The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-21 00:00:00

DAY. all depart erage busi e has taken tter, at 94k, d and New par to ss. ; 113, 113 i, 411111tik . If / 4" , • 4 6G;t 1 61 - JI . A/4, • A - er. ' • (S. - - *rovit' _ -„; , 14. • 4 0 „ , , z 0 • : DiEu , • a request id, owing receipts, anted 11 Western Northern , h British, Est London ncolnshire , shew a rise N. 24,299. THE SUN, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1870. PRICE 4d. STAMPED TEE BALLOT. K iNAHAN'S LL --- Lt. E "ere the Red Seal, Pink Labe h and work Branded "Kim han LL ,4 .1.15Ay. Th. a .l. cel l o . brated OLD IRISH 'A RISKY gained the Dublin Prize • Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. r' ll lit tt ea, 3s. Bd., at the Retail 'louses in London; by the Agents in tia,, principal towns in England; or wholesale at b, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. MUTUAL. LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1t1.59), RUSSELL STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON. DVANCEs MONEY upon persona( secur)ty, Bills of Sale, Free bie 'd or Leasehold Property, for ono, two, or three years, repay'- weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. ro nu free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. MR W. S. WOODIN'S TWENTY-FIRST WEEK " AT Hi /31E," ATITH his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG and SKETCH- sOOK ENTERTA INMENT in the Large .""", EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except Saturday) at 8 ; Saturday Mornings r. Woodin has Pared no expense in magnificently decoi'ating and luxuriously Pruishilig his salon for the comfort of his patro .s." seats may be secured in advance. at the • ox-office, open from 10 till 5; also at Mitchell's Royal i ibrary, v .1d Bond-street; and all the principal M usic -sellers. Stalls, as.; Area, 28.; Balcony, is. h amily Private 110 ; One, Two, and three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. OYAL MUs i r shT.Ays. 9 HOLBORN. Proprietor—Mr. .1. S. Swe"sey. Great and varied attractions for the Easterholilays The following popular artistes will appear each evening: Mies LOUIE SHt RRIN crr oN, the royal star strio-comic; Mrs F. R PIIft.LIPS, the universal favourite; Miss K TE -GIARSTOND the dashing serio-comic ; Mr ART ti UR LLOYD the royal comique ; Mr GEORG LEYHJURNE, the popular lion comic; 3ir HENRI CLARK, the t. ad Bute or; Mr H. COLLARD, the surprising dwarf tenor singer; The celebrated COURT MINSTRELS; Mr J. W. PHILLIPS; Mr YOUNG; Mr CORRT; WAINRATTA, the wonderful invisib e wire performer; And ther favourite artistes. Chairman—Mr A. Young ; Mu- ical Director—Mr P Corn. Balcony, 6d ; Stalls, Is.; Orchestra Stalls, is 6.1; Private Boxes, as 6d. itox-office open from 10 to 5. he Proprietor's Grand ComptimentaryConcert, THURSDAY, April 28. IVIADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. ie Baker-street —A PORTRAIT MODEL of TR( iPMAININ now added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the °Penal Lunette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the decapitation of Louis XVL, Marie Antoinette, and upwards of 0 persons of the best and worst blood in France. Also an exact copy of the guillotine as in use. Admission, Is.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 5.30, andfrom 7 till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, Of The extraordinary success. w hi c h h as a tte n d e d th e p ro d uc ti on the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici rin it, combined with the admirable )pe. atic and Dance 461 0 Selections presented in the often-changed programmes. have had the gratifying effect of making the r sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient cue ?. S•gnor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of a.l disting tished composers—the solos in which are ed to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L, Mona; Messrs. • waves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. no mas Pitts. Professor Hallman, M.O. _ _ ifiTil — ea:u - i - eci Beata. 2e. R. R. BieNELL, Proprietor. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENMAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library. and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort bunt of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink tt,nde, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights Sparc., in hail n, Alabaster, Paria.., ‘i arbt , Bronze, Derby shire c. Imported rrld Manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her aiesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. at Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, PALS, and FO 4 •SILS to illustrate the new edition of resin Elements of Geology ; they wil , greatly facilitate the inte 'Amy and , f MINER H OG and GEOLOGY, and can be had 10. 0, o 50, to 50 gueas each. rRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLO Y and MINE'RA 14GY 18 given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 14 i, Strand. CAUTION.-POPULAR ERROR.-PRIG'S R. -PRIC BENZODYNE, then- wly-discovered Cure for Cough, c.ron ". 1 " 8 , Consumption, and all wasting diseases. Cholera, Dysentery, han n , )thing whatever to do with petroleum ap rift , falsely v2.lled Benzoline, &c. This unique remedy may he obtaihed of all theta. Ste, and through the. Proprietor, Mr. PRICZ, Analytical Chemist, 2. Lower .."; eyntour-stt eet, London, W. Prices—ls. ltd., 2s. lid., and 4s. 6d per bottle. I) INN EF O R D'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- this The medical profession for Thirty Years have approved of the to Pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of mach, eartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion; and "Pted for Ladi ue best mild aperien for delicate constitutions, especially es, Children. and .1 ufants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 172, New Bond -street, London; and of all other chemists throughout the world. DR. KIN G'S DANDELION and QUINIA E LIV It PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, And HEARTBURN, &c., a cknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. boxes at Is. M. 2e. 9d.. and 4s. 6(1. at all chemists. AsTI-1 ‘IATIC BA LsAAL—AN Leaff„„., 'FFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or -- ng the head. truly effincious and ileasant, is admitted to le_oenulahirre_abbleyst medicine for immediately relieving cough., colds, cas .s of asthma, and incipient consumption. It fre 84.°TlY eur,s persons whom the Faculty pronounce incurable, and all , ys the tickling which pro, okes frequent coughing. Japroachinz consumption its effeets are truly beneticia . Per -I,ammdeprived of sleep. or even 1 ing down fo taking of suffocation 01 1 1 3 ; _ cle Pend on relief in a few minutes after y it.. Prepared charlittl sold by W. LAMB RT Chemist, 8, King IA illiani-street, tb re ... l b - tross London. and by all druggists, in bottles, 1 il., and ities in one, 2s. Pd. each. Be particul ir, and ask for t 8 Asthmatic Balsam. The name and addr, ss are engrav ed stamp. RUPTURES—BY ROYAL LETTERS PA PEST. