laMtyear, when ictory fell ?? Lawn, who started 'at 100 to ...

... 'ra'E REVENUE, AND TRIAD)E PROSPECTS. .. - I a A Tire: retulrns tor the quarter just endcd cannot be 0e1 said to be altogether satisfactory. Comupared wvith Vel tho total receipts during the corresponding quarter of aur last year, the national income has fallen off to the an( r extent of V49,173, althlough tho year wbich ended on lar Sunday night showed an increased rovenue of sal t£629,634 ...

... I THIE GB3AT CHRISTI'MAS CATTLE MARKET. | 1 Nitwithtanldinag that the past has been a vcry tirea- voraible season for the production of- cattle fosid-l- c c isipply now itl the country beingc unusually souill-t-i e show of beasts here for Christilelai otasC olllpi li'l was quite equal to niy former period OIs regards ,ilt c All breeds, with the exceptisis of tlic hitre polled S4co., werewell ...

... SVn;AL Board of Trade reports upon railway acoi- O dents have been issued, two of themi beibg upon c aicidents which occorred on the Metropolitan Aail. e wiay. With reference to the first, which was a colli- sidn on the Ith of Febrdary between two Midlaud t aoM trainus between Farringdovistreet and Ludgate- r bill Stations, resulting in the serions injury of tvto I gtisrds and the destruction ...

... CllURCII-RlATE SEITZURE3S AND SALE AT SUNDE-RLAND. NlFRAOUDTll SCENE. r Ocl Moidaiy an sxtraordes 'icy scene VI'LIS enaeteld ill i Sunderlaind s icrthct, when a iqulutity of goods seiztrc I nn 1 Cholnch-rlatee icc-re sold by ausction, Froamilit- maF Joshua ,Wilson Bircs., thc pliticipal nterelmcmtc ill the pro-isi, ccxci inccnhsrerof ttle Soc ty of Fnioztii, tjtctrci ilu ; t v *f cheose Worth ...

... Rms of fm AN Englishman named Graham, a cooper by trade, has constructed a cask, with a man-hole in the top, in which he has eafely navigated the Niagara Rapids, near the spot where the late Captain Webb perished. Graham entered the river a mile above the rapids, and came out five miles below, the time occupied being half an hour. Graham, who is aged thirty- three, resides at Buffalo. ON ...

... THE LONDON B]UILDING TRADES. THE men engaged in the London buildin -trades have decided to turn out on strike on May 1 for an advance of 2d per hour and a new code of working rules. A meeting of delegates from the various trade unions interested has been held in order to carry forward the arrange- ments for concerted action. According to the latest figures published, the trade unions affected, ...

... I. .. . .- . . _ _: _ ?? L1 TiiE Sbeffield ironworkers, who six months ago sub. mitted to a reduction of 5 per cent. in their wages, were aslied on Saturday to concede a farther redoc- tion of ?? per cent. The men promised to consider the proposal. It is stated that, in accordance with the recently expressed resolution of the Cleveland ironmasters, Messrs, B. Samuelson and Co., liddles- brough ...

... OUR.INCRPbEASED ESTIMATES.. IN the seventeenth ceutury the Englisl Navy, according ?? Macanlay, might have been kept in an efficient state of £380,000 a year. £L400,000 was actnally expended, but a large portion of this sum was wasted on acconnt of the corrnpt system of appointments and newv promotions then prevailing, owving to Court infuence. The cost of the French Navy is stated to have ...

... .,TERI'ATENED ORISIS I.N THE IRONir TRAYD). I.,1kltl(tixA l ti- WU Uhi.Olfi 1.'1 t.1. J.im }L ' .4 TnF ironrnasters of the sgreab northern rlistriet are, it is gaid, about te. try an experimont, which is en almost necessary act of self-dcefnco: They might shut upL their protnises altogether, allow tbeir furnaces to become extingoished, and patiently w5oit until the slcirkoning of t'ne demand ...