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A'' ' !-111- 4 . 04111y Ses ti o \ .0 " ) - c• . ti* f'r ,:„.„ t • — (6 - • I. 4?-6. - 4'S • torkuL., . 1 / 4 - 4„„ • 4. • its country The third p u rpose to 3 battle of ~~ LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. ,31BER 13, 1870. ONE PENNY. N ° . 24,491 BREA.CI - 1 OF PROMISE. 1 . At the Court of Exchequer an action of breach of pro mise has been hearct The plaintiff and defendant were named Hall and Requart respectively. The defer Sant denied the promise, and pleaded, secondly, that a reason- ' able time for the marriage had not elapsed, and, thirdly, that the agreement to marry was upon the condition that the plaintiff's mother should before the marriage took place satisfy her creditors, and obtain a respectable posi tion, and that this condition had not been fulfilled. Mr. R. E. Turner (with whom was Mr. Serjeant Parry) appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C:, and Mr. Talfourd Salter for the defendant. Mr. Turner, in his opening, said this was a case in which the young lady had been deeply wronged, because the defendadt, after breaking his promise, had tried to insult her and wound her feelings. The plaintiff, Emma Hall, in 1859, when 19 years of age, was living with her father, a dealer in china and glass in the Tottenham court-road, and the defendant, Horatio Greece Requart, who Was about tire same age, was then a shopinan in the service of Messrs. Maple and Son, the well-known uphol sterers in that thoroughfare. In consequence of business communications they became intimate, and in 1861 the defendant made the young lady au offer of marriage, which was adcepted. Owing to some misconduct on the part of her father, Miss Hall left home and took a situation as saleswoman in a shop at Bayswater. A constant corres- ' pondence was kept up between the parties and the :defendant's letters Were couched hi the most endearing terms, beginning, "My darling Emma," or "My Darling," and winding In) with " Your affectionate lover, Horace Requart " (using that Christain name instead of his proper one„ Horatio), or " with fondest love and best wishes, yours ever," &c., and similar phrases. Miss Hall's father died in 1864, and in 1865 she went on a visit to Scotland, and afterwards, by the persuasign of the defendant, she took a situation in the shop of Mrs. Temple at Brighton. While she was there the c/rrespondelice continued, and in one letter the defendant said, " You ,are very acute in reading love letters, but you know what a duffer I am at it," while in others he spoke of an absence of a few days from her being like a separa tion for years, and of her being his " principal port in this .world," and strongly advised her for his sake to avoid the damp and cold of Brighton. On July 14, 1865, he wrote;—" I received your kind letter yesterday morning. I am very glad to liear you have had a. bathe ; I intend to have one every morning when I come down. I have a very peculiar feeling which tends to make me very uneasy ; it is that I feel quite lost when you are away." When Mr. Hall died the business was carried on by a son-In-law for the benefit of the widow, but xi/tin - lately Mrs. Hall took it into her own hands. In February 1867, by the wish of the defendant, Miss Hall came to London to assist her mother. She had lent him some of her savings, and he lent the mother £2O, which was repaid, with 10 per cent interest. In the same year, Mrs. Hall failed, and her daughter went to another situa tion in Tunbridge Wells. The correspondence was still kept up, and the defendant alluded to haying a salary of 2130 a year, besides commission ; to having insured his. life for another £2OO, and to his looking out for house pro perty. He made reference also to some calico, a present for the young lady ; but after the marriage was broken off he made a claim for the price of it. In July, 1869, Miss Hall noticed a change in his manner to her, and she hoard he was paying visits to another young lady, whom it was believed he subsequently married. She asked for an interview, and he then told her he had made a mistake, and must break off the engagement Thus, after having wasted the best part of the girl's life, he whistled her off, to be an object for the laughter and ridicule of others. During the engagement he had not scrupled to borrow £26 from her, and in October, 1869, he wrote to her in reference to the loan this cool note :—" Mr. Request is very sorry to find he is not able to keep his promise to-d - ay to Miss Hall with regard to the payment of the money he owes her. It may be as well to state that there may be no ground for alarm, that I owe the debt, and feel sorry it was ever contracted." In. afterwards remitting the money he deducted £3 4s. for the calico. The defendant said a reasonable time had not elapsed ,for the marriage, but he had found tinle to marry another girl. With regard to the other plea, as to the mother obtaining a respectable position, the lgarned counsel said that she had never held any but a apectable position, and had done her best to resuseitato her husband's business, and that after having been engaged to the young lady for so many years, it was only .adding insult to injury to .4.y that the promise was de pendent on such a condition. The result was a verdict for • the plaintiff—'climages £l5O. ne papers , soldiers, of Compagnie JEAFFRESON'S NEW WORK. On FRIDAY, December 16, in 2 vols. Bvo., ANNALS OF OXFORD By J. C. JEAFFRESON, 8.A., Oxon. Author of "A Book a,bout' the Clergy," &c. "LA SILE,N.:CIELTSII; A.D. 1720. p OPAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First.) 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A the chief ;atians wh° yes in the the writer/ manuel an the Freneh e habitants 04 Very likely, 11 kinds are dance of the FOUR GOLD MEDALS. THE' GREAT WESTERN HOTEL. (SNOW-HILL STATION), BIR3IINGII ANL "Ono of the most elegant, comfortable, and economical hotels in thethree kingdoms."