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS tPerfectedl3l _, and Exhibit , d in the Great Exhibitions of Ale n to ul ,! 1 62 ,is allowed by upwards or Five 'Hundred Medical of 11E be the most eff e ctive i n ven ti on in th e cura ti ve treatment e eet " it s is use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in bed is here avoided—a so f, b an d ag e being worn round the 1 / 8 4 ;bile the requisite r sitting power is gopplied by the Moe rlek,s and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and cicse ,,e„,''!,t . cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. hot j a . l. , , Ptive circular may be had , and the truss, .which can body to fit. tirwarded by post, on the circumference of the tts• •actu rer ci inches below the hips, being sent. to the manu- j>ok Si r, JOHN WHITE, 22F1, Piccadilly. London. nßle Truss, 165., 215., 265. 61, and 6d. Postage. Is. A blii ea le Truss. 315.6 d., 4 s. and 525. tad. l'ostage, ls. Bd. An Um- Po_ Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Ora 6t-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post P iccadilly. NEW PATENT LASTIc STOCKINGS, We aku ;r EE- - APS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Dur0, 1 ,1". 8 and Swelling of the L gs, Sprains, &c. They are ah ga "it in texture, and inexpensiy. , and are drawn on like tur 6diarY stocking Price 4s 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. 'age, J -6 1IN WHITE, Manufacturer, 2V, Piccadilly. REA L T,TII RESTORED WITH 'UT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. ‘ j B ARRY'S dt licious heal! h-restoring luvalius and Infants' Food. Save s 41 p, THE REVALENTA A- .A BIC t. dig e ,„", ' l, 3' tinies its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect sle e ",.;"° ,l . strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing s lit F , functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered . or iiia )c eeboleclrena,iving speedily and effectually indigestion . fely i rp all grit gh, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation,diarr a cr, let,ic deranginaents, luemurrhoids, liver complaints, au e4tae4inervousness. biliousness, .fevers, sore throats, diphtheria go t, 5 , colds, influenza, noises in the head and ear . s, rheumatism. R .,. i• nparities, er i min s. hyit ria, neusAl.-Til cee.-in"?..5..11, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache,debility, dropsy. irritability, sleep ees„ 81',.";_?Pasms, nausea, and sickne-s, even in pegy or at Pai ls . "lug tits, and bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, th e ''' at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is 4„,nt,t??st he and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for ii i 't., 4ll _3 and infants in all complaints. than`ua're.l•lT CsurloN. -Beware of the many unsavoury and more i5,,,,..0Py imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's z i; Is most audaciously at.ached. 13s. a'''efcrth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du p e , s 2' a health -restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' fr e 'L , altice to the thousands o' blessings it has already received 1,0,24 Invalids 'whose osition had been deemed hopeless, wo may 1 3 , r ; add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been tree.i73, restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical r ( Qure P t • _ We quote from the " Gazette du Midi," July 25th liol °. 48 413) •—" Rom July 2'st 1866.—The health of the renaYeatather is e ' xcellent. e e'spedially s'ince, abandoning all other Ar a b i Les, ; e has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta has ea -v o d, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It lioeoduced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his NobCo:eas/Mot praise this excellent food. too highly." liver c o + 2 oof the 'liarchioness de Brehan of se . vep. years' ;With a ro. saint, wasting away, debility. nervousness, Irritability, tessoesuerwous palpi. ation all over. bad digetiop, constant sleep y - de titt' most intolerable nervous agitation. de N ei °. 7 8. of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord " Stuart cleei ve ,es. Lord Lieutenant of the county of Waterford ; I have VI ", t c l 4 r nTheh benefit from your excellent food.—STUART DE DE care °` „,; -appoquin, County Wate..tord: d Yt'Peps• "• 832 . —Of fifty years' indescribable agony from 'Pasco, la, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu i l . r,cy, ~ eure ' s o l n ess, and vomiting —Maria Jolly of Lynn. No oi n k s .. - 'ess, i n i i ''7, 21.—Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme i!ervo 41afkl."..t1;1112c:°°- ..56.: 4 ,ciire xgestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. years' Ine r °a i Sir. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two sold in Canisters, at is Lid.; 11b., 2s 9d., 21b., 4s. fre e r • , 2 ?s• ; 41b.,The b. and 241 b canisters, carria . ge , bo eoi _Cceipt of P. 0. Order Also Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic& Tor 24 c op e"oder is packed in tin canisters . : For 12 cups at 25.. cups a t 6d., st 11 s. 6d., for 48 cups at Cs., for 288 cups at 30t., for.; 6 this are scut. s Being e penny per cup. The 30s. and A s g. Order. _ free of ca r r iager in England on receipt of Post • ffice ils o , *HItY DIT BARRY and CO., 7:, Regent-street. London,, `'hUrb-str 'lll°ll a n't Mason's; also at 4, Chcaps.ide ; 61, Grace and nail a r : o , cers xf a o u r d d- o st hen2 reet is ; ts. and 12,1.. Itaw Nrll4. 74 ' 44 ,1.0a ee ' ' 61 Cku• U SE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTi.. Itixy 111 " 1 - 1 A 01:ILLDILEN are being maintained in the ~AL ALBERT ORPR N ASYLUM, at the moderate rate .ao per a.zitttW2 each. Funds greatly needed. ltd Q . “' C ORABLES A. WA.l.l“Gai SOCret3l7. i1i4 P 440 1104497a, 4,0 the steam' hares have Lombards noticed in eature has lting in an have been tine (186 8 ) an (1864), Granada, ; Turkish I Russian ;he quota- ;d quietly i mines no narket for , een esta- Falmouth irm and i day. Th 3 uid thres Bank rates of urable to the Pal Icrease 01 e previous uth coast 77, being ions yesrf L e of the I and Eng , have be 4 :ET, Tvigg . The trade s, 120 s. to 205.; real, TuESDAIr• A y at th e 82s. 6d. me clover , second-cut Eind straw; w " is' dull. to nothing' ng th e ter , reces there liar Chili bars, '• Straits, )een quiet at 425. 