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The Concerts take place in the centre transept—the most agree able locale imaginable for concerts in hot summer weather. The enjoyment of music is considerably enhanced by such surroundings as are found here ; groups of statuary and banks of flowers meet the eye at everyturn. The ear and the eye are equally delighted, and the airiness and general comfort of this vast con cert-hall are beyond comparison with the heated atmosphere and closeness experienced in London theatres and concert-halls. Admission by payment at the doors, Is.; or by guinea season tickets. Stall; for the Concert at the Palace. Note.—The Gardens of Rockhills will be open for promenade from 4 till 7p.m. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The NEXT GRAND DISPLAY of FIREWORKS and ILLUMINATION of FOUNTAINS, Monday next, 25th July. Calais Excursions &c. Notwithstanding the great extent and cost of the magnificent pyrotechnic exhibitions of the present sea son, the display of Monday next will include their most Prominent features, and will be given without increasing the usual price of admission, viz., One Shilling. The Great Egyptian Salute, Immense Cataract of Fire, Special Illu minations of Entire. Park and Fountains, Mammoth Coloured Shells, Batteries of Guns, Fiery Meteor, &c., will be repeated. The afternoon and Evening before the fireworks will be occupied by the performances of the Royal Tycoon Troupe of Japanese, Military Band, &c. Note.—A Special Display of all the Great Fountains will be given at 3 o'clock. GRAND DISPLAY of FIREWORKS nexl Monday, at 9. No increase in usual price of admission, One shilling. Children half-price. CRYSTAL PALA C E.—Monday,. Wednesday, and Friday next.—THE ROYAL TYCOON TROUPE of JAPANESE in their marvellous and daring feats of balancing. is. days. CREMORNE.—Lessee and Manager Mr. JOHN BAUM. \-2 This EVENING, and durinia; week, the NEW GRAND MAGIC FAIRY BALLET "LA FEE AUX ROSES ; or, the Enchanted Roses." The most Wonderful and Daring Per formances on the High Vibrating Rope by the Indian Brothers Rajub and Sumjoo. Grand performance on the Flying Trapez, by Sig. Eugenio. Offenbach's popular operetta, "THE ROSE of AUVERGNE," &c., &c. Admission, one shilling. Amusements free. ALHAMBRA. - MR. FREDK. STRANGE, Managing Director.—OPEN TO-NIGHT, at Eight o'clock. Everything New. Three Grand Ballets, "LES FLEURS DU JAR DIN ;" " BROWN, JONES, and ROBIN SON," New Comic Ballet, by H. Boleno and Troupe ; and New Magnificent Water Ballet "LES NATIONS, or GRAND CASCADES," with Real Water ; and a host of Novelties and Varieties. The Best Hand in London, under M. Rivi3re. Prices—ls., 25., and Gallery, 6d. ; Dress Circle, 55.; Private Boxes, 215., 31s. 6d., and 425.—80 x Office open from Eleven till Four. Now ready, in One Vol., B vo., w ith Ill ustrations, 155., ACRUISE IN GREEK.WATERS; WITH A HUNTING EXCURSION IN TUNIS. By Captain TOWNSHEND, 2nd Life Guards. " A charmingly-written narrative, so truthful, bright, and vivid, that our interest is never allowed to flag."—Vanity Fair. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough Street. Seventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged, crown Bvo., cloth, ls. ; by post, ls. Id., PLR. KENNION'S OBSERVATIONS on the MINERAL SPRINGS of HARROGATE. By ADAM EY; M.A., M.D., Cantab, Me m b er o f th e Royal College of Physicians of London. London : Join( CHURCHILL and SONS. Harrogate : THOMAS HOLLINS. On Friday, Julylls, in 3 vols., WAR MAPS. Now ready, price ls. 6d., KEITH JOHNSTON'S WAR MAP 01 CENTRAL EUROPE, printed in Colours. Also, price 6d., KEITH JOHNSTON'S WAR MAP of the RHINE PRON• TIERS. W. and A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh, and 74, Strand, London. WYLD'S WAR MAPS. WYLD'S MILITARY MAP of GERMANY, Seat of War, including the whole of Central Europe, and describing Railroads, with all the Military Towns, &c. Four sheets, 4ft. sin. high, sft. wide. In sheet, £l. ; in case, £1 10s. ; on roller, £2 ; spring roller, £4 14s. ad. WYLD'S CENTRAL EUROPE, and the adja cent States, with the Posts accurately marked, the Railroads, England and France. Two sheets, 2ft. Bin. high, 4ft. wide. In sheet, 135.; in case, 18s. ; on rollers, £1 45.: spring roller, £4 4s. WYLD'S STRATEGIC MAP of the THEATRE of WAR on the RHINE, showing the various Fortified Towns, Posts, and Railways. Size, 2ft. 3in. by 2ft. Bin. Coloured, in sheet, es. ; in case, 10s. ; on roller, 12s, Plain, in sheet, 6s. ; in case, 9s. ; on roller, varnished, 10s. ed. WE'LD'S GERMANIC CONFEDERATED STATES, CENTRAL EUROPE, including the Kingdom of Prussia. 2ft. Sin. high, 2ft. lin. wide. In sheet, Os. ; in case, 10s. ; on roller, 12s. WYLD'S SPECIAL MAP, on a Large Scale, of the THEATRE of WAR in CENTRAL EUROPE, No. 1, with the Railways, Fortified Posts, &c. In sheets, 55.; in case, 7s. 6d.; on roller, varnished, 10s. 6d. TAMES WYLD, GEOGRAPHER t o th e eQUEEN, 457, Strand, W.C., Charing-cross East (opposite Northumberland-street), next door to the Yost-office ; 11 and 12, Charing-cross, S.W., next door to the National Bank ; and 2, Royal Exchange, E.C., London. B ACON'S WAR M .IPS. B ACON'S WAR MAPS. MR W. S. WOODIN'S THIRTY-FOURTH WEEK "AT HOME," WITH his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG and SKETCH-BOOK ENTERTAINMENT in the Large R oon EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except Saturday) at 8 ; Saturday Mornings at 3. " Mr. Woodin has ' , Pared no expense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously furnishing his salon for the comfort of hls patrons." Seats may be secured in advance, at the Box-office, open from 10 till 5; also at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal music -sellers. Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.; Balcony, ls. • Family Private Box, One, Two, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. A RGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the Ir. sent one the Most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com- Positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca ; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.C. _ Admission, la; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. Emma, Proprietor. N.B.—The GRAND EXTRA NIGHT and Last of the Season Will take place on MONDAY, Ist August. ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street. A Portrait Model of WALTER MILLAR is added to the CHAMBER OF HORRORS. Admission, ls. C hamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Op en f rom 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENMAL PRESENTS. O RNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ,naent of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Ob elisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Paean, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Impo r t e d and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, M INERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the inte resting studi of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had " 9 . 