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EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. M it W. S. WOODIN'S TWENTY-SECOND WEEK "AT HOME," nai his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG Room and SKETCH- tiOOK ENTERTAINMENT in the Large (pared B„,.'n l _, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except 4r uay) at 8; Saturday Mornings at 3. " Mr. Woodin has no expense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously mnishing his salon for the comfort of hls patrons." Seats may at at „, a 'lctired in advance, at the Box-office, open from 10 till 5; also ttchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal IPusic-sellers. Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.; Balcony, Is. Family Private "°; One, Two, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Late WESTON'S. Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Sweasey. Ole Easter novelties have been pronounced by the public and fo gress to be the most successful entertainment ever produced „," 10 approbation of the patrons of any music hall. he truly surprising performance of WAINRATTA, on a wire ii'llE-ILIGHTIt OF AN INCH THLCK, suspended the whole length of e hall, is marvellous. t he Great Little Wonder, the smallest Tenor in the World, Mr -- "'ARY COLLARD, to be heard at this hall only. It Also Mr ARTHUR LLOYD. Mr GEORGE LEYBOITRNE, Mr N n briti CLARK, Mr YOUNG, Mr .1. PHILLIPS, Miss LOUIE ~„-, R RINGTON Miss BITE GARSTONE Mrs F. R PHIL i" the COURT MINSTRELS, all combined to produce an entertainment which must be amusing to all. Chairman—Mr A. Young ; Musical Director—Mr P. Conf. No advance in prices. 10 Balcony, 6d ; Stalls, ls. Orresta Stalls, is 6d; Private Boxes, 611 - Box-office open from 10 to 5. "VIADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street —A PORTRAIT MODEL of TROPM.A.NN now added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the original Lunette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the decapitation of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and upwards of ' 2 ,0G0 persons of the best ;and worst blood in France. Also an exact copy of the guillotine as in use. Admission, ls.; extra leonis 6/ Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of ( electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici re in it, combined w ith the ad m ir a bl e Op er atic and Dance ,21 , _;te Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, most had the gratifying effect of making the r,sent one the 'wet extensively patronized season since its first opening. The Y e brated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient 'ter, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest coin tsitiorts of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are ed to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses ; Messrs. uraves L. Silberberg, and other able artistes.. Manager, Mr. T homas Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.O. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. Biorram, Proprietor. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENMAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort nat of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink ads, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, etc., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, to. 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Just published, price is 6d., by post is. 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. BaMere, 219, Regent-street The numerous reviews of this startling work, by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Ppinion, and other journals his edition , recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with t. ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Roports of Congress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &c. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men. and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d., 15, Catherine-street, Strand. 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The annual income from premiums is ...£64,000 From interest on investments ... 19,000 The invested fund, after payment of all claims, exceeds 415,000 The whole of the profits divided among the members. Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured, amounting to £lOO,OOO. W. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. No. 15, Moorgate-street, March 1, 1870. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. BUNIIFACTITRING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LINE), LONDON (LO.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Per ream. a. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved .. . 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WEAVER, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, is the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, President-11 is Grace the Duke of BuccLEUcri, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance' of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital aro capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Bar clay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners street ; and at the Hospital from 11) to 5. SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hat chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutta, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. E K iN st G ree 'S t LinCcoOlif'' e L ih E ri G l he HOSPITAL, Portugal Al, earnestly for FUNDS to defray the heavy current expenses. Assistance is urgently needed, J. W. 