3a. le and Co• still being ons, whiall le market ere for ex Las been.a isacted in as. F lO l 3 a peas 19 er dearer, t is strong ry f i rs ts, fths, 563• ma cured, sliortlY ;he deci ction for antes e ported, Govern le Civil )erg, vcre s ii is well n in the r of the pr o veu British my—hi s utenant y- he we s :01111 11 C 11 " wrote to empley . t gentle,- 'HERS g e Ed I a sove' le silver lent the nie tinge 3athing, rgh, 11 3 Ls seized. Ited the o after 211) 22,; ocoLAT o 24 cups ,s at 55° are sent Order on; and •-•- • " " " . F• wife of rs, of a Hobert , 0 Jaw', eadills', Thorn :len of 6 Son. nd-bill, t, aged tEW S, o. 112, ants f N w ready, in in 2 vols.. Bvo., with Coloured Ihuszra,nons, 3 13., FREE RUSSIA. By W. HEPWORTH DIXON, Author of " New America," " Her a ajesty's Tower," &c. " Mr. ixon's book will be certain not only to interest but to please i s readers, and it deserves to do so. It cont ins a great deal that is worthy of careful attention, and is likely to produce a very good effect. Mr. Dixon brings be ora the eyes of his countrymen a picture of Russia, its scenery, and its people, which is so novel and so interesting that it can scarcely fail to arrest their attention." —Saturday Review. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW: NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OP " RAYMOND'S HEROINE.". Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., 'THE HEIR EXPECTAN T, By the Author of "Raymond's Heroine," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. " nUR OCEAN HIGHWAYS" AND XIS MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT, Incorporated with "THE ANGLO-AMERIOAN TIMES." The in:ssion which "Our Ocean Highways" has to achieve is to afford Travellers OF ALL NATIONS a means, in the simplest and readiest of forms, that of the alphabet, to find their way, safely and easily, over the whole world. The success already obtained by the first annual, for 1870, is a guarantee for the future. The whole British Pr e s s h ave applauded the enterprise ; many American and Continental Journals have encouraged and sympathized with the move ment, which is international, and made iu the beet interests of all countries. The nest of elaborate special Handbooks and Guides which abound at the Railway Stations give many minute details to which a condensed Gazetteer of the World, in a • moderate-sized volume, cannot lay claim. But what it does claim is, that it contain's every necessary particle of Tra velling and Commercial information, derived from the best and original sources. It is a matter of just pride and congratulation that all the great Ocean Steamship Companies, and many eminent Com mercial Shipping Firms, have cheerfully acceded to' the E itor's application to forward. Priuted Forms of Ques tions to their Correspondents and Agents all over .the globe for reply. Many of the home and continental ports have already sent in the requisite information ; those more remote will all be in time to have the latest authentic. intelligence inserted iu the next annual volume, which will be published on the Ist of December next, so as to be received and utilised by the Ist day of the New-year in almost every part and city of the globe. • It will embody an amount of topographical, statistical, commercial, railway, and shipping intelligence, such as can not be found in any other Eiblication. A valuable addition will be a FOREIGN PORTS' .UIRECTORY, containing the names of British and American Ministers, Consuls and Vice-Con suls, Clergymen of all. denominations, Physicians, Banks, Managers and Loudon Correspondents, Chief Merchants, Ship Brokers and Shipping Agents, Lloyd's Agents, News papers and Editors, Hotels and Proprietors; in short, no labour or expense is being spared to render the work of paramount universal utility. " Our Ocean Highways" Monthly Supplement, incorpo rated with the "Anglo-American Times,' the leading organ of America in Europe, is essentially for the use of passengers by our great Ocean Steamship Companies. Each number of the Supplement and each bi-Monthly number 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 homewaid bound ,-reamers, 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 from all Travellers, either by letter to the Editor, or personal interview, at the Buckingham Palace Hotel, London. ust 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. %Mere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its univer,tl perusal, are reprinted wi this edition. A NGLO-AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 94 PAGES. Reports of Congress Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad. &c. Members of Parliament, Commercial en and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNI s G, price 4d., 15, Catherin- street, Strand. RENCH GALLERY, 120, PALL-MALL.—The SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURES, the contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish Schools, IS NOW OPEN. Admission, ls. Catalogue, 6d. C LERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL INt .031 E, steadily increasing £227,000 AaSCIRANL,E FI:ThD, safely invested £1,649,000 SPECIAL NOTICE. The NINTH BONUS will be declared in January, 1872, and all With-Profit Policies in form on the 3 th June 1871, will participate. Assurances effected before June 30th, 1870, will participate on two Premiums, and thus receive a whole year's additional share of Profits over later , olicies. Forms of Proposal, Balance Sheets, and every information, can be obtained from any of the z3ociety's'Agents or of GEORGE CIITCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. THE CONSERVATIVE BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIrTY. co- perating with the United Land Company, • imited. -Offices, 3, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.O INVESTMENTS for capital and savings for all classes of the com munity. Five pert ent. interest per a num paid on Shares, and Four per Cent. p. r a num on Deposit Department, with power of withdrawal at fixed pert ds. Th • UNITED LAND COMPANY, Limited, co-operating with the Cons rvative "eneflt Society. Plots of Freehold Land on sale in 3 counties. The cost of the land payable in monthly or other easy instalments, with or without building advances. • CHARLES LEWIS GRUNETBEN, Secretary. Prospec uses explanatory of Investment, Land and Building Departments, free of charge. PROVIDENT CLEI ASSOC ;,KS" MUTUAL LIFE UATION bed 1810). TEES Thomas Baring, Esq., M. P Thomas Hankey, Esq. I R W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M P. The report and balance-sheets of this Association for the year 1869, exhibiting in full details the amounts assured, ages of the members, with particulars' of the invested fund, may be had on application to the chief office, or to the agents. The annual income from premiums is From interest on investments 19.000 ihe invested fund, after parr ant of all claims, exceeds 415,000 The whole of the profits divided among the members. Cazh bonuses have already been allotted to the assured, amounting to £lOO,OOO. (Establial Taos W. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. No. 15, Moorgate-street, March , 1870. DARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANITFACTI7RING STATIONERS, 192, FIMET-STRELT (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (Z. 0.