5,19. 90, 50, to 50 , guinea s eac h. r'RACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERA LOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ), THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20e Per ream. s. d. 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Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the Prices charged by the retail houses. 0,4i2 I LLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip -6;14' with Cabinet of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Nsr`",.,"„_ °t ierY, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling "'Jag Oases. Desks. post free. Established 1841 ASK YOUR GROCER OR CHEMIST FOR GEYELIN'S TAPIOCA BEEF BOUILLON. A MOST DELICIOUS and NUTRITIOUS SOUP for TWOPENCE a PINT. OR for ENRICHING BROTH from any MEAT. Ina dry granular form. Sold in Canisters, containing five Portions, is. to 100 ditto at 16s. Each portion will make a pint of out . No Captain, Traveller, or Housekeeper should be w ith- Soup it. Sole manufacturers, GEYELIN & Co., Produce Merchants, Manufacturers of Granulated Tapioca, International Mustard and Rizina, Belgrave House, Argyle-square, King's Cross, London, W.C. RUPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER y TRUSS tPcrfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and cicse ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. Ei Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d.,- and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 475., and 525. ed. Postage, Is. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post Office, Piccadilly. _ _ . • NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the L'gs, Sprains, &c. They are Porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, nd are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., and 168. each Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly THE BEST and MOST NUTRITIOUS FOOD for Infants, Children, and Invalids. C HAPMAN & CO'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR contains all the constituents of the grain in perfect purity, and is perfectly easy of digestion. CHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR contains a larger percentage of phosphates (bone earth) than any other food, and is therefore invaluable to Children while Teething. CHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR promotes a vigorous and healthy growth of the bones and teeth, and prevents premature decay. CHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR. PROFESSOR ATTFIELD, Analyst to the Royal Pharma ceutical Society of Great Britain, reports as follows :--" Its rich ness in gluten, or flesh-forming material and phoshates, or bone and teeth-forming substances, shows it to be a very valuable and nutritious food, especially for children. It is incomparably superior to arrowroot, corn-flour, and'other forms of starch, which contribute but little to the growth or renewal of bone or muscle. CHAPAIAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR sold by all respectable Chemists and Grocers, in Packets, 3d., 6d., and ls., and tins, 3s. Sole Proprietors—OßLANDO JONES and CO., 18, Billiter street, E,C., London. Now published, ` F JORD ISLE, AND TOR.' A BOOK FOR TOURISTS IN NORWAY, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, CORNWALL, AND THE SCILLY ISLANDS. BY EDWARD SPENDER PRICE 38. " It IS a straightforwardly and sometimes gracefully written Sketch of Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, from the holiday traveller's point of view, not, however, exclusively devoted to matters of scenery or itinerary, but designed to give the voyager an intelligent interest in the manners, customs, industries, and institutions of the districts he is exp/ ring. For intending visitors to Norway especially, Mr. Spenders hook will be welcome. It has, moreover, the decided advantage of com pression, clearness of style, and easy manageableness of bulk."-- Daily Telegraph. "The volume perfectly fulfils its purpose. It is neat and cheap and contains in a small space a great quantity of very interesting matter, much of which will be novel, and all of which will be useful, not only to those who visit the places described, but to those who stay at home. Mr. Spender is an acute observer, a most industrious and judicious collector of facts, and an eloquent and graphic writer, and does ample justice to his subjects."— Yorkshire Post. "It deserves a welcome, this book we have so long uncon sciously been in search of. The itineraries themselves are to the intending excursionists a veritable benefaction. . . Altogether the book is one to carry in one's knapsack or valise during the happy time of our holiday excursion, and to give a place to on our book-shelves afterwards as a most pleasant remembrancer." Still " Fjord, Jsle, and Tor' is a very delightful little book. The essay on Norway is particularly full of information, . but the others are not far behind it in proportion to their length, and all are written in a genial spirit."—Globe. " Without being exactly a guide-book, it answers all the pur poses of one, and contains beside a vast quantity of information, all given in the most condensed form possible. There is not a line of space wasted in fine writing, but the descriptions of scenery bear witness to the author's genuine love and appreciation of the picturesque, just as his closely compressed facts and statements prove the practical and hardworking man of letters."—Man chester Courier. " From back to back ` Fjord, Isle, and Tor' is full of matter interesting equally to the tourist and the ordinary reader. It is written in an easy and pleasant style, and is well 'got up.' " Eastern Morning News. '• We cannot part with this fascinating little work without con gratulating Mr. Spender upon it, Addressed, as it more especially is, to travellers in Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, it is, nevertheless, a book that will afford the keenest gratifica tion to the general public. . . . As to its literary merits we need say nothing, the name of the author being sufficient guarantee on this point."—Western Mail. "The articles shew unusual power of observation, are full of genial gossip, and supply Just what the excursionist wants- - reliable information."