-•The Field, duly 31, 1369. THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH SYSTEM. On Saturday a number of gentlemen connected with the Postal Telegraph Service of the United Kingdom, now in London, in attendance at the Conference referred to last week, visited the works of the Silvertown . Telegraph and Manufacturing Com pany, for the purpose of inspecting the new Irish Cable ,in process of manufacture there. The company included Mr. Sendamore, second secretary, to the General Post-office ; Mr, Culley, the engineer-in-chief of the Postal Telegraph Department ; and Messrs. Preece, Graves, Sanger, Shaw, Tansley, and Walshe (divisional engineers) It is expected that the new cable between England and Ireland will be ready for submersion by the 10th of January. In the evening over a hundred of the gentlemen who were present at the inspection at Silvertown dined together at - Willis's toms. There were also present several of the officers of the late telegraph companies. Mr. Scudapore preside& and was glad to be able, to state that the postal telegraphic system of the country had been, up to the present, /10 successful as it could possibly be expected to be, and that a happy union had been effectedtetvreen the officials of the old telegraphic system and the telegraphic) system of the new, and that was a consummation not easily to be achieved. In proposing the toast of the evening, " Success to the Undertaking," he said that, although many difficulties remained still to be contendell with, he would not admit that they had not succeeded . in what thq had undertaken.. . He did not pretend for a moment to say that they might not have worked much better ; but this much he thought he might say, that they had had many difficulties to contend against, that those difficulties were not of their own making, and that they had achieved a success up to the presentwhich could not be looked,upon as otherwise than satisfactory. The Post -office had to introduce an entirely new state of affairs, both as maids the system they them selves had to manage, and those which had been under taken by the railway Companies. As all present were aware, the business of - telegraphy had since then greatly increased. It had now become the fashion to say that it was unwise to commence at so low a rate as a shilling, but he begged to remind those who thought so that only for him the committee of the House of Commons of 1868 would have fixed the minimum at sixpence. He mentioned these difficulties not on his own account---for he left his official exertions to time and its results ; but he mentioned them on behalf of the officers of the late telegraph companies, who had been placed in rather an unsatisfactory position to them selves, and also on behalf of those who had charge of the present service, and who had had so many drawbacks to contend against. On the Phole he thought that one and all might well congratulate themselves on the results which had been achieved up to the present. CAUTlON.—Require Baron Liebig's signature on every Jar 444 Tin. PROSPETTUS. The Object of this Company is to acquire and work as one con solidated undertaking two separate Metropolitan Tramways, incorporated under special Acts of Parliament passed in the two last sessions, viz., those of 1. The Metropolitan „Street Tramways Company (the first Company which obtained an Act for Tramways in London). 2: The Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich Street Tramways Company. The Two Tranlway Companies before mentioned are, by their present Acts, empowered to construct and work Tramways in nearly all the main thoroughfares on the soth side, and extending to Victoria Station, Pimlico, on the north sidb of the Thames, comprising 25 miles of street, partly single, but principally double lines, making altogether about 45i miles of Tramways. The accompanying map shews the authorised Tramways marked red, from which it will be seen that they traverse very, populous districts and are important, not only as local, but also as trunk lines. The Metropolitan Company has oenstructed and opened for traffic the lines from Brixton and Clapham- to near the sduth end of Westminster Bridge, by direct cash outlay, ani. these lines are, by the terms of the Ainalganiation Agreement; to be shade over to this Company by the o.u:hang° of the Shares of the Metropolitan Company for Shares in this L'opipany at par. • The Pimlico Company engages to hand over their portion of the lines completed to this Company in sections free of all ex penses, risks, or contingencies, at the same mileage cost as that of the Metropolitan ; Company. 'the .total estimated out lay on all the authorised lines on this basis, including equip ment, will be provided by the share capital Of £250,000 and an intended issue of debentures £70,000, leaving an ample margin fonworking capital. The first section of the Greenwich dine, viz., from Blackhealb 11111 to New Cross, has been opened_ for traffic, and the contilnia tion of that line to East Greenwich is under constructions;' ntl will be in operation by the end of the year (1370). By this alad the above arrangements, the capital will be remunerative as lb. Tins supplied in enormousi quantities to both Frenel and German troops in the field, and this size specially recom• blended to Relief Committees. THE WAR.—TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. All ira portant events telegraphed DAILY, from B_a.m. to 61. to Newspapers, Clubs, Exchanges, and Reading Rooms , for THIRTY-NINE SILLINGS per QUARTER prepaid. Two or more telegrams sent every day. Commercial News and Markets on moderate terms. CENTRAL PRESS, 112, Strand, W. 0., and 2, Telegraph-street, E. C. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, Rile. 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Is recommended for the use if Invalids, as far • more sustaining than Arrowroot, .Corn Flour ; - . . 4 . &c., which are often rejected, when the Entire Wheat Flour is taken with relish. Retail of F'o'ully Grocers, &c., in ad., ed., and 14. packet.% and as. tins. Wholesale of • ORLANDO JONES and Co., ) . 18 Billitor-street, Manufacture STARCH.rs oil the GOLD MEDAL RICE THE ANGLO-BAVARIAN BREWERY COM , PANY'S, Southampton, new Season's Brewings of PALE and other ALES, now in magnificent condition, may be tasted !.t the London Stores, 35 and 36 , St. Th omas-street, S.E. . Pale Ale, 645. per barrel. I Strong Ale, 665. per barreL gild 48s.Extra Stout, 48s. „ le THE CONTINENTAL WINE COMPANY corre" WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. SUperior Wines from the beat Vintages , at the following' Low 'lees, viz , : CLARET SHERRY • • • • " 245. to 60s. PORT " 245. to 84s. CHAMPAGNE . • . . " 245. to 725. MOSELLE . . • . . " 80s. to 725. N.B.—Carriage Free within a radius of live miles. Other Wines pro ratio. 25, TAVISTOCK-STREET , AND 14, SOUTHAMPTON -STREE T, STRAND, W.C. just been ordy's wiser - Prance. IP that in the invader !e times, nor is nd to state [nee the day, th. Trutt'. very sorry e which the their array' 6ges. But if in the next, ndergone at be avenged ,uld say, if I have seen 10 ' d Ardennest understate(' THE COURT-ISIMITIM, ON ENSIGN GILBERT, cikCHWEPPE'S MINERAL WATERS.. WHITBREAD AND CO.'S BOTTLED COOPER; STOUT, AND ALES. Sole Agent, ROBERT BAKER. Prices and full particulars can be obtained at the Mores, 26, Worship-street, E.C. SCHWEPPES SODA WM`ER, So celebrated now for upwards of a century. SCHWEPPES LEMONADE, A most grateful and refreshing beverage, BO useful in cases of rover. rd gives a . 3nded at the the tribune , the siege q , had lasted. ,e provisions their plate In the third Here there whom the t agreeable. interrupter , too absurdl orator, ` l ° is are within and is giving )ar. The Lth ; w here, L?' Further , ncluded the says tho., the Germs ° of the Loire .ons of malli and caused is change"'. r the clear' tsting arnat he might Il e his quart the ed, and f he army of in an 11°- one, me; kept read and he inlgP` MIS stood, ° :.l, 's right. Mantentieh wee success mtingenen might be position ari and Pills.' medicine Ce ll iloway's ta Pbj e m vege 13 of poten t eJ nust purl body unt`e , or duratio n ution of tin omplaints iduals Pe e f r ye not th e .d are every' lave sectir isivo as they egenee - P 0 fighter. wife of CO' ior Feßowe s ' os. FellO O ,V T of John 'l' ester, gi o6 : l. to v._ 3. 1 30 ,P ,r of the 10'w° lwd.OakeleY, formerly of of „c by n0 3 ,3, - e ecinct of 12HORLEY'S HORSE and C ATTLE SPICE.— , For HORSES, it is indisp ensable in promoting and sus- A.7 4 ling all the animal functions in health and vigour. For -(LI.c11 COWS, it is invaluable , incre asin g the quantity and im- D toving the quality of milk. For BEASTS, nothing can compare With it for feeding quickly. For SHEEP, PIGS, DOGS, BI3ITS, and POULTRY, its effects in One Month will exceed in expectation. In Penny Packets only, of all Corn Chandlers London, and of all Grocers, Druggists, and Corn Dealers in a Country. B 0 C K-B I N K O'S H• CIIEMICAL MANUFACTORY, 8, CITY GARDENS, CITY lOAD. London, BINKO'S PATENT IMPERIAL PAPER BLUE, for Laundry and Household Purposes. This Blue needs no recommendation ; it will recommend itself. Every lady who has used it is charmed with its cleanliness, simplicity, and cheapness. Sold in Penny Packets, and is far cheaper than any other Blue. BINKO'S BAKING POWDER, LIEBIG'S 'PRINCIPLE. Warranted Free from Alum. Penny Packets. and fkl. and is. Canisters. tINKO'S PATENT IMPERIAL PHCENIX POWDER. 3luslins, or any other Fabrics, being dipped ji a solution of this powder, will not take fire, thereby pre "enting danger to life. In Canisters, 6d. and ls. each. tiNKO'S PATENT IMPERIAL BRILLIANT FLUID. For Cleansing Window, Looking, Plate, and all other kinds of Glass. In Bottles, 6d. and ls. each. in ‘Z, PANISH .FLY is the Acting Ingredie nt !,./ ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARI DES 0 EL, which s p eedil y pro , v nces Whiskers and Thicken s Hair. Price, 3s. ad., ss. 5d., and 'ls. ad. gent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. — Alex. Ross, m, High Holborn, and a ll chemists. Tale of a Hair, 6d. WONDEaRy by u FU L DISCOVE X. RY.—Corns cured in one da ff y ALE ROSS'S CIH PO RO. This pre prae tion gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing „II very root. chemists 4s. sent by post for 60 stamps. 248, High olborn, and all . Face Powder, is. HAIR DESTROYER.-248, Hi g h Holborn. — ALEX. MOSS'S Depilatory removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms without effect to the skin. Price, 6d., 6s. 6d., and 10s. 6 d. B ent for 64, 84 . and 144 stamps. uad of all chemists. Skin Tonic ss. 6d. P IMPLE REMOVER. All Diseases of the Skin $K IN improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE ca re , IN PILLS. They remove redness, sallowness, &c. 2s. 9d. and g• ad.: or post for 40 and 100 stamps. Alex. Ross, 248, High ' , olborn, London, and all chemists. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d. GREY HAIR, 248, High Holborn' London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colourim- Le4liately it is used. It is permanent , a nd perfectly goalnat in euect. Prices 3s. ed., ss. Gd., and 10s. 6 d. ; sen t by post 64 84 , and 144 stamps : and all Chemists. Bloom of Rosses, 3s. 6d. IjAIR CURLING FLUID, 248, HIGH HOLBORN. London. ALEXANDER ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls rules' or Gentlemen's Hair immediately it is a pp lied. Sold at it 64., ss. 6d., and los. 6d. Sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps• ad of all Chemists., Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. AIR COLOR WASH.