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Par ream, s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper Superfl_ie Cream Laid Note; much approved . "mpetilne Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recommended 5 8 Extra stir ertlne Double Thick Cream Laid Note .... 7 0 ,traw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing . 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers. 35., 45., bs. l and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream..........10a. 6d_, 12s. 6(1., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note ...... -live quires for Is. 6d., or 5 6 The New % ellum Wove "Club !louse" r. ote, live quires for 2s. 6d nperfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, be 6d, & be 6d .. Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4 s 6 d . iper 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s. COLOUR '.TA /IPING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUiTR 4 TED CATALOGUE. containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books. Copying Presses, Inkstands, -tationery, Cabinets, Postage atlas, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c. , post free. Established 181 i AU C E.—L E A and PERRINS. THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Improves the appetite, and aids digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. BEWAIE OF IMITATIONS, and see the names of LEA & PERRINS on all bottles and labels, Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealers In Sauces throughout the World. UNRIVALLED SPECULATIONS SPLENDID SUCCESS. With a Single Stake of Twelve Shillings you can realise £3,000 1 —with £l, £22,00 4 .11 —with £2. £27,060 !!—with £B, 37,000! For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. B RITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham-!ise: ; nstituted 1861. PATRONESS. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. TREASURERS. George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Ald rman G,bhons. This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of the king o n, pr ,vides for those afflicted with ncurabl - diseases a i.orne for lif , w th every comfo , t and med,calatt ndance. Patients are admitte , snd annuities of £1 obtained by election. No person under <0 3 ears of a. e, nor of the pauper class, is eligible. Full particulars and the necessary forms may b procured from th - Secretary, Donations and annual subscriptions are earnestly solicited. Messrs. Barclay. Bevan, and Co. Lom'ard-street. ; and Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. ED WD. EAVEtt, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, is the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Termi.us, King's Cross Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-P tron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of litrocLEueff, This Hospital, founded in the year Its 23, the first to establish the principle of fr e 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 ton 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 C ommittee earnestly solicit the assistaa:ce of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are 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., Alichurch-la. e; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; rummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; li erries 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 tan Hospital from 10 to 5. VA'FIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. ...rider the patronage of H.B.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDOB, E.G., whereby a. home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan iirls of all ages, classes, and denominations from all parts of he kingdom. _ . _ TLe object of e Charity is to give orphan gins a plain Ping -I.sh education, an. practical instruction in the kitchen, house, r.d lar.ndry, to lit them for domestic service; and, if not other wiso provided for when they attain 16 years of age, to obtain tunable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGEICOTE, TreSettrer3 W .4, WARWI9E, 900rOWY occe, PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr B. L. MOSItLY, the Dentist by special appointment, 812, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic, and 23, Mommrs-STREET, CITY. Established 1820. This, the most perfected system of painless dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. ii. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest imp. overnents 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 to der gums protected. Qualities: These teeth never changecolour or decay—in ilt unerring ease and comfort unsurpassed -detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied and youthful appearance restored—mastication, and arti culation guaranteed. The "Tines" of March 6 says :—" &;o 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, 11Q9rgittil'8treOtt L , Q., OPPCttiitC tho Stir Insurance Office. 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, Esq., 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 d i. ys at the Mee o' 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 2., 187 v. A.D. 1720. 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. OOTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMBS STEWART FI'MOSON, Esq Sub-Governor, CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIREOTORS. Bobert Barclay, EN. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq William Tetlow Hibbort, Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Es Lord Josceline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somas, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. fuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Bruce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam 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 AsFured 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 a CENTURY AND A HAL?. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.O. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN— Frederick H. J anson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham- arter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis II art Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq James Goods:.n, Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne, Esq lhomson Hankey. Esq SECItETARY—TIIO ACTUARY— S The Government Duty is Prospectuses and Forms of Assets and Liabilities in the Li the Company's Agonts,or to the mas Tallemach, Es+ mall. Brown, Esq. totally abolished. Proposal, with statemen` of the Ile Branch, free on application to Secretary. SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. The only free Hospitai for diseases of women. Sub=crlptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hat chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Means._ Barclay, Cnutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portuol street, Lincoln's-inn. fhe Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current expenses. Assistance is urgently needed. J. W. WALDRON, Secretary FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PIIEVEN TWIG and BEFOBbMArOBY IN U TION. _ President—Rev. CANOE DALE. COffitißuriONB for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, KC.; Francis Nicholls Asq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, N.