—Western Daily Press. CHARLTON TuCICER 21, Northumberland-street, Charing Cross Just published, price is 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street, The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending' its universal perusal, are reprinted wi h this edition. THREE SPLENDID SPECULATIONS offer to Subscribers the most favourable chances of Great Suc cess. With a trifling stake of 12s. you can obtain £6,000 ! ! With £l, £20,000 ! ! With £lO, £,V7,000 ! ! For prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey CHWEPPE'S MINERAL WATERS. SCHWEPPES SODA WATER, So celebrated now for upwards of a century. SCHWEPPE'S LEMONADE, A most grateful and refreshing beverage, so useful in cases of Fever. SCHWEPPE'S POTASS WATER, Strongly recommended by the Faculty in cases of Gout, &c. SCHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER, Prepared from the Malvern Water, so renowned for its purity. SCH WEPPE'S BOTTLES Are protected by a Label having Name and Trade Mark. Manufactories at London, Liverpool, Derby, Bristol, Glasgow, and Malvern. THE LATESI EDITION of "THE SUN" supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST NEWS Lnd SPORTING INTELLIGENC 14:, by H W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road London. THE " SUN" forwarded by Morning and Evening Ma with undeviating regularity, and nelivered in Town as soon as Published. Ad, ertisements inserted. Apply to W. ALEXANDER, 24, Old Cavendish-street, W. Established 1760. THE LKIEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, every Evening, by S. WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North western District, 24, Dolancey-street, Camden town, N W EXCURSION TO HENLEY, READING, and OXFORD. On Sunday, July 31, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington' at 8.40 a.m. for Taplow, Twyford, Henley-on-Thames, Reading Pangbome, Goring, and Oxford, returning the same day. For full particulars see handbills. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington, July, 1870. IMPERIAL PABLIA Ai ENT HOUSE OF LORDS--FRIDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack a five 'clock. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BILL. The bill was read a first time, and the second readiN was fixed for Monday next. CANADA. The Earl of CARNAIWON drew the attention of their lordships to the present condition of Canada, and moved the following resolution " That the House has learnt with satisfaction that her Majesty's regular troops were united with the Canadian Volunteer Militia in their proinpt and vigorous efforts in defence of the Canadian frontier of the Empire from the recent so-called Fenian invasion." The noble earl took the opportunity of passing a high eulogium on the Canadian Volunteers on the oc casion of the recent Fenian raid, and then entered at some length into the steps necessary to secure Canada from attacks of a more formidable character. The Earl Of Kimberley expressed the highest satisfaction at the conduct of the Canadian Volunteers, and remarked that they had acted with loyalty and deVotion that shewed that, in times of trial, the utmost reliance might be placed on her gallantry and bravery. The noble earl defend'ed the conduct of the Government with respect to Canada, and concluded by saying that he could not assent to the resolution of the noble earl. The Duke of Cambridge, without wishing to say a single word as to the particular aspect of the question, desired to express his high sense of the courage and loyalty displayed by the Canadians on the occasion of the late miserable Fenian raid. Lord Lyveden said he believed there never had been the slightest intention on the part of any Government of England to abandon Canada. He had no fear for the safety of the colony, and under those circumstances he thought the resolution ill-timed and unnecessary. A discussion ensued, in which the Earl of Malmesbury, Earl Granville, Lord Cairns, and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe took part, at the termination of whioh the Earl of Carnar von withdrew the proposed resolution. The Life Assurance Companies' Bill, and the Magis trates, &0., Election (Scotland) Bill passed through com mittee. The following bills were read a third time and passed —British Columbia, Married Women's Property, Tram ways, and New Zealand Loan. No. 1. Bacon's Large Print Map of Europe, 27 by 34, 2s. 6d. ; on cloth, Si. No. 2. Bacon's Central Europe, 27 by 34, 22. Od. ; on cloth, ss. No. 3, Bacon's Shilling Europe (an exact reduc tion of No. 1), 20 by 27, 18. ; on cloth, 4s. No. 4. Bacon's Sixpenny Europe, 14 by 20, 6d. No. 6. Bacon's Shilling War Map. North-east France, Rhine Provinces, and a Key Map of all Central Europe. The best War Map published ; 20 by 27. is. ; on cloth, 4s. No. 7. Bacon's Shilling War Map, Paris to the Baltic, 20 by 27, ls. ; on cloth, 4s. No. 8. Bacon's Large Print Seat of the War on the Rhine, 14 by 20, 6d. ; on cloth, 2s, All carefully engraved and neatly Coloured. Sold by all book sellers. S. N BACON and Co., 127, Strand, WAR MAP. GRATIS SUPPLEMENT. SEE "THE GRAPHIC," July 23. Best Advertising Paper in the Western Counties. THE WESTERN MORNING NEWS. A. I_ First-Class Daily Paper, the oldest in' the district. Inde pendent in opinions. The earliest and fullesr in news. Circu lates among all classes and parties, and the best medium for Advertisers. Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon appli cation to the Publisher, Edward Hawkings, 31, George-street, Plymouth. mORNING •P 4 - , ED si 10 • 0 ZOKERIT (PATENTED). K INAMAN'S LL WHISK Y.-DUBL IN EXHIBITION, 1865. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded "Kina han's " LL Whisky. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Gold Medal. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd. at the Retail llousei n London ; by th e Agents in the principal iowns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 4, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT.GARDFN, LONEON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, epayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly dis ounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.—SPECIAL TELE GRAMS of important' events forwarded to the private addresses of Noblemen, Gentleman, Bankers, and others by the Proprietor of the CENTRAL PRESS. For a remittance of ONE POUND eight telegrams of important public events will be sent as soon as they become known. The service includes War News, Political events, Elections, the chief Races, and any other event of great importance. Stock Exchange Reports and Markets supplied if required. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS. The EXHIBITION will CLOSE on SATURDAY, the 30th inst. Admission from the 25th to the 80th (from 8 a.m. till 7 p.m.), Sixpence. Catalogues, Sixpence. JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Secretary. THE MUSICAL ART UNlON.