— , By damping the head the hair this beautifully perfumed wash , in s even or ten days !le hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occa sionallos. 6d.; sent for stamps.--Alex. Ross, 248, Ili& oiborn, London, and all chemists. ;ZEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought). — Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE '4OVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green !icb, where any seaman, needing medical or surgical care, will I , ) e admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in troduction or recommendation. The Society's olboes are re moved from the City to the same building. KIMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary. " Mr. W. Evill has written a lively and agreeable account a, A Winter Journey to Rome.' His descriptions of scenery in the Alps and of the Italian cities are exceedingly graphic, shewing much sympathy with nature, and a refined intelligence, Though the style of the book is somewhat sketchy, it is thoroughly readable, especially in the passages referring to the Council, which have in some degree the value of oonteraportuy historyf— Daily Telegraph. "Those who have followed the well-known route, and visited the spots described by Mr. Evill, are scarcely likely to add much to their fund of information by reading his lively sketches ; yet we are far from - saying that the publication is superfluous. To gain knowledge is not the only object which induces a man or woman to take ap a new volume ; and if Mr. Evill does not add distinctly to our stock, he has the art—a rare Lone—of placing familiar scenes in a fresh and agreeable light. . . The book has the merit of being thoroughly readable."—Pall Mall Gazette. " Having read the book through from cover to cover—of itself an eulogium from any rower—we could certainly not spare Mr. Evill's always animated, often graphic, and more than once or twice really eloquent descriptions, any more than we could spare his account of the wonderful pageantry of the Papal func tions in Rome, and of the marvellous masterpieces in sculpture and painting scattered among the Palaces and Basilicas. . . . As a graphic delineator of the superb scenery and the renowned cities through which. he made this winter journey, he has acquitted himself admirably well."—Sun. " The author has evidently a feeling for the beautiful and the picturesque, and describes what he saw in forcible and some times eloquent language. . . . Notwithstanding his well worn subject, Mr. Evill has produced an agreeable little volume, which may not unprofitably detain the roader."—Daily News. " There is no pretension whatever about the book of travels, and though it relates very little of what is now, it tells of nothing that is uninteresting, vapid, or dull. To the truthfulness of its descriptions of places and works of art we can thoroughly testify, and assure our readers that such of them as are meditating an Italian tour could not possibly do better than furnish themselves with a copy."—Bell's Weekly Messenger. " Evill's visit to Rome was opportunely timed to enable him to witness the great gathering of prelates' in attendance at the opening of the (Ecumenical Council ; his journey was accomplished with great rapidity, but his hasty on route sketches are lively and amusing."—Record. " In this pleasant little book we have an abundance of inter esting matter, such as a professed bookmaker might extend into the compass of two goodly volumes ln the very first page we are satisfied with the book, and are engrossed with its contents We recommend the entire little volume as well to readers as to intending tourists in search of continental information."—News of the World. "The ground was all new to Mr. Evill, and, in spite of the season of the year, he saw it under peculiarly favourable cir cumstances. lie has an eyo quick to see, and a pen that enables him to tell right pleasantly, and not a little vividly, what he has seen. . • . . Mr. Evill was fortunate enough, in company with his friend, lifr. Charles Kent, the poet, to see the pro cession in St. Peter's, on the opening day of the Vatican Council. His description of it is very graphic."—Western Morning News. " Italy has been described to the reading world again and again, and, therefore, the charm of Mr. Evill's book is not the charm 01 novelty, but it has a charm. There is a fresh, inge nuous manner, that appeals to the reader. The author records his impressions and describes minutely the beauty of the Italian scenery without a thought of the travellers who have gone before. Some passages, descriptive, are really excellent. The exterior and interior of Milan cathedral are put before us in glowing terms, and the long ceremonies of the opening of the (Ecumenical Council are forcibly described. His description of Venice is excellent. Mr. Evil's word-painting is far above the average of such descriptions. We aro sure that readers, after a perusal of this book, will have a vivid impression of the scenery described, and be grateful to Mr. Evill for his pleasant recollec tions."