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec.. 200, Euston-road, HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and wowing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training :Alp. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Ealing. 870 children. Alb will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 314, High Holborn, end 41, Lothbury, B.C. and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Limoln's-inn-fields. Mr. Pease, member for South Durham, made an important announcement at a meeting of the South Durham Liberal Registration Society. He had good authority for stating that Mr. Leatham's Ballot Bill will be withdrawn, and that the Marquis of Hartington; on the part of the Government, will introduce a comprehensive measure for the reform of our system of conducting elections, of which the Ballot will,be a part, This denotes that the GOvernment have greater confidence in. the progress of public business than' the majority of !veil their warmest supporters. CONTESTED ELECTIONS IN IRELAND. The Bcotsinart alludes to the easy working of the Election Petitions Act- in Ireland; and the'evils re sulting therefrom. With the exception, it sa y s , of the " . election in Antrim County, and the return of Mr. Powse for Londonderry when he was made Solicitor-General for Ireland, there has-hardly been an electoral victory since the general ,election which hee .not b een p e titi one d against, - and in which the petition has not' been .successfpl. With . unlimited eagerness ilfe . people accept service in the interest o f a candidate, and with unhesitating, treachery they betray Man when the election is over. .This state of things, adds the Scotsinau, may work its own cure. 'The prospect r it thinks, is that the pre ent system in Ireland will bring all electioneer ing there to an end, for it is not easy to -see how . such constituencies as that of Mallow can be allowed exercite.nolitical rights. HAWKERS' LICENCES. r i o s s b i o o d n y o w f o h u l a d w readily anticipate cenoes wou t d h a c t a u lS a f e r. . a L n y o w d lo e 's_ iatisfaction. The useful perambulators who sell needles and tapes to the old women of obscure country villages could , ill be dispensed with by those who purchase their wares; and yet this class of traders has been subject to a licence which brought little money to the Exchequer, whilst it burdened a number of hard-working men. But the Leamington Local Board has found reasons for unanimously adopting a petition to Mr. Lowe against the abolition of the licence. The guardians think that mendicity will be extended, vagrants increased without limit, and crime encouraged, by persons of questionable character having a pretext by which they could easily gain access to private residences. No doubt a licence shackles the perambulation of obnoxious characters. No doubt it every person had to pay a licence for the privilege of taking a walk, the number of disreputable persons prowling about might diminish; end no doubt a competitive examina tion for the post of guardians would keep out such ignorant men as those at Leamington. But it re mains to be seen how far the Legislature would be justified in undertaking such duties. THE DUTY ON RAILWAYS. The Chancellor `of the Exchequer just now seems to have aroused the cocoethes scribendi of almost every class affected by his budget. The last con tribution to this kind of literature is that of " The Chairman of a Railway "—as the writer subsequently explains, some eighty miles long in the Principality. He says if the tax is levied, it will be a serious injustice to the shareholders of - the line with which he is connected. They have been struggling for years for a dividend, and haie just obtained one, when Mr. Lowe levies his tax and. away it goes. To raise the money for this new impost the writer of the letter says the amount must be charged either on passen gers' fares or goods—both most objectionable. The passenger traffic on this particular line seems to be nearly exclusively third class, aid to raise the fares, the writer thinks, would inflict a hardship on the poor, and if extra charges were made for the carriage of minerals and goods, a direct tax would be put on the industry of the country. "The Chairman" would like to have taken Mr. Lowe at his word the other night, when he said that if the companies did not approve of " the• boon," he was willing to leave matters as they stood. THE LIGHT DUEL The Shipping Gazette, in an article on " the Light Dues," refers to the recent debate on Mr. Headlam's motion, and the intention to reduce those dues announced on the part of the Government, Our contemporary says it is in a position to state that this intention will shortly be carried out, and that the order in Council giving effect to it has been prepared. The reductions, which will amount to about 16 per cent of the revenue at present derived from the light dues, will, it believes, chiefly affect steamers in the continental and short voyage trades. The prac tice of charging light dues on vessels calling for orders, which are sent to ports of destination on the Continent, will be abolished. The order in Council, affecting these and other changes, will come into operation on the Ist October nest. AGRICULTURE IN IRELAND. A parliamentary return of the estimated average produce of the crops in Ireland furnishes some inte resting agricultural statistics. The acreage under crops in 1869 as compared with the previous year chews that wheat decreased by 4,690 acres, oats 16,405 acres, and cabbage 610 acres, and hay by 21,419 acres. Barley increased by 35,392 a cres; here and rye, 1,277; potatoes, 7,221; turnips, 1,078; mangel wurzel, 2,019 ; and flax, 22,769 acres. The crops which shew a diminution in the estimated acreable produce were wheat 2.0 cwt, and oats 0.0 cwt. The following were the crops which though they had an increased acreage, shew a decrease in yield—barely 1.6 cwt ; bere, 0.3 cwt.; potatoes, 0•7 ton; and mangel wurzel, 0.4 ton; cabbage decreased 0.1 ton an acre. The crops which shew an increase are turnips 1.3 tons, flax 1.2, stones and hay, 0.1 ton. In the estimated total produce of the principal crops theie was a decrease in cereals of 805,280 quarters; though there was an increase in barley, bere, and rye, and a falling off in wheat and oats. Potatoes, notwithstanding an increased acreage, decreased in total produce by 689,774 tons. ELECTORAL DISABILITIES OF WOMEN. Mrs. Fawcett has delivered a lecture in Dublin on the electoral disabilities of women. This is nit the first time she has been heard on the subject else-. where, and