—Under the sanction and Control of her Majesty's Privy Council. The PRIZES at the approaching Distribution will consist of valuable PIANOFORTES and other Musical Instruments, BOOKS, &c. Tickets, One Shilling each, and prospectuses can be had of any of the Agents, or direct from the Offices, 22, Buckingham-street, Strand. W.C., on sending stamps or Post Office Order to the amount. N. 8.- Liberal Terms to Agents. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. EXCURSION TO SOUTH WALES AND SOUTH OF IRELAND. On Friday, July 20th, an Excursion Train will leave Padding ton at 7.40 a.m., and Reading at 8.50 a.m., for Cirencester, Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Sydney, Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Bridgend, Port Talbot, Neath, Landore, Swansea, Llanely, Fenyside, Carmarthen Junction, at. Clears, Whitland, Narbeth Road, Haverfordwest, Johnston, Milford, New Winford, Tenby via Whitland, Waterford, Kilkenny, Maryborough, Clonmel, Tipperary, Cahin, and Limerick. A Special Traiu will leave Whitland for Tenby on arrival of the Excursion Passengers to stations on South Wales line return on Friday, August sth. Passengers to Ireland can return by the 8.35 a.m. train from New Milford, any day up to August 12th inclusive. EXCURSION TO BATH AND BRISTOL. On Saturday, July.3o, an Excursion Train will leave Padding ton at 3.25 and Reading at 4.35 p.m. for Bath and Bristol, and will return on Tuesday, August 2. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. e o For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantef Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chief Office-17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Annual Income, £300,000. Capital, subscribed by more than 1,600 Shareholders, nearly £BOO,OOO. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—GeneraI Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., The Rev. A. Alston, D.D. 11. M. Carter, Esq.., M.P. E. Hamilton Anson, Esq. Edmund Heeley, Esq. A. R. Bristow, Esq. I Reginald Read, Esq. This Society are now ISSUING COMPLETE LIFE POLICIES. The peculiar features of these Policies are as follow :- 1. The Payments Cease after Ten or Twenty Years. 2. The Policy is not forfeited by the non-payment of renewal premium during the ten or twenty years. 3. The Assurer is entitled for each yearly payment he has made to a paid-up Policy for one-tenth or one -twentieth of the sum Assured. HENRY 13. PARMINTER, Manager. CLERGY MUTUAL / Establishes SSURANCE sOCIBTA in 1829. TRUSTEES The Archbishop of Canterbury. I The Lord Bishop Sumner. The Archbishop of Dublin, The Archdeacon of Maidstone. Total existing sum assured upon life .. £4,689,458 Os. ed. • Total annual income £183,444 Os. 6d. Invested Capital in support of As surances ........................... £1,729,173 16s. 7d. No less a sum than £103,198 15s. ld. was (notwithstanding the large reductions in the Premiums made by Bonus every fifth year, from 1831 to 1866 both inclusive) added to the Invested Capital for the year ended 31st May, 1870. No agency employed, and no commission paid. The whole surplus capital (accumulated quinquennially) i s divided amongst the Life Assurance Policies at the end of every fffth year, Next Bonus will be due on let of June, 1878. Life Assurances may be effected in this society by Clergymen and their wives, and the near relations of Clergymen and of their wives, but by none others, 41st AnnUal Report, Prospectuses, &c., and "Hints to Clergy men on Matters of Life Assurance," by the Rev. John Hodgson, may be had at the Office of the Society, No. 2, Broad Sancluary, Westminster. JOHN HODGSON, M.A,, Secretary, B AY OF HAVANA AND MATANZAS RAILROAD COMPANY First Mortgage Loan of £250,000-1881, and Third Mortgage Loan of £400,000-1865, on the Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad, and First Mortgage Loan of the Coliseo Railway. Notice is hereby given, that the Committee of Bondholders of the above Loans have directed that the Funds remitted by the 'lay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad Company on account of the overdue Coupons on the Loan of £250,000-1861, due 15th June 1869, 15th December, 1809, 15th June, 1870, as well as those of the First Mortgage Loan of the Coliseo Railway, £400,000- 1865, due 10th June, 1869, 10th December, 1869, 10th June, 1870, shall be forthwith distributed in accordance with the recom mendations of Mr. E. M. UNDERDOWN, approved at the Meeting of Bondholders, held at the London Tavern on the 21st of June last. Accordingly, holders of Coupons of the Loan of 1861 will receive payment in full of Coupons due June and December, 1869, and 30 per cent. of Coupons due June, 1870, and holders of Coupons of the Loan of 1865 will receive 2371 per cent, of the amount now due (less 6 per cent. retained to •meet expenses of the Committee) on the 27th of July next, at the Counting House of Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and Co., 145 Lbadenhall-street. The Coupons must be delivered up to Messrs. J. lIENRY SCHRODER and Co., who will hold them in trust for the Bond holders until the final payment of their claims, and Certificates will be issued in respect of the unpaid Balances, which Balances will bear Interest from the 15th June and 10th June, 1870 respectively. _ The Coupons must be left two clear days for examination before payment can be made. 145, Leadenhall-street, 22nd July, 1870. ENGLISH SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PRUSSIN AND THE WAR. Shortly after midnight on Wednesday the steamer Sea horse, Captain Riches, entered the Humber Dock at Hull, having on board a large number of English passengers whom she had brought from Rotterdam, between which port and Hull she is a regular trader. Among the pas sengers there were about a score of children, who were at school at various places in Prussia. Some of these children relate that they were unceremoniously turned out of the school premises, which were immediately taken possession of by Prussian soldiers. The Rhine was their only means of transit to a port at which they could embark for England, the railway lines having been torn up along the banks of the river. The telegraph wires have also been cut. The upward traffic on the Rhine was stopped last Saturday, and an order then issued that the downward traffic would cease on Wednesday evening. Since Sunday the river has been crowded with steamers and other craft, and it is said that, not withstanding the extraordinary despatch which has been used, there are still scores of Englishmen and school children left behind who are now deprived of the means of transit. On Tuesday night the