—•Lloyd's Weekly News. " Accuracy of description will cause this little book to be read, and probably enjoyed, by those Englishmen and English women whom necessity keeps at home year after year . . . The profits are to bo given to a charity, and we heartily wish it every success, and think that many untravolled Englishmen will find something to interest them in Mr. Evill's " Winter Journey to Rome.' —The Examiner. " This little volume, containing, together with careful descrip tions of places and cities, an account of the opening of the (Ecumenical Council, it is worthy of notice, is dedicated, not in irony or without permission, but in friendship and with full authority, by a Protestant to a Roman Catholic. There may be many worse preparations for a visit to the city which still queenlike, if no longer queen, than a perusal of this unpreten is tious, but instructive volume ; and the author's remarks touching that. Church, the services and worship of which serve to make up the entire life of modern Rome may grieve, but will not affront, a liberal Roman Catholic, and may command the assent, but will not shock the better feelings, of a Liberal Protestant."-- Illustrated London News. Best Advertising Paper in the Western Counties. THE WESTJRN MORNING NEWS. A First-Class Dai Paper, the oldest in the district. Inde pendent in opinions. The earliest and fullest in news. Circu lates among all classes and parties and the best meditim for Advertisers. Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon appli cation to the Publisher, Edward Ilawkings, 31, George-street, Plymouth. J met published, price Is 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Oases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AN D QUAOKERY By DETEOTO Reprinted from the "Medical Oircular." London: H. Bather°, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Publio Opinion, ar other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.— A NEVIat-FAILINU REMEDY.—Prepared without any mercurial ingredient,will be found invaluable to all whosuffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, 4r.c, For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, arktta , e l purifler of the blood, they are truly ex cellent; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole ner vous system.—Prepared only slnd sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8 King William-street, Charingkcross, London, and by most drug gists, in boxes, is. lid , and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine e in a square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King illiam-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Government stamp. THE BLOOD PURIFIER— Old Dr. JACOB TOWNSEND'S SARSAPARILLA. This extraordinary me dicine has a singular influence over the blood, which it enriches and purifies. It removes all pimples and blotches, purifies the system, and acts like a charm, As a s ustaining d in and pur ifying tonic it is invaluable, and highlyrecommende l ong -standing cases of indigestion, nervousness, coughs, scro fula, gout, dropsy, and wasting of flesh. Sold by all druggists. Chief depot, No. 131, Fleet-street, Londonution : Get the red and blue wrapper, 'with the Doctor's head in the centre. No other genuine. In bottles 2s. 6d., 45., 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., and 11s. The old Dr.'s Sarsaparilla Pills are the most popular medicine known for all bilious affections, liver and stomach complaints, and indigestion, ,as proved by thousands. Also, Sarsaparilla Ointment, the. best soother of all sores, burns, and scalds ; each in boxes, is. Id., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. ; by post, 15, 30, and 60 stamps. DINWEFORIY S FLUID MAGNESIA.- The medical profession for Thirty Years have approved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigpstion ; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Children, and Infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 172, New Bdnd-street, London, and of all other Chemists throughout the world. LONDONEST ,TNDs ar eurgently HOSPITAL,neded and a the in inCeorms nW.—m t t t h e e earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on heir useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. SSAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE, • Alfred-terrace 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. SCIIWEPPE'S BOTTLES lireE protected by a Label having Name and Trade Mark, Manufactories at'Lenden, Liverpool, Derby, Bristol, Glasgow and Malvern, HARROGATE MINERAL WATERS The Public can now be supplied with these world-renowned find Invaluable Waters, which annually give relief to thousands of sufferers from • , GOUT, RHEUMATISM,. NEURALGIA, DERANGEMENT of tho LITER, DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, &C. THE AERATED NATURAL IRON'WATER is distinctly Tonic, and is a delicious beverage for giving strength and vigour to the system. See Medical Certificates, vide Press, Price 6s. per dozen. • Of all Chemists and Family Grocers. llampers containing 4 dozen 225., delivered free within twelve miles of London; Pd. per dozen allowed on returned Elliptic& Convalescent Homes and Schools supplied at wholesale prh;es. For further particulars apply to M WHITTLE AND 00. 63, GREAT TOWER-STREET, LONDON, E.C. "The Aerated Natural Iron Water is a very pleasant and invigorating effervescent Chalybeate, and may be taken as .n oadlnary beverage with great advantage."—Queen. Six dozen hamper, am ls. per dozen allowed on returned empties, and 6s. on hamper. Of all chemists and family grocers; or Richard Davis, 20, Maddox-street, Regent-street. W. Whole sale only of William Whittle and Co., 63, (heat Towerotreet, B.C. • SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE RELIEF and REPRESSING MENDICITY. President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. , Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD. Treasurer -H. B. Freed, Esq. i Hon. Secs.—Alsager Hay 11111 and George M. Hick', Ids. • Object of the Society.—Tho establishment of a Charity OfiA3 in every Poor Law District in the metropolis, sfteh office to be the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district. DLSTRICT COMMITTEES in union with the Society : ST. MARYLEBONE.—Office, 151, Marylebone-road, N.W. ST. :GEORGE'S, Hanover-square.--Olicep 28, Mount-street, grosvenor-square, vy. IVESTMINSTER.