in thi s, as i n her appearance at Brighton and Greenwich, she was warmly received. The argu ments used by the lecturer were chiefly those adduced on the previous occasions. She said her object was to chew that man's rights and woman's rights must stand or fall together, and that their maintenance must tend to man's happiness. Equity, she con tended, knew no difference of sea; the law of ac t ua l freedom necessarily applied to the whole human race, male as well as female. M R. MUNDELLA AND BOARDS OF ARBITRATION. One of the Secretaries to the Board of Arbitration n the Potteries—Mr. Owen—writes to a contemporary in reference to Mr. Mundella's connection with Boards of Arbitration and Lord Elcho's remarks thereon. He states that though there existed in the Potteries till four years ago a form of agreement annually submitted by employers to men, in which there was a clause for reference of disputes to a board of three masters, and the same number of employes, still that clause was practically inoperative. It was simply a means of arbitration between individual masters and individual workmen, and did not touch disputes affecting all the masters and a ll the men. This was one of the causes why the. operatives were not satisfied with the arrangement, and in the end they struck against the system. Mr. Owen says that the member for Shef field's name is honourably associated with the new system of boards of arbitration, which are practical, in themselves,permanent, and always ready for action. Mr. Mundella was not the person who invented the principle of arbitration, nor was he the first to apply it to industrial disputes; but he, with Mr. Kettle, systematised the principle, and made boards of arbi tration national institutions. THE MONEY CRISIS OF 1860. Mr. 8.. H. Patterson delivered a lecture at the meeting of the Statistical Society on "Our Home Monetary Drains, and the Crisis of 1866." Having distinguished the difference between home and foreign drains of gold, he referred to the peculiarity of the crisis of 1866 It was. he said, that the monetary difficulty was not occasioned by the note circulation of any bank of issue falling into discredit, but owing to the great run for deposits upon nearly all the Metropolitan Banks. The public, including the financial companies, sud denly withdrew from the London Banks an unaullY luze amount of. their &units, and hut the amount in notes in their own haiids or for their own use. The conseq'ience was that at the height of the panic nearly four millions in Bank of England notes were hoarded. partly by the public, but partly also by the banks themselves,which were apprel.ensive of a continuance of the run upon them, and which according y laid in an extra supply of notes to meet this possible emergency. These notes were not required to give in exchange for other bank notes, but to pay out to panic-stricken depositors, and to supply the place of the partially disordered commercial currency—bills; the credit of the note circulation remained in perfect security. At the time of the great bank failures he believed there were about 500 provincial banks. Of these 200 xiow remained, and he thought the grouping of these 200 was the only means of consolidating the English banks. THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW. " A Military Critic" contributes an article to the Times on the Volunteer Review. After noting the decided. Improvement in every particular, on the movements of last year, the writer says that the citizen. force has • now reached a point in its history where further progress under. existing conditions is almost impossible. Its popularity, he says, is not so great as it was a few years ago. Something new is required -to give .the movement a further impetus, which something he believea to be the associating together occasionally .of the regulars, militiamen, - and volunteers in districts for a sham fight, which should be as little sham as possible, and the_exten sion of the same principle to the :Easter Monday Reviews. A little emulation, he believes, would be good for all branches of the British force. lle'says there is much that is admirable •in the energy, enthusiasm, and intelligence of the volun teers, and that we may look forward with considerable hope to a further development of their •usefulnes. is FROU—FII.OI7." In commenting on the legal proceedings in this country in reference to the copyright of " Frou-Frou," M. Prevost Pamdol thinks that if the productions of French authors are not recognised and protected, the last chance of the applica tion of a reasonable copyright between France and England passes away. He, however, has faith in English justice, and thinks his countrymen will gain a double victory—in vindicating the rights of their colleagues and re-establishing the reputation of English justice on a point in which it seems to be seriously at fault. THE AMERICAN PARLIAMENT. The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill fixing the number of its members in the next Congress at 275, exclusive of the representa tives of the newly admitted States. The apportion ment is also altered so as to reduce the New England representation and increase that of the Western States, by four members. This is a con siderable increase in the strength of the House, which by the law of May, 1850, ' was fixed at 233, and -has since been raised to 242. The mea sure, too, has a significance of interest to Englishmen. When the Union was first formed the whole of the States were situated on the Atlantic seaboard, but the gradual and enormous exten sion of the territory westwards has given the West a greater proportion of representatives until at length the New England States have ' been outnumbered. Now, the Western Congressmen are mostly Freetraders, and those of New England Protectionists, for all the American manu factures are in New England. This bill, which takes members from the Atlantic districts and gives them to the West, is, therefore, favourable to free trade. THE BALLOT IN THE STATES. A letter from Mr. James Bird, of New York, shewa,that even with the ballot American elections are not all they should be. He says the evils con nected with secret voting are so great that they have even baffled the ingenuity of Yankecs as to how to obviate them. At the present time the impurity of the elections is occupying the attention of the courts of justice; the frauds investigated being something almost incredible. It is known that at the last p..esuaential election in lvew York alone, between 30,000 and 40,000 illegal and fraudulent votes were given. The elections are a perfect farce, and all fairness is repudiated. The party wins the day who can hire and command the greatest number of repeaters and ballot-stuffers, and who are taken from town to town for tfie purpose of voting. This is well known and acknowledged by all parties alike, and every section of the press is constantly commentinpi on this