steamer Leopard, belonging to Messrs. Brownlow, Lumsden and Com pany, left Hull for Hamburg, although the notice of the removal of buoys and the extinguishing of lights had previously been received in Hull. She had on board about a score of young men, clerks and salesmen, who were going home to join their military depots. Freights for all kinds of merchandise are greatly hn proved at present, but should the war become more gene ral the steamers must to a great extent be laid up early. Many steamers as they arrive are sent off in ballast, so that they may arrive out and take in cargo before the ports close. Three of the Wilson line of steamer were despatched to Stettin in two days, and other owners also sent out their vessels with all the speed possible. The High Stewardship of Windsor has been vacant for several years. It was held until bis death by the late Prince Consort, and when the Council proposed to fill up the vacancy the Queen expressed a wish that the office should be left open. It is now proposed to offer the post to Prince Christian, and the suggestion is to be made to her Majesty. THE INDO-EUROPEAN LINE TO INDIA.—On finding that this company's submarine cable was broken in the Black Sea, negotiations were immediately entered upon with General von Liiders, the Director-General of Imperial Russian Telegraphs, for permission to use the Government overland wires from Kertch to Tiflis, thus cutting out the section where the cable is broken. Permission was readily accorded, and this route has been taken advantage of to a limited extent. The company, however, asked to be allowed to connect its wires directly with the Crown offices, and to work the Indian traffic over the Crown wires by its own English clerks. These requests, we are informed, have also been acceded to ; the clerks are now at their stations, and until the submarine cable is repaired the work will be got through accurately and without delay. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then asked whether the Government were aware that large purchases of horses were now being made in Ireland by one at least of the Continental Governments now at war, and how far horses were, or might be properly considered, con traband of war. He said it was of the utmost importance that Government should give their utmost consideration to the matter, as it might eventually lead to the most serious consequences with respect to the neutrality of Eng land. Earl Granville, in reply, said at this period of the year there was always a large purchase of horses for the Continent, but he had no authenic information that purchases were being made for either of the powers referred to. The question whether horses were contra band of war would mainly depend upon the destination of the cargo and a thousand other circumstances that would have to be considered by a prize court. He did not think it would be proper at present to stop expor tation. The other bills on the orders were forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned at ten minutes to eight. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at ten minutes past two o'clock. - CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. Mr. TAYLOR asked the Secretary of State for the lionie Department whether his attention had been called to a report in the newspapers of a case tried before the magis trateqirton Lindsey Quarter Sessions, where—one Josephll.7divimena ,L. 4 FL "zu incorri gible rogue," and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and to receive thirty-six lashes with the cat. Mr. BRUCE replied that he had not observed the case, but upon receiving notice of the hon. gentleman's ques- tion he inquired into the facts connected with the case. It appeared that Joseph Townsend, who was a man 44 years of age, was brought before the quarter sessions at Kirton Lindsey on the Ist July to receive sentence as an incorrigible rogue under the 10th George IV., chap. 83. The right hon. gentleman had in his hand a list of the offences which Townsend had committed and the sentences he had received. On the 11th March, 1865, he was convicted at Market Rasen for vagrancy, and was sentenced to one calendar month's imprisonment. In the same year he was convicted of vagrancy, and received fourteen days' imprisonment. In March, 1868, be was again convicted of vagrancy, and was sentenced to twenty one days' imprisonment. Again, at Market-Rasen, in 1868, he was sentenced to one calendar month's imprison ment. In 1869 he was convicted and sentenced to twenty-one days. In November, 1869, he was convicted at Gainsborough, and received one calendar month's im prisonment. He was convicted at Brigg for vagrancy on December 29th, and was sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment. In February, 1870, he was convicted as a rogue and a vagabond, and sentenced to three calendat months' imprisonment. With this career he was brought before the Quarter Sessions at Kirton Lindsey, and he was convicted as an incorrigible rogue, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and to re ceive two dozen andnot three dozen lashes with the cat-o% nine tails. The Act under which this sentence was inflicted was the sth George 4th, section 10, and under the circumstances he did not think the magistrates had exceeded the power given them by the law. (Hear, hear.) HACKNEY CARRIAGE DUTY. Mr. SALT asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was necessary, under the present law, that a coachmaker, Who lent (as a matter of courtesy, not of profit), a carriage to a customer for a few days, during the repairs of another carriage (upon which duty has been paid), should take out a fresh licence for the carriage so lent. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the rule was that a license must be taken out for a carriage used by the person who kept it. The coachmaker kept the carriage and used it by lending it to another person. THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. Mr, O'REILLY asked the Secretary of State for War whether any decision had been arrived at as to the retirement of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. Captain VIVIAN, in reply to the hon. member, stated that the report on the subject was in a very advanced state. DEPTFORD DOCKYARD. Viscount MAHoN asked the First Lord of the Ad miralty whether the money for the purchase of Deptford Dockyard had been paid in full. Mr. BAXTER, in the absence of the First Lord of the Admiralty stated that the purchase money for the first portion of Deptford Dockyard, which belonged to the Admiralty amounting to upwards of £31,000, had been paid. With respect to the remainder in which the woods and forests on behalf of her Majesty had a