-oMbe, 38, James's-street, S.W.' PAiIDINGTON.—Office, 3, Leinster-street, W. MILE-END OLD-TOWN.—Office, Vestry-hall, Bancroft-road , Mile-end-road, E. BATTERSEA. —Office, 3, Verona-street, York-road, S.W. LAMBETIL—Office, 49; Upper Kenningtdn-lane, S.E. CLAPHAM.-01fice, 11, Polygon, S.W. CHELSEA.—Offiape, 57, Flood-street, S.W. KENSINGTON. --Office, 39„.11oiland.street W HAMPSTEAD.-,office, corner of . Church-lane, High-street, N.W. DEPTFORD.—Office, St. John's Mission-hall, King-street, Broad way, S.E. ST. IdARY, NEWINGTONI—Office, 188, Walworth-road, S.E. ST. GILES'S-IN-THE-FlELDS.—Office, 7, High-street, St. Giles'. ST. PANCRAS.—Office, 17, Ny oburn-buildings, W.C. CONTRIBUTIONS toward.. the extension of this organisation th roug hout the metropolis may be paid at the office of the Society, or to Messrs. Coutts and Co., 50, Strand, W.C. , The funds of the central office, are for purposes of organisa tion only, not for relief. C. B. P. BOSANQUET, Secretary. C. J. RIBTON-TURNER, Organising Secretary. Office, 15, Buckingham -street, Stfand, W.C. 4 • THE " SUN" forwarded by Morning and Evening Mail with undeviating regularity, and delivered in Town as soon as Published. Advertisements inserted. Apply to W. NTAMANDKR, '24, Old Oavendish-street,ff. Established 1760.. soon as called up. The returns from the working of the fragmentary 'portion of the lines from Brixton to Kennington, which -alone has been opened for any length , of time, have been' audited by Mr. BreOrff; of the firm Of Broom, Son and Hays, public .ac countants, and Mr. Tendron, who are the auditors, and for the first three months of the opening were found to yield a net return at the rate_ of ten per cent. per annum on the capital expenditure. The subsequent results are equally satisfactory, and the traffic is steadily increasing. The only other experience of Tranmay working in London is the line which is now open between Whiteclinpol and Bow, and the result, from the audited accounts, shows 12 per cent. net lirofit. Street Tramways, although but little Miown in this country, • have been in very pyofitable operation for many years in most of the large cities of America and Canada. and also on the Cont,i- Tient of Iturope, in St. Petersburgh, Vienna, Brussels, Copen hagen, &0., paying dividends generally of not less than 10 pelt' cent. on the Capital invested, and the shares command good premiums. The Capital Account of most of the American Com panies shows au expenditure per mile greatly exceeding that required by this Company, and with the easy gradients in the Metropolis (a most important item in the economy of working), and by the judicious administration which experience has brought to bear, there can be no doubt that Tramways will prove highly profitable hers. By the improvements effected in construction by using thegroove rail, the objections previously existingto the American Tramways have been removed. Last Session the whole subject of Tramways was investigated by Select Committee& of both Houses of Parliament, and in the result a General Act was passed under which local authorities can purchase Tramways in their district on a valuation (ex cluding goodwill) at the end of twenty-one years, but in he case of the Companies above mentioned, this period is extended to twenty-eight years, in consideration of their having been the pioneers for the introduction of Tramways into London, and as an equitable equivAlerit for these exceptional privileges, and in consideration of these Companies transferring their interest without goodwill, there is reserved to the original Shareholders • one-half of the surplus profits of ~the Company after payment 1 of a dividend of six per cent. per annum, so thatdthe originators of the scheme continue interested inn the undertaking, and are remunerated according to its success. Important extensions of the existing lines are being applied for, the benefit of which is made over to this Company. 41 no allotment be made the Deposits will be returned in full. The Acts of Incorporation and the Agreement for Amalga mation can be inspected at the Offices of the Solicitors of: the Compitny. The Agreement is dated the flth day of Decembe d r, 1870, and the names of the parties to -.lt aro as follows :—The Metropolitan Street Tramways Company and the Pimlico, Peck ham, and Greenwich StreetTramways Company of the first part, John Foulston Hunt on behalf of this Company then intended to be formed of the second part, and certain Shareholders of the Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich Street Tramways Com pany of the third part. . Application for Shares may be made to the Bankers. Pros pectuses with Forms of Application can be 'Obtained of the Brokers, and at the Offices of the Company. . F4IOLITEENTII ANNUAL WINTER EXHI BITION of CABINET PICTURES by British and Foreign Artists is now OPEN, at tho FRENCH . GALLERY, 120, Pall Mall, from lithe till half-past five o clock. Admission, 1s: Cata logues, Od. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDO N. REFUGES FOR HOMELESS AND DESTI TUTE CHILDREN and CHICHESTER TRAINING SIHr.-AI/wards of 500 Boys and Girls are now being supported in these Refuges and Ship. Owing to the benevolent and praiseworthy exertions which have for several months been made to aid the sick and Wounded In the present War, the funds for the supporOof these Refuges and Ship have decreased considerably. An urgent appeal is therefore made for assistance to support • the inmates. £1.6 will keep a boy o r a girl for one year, and £1 ss. for a month. Contributions thankfully received 'by the London and West minster Bank, 214, nigh Holborn, W. 1., and 41, Lothbury, EX., and by WILLIAM, WILLIAMS, Secretary No. 6, Great Queen -street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C. SOUSCRIPTION FRANOAISE.