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Each number of the Supplement and each bi-monthlynumber of " The Anglo- American Times" will contain, in addition to a Ports' Rail way and Steamers Summary, a Skeleton Tour, taking the traveller from the steamer, on his arrival in port, to some one of the great European centres, guiding him on his way and ensuring his comfort at the most eligible hotels. These Supplements accompany the passengers in the homeward bound steamers, provision having been made for the Agents of the respective Steamship Companies regularly receiving them for distribution at all foreign ports. Communications, suggestions, and corrections are earnestly solicited front all Travellers, either by letter to the Editor, or personal interview, at the Buckingham Palace Hotel, London. PERUVIAN FOUR AND A HALF PER CENT. LOAN OF 1862. En vertu des pleins pouvoirs que le Supreme Gouverne ment du Perou m'a conties, j'ai decide que tousles titres de l'Emprunt Peruvien 4i per Cent. de 1862, que soot encore e❑ circulation, seront rembJurses au pair, plus le coupon echu le lre Juillet prochain. Le remboursement aura lieu b, Londres chez Messrs J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenball-street, et les porteurs du dit emprunt peuvent towel er, le montant de lours titres, plus le coupon dchu le premiere Juillet prochain, it partir du 2 Dfai, sous deduction d'un escompte de 1 per cent. par an du jour du payement jusq'au lre Juillet. Les titres qui n'auront pas ete presents au rembourse ment du 2 Mid au lre Juillet, 1870, cesseront de porter interet. Paris, 20th April, 1870. ((Signed) TORIBIO SAN Z, Inspecteur Fiscal et Agent Financier Special du Pdrou en Europe. [TRANSLATION.] 111 virtue of the full powers conferred upon me by the Supreme Government of Peru I have determined that all the Bonds now in circulation of the Four and a Half per Cent. Peruvian Loan of 1862 shall be Redeemed at par, together with the Coupon due Ist July next. The reimbursement will take place in London at the Conning-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street, and the holders of these Bonds can re ceive the amount of their Bonds, together with the Coupons due Ist July next, on and after 2d May next, less interest at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum from the day of payment to the Ist July. The Bonds which shall not have been presented for pay ment between 2d May and the Ist July, 1870, will cease to bear interest on the latter date. Paris, 20th April, 1870. (Signed) TORTBIO SANZ, Flaonl Tnspector and Financial Agent of the Peruvian Government in Europe. In virtue of th© authorization of Mr. Toribio Sanz, Fiscal inspector and Special Financial Agent of the Peruvian Go vernment in Europe, we hereby give notice to the holders of the 41 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds of 1862, that said BONDS with the Coupon due Ist July next, will be PAID on and after MONDAY, the 2d May next, less discount, at the rate of one per cent. per annum, from the day of payment to the Ist July, at our Counting-house,: 145, Leadenhall-street. The Bonds and Coupons must be left two clear days for examination before payment. J HENRY SCHRODER and CO. London, 22d April, 1870. B ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a Vacancy has occurred in the Direction of this Bank by the death of John Ranking, which will be filled up at the ensuing. Annual General Meeting. By the terms of the Deed of Settlement it is required as follows: " That every Proprietor intending to become a Candidate, or to pro pose some other Proprietor as a Candidate for the office of Direc tor, must, within Ten days from the time when the advertisement shall have been inserted, signify by some writing under his or her hand, to be left within the said Ten days at the Office of the Cor poration, either his intention to become a Candidate, or the name and place of abode of the Candidate intended to be proposed by him or her." Names of Candidates cannot, therefore, be received after the 30th instant. By order of the Court. R. W. BRADFORD, Secretary. 124, Bishopsgate-street within, London, E.C., April 20, 1870. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OOTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAKES STEWART HIDGSON, Esq Sub-Governor. CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIREOTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sarni William Tetlow Hibbert, E Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord Josceline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Luel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. FARMING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of it CENTURY AND A HALL ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.O. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiani Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham-Carter, EN J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curti , :, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, H.P Charles F. Devr.s, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hakt Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart .TllllOB Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Itobarts, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne Esq Thomson Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—Thonias Tallemach, Esq. ACTUARY— Sara. Brown, Esq. Tho Government Duty is totally abolished. Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, with statemen' of the Assets and Lilbilities in the Life Branch, free on application to tho Qompany's Agentoor to the Secretary. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--FUNDS are earnotly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys onboard the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in ine Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing. 870 children, £lB will keep a ioy or girl for one year. Contribitidna received by the London and Westminster flank, 114, nigh Holborniand 41, Lothbnry, L.O. ; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's inn-fields. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Iliehmend, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under the pattonage of H.B.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, E.G., whereby home bss been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all spa, OlasSes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The objeot of e Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, at! practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Commie euTnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations andsutscriptions. HENRY KINGSOOTE, Treasurer W H. W AitwicK, iSecretary. Office, 121, Pall mall, S. W PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSELY, the Dentist by special appointment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite' the Royal Polytechnic, and 23, MoORGATE-STREET, CITY. Established 1820. This, the most perfected system of painless dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as above. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations. stumps and decayed teeth rendered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected. Qualities: These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring - ease and comfor t unsurpassed -detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied - and youthful appearance restored—mastication and arti culation guaranteed. The " Times" of March 6 says :—" So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets, sto 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only addresses, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic;. and 23, Moorgate-street, E. a t opposite the Star Insurance Office. THE BALLOT. The Orangemen of Ulster are in a terrible fright about their great light, Mr. William Johnston, M.P. They fear that he is going astray, in company with Mr. • M'Clure, his fellow member for Belfast. Mr. Johnston has declared for the Ballot, and hence the outcry. But the Orange leader, has formed his opinion, and he means to abide by it. He says he has, after careful con sideration, decided to vote for the Ballot, as the only protection available against undue influence of every sort brought to bear upon electors, whether by land lords, priests, employers of labour, or mob intimida tion. He hopes the constituency of Belfast will come round to the same opinion. IS THE BALLOT SECRET VOTING ? The author of the article in the Edinburgh Review ; "The Ballot not secret voting," replies to Mr. Leatham's recent strictures thereon. The chief positions, he says, enumerated in his article are that no method has yet been discovered whereby inviolable secrecy is secured to the voter, and that facilities for fraud on the part of both voters and officials exist in proportion to the degree of secrecy obtained. These propositions are, he contends, sustained by evidence from all the countries which have adopted the ballot in any of its numerous forms, showing that they have not yet succeeded in producing a method of secret voting which will stand the slightest pressure that may be exerted by the - corrupt, the tyrannical, or the fraudu lent. It is vain, he adds, to expect genuine and honest results from functions performed in the dark, and for the most part beyond the reach of scru tiny to verify or revise. THE CONSHEVATIVE AGENT. The Standard is authorised to state that it is not intended by the Conservative party to appoint a pro fessional, agent to fill the vacancy caused by the Cr' f f^ l4l, Arrangements have, however, been made by which all correspunaence respecting election matters will be conducted by Mr. J. E. aorst, late member for Cambridge. TRADE DISPUTES IN FRANCE. The 011ivier Ministry finds much to occupy its attention in the grave question which causes so much trouble in England—trade disputes. Accord ing to the Paris correspondent of the Telegraph, indus try is a more prominent question than politics. The Ministry, lie says, were occupied with the subject on Monday. M. 011ivier proposes an agreement between employers and workmen to work for a certain period at a fixed rate of price regulated by police law, and suggests that disputes should be referred to the Con sells de Prud'hommes. If trade disputes assume in France anything like the proportions they have at tained in England, M. 011ivier will find some trouble in settling them by a cut and dried process of police law. EiIIGIiATION AND THE COLONIES. The text of the recent Colonial Office circular on emigration has