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A. )owerf ° ' 3ita li s ts, ands of y e been it across in upon v iers A Or t 0,.. , s been 0, s o me .ected to Lich the i n this ~rnfitw hieth e he Old : o f the e ithe r Teeters fri 13 I ' M r • '1111"11*' ; easmA , • llipßoi ?ex MAY 25, 1870. brought. The only delay in the matter arises from a want of funds, but as a collection has been now set on foot to defray the costs of the legal proceedings, it is expected that a hearty response will be given to the appeal for money by those in the metropolis who believe that ladies have some rights in the question of government which may be established by a little strenuous exertion and determination. LONDON WEDNESDAY, KLNAHAN'S LL WHISKY.-D. BLIN E i d • BITION, 1865. t:to fto:1 Scat, Pink Labe,, and uork Branded "Kina- Lan LL. hisE.v -p rtze T4;