—FRENCII SUBSCRIPTION for the VICTIMS of the WAR.--2The Conunittee will be thankful to RECENE further DONATIONS, and, without any unnecessary expenses, to undertake their safe and fair application to the most deserving cases of distress amongst the following : The SICK and WOUNDED SOLDIERS. TheSTARVING and HOMELESS PEASANTRY and WORK MEN in the invaded provinces. • The DESTITUTE PRISONERS in German As heretofore, subscriptions will be thankfully received - by the twelve members of the Committee only. Cheques to be made payable to Messrs. Ch. Dcvaux and Co. Publication in the news papers will serve as a receipt. • Total amount received up to the 7th December, £4,133 Bs. 11d. The distributions amount to 43,848 6s. :ad. PAUL PIEREA/D, lion. Secretary, 44, Colemari-street, MlDNifriiT MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, Red Lion-square, W.C., London.—Drering the last 10 years this Institution has been instrumental in rescuing a yast number of poor girls from a life of degradation and misery. The plan adopted has been to seek the wanderers in the streets of London .and gather , them together at tho midnight hour, when short and 4 • faithful addresses have been given. During the present year the Meetings have been held nearly every week in seine of the mOst 'frequented districts of the metropolis. • The prnmotsmhave abundant evidence that these efforts have been most successful in e ff ecting a great moral change in many fallen ones. To enable them to continue their important work, FUNDS are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by Mr. John Stabb, Hone Sec. 5. Red Lion-square , W.C., London ; and at the Union Bank of L'ondon (Carey-street Branch), W.C. curry of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. Special APPEAL for the NEW WINO Amount still required, £4,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. umber of beds available with proposed addition, 164. ''he Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. tinkers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan , a nd Co., 54, Lombard-street HENRY SEWELL, lion. Sec. Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. SCHWEPPE'S POT eiSS WATER, Strongly recommended by the Face% in cases of Gout, &o. • SCHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER, Prepared from the Malvern Water, so renowned for its purity. DEATH OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS. Alexandre Dumas died on the sth of this month, at Puys, near Dieppe. The French novelist and dramatist was born in June, 1803, at Villers-Cotterets, in the De partment of the Aisne. His father, who had distinguished himself in the wars of the Revolution, was the illegiti mate son of a wealthy planter, who had for his mistress a San Domtngo negress. Alexandre Dumas begun life on his own account in Paris as a clerk in the office o'f the Duke of Orleans is his secretary. He devoted all his leisure hours to the study of the law, and soon excelle " d as an author. His most famous dramas perhaps , were Henri 111. et sa Cour," and " La T our de i•Tesle. ' His principal novels are " Monte Christo," " Les Trois Mousquetaires," In 1860 the distinguished writer was with Garibaldi in Italy, and wrote the great soldier's memoirs. For a brief period he held the office of Conservator of the Museum at Naples. PORTLAND PRlSON.—During the past , week Dr. Moberley, Bishop of Salisbury, confirmed fifty-three of the convicts in this prison. In the course of his sermon on the occasion the BishoP, quoting from the chaplain's report, stated that of 119 prisoners admitted to Holy Communion, at Christmas, 1868, only thirty-four were reported for breach of the prison rules during the suc ceeding twelVe months, and of these twenty-six were reported twice only ; the number of Protestants in the prison being 1,309. The confirmation took place in the large chapel of the prison. - - - A PENINSULAR VETERAN.—A veteran -named Isaac Pierce, late of the 15th Hussars, has just died at Poulshot in his 98th year. He served in the Peninsular War from its commencement. He was at the retreat and battle of Corenna, and was present at the death of Sir John Moore, being the orderly on that day. He had a medal and three clasps for Toulouse, Vittoria, and Sahagun. The old man was in receipt of 7s. weekly, and was bell cared for. HOME P.U6 IN IRELAND. —What is known in Irelanti as the " Home Rule " movement has found favour with the Ooik Farmers' Club which, upon the motion of a leading member, seconded by Mr. Byrne, president of the Mallow Fanners' Club, has adopted a resolution affirmatory of the principle to be applied in the establish ment for Ireland of a federal legislature. There was but one dissentient, a gentleman named earthy, who ob jected to the resolution as foreign to the business of the club, and upon the ground also that the movement had no element of success. Agitation for a native Parliament he said, had failed in the hands of O ' Connell, and of men of vastly greater influence than the present agitators. He doubted the sincerity of men like Lord Clancarty, whose object, he believed, was to embarrass the Government which had passed the Church and , Land Bills, and Who, as soon as that object should be attained, would find an opportunity of withdrawing from the agitation. • THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.—The report of the Crystal Palace CoMpany for the year ending 31st October last has been issued, in anticipation of the meeting. The balance to credit of revenue is £43,031 9s. 7d. ; and . , after deducting interest on debenture and preference stocks, a suqi of £12,183 IGs. 7d. remains, out of which the directors recommend a diVidend of 1 per cent; on the ordinary steel:, carrying forward a balance of £,157 Is.