been published. It calls the attention of colonial governors to the distress prevailing among the labouring classes of England, and points out the mutual advantage to the emigrant and to the colony to be derived from emigration. Each governor is requested to give his opinion as to the prospects which his colony at present holds out to emigrants, and to furnish all possible information as to the classes of labourers most wanted, the numbers for whom e mployment can be found ; the wages obtain able ; whether married men can obtain wages adequate to the support of their families, and proper house accommodation ; what facilities will be provided to pass the emigrants to the districts where their labour is most in demand; and whether any pecuniary assistance would be granted either towards their passages, or towards providing depOts and subsistence on their first arrival. Colonial circumstances change so quickly, that already little information is to be gained from the replies to the Duke of Newcastle's circular, which was issued during the Lancashire distress of 1863, MR. NEWDEGATE'S FIGURES. --- - According to the member for North Warwickshire and his friends, the number of nuns in Great Britain is 6,000 , a statement which is rather wide of the mark. 'There are 216 convents in England, and 17 in Scotland; and the total number of professed nuns and lay sisters (excluding novices) amounts to rather more than 2,600 ; or less than half the number stated by the advocates of parliamentary interference. Perh h o wever, the hon. member includes the ap s, novices, and also those young girls who are tempo rary inmates of the religious houses, many of them merely for educational purposes. Even in this way the figures would scarcely reach 6,000. Of the con vents in England, not more than twenty, and of those in Scotland only one, belong to the " cloistered orders." THE MERCHANT SHIPPING CODE. Alluding to a rumoured lapse of this important measure, the Shipping Gazette hopes that it is un founded, especially if the reason be, as alleged, the slow progress of public business. There are still three months of the session left ; and, as there is no oppo sition to the principle of the bill, there could be no objection to referring it to a Select Committee. If this course were adopted, the code might easily become law before the close of the session. Its principles and details have by this time been tho roughly popularised and understood; and everyone who is interested in maritime commerce is desirous of having the Law relating to Merchant Shipping freed from its existing contradictions, and rendered con sistent and intelligible. It is much to be hoped that Government will get the bill through the House of Commons during the next few weeks. After that the progress of the measure will be comparatively easy. The bill is of extraordinary bulk—it is in fact the largest ever laid before Parliament ; but as few of its provisions have given rise to objection, its size need be no difficulty. THE WEST INDIES AND THE SUGAIL DUTIES. The Produce Markets' _Review is sanguine as to the beneficial effect likely to be produced on the West Indian sugar planters by the change in the duties. The heavy tax has for the last twenty years given encouragement to bad manufacture, the . finer . !aorta, of pilau beitux absolutely excluded frinn the British market. Other causes, such as bad roads, want of capital, and lack of proper machinery tended to keep back the trade, but had it not been for the graduated duties, no man in his senses would have kept from improving his processes if he could profit by doing so. As the West Indians, by making good sugar, can now get from 10s. to 15s. per cwt. more than they can by making the commonest descriptions, they will no doubt take a fresh start. Sugar making, if properly conducted, is extremely profitable, and has been known, under favourable conditions, to return 80 per cent, on the capital employed. Even half such a result would, as our contemporary observes, convert our embarrassed planters into mil lionaires, and English capital would, no doubt, be readily forthcoming to assist them. In a few years the manufacture of low descriptions of sugar will become unprofitable, and the West India planters, by improving their manufacture and making sugar fit for direct consumption by the public without the intervention of the refiner, may yet regain their prestige. COLONIAL RESPONSIBILITY. The advisability of establishing a responsible Government at the Cape of Good Hope, and the withdrawal of troops from that colony, has been ventilated in a correspondence now published.. The first letter from the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor Wodehouse, dated the 26th January, 1867, informs the latter that the force on the African station would be at once reduced from five to four battalions of infantry, the strength of one to be divided between Natal and St. Helena. For 1867 there would be no charge, but after 1869 payment must be made at the rate of 240 a head for every infantry soldier, and 270 ahead for every artilleryman. Sir P. E. Wodehouse, in reply, pleads the special claim of the colony to consideration from its peculiar position and its inability to pay the sum demanded for its military defence. In December, 1867, a letter to the Governor from the Duke of Buckingham expressed adherence to the