greater interest than the Admiralty the title was not yet ready. The purchase money was ready, and the purchaser had had been pressing for a settlement of the matter. PILOTAGE. Mr. GRAVES asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether any memorials in favour of the abolition of Compulsory Pilotage, had been received at the Board during the five years previous to 1870 ; and, if so, the number. Mr. SHAW LEFEVEE answered that in the evidence given before the committee, the memorials which had been received by the Board of Trade were given in the appendix. THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BILL On the order for the third. reading of the Education Bill, Mr. Dixon, the member for Birmingham, who seemed particularly anxious to assure the House that he had not given a factious vote during the progress of the measure informed the House that it was his intention as soon as it became law to place upon the notice paper a motion for leave to bring in a bill early next session to amend the education Act of 1870. He attributed the pas ,sage of the bill to two causes. The first was the constant and earnest support of the Opposition, and I the other statement' which had been over and over made by her Majesty's Government, a statement which almost on some occasions amounted to a threat, that unless the supporters of the Government went into the same lobby b as the Ministers they would run the risk of endangering the bill, and that the condemnation of the country would fall upon them. Mr. Cowper-Temple, the representative of South Hampshire, strongly defended the Government from the charge of -inconsistency. If the member for Birmingham had been severe upon the Government, Mr. ' Miall was still more so. He reproached the Government with an abandonment of their policy as proclaimed at the hustings, and complained that it had forsaken its legiti mate supporters, and taken the Opposition into its confi dence. He said that he and his party had been marched through the valley of humiliation, and hon. members would remember the proverb "once bitten twice shy." This scathing speech was too much for Mr Gladstone, who, speaking with muoh warmth, fearlessly asserted that if in 1868 they made bold professions to the country, professions involving, as they well knew then and as they knew now, the greatest responsibility, the Government had laboured to fulfil them. It was with all their ener gies and influence, and in no spirit of cold calculation, but in an earnest devotion to their purpose, that they had en deavoured to redeem their pledges. He was not prepared to admit that his hon. friend, great as was his weight and character, spoke the sentiments of those with whom he was connected in religious opinion, because there were others who had sat in that House for many years, and had earned the resPect of all who knew them who had not participated in the severe judgment passed upon the Government by the member for Bradford. If the hon. member had been bitten by whom had he been bitten, inquired the Premier. If, he added, he had been bitten, it was only in conse quence of expectations he had chosen to form, and which were not justified by the facts. The Government had been thankful for the support of the hon. gentleman, but that support ceased to have value when it was accompanied by reproaches. He hoped his lion. friend would not continue that support if he thought it was incompatible with his duty and conscience. The ')bject of the Government had been to smother difficulties, to allay passions, and to do everything that could excite and stimulate the endeavour to bring men nearer together and not to place them further apart, to eschew extremes, and not to make their own narrow choice the model of the measure, and it was their duty to make free and liberal use in the composition of the measure of that great influence which they found swaying the community. They might have taken a more sectional view, but what would have been the result, he asked. The Prime Minister asserted that it would have afforded the means of embittered controversy. They were the Government of the Queen, and those who had assumed the high responsibility of administering the affairs of the empire must endeavour to forget the parts in the whole, They must in great measures introduced it that House have no narrower, no lower object than the welfare of the community at large.— Sir John Pakington, in the course of the debate, urged reconciliation among all parties now that the bill was about to become law. He congratu- lated the Government, and especially the Vice-President of the Council, on bringing to such a successful issue so difficult a question. Mr. Forster could not take leave of the bill without expressing his indebtedness for the sup port which hon. members had given him. In promoting a great system of national education it had been a great grief to the Government and himself that they could not perform that duty without differing in opinion from, and hurting the feelings of, some hon. gentlemen. He acknow ledged the imperfection of the bill, but pointed out that it was impossible that, in a constructive measure like that, they .auld have perfection. The right hon. gentleman briefly no ticed the changes which had been made in the measure. uvie bill was read a third time, there not being one dis sentient. Both sides of the House cheered. THE ARMY ENLISTMENT BILL. Tho Army Enlistment Bill after a few words from Colonel Bartelot was read a third time and passed. GUN LICENSES BILL. Considerable discussion took place on the motion for the third reading of this bill. Mr. Craufurd moved and Mr. Kinnaird seconded, that the bill be read that day three months. On a division being taken the amendment was rejected by 179 to 50 votes. STATUE OF FIELD MARSHAL VISCOUNT GOUGH. On the order for going into Committee of Supply Colonel North moved that an address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would direct that sufficient gun metal should be issued for the construction of the statue about to be erected in Dublin to commemorate the services of the late Field Marshal Viscount Gough, K. P. , G. C. B. , G. C. S. I. —The motion was opposed by Mr. Stansfeld and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on technical grounds. It was argued that a contribution could not be made in kind, but there was no objection to vote money. The speakers unanimously con demned the alternative offered, and declared that a pecu niary contribution would have no value in the eyes of the nation.