unwholesome state of affairs. The Ballot is not a novel institution and, Mr. Bird says, that before such a pernicious measure is further discussed he thinks it would be well for us to' look how it works in America. LOPEZ. Additional items of news from the seat of the late war in South 4merica shew that the Brazilians aro dealing magnanimously with their victory. We are told that the war is completely at an end, all the scattered Paraguayan troops have surrendered to General Camara, and there are no longer any of Lopez's men in the field. The Brazilian troops will immediately evacuate Para guay, an announcement which is in some sort evi dence that the Brazilians do not contemplate retaining the conquered territory. Lop ez ' s b o d y h as been embalmed and sent to Rio. Mrs. Lynch is coming to Europe. What will become of Paraguay, if the Bra zilians do not annex it, seems doubtful. THE PLEBISCITE. Various items of news touching the French politi cal situation are contributed by the correspondents of the Telegraph and Times. The contributor to the latter journal says there will be no increase of Cabi net Ministers. The announcement of the Pl6biscite will be accompanied by an Imperial proclamation, and followed by a Ministerial manifesto. The famous Telegraph correspondent makes some startling affirmations :—" The Commtitee of the Senate orders that the vote shall be taken between the Empire with order, and a Republic. The Right and Left Centres have joined in support of the Go vernment. The extreme factions are broken up." Of which it may be said that this is not the first time that the extreme factions have been broken up, nor the first time that the Right and Left Centres have "joined ;" and yet the former have always displayed considerable vitality, whilst the two Centres never yet could agree long. Only a few days have elapsed since the only two Cabinet Ministers who represented the Left Centre have resigned office, 9.nd yet the Telegraph assures us that both sections are "joined." Whatever may be done by the Pays or the Patrie, English journals ought not to print such rubbish. WHERE ARE THE HIPPOPHAGISTS Everyone remembers the celebrated horse-flesh dinner held at the Langhani Hotel some year or so since, of which the papers gave such graphic reports, and which was attended by gentlemen in high positions who affirmed that ere long hippophagy would become an institution in this country. But do those gentlemen think so now ? Has hippophagy spread ? And has " the noble animal " been frequently selected for the same fate as other beasts of the field ? These ques tions naturally arise when one learns that during the last year there has been a considerable rise in the consumption of horse-flesh in Paris. The total number killed was 2,768, which means that more than a million pounds of horse flesh was partaken of as food. The fact that after so short a 'time the Parisians should not only like horse-flesh, but that the consumption of it should increase, is worthy of note. En g li s h prejudice has doubtless had its effect in preventing a similar • result in this country. DRUNKEN INDEED. If the statement made by the Hon. S. Cary, that Scotland was the most drunken of her Majesty's Dominions be correct, it must be drunken indeed. His " ' accuracy was ch a ll enge d b y several natives of the Lando cakes " and it is to b e hoped that he was misinformed. If there i s more drinking in either Glasgow or Edinburgh than in Liverpool, those towns must stand in need of the most earnest temperance advocacy. In one day at Liverpool no fewer than 182 persons were charged with drunkenness, and only one-third of them when apprehended had money in their possession. The aggregate amount was but £2l IGs., and out of this one man contributed 7s. One hundred and twenty two of the inebriates 9uly one saitaxv 41fr i arty =l=o. giqk AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION. Some new regulations which will shortly come in force in Victoria, will greatly widen the facilities now given for immigration. Henceforth married people of the small farmer and labourer class will be entitled to free passages. Instead of being selected by the Emigration Commissioners, they will he seen by the agent-general of Victoria, who will be authorised to give a free passage to others than the classes named on receipt of from £1 to 24 accord ing- to sex and age; but if the intending emigrant is more than 50 - years old,the sum required will be from to To prevent the country being made the recep tacle for the lame, the halt, and the blind, the regulations wisely provide that " the persons to be nominated shall be of sound mind, in good health, and of good character; but ,no passage warrant shall be issued, and no transfer of any warrant permitted, in favour of or to any person who may be either lunatic, idiotic, deaf, dumb, blind, or infirm." • MUTINY ON BOARD A QUEEN'S SHIP. Accounts have been received of an extraordinary act of mutiny on board her Majesty's ship Charybdis while stationed at Vancouver Island. Sixteen sailors, while away in the launch, rose upon their officers, overpowered them, and then deserted to the American shore. THE HALFPENNY POSTAGE REGULATIONS. The Echo publishes the following letter on the subject of the halfpenny postage : General Post Office, April 19, 1870. reply to your letter of the 11th inst., addressed to Mr. Rivers Wil4on, I have to inform_ you that the in tention is, that a postage of one halfpenny shall be paid by means of postage stamps upon each newspaper not ex ceeding six ounces in weight, and that a postage of one halfpenny will not carry a packet of newspapers under six ounces iu weight. It will, however, be permissible to transmit newspapers in packets, under the arrangements of the book post, at the rate of one halfpenny for every two ounces, or frac- tion of two ounces, in weight, whenever such a course would be more economicaL I may add, that further detailed regulations will be published in due course.