general principles laid down by Lord Carnarvon, but conceded the non-withdrawal of the troops until 1868. A letter from Earl Granville, stating that the regiments would be totally removed in 1870-2, with replies from Sir P. E. WoOdhouse, stating the mea sures adopted by the Colonial Legislature to meet the emergency, brings the document to a close. COLONIAL LIBERALITY. A return of the contributions to relief-funds by our colonies is not the least interesting proof of the close ness of those ties which are at present seriously occu pying the attention of the Government and the public. It appears that the amount contributed towards the Patriotic Fund by the several colonies and de pendencies of the Crown, amounted to £315,389 15s. Bd. To the Irish Famine Fund there was contributed from the same source, £33,106 14s. 6d. In the case of that chief of all our colonial disasters. the Indian Mutiny. Victoria and South Australia alone contri buted £27,803, while to the Cotton Famine Fund, independent of an unreturned sum from Queens land, New South Wales, "Victoria, and West Aus iiralia contributed £20,914. It should be added that large sums, of which there are no official returns, were given directly to different associations and charitable bodies. ROBBING THE WOREHOUSE. We hear of short-weight robberies in various forms and among various classes, but surely there can be no piece of cold-blooded dishonesty equal to that which robs a poor man of the pittance eked out to him by charity. For a long time past Oxfordshire has been distinguished for this kind of inhumanity, and although several contractors in that county have been now summoned for delivering a large quantity of loaves under weight to the poor of the parish, there is a reticence attached to the inflic tion of punishment which, considering the vile ness of the offence, is most unsatisfactory. A police superintendent had stopped many of the re cipients of bread, and out of 102 loaves found 79 deficient, the general deficiency being soz. on a loaf of 41b. Mr. Henley, M.P., one of the magistrates, cha racterised the proceeding as a gross robbery, audafter considerable discussion among their worships they decided to grant a case for the Queen's Bench as to rai.tht:r a conviction could be sustained "on the point whether the bread delivered fc. pauparo iii 9uartern loaves should be weighed on delivery." It is to be hoped that the law will be found in accord ance with justice and common sense to punish this most shameless of peculations. CHRONIC PAUPERISM. Mr. Basil Cane, Poor-law Inspector, has just addressed a circular to various boards of guardians in Liverpool, in which he boldly attacks some of our social perplexities. lie wants to know how it is that the revival of trade has not diminished the number of paupers, and also how it is that some of the unions bear so much heavier burdens than others. He con clndes that this is due to the greater prudence and economy of some boards, and advises that internal and external discipline be strictly enforced. He recom mends that all those who can work should be com pelled to work while in receipt of relief ; that the rules of the workhouses be strictly enforced ; that the relie ving officers should investigate the condition of those relieved out of doors; that persons who are able to contribute to the support of their pauper relatives should be compelled to do so ; and that the offence of desertion, which is seriously in creasing in that district, should be rigorously punished. There are two important points in con nection with this subject which Mr. Cane does not, however, touch upon. One is that an equalisation of the rates throughout a district would remove many anomalies. Another, that the hopeless pauper ism of Liverpool probably bears some relation to its acknowledged drinking habits. A TOWN OP PEST-HOUSES: The Government Medical Inspector has just issued his report upon the sanitary condition of White haven. Attention had been directed to the increas ing death-rate of the town, and inquiry now chews that during the last four months there has been, out of a population of 19,000 people, upwards of 360 cases of typhus fever, and one out of every six of those cases, fatal. The local medical officer attri buted this awful state of things to overcrowding and defective drainage. Out of 4,538 inhabited houses, 2,500 had no drainage below the surface. He said that he had frequently urged upon his Board the necessity of enforcing some system of efficient house hold drainage, but that few of his suggestions had been adopted. The inspection by the Government medical officer took four days, and the effect pro duced upon his mind was such that after he had been in the town a few hours, he telegraphed to the Privy Council to prevent the contemplated muster of the Cumberland Militia at Whitehaven, which was to have taken place this week. That he did so is hardly to be wondered at. MEDICAL EDUCATION FOIL WOMEN. Miss Garrett, in a letter to the Times upon this subject, is strongly in favour of permitting men and women to study medicine in a common school, instead of compelling them to study sepa rately. Miss Garrett thinks that a separate school for women would probably always be an inferior one, as the most able male professors would naturally be absorbed into the teaching staff of the larger schools for men. The women's school