—Mr. Gladstone suggested a solution of the diffi culty by the addition of words, to the effect that the House would make good the cost of the metal. The gal lant colonel took advantage of the suggestion, and the motion was agreed to. THE EVENING SITTING. When the House reassembled at nine o'clock the attendance was very meagre, but as the evening ad vanced an improvement took place. Mr. Taylor, the member for Leicester, called attention to the circum stances under which the tradesmen of Evesham were re fused commissions in the rifle corps on account of their social position, and moved a resolution which, after a lengthy discussion, was withdrawn.—Mr. Scourfield called attention to the case of Mr. Mason, a candidate in the last competitive examination for employment in the civil service in India, and moved for evidence as to the age of Mr. Borovael,.who was a successful candidate on that occasion„to the exclusion of the former gentleman. Considerable discussion followed, and ultimately the mo tion was withdrawn, the Government thinking it was in expedient to interfere with the decisions of the Civil Ser- vice Commissioners. Shortly after eleven o'clock the House went into committee on the civil service estimates, and several votes having been taken, progress was re ported.—On the motion for the second reading of the Census Bill, a long discussion ensued into the desireable ness of ascertaining the religious opinion of the country. Mr. Bruce stated that there was such a dif- 'erence of opinion on the subject that the Go. vernment would not enforce a religious census. He suggested by way of compromise that a census should be taken in two ways, one which would meet the views of the Dissenters, and the other to satisfy the mem bers of the Church of England. —The bill was read a second time. The order of the second reading of the Horse Racing Bill was discharged, and the bill withdrawn. Several measures having been advanced, the House adjourned at twenty minutes to three o'clock. The Lancet advocates the appointment of a medi cal officer as a member of the committee who are to act as constructors of the navy in future. The Lancet thinks that sanitary arrangements in war vessels would under this plan be better looked after than they are. INQUESTS ON INFANTS.—On Thursday, Dr. Lankes ter held five inquests at the College Arms, Crowndale road, Camden-town. Two of the inquests were on the bodies of infants. In the first case, a newly-born child was found in the garden of Mecklenburg-square, on Saturday morning last. It had been thrown over in a basket, but had rolled out. The evidence of Dr. Paul, surgeon of the police, shewed that the infant was a full timed child, and its death had been caused by suffocation A verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was returned. In the second case, a child had been hand-fed, and death was caused by tuberculous atrophy, accelerated by want of breast milk. 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TRANSMISSION OF NAVAL AND NIILITARY STORES BETWEEN POI TSAIUIII AND DEVONPOR Not long since, when we were not dreaming that England was in any peril of war, as it cannot be doubted she is at present, we pointed out the fact that all warlike stores, ammunition troops, &c., which had to be conveyed from Portsmouth •to Devonport would have, according to the pre sent condition of the railways, to be first conveyed to Exeter on the narrow gauge, there transferred to the car- riages of the South Devon Railway, which is on the I:read , gauge. Thence they would have to proceed by the coast line, on which, for a considerable portion of the distance, the train would be so exposed to an enemy's fire that either the train itself might be battered to pieces, or the over hanging cliff brought down in masses upon it so as to bury the whole in one mass of ruin. Another line, the Devon and Cornwall, joining Exeter with Tavistock and Plymouth, is free from these objections, as from its being on the narrow gauge, the stores could be carried direct without being transferred to -other- carriages while, as the line is entirely inland, all danger from an enemy would be avoided. This line is now complete, with the exception of nine miles between Oke-: hampton and Lidford. It is a question for the Govern ment to consider whether it would not be well worth its while either to complete these nine miles sufficiently for its own purposes, or to render such assistance to the com pany as would enable it to hasten to perfect the whole. The matter is one of very serious importance, while the cost would be something very trifling. We should look foolish if, neglecting so simple a precaution. we should, some fine day, find a train, containing seamen, trooris, ammunition, guns, and other stores, buried under the cliffs at Dawlish by an enemy's fire. The neglect of these apparently trifling precautions has, before now, produced very disastrous results.—United Service Gazette. JULY 23, 1870 PRICE 1 d STAMPED 2d £5OO DAMAGES FOR A WIFE. In the Divorce Court yesterday Lord Penzance and.a jury were engaged in tuing the cause of "Chaine v. Chaine and Beattie," which was the husband's petition for the dissolution of his marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. He also claimed damages from the latter. The petitioner was Major Chaine, of the 4th Royal Hussars, and he married the respondent, who was formerly a Miss Sadler, a lady of some position in the North of Ireland, in November, 1853. The co-respon dent, who was highly connected, was a lieutenant in the same regiment. An intimacy sprang up between Mrs. Chaine and the co-respondent at the house of the petitioner's brother. Letters from the respon dent to the co-respondent were found which, though not at the time looked on as more than evidence of indiscre tion, from subsequent events were believed as testimony of criminality. The petitioner forbade his wife to hold any communication with the co-respondent, and she promised not to do so. In October 1867 the petitioner and the co-respondent accompanied their regiment to India, and from that country Lieutenant Beattie wrote letters to the respondent asking her, in the plainest language, to forsake her husband and become his mistress. Soon after this he came over to England, and there was no doubt that the respondent was enceinte by him.— After hearing the evidence •of Mr. Chaine, the brother of the petitioner, and the letters, Sergeant Ballantine, for the co-respondent, said he could not possibly resist the evidence of the adultery, and the only question was as to the amount of damages.— Mr. H. James, Q.C., for the petitioner, disclaimed any idea of his client wishing to profit by his wife's infidelity, and he never would have claimed damages had it not been that a plea was put on the record, which accused the petitioner of conduct conducing to his wife's adultery.