• 7d. The directors consider the result not discouraging, the past season having been, not only dull, but in many cases disastrous to the leading placesrof amusement in the metropolis. With the view of saving the expense incurred in paying the smaller divi dend amounts by stamped warrants sent through the post; it is proposed that dividends on all holdings under £2O shall be paid direct to the proprietors, at the company's bankers, on presentation of the share certificates, on any day between the 15th and 22nd January in each year ; and a resolution to this effect will be submitted to the meeting. With reference to the prospects of the coming season, the directors point out that the Handel Festival, the opening of the Aquarium, and the International Exhibition justify cheering expectations in regard to revenue. No final arrangement has been made as to the measures rendered necessary by Mr. Bowley's death. The Indian papers continue the report of the court martial on Ensign Gilbert at Madras, which has excited great interest in India. In the instalment of the case now published the- cross-examination of Colonel Kennedy, of the 60th Rifles, the prosecutor and principal witness, by the prisoner is reported. When Ensign Gilbert asked the Colonel why he marched the offender off from parade in the manner he did, Colonel Kennedy replied : Because of the outrageous nature of his conduct in using the words named in the charge, accompanied with the act of violently throwing away his sword, in the immediate presence of the battalion under arms. The examination was continued as follows : You stated that you ordered Captain Algar to ride after the escort, and said that if the prisoner promised to go to his quarters quietly the escort might be withdrawn. Had the prisoner refused to go to his quarters ?—Never. I could not suppose that the prisoner would venture to resist the escort.--You stated that you might have given Ensign Gilbert's company to the com mand of a sergeant. Is it possible for you to recollect an instance of the kind ?—I do not recollect ever having &no so.—Being queltioned why ho did not put the ensign earlier under arrest, the colonel said he could not at first decide whether he misunderstood the order or was resisting authority. The case was not concluded at the departure, of the mail. Colonel Milward, C.B:, Royal Artillery, has been appointed by the Government to inquire into the circum stances attending the explosions of gunpowder at Birming ham THE WEATHER IN IRELAND.—A:` letter from Dublin says :—The weather still continues severe, and the snow now covers the ground to the depth of several inches. Committees are about being formed, and no doubt every exertion will be made to alleviate the distress so likely to' prevail in these hard seasons. ANOTHER NARROW ESCAPE OF GAMDETTA.—M. Gambetta, has had another narrow escape from falling into the hands of the Prussians. Ho was en route from Tours for the army, when a flying column of Prussians passed hastily by, very soon followed by a detachment of Prince Albert's .Uhlans, also at full gallop. They were all in pursuit of the scattered fragments of the Loire army, and were perfectly unconscious of the prize they missed.. Before they learned their mistake the French 'War Minister hail succeeded in making his escape across some fields and abandoning the high road. • The Master of the Rolls had before him yesterday the claim of £150,000 by Monsieur Charles Lafitte against the Lafitte Company. Sir R. Palmer, who, with Mr. Roxburgh and Mr. Waller, appeared for Monsieur Lafitte, stated that, by an agreement between him and Lafitte and Company, they were to give him £150,000 for transferring to them the goodwill of his business, and acting as their chair man. Although on the present application the name of the official liquidator of Charles Lafitte and Com- Nny was used, yet it was used on behalf of the ational Bank under these circumstances. About the time when the winding-up order was made, the suit of " Gray v. Lewis " was instituted, in which Vice-Chan cellor Matins held that the National Bank was bound to refund Lafitte and Co. £230,000 of its assets, which they had wrongfully received. But on the 14th of June, 1869, a compromise was entered into with the assent of the Master of the Rolls, whereby the National Bank under took to pay all the claims against Lafitte and Company.— The case is not concluded. MISS COUTTS ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY.—On the . occasion of the distribution of her prizes for proficiency in knowledge' of domestic economy at the Whiteland's Training Institution, Miss' Bprdett Coutts made an interesting address to her students. She expressed , her satisfaction in meeting those young, persons with whom she so fully sympathised, and who were prepared to go forth and impart that instruction which they hadreceived. After alluding to the passing of a great measure on edu cation, Miss Coutts presented the pupils with a copy of an address to serve as a record of- that remarkable fact. A subject was mentioned at the end of the address which was one in which she took the greatest interest—the observance of humanity to animals. Hitherto the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had only directed its efforts to the punishment of offenders, but she believed it would be desirable to • establish a system of education on the subject. Some progress had been made in the work by the establishment of a Ladies' Committee to disseminate useful literature with regard to humanity to animals. Miss Coutts con cluded by some impressive remarksito these whose term of instruction was completed, and who were about to leave Whitelands, and trusted that they would go forth upon upon their several missions with the full determination to profit by the lessons they had received. , ,