w ould thus be restricted to t he choice of third or fourth rate teachers ; and the education of the pupils, would suffer accordingly. Another objection, a ccording to Miss Garrett, is that wo men who practise medicine must frequently meet men in consultation. Those who have been accustomed to study with men, will find it per fectly easy and natural to consult with them in a ft er life; whereas it is possible that if women had only to do with women during their student life, they might hesitate about availing themselves of the wider knowledge and experience of consulting physicians and surgeons. IS SPURRING A HORSE CRUELTY The Daily News has some comments on the recent prosecution by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of George Holman, the rider of The Doctor, in the Grand. National Steeplechase. Our contemporary disclaims any want of sympathy with the general action of the society, but considers that the Liverpool magistrates were right in dismiss ing the charge. The accusation, it says, was that the jockey cruelly s_purred the horse, and rinsed tin its sides, The Daily News euresses DEATH OF ➢IR. DANIEL MACLISE. ------ • The death of Mr. Daßiel Maclise, R.A., is a loss which will be deeply felt not only by the profession to which he belonged, but by a large circle of friends who can testify to his amiable and unassuming char acter. Though this gifted painter lived for nearly three score years, his age had not impaired the vigour of his hand, and in the work which he just survived to complete for the forthcoming exhibition his brother artists will behold proofs of that genius which will render his loss more deplorable. The cause of his death was heart disease, the result having doubtless been acccelerated by the arduous duties of his profession. The works of Mr. Maclise are numerous, and from the twenty-second year of his age;when he exhibited" Mokanna unveiling his fea turesto Zelica," and "Allhallows Eve," down to his • consaentious labours on the walls of the Palace of Westminster, and his last work, there has been a steadily increasing and universal recognition of his greatness as a painter, not excepting Mr. Ruskin, his severest critic. INVERTED FOOTLIGHTS. Mr. Phipps, the well-known theatrical architect, urges, as a precautionary measure, the adoption of footlights which burn downwards. These, he says, are now in successful operation at several of the metropolitan theatres, and have been erected in the new Opera House in the Haymarket. Inverted foot lights are a French invention, and were first intro duced by Mr. Phipps at the Brighton Theatre. The plan is not patented, and so is available for general use. Besides affording absolute security, they possess the advantage of entirely removing the unpleasant vapour arising from the combustion of the gas. PIPE-CLAY FOR THE JAPANESE. Japan wants to take a lesson from Prussia in the art of military organisation, and with this object in view it seems that three Japanese officers have gone to Berlin, where they will be occupied for some weeks in visiting the different military establish ments. It will be curious to see whether the :imita tive strangers will carry back with them any idea of altering the Japanese uniform. LUPPOSED LOSS OF A NORWEG SCHOONER. The Norwegian schooner Strusraad Hagerman, of Trounso, left Belfast on the 14th of November last, bound for Iceland with salt. She was seen off Lewes Island on November 26th, by a Danish schooner, but has not since been heard of, and is believed to be lost with all on board. She was a vessel of 200 tons, and had a crew of eight. APOLOGY FOR COWHIDING. Miss Lydia Thompson enters into a lengthy explanation and defence of her conduct with regard to the " cow hiding" of the editor of the Chicago Times. Miss Thomp-: son hopes it will be her last appearance in the role she then energetically sustained, but she nevertheless thinks; she could not well have done differently. " In.l suited and wounded by such attacks (t he articles ' in the Times) I addressed a letter of remonstrance to the editor of this notorious journal. The only result' was a repetition of the offence in an aggravated form. We then humiliated ourselves so far as to send our agent to see the editor in person, who received him with a volley of abuse, and, producing a pistol, threatened to shoot him or any one of the company who attempted; interference. In our perplexity we sought counsel, and took legal advice, the highest that could be obtained in Chicago ; and we were told that these articles, although as unmistakable in meaning as language could make them, were yet so ingeniously worded that to punish or restrain their author as the libeller of any individual personally would be an exceedingly tedious and difficult task, if not impossible. We were also told that if the women whom he had insulted were to chastise him publicly,' although we should subject ourselves to arrest and fine for' a technical breach of the peace, we should put' upon this man the brand that he deserved, and have with; us the sympathy of the better part of the community. On this suggestion, feeling that something should be done, I. anted, a nd ‘‘.;*l. arict nnQ of the ladies of my company. Thai gentlemen accompanied us merely Lilac Luey wtoc tect us against the pistol, with which we had been threw., toned." However, Miss Thompson begins to be of . opinion