—Sergeant Ballantine said that there was no pretence for such a charge, and all imputations would be withdrawn. His client was almost a ruined man, and had been disinherited in consequence of the 'present suit.—lt was ultimately agreed that a verdict should be taken for the petitioner, with 2,500 damages, Mr. James stating that he believed that was the utmost sum the co-respondent could possibly pay. -Lord Penzance pronounced the decree snsi for a dissolution of the marriage. TIIE 3IURDER NEAR CHELMSFORD.7 tic (11,, a l yn ,th ir d s 7 . .ta cti zumy , isNac 31, labourer, was charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Martha Finch, by cutting her throat, on the 25th of May last. Mr. Walf3rd and Mr. Croome conducted the prosecution. The prisoner had no legal assistance, but, at the request of the learned judge, Mr. Codd watched the case 'on his behalf. This was a case of a very painful character, there being no doubt that the unfortunate deceased woman, to whom the pri soner appeared to have been previously tenderly attached, met her death at his har.ds by a dreadful act of violence, and it being equally clear that at the time the act was committed the prisoner was in such a state of mind as not to be responsible for his actions. It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased had been married for 12 years, and they had several children, the youngest at the time of the occurrence being an infant in arms. O n the night of the 25th o f M a y the prisoner and the de ceased went to bed at their usual time, two children, aged respectively five and six years, sleeping in the same room, and the baby being in the bed with its father and mother. Nothing appeared to have been noticed during the night, but there appeared to be no doubt that the prisoner had got up early on the followin ,, morning, and that he had cut the throat of the unfortunate woman while she was asleep. 111 on one of the elder children going into the bedroom in the morning of the 26th of May a dreadful sight presented itself—the mother lying dead, with the baby restin ,, upon her arm, and both being almost covered with blood that had flowed from a fearful wound in the throat of the deceased. The pri soner appeared to have been in a very low and desponding state for several days before the dreadful occurrence, and on the evening before it happened it appeared that the unfortunate woman had had some conversation with Mrs. Crow, a neighbour, in the course of which she said that her husband had given her such a look with his eyes that he had frightened her, and she appeared to have a foreboding that something dreadful was about to happen. After the prisoner had committed the fearful act he seemed to be quite unconscious of what he had done, and he repeatedly called out to the deceased woman to come down to break fast, and he inquired why she was so long before she came downstairs. The d ee d mus t h ave been done at an early hour of the morning, for when the body of the de ceased woman was examined it was found to be quite cold. The prisoner went away from his cottage imme diately after the discovery took place, and he was seen in a field some distance off ; and when the parish constable went towards him he jumped into a ditch, but imme diately afterwards be went up to the constable, who told him that he should take hitn into custody on sus picion of murdering his wife, and h e ma d e no rep l y. It transpired that the prisoner ha,d been eight months confined in the county lunatic asylum, and that four of his brothers had also been under restraint as lunatics, and one of them died in the asylum. Besides this it appeared that the prisoner's mother had also been confined in the county asylum, and all the evidence tended to chew was that just before the fatal occurrence the prisoner was in a very low and desponding state, and exhibited every indication of insanity. Upon the prisoner beingsearched there were found in his possession a small knife and a Bible, which was turned down at several pages in which there were references to the shedding of blood. Upon a search being made in the coal *cellar there was found a chopper or bill-hook, upon which there was a quantity of blood and hair, and it was no doubt with this weapon that the fatal injuries were inflicted upon the unhappy deceased. The jury acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity, and he was ordered to be detained in safe custody until her Majesty's pleasure should be made known respecting him. Mr. Mapleson is no longer associated with Mr. Gye in the management of the Royal Italian Opera. No less than three Cabinet Alinisters,— Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Lowe, and Mr. Forster—visited Wim bledon Camp on Wednesday evening. The distinguished party first dined with Lord Ducie, at Heathfield House, and afterwards made the tour of the encampment. A. BRIDGE ON FIRE.—The high level bridge at Newcastle had a narrow escape from destruction on Thursday night. The roadway for vehicles having been under repair an apparatus for boiling pitch had been left standing on it, when the woodwork in the vicinity took fire, the bridge being covered with asphalte a foot thick. The danger of its spreading was at one time imminent, but owing to the prompt arrival of the fire extinguishing apparatus the danger was averted. At the Southwark Police Court, on Thursday, the the complaint against Dr. John Steele, superintendent of Guy's Hospital, for having violated one of the provisions of the Anatomy Act, again came under the attention of the magistrate. It was alleged that Dr. Steele had un lawfully caused the body of one Samuel Milbourne, who had died in the hospital, to undergo anatomical examination, without the consent of the relatives. As the examination had been conducted without the authority of the defendant, the summons was dismissed. The Civilian states that very extensive reductions are in progress in the tax branch of the Inland Revenue. Thirty-eight stations, each of which has hitherto been occupied by a Surveyor of Taxes, are to be abolished ; but it is probable that several new stations will be created. The services, however, of at least twenty-five surveyors will ultimately be dispensed with. Several of these "redundant" officials will be superannuated upon terms somewhat more favourable than in .the case of voluntary retirements, and the rest will most likely be temporarily employed in the office of the chief inspector of taxes. The classification for the " revised " service has not yet been decided upon, and we learn from all sides that great confusion exists in the department. Of that day and 'the for• the Lust orn ;nse t a Mme Tat bas •eat •ass I,nd icy can )dy ing rck the nce ris ire ive ret