---I am, sir, your obedient servant, A. BENTHALL. Arthur Arnold, Esq. THE CHURCH AND THE LAITY. The Dean of Chester has written to the clergy of that diocese stating the bishop's wish that two lay delegates for the present year be elected in each parish. Where any parish contains more than two churches, it is the bishop's wish that two delegates be returned for.' each separate congregation. It is understood that all parishioners who profess to be members of the Church of England are electors. Those who are elected must be communicants. The election may take place at a vestry, whether at Easter or at any other time, or in any parochial or con grega tional meeting summoned by the incumbent. These lay delegates will be invited to attend a Ruri-Decanal Conference of clergy and laity in the month of May, In• the autumn the bishop proposes to hold a General Diocesan Conference in Chester:• At this conference the lay delegates of the several parishes in the diocese will be invited to attend, either personally or by their representatives. The Bishop of Brechin has issued a pastoral letter in fOvour of the admission of the laity into Synods. Tho measure of mutual co-operation of priest and people was rooted, he says, in the spirit and law of love which the Redeemer implanted in the Church as the condition of its life. kN UNCLERICAL CLERGYMAN. The Manchester Examiner publishes, on the authority of Mr. Henry Knowles, of Patrington, Holderness, the following account of the reception accorded to the Primitive Methodist superintendent of the Patrington Circuit at Halsham, by a clergyman resident in the mighbourhood :—The minister, as was his custom, was paying pastoral visits to the sick and others in the neighbourhood, when a parson rode up on horseback, and stopped directly opposite the house into which the minister had entered, and began to call out at the top of his voice, " Turn him out ! turn that fellow out ! what does he want here ? " The minister, observing the parson through the window, whom he took for a farmer, said to the mistress of the house, " Does that gentleman want your husband ? " (who was returned from his daily employ). She went to the door to ask the gentleman what he wanted, when he angrily replied, "Turn that fellow out! What does he want there ?" The woman returned and said to the minister, "He wants you, sir." The minister inquired who the gentleman was, and was told, "It is our clergyman." The minister, not conceiving what he could want with him, except it was to ask him what he thought of the sick per son whom he had visited in the village, of whom the doctor had given little hope of recovery, went to the door, when the clergyman, in a very angry tone said, " What do you want here? You have no busi ness here-! You'll get away at once, - you have no authority here ! What authority have you to come here ?" The minister replied, " By the same authority which allows you to be here, legal authority." " You have no authority," said the clergyman' " You are a blackguard ; you are a swindler; you are a Dissenter ; you are a devil in sheep's clothing ; you are going about deceiving the people by wearing a black coat ; you ha ve no right to wear a black coat." The minister said he did not know of any law to forbid him wearing a black coat so long as he paid for it, which he always had done. The clergyman still insisted " You have no right to wear a black coat. You are a blackguard ; you are a devil in sheep's clothing ; and you know that w h a t l am telling you is the truth. You have no authority to come h ere . The soil is not yours." " No," replied the minister, "nor is it yours." "It is Sir Clifford Constable's," replied the clergyman, " and he won't have you coming here ; and he will use means to keep you and all such like away." The minister believing that Sir Clifford wa s not so illiberal, said that Sir Clifford had got more sense than to attempt any such thing; to which the clergyman scornfully replied, More sense ! You are a blackguard ! you are a devil." The minister finding there was not any chance of getting either sense or reason from the clergyman, turned away and left him. It was about half-past six o'clock in the evening. Several labouring men were walking in their gardens, and heard all the clergyman said on the occasion. The minister was afterwards told that the clergyman said be only regrettek.r; that he did not dismount and give him (the minister) a downright good flogging with his whip across' his shoulders. EMIGRATION FROM THE WEST.--"--Large numbers of people are emigrating from Devon as well as Cornwall. Within the last few days above 100 emigrants left North Devon for America. Upwards of fifty will leave Corn- wall for the same place in the course of a fortnight, and about twenty for Australia. A. Montreal despatch, dated the Gth instant, pub. lished in the New York papers of the 7th, says : " Major-General Lindsey arrived here yesterday, _and has issued an order taking command of the troops int Quebec and Ontario. General Lindsey will command the expedition to the Red River and the Volunteers will pro. bably be led by Colonel Wolsey." Three Liverpool vessels are missing —the City of Brussels, which left New York on the 28th of March, and was spoken to on the 9th instant, without propeller; the Venezuelen, bound for Li ver p oo l t o t h e Westndies, and not heard of since she left, with her stern-posts gone, and in a terrible plight ; and the Sirius, a new steamer, has not been heard of since she sailed from Calcutto, to Liverpool ninety days ago. The police at Milan are said to have discovered' a secret manufactory of ammunition. They entered the house during the absence of the inmates. One of these happened to come in while the search was going on. ; dangerously wounding a gendarme with a revolver, and then succeeded in making his escape, The police • conveyed to the barracks a cartload of cartridges, projectiles, and gunpowder. Four persons have beck, arrested. THE DACOTAII INDIANS AT WAR.—AdViCf3S from Fort Sully, Dacotah, say that the Dacotah tribes are pre-, paring for the war path. Two hundred lodges of Sioux? and other Indians have camped near the Cheyenne agency. They say that they want arms and ammunition, and in tend to drive all the miners from the Musselshell and Yellowstone Rivers. Another murder is reported from South Pass, Wyoming, and a company have started in. 9-arsuit of the savages. THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Tha Melbourne Age makes some remarks on the federation of the Aus tralian colonies, and says that the bonds of union between the Southern communities grow slowly but surely. Mr. Casey, the late Minister of Justice, has brought forwar d 6 proposal for uniformity and reciprocity in matters of law and its administration, which was unanimously , adopted by the Assembly. A c o m m itt ee h as b een f orme d ' to arrange for a conference with the other colonies to bring the proposition into effect. One approaching event which ill tend to hasten a federation, far off as this may be, is „le withdrawal of the British troops, whereby the sole Imperial representatives left will be the Governors of the Colonies. A. Reuter's express from Portugal asys--" The Xing has made Dauesi, an Italian balla master, alczight. of the order of Christ, a pioccediug which has Wand: much. adverse. criticism." A. man whose wife hung herself in his preselleer on being asked why he did not prevent the tragedy, replied : " I cut her down three times last week, and E can't be always cuttinz her clown.' Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., STERN NECESSITY. By. the Author of "No Church," "Owen, a Waif," &c. ' A capital story. It is intensely inte esting, and deserves to attract a w ide circle of readers. The heroine is unmistakeably original and fascinating."—Dally Telegraph Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.