that cowhiding is scarcely work for women.' - LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA. The copies of correspondence between the Board of Trade and. Mr. Stirling Lacon on the subject of " Loss of Life, and the Rule of the Road at Sea," which were moved for by Sir John Hay, have been issued. Mr. Lacon suggests, with regard to the loss of life that there should be, in all cases, one registered managing owner,who should be as responsible for the condition in which his ship is sent to sea as the captain and the mate for her safe conduct, and that there should also be a public prosecutor, holding a position analogous to that of the Procurator Fiscal in Scotland. To remedy the numerous collisions which occur at sea, he proposes a rule of the road, which bp submitted to the Board of Trade in 1867 and 1868, and which" he believes to be sufficiently simple and clear for the guidance of the whole maritime population. In reply to Mr.- Lacon's letter, the Board of Trade state that they have previously fully considered the matter and discussed his suggestions. Having rejected them, they have no wish to re-open the matter. An anonymous memorandum, couched in highly commendatory terms of Sir John Hay's rules, is forwarded to the Board of Trade by Captain. Dunlop, R.N.R.; whilst another letter, written by Corn mander Heathcote expresses the opirion that Sir J. Hay's rules will not reduce the number of casualties. In replying to Captain Dunlop, the Board of Trade state that they are advised that collisions cannot be caused by proper atten tion to the existing international rule. The Board of Trade are further advised that no one hard and fast rule can be made to meet every case in which one of two steamships is crossing the course of the other. A rule that may effectually prevent collision between two steamships crossing at one angle, and under certain condi tions of speed and distance, would tend to bring about a , collision if applied to two ships crossing at certain other and different angles, under other and different oonditious as to speed and distance. Mr. Lacon in closing the correspondence, says that Admiral Sir Jobn Hay has approved his idea ; and adds— " These rules have been discussed amply with the admiral in Norway, six officers at the Admiralty in Stockholm, eight officers at the Admiralty at Copenhagen, eight com petent persons at Hamburg, three officers at the Hague, and before all the captains of the port at Ostend by the command of the Government ; and I have never met with a dissentient voice except at our own Board of Trade.". AGRICULTURE AND THE CORN TRADE. The weather during the past week has been exces sively dry, and generally favourable for agriculture. The young wheat plant does not as yet appear to have received any decided damage, but it is, nevertheless, very thin and weak, and is sadly in want of moisture. In the northern parts of the kingdom the want of rain has not been so severely felt as in the southern counties, where the unexceptional dryness of the season has so severely tried the wheat plant that considers ble appre hension has been caused as to its ultimate safety. On the other hand, however, the soil has been placed in such a favourable state for sowing, that with a few steady soaking showers, the most remunerative results may be anticipated. The supply of grass in the pastures has been far from equal to the requirements, and, as cattle are not required to keep down the wheat, more inquiry has been experienced for feeding stuffs, and the quotations have had an upward tendency. The Easter holidays have to some extent restricted business; nevertheless, rather more steadiness has been apparent, and there has been a tendency to higher rates. As regards wheat, owing probably to the somewhat less favourable tenour of the reports from the agricultural districts, the trade has been rather firmer, and the quo tations have been well maintained, with a tendency to improvement. Any permanent advance is, however, not anticipated. The Baltic ports are now quite open for the season, and shipments have re-commenced, though not with the expected vigour. In America, the export inquiry has been very brisk, and large quantities have been forwarded to this country. Therefore, as there is still a good supply in warehouse, it is probable that our wants will be supplied for some time to come. — Magnet. With the exception of Monday we have had a sudden transition to summer weather, and vegetation has every where tilheerlefarVest trees h woke ave su u d p from d on burst y its lo intong s uabundant b T I o h o e m e ar , everywhere are fast ex panding, and the meadows B have assumed a vivid green. ut there has yet been little growth, and we wait for genial showers to germinate the seed corn and soften the crust of the soil, which in heavy land is extremely harsh. Wheat, caring less for rain than other things, has felt the sunshine and begun to grow, and this has made the vacant spaces, which in many places abound, still more visible ; although several pieces that were early sown in autumn and got strong before the fluctuations, look as well as could be desired. Such cases, however, are but few. For Easter week we have had a steady time, and the value of wheat in several towns has rather hardened, but there has been a want of activity notwithStalldi4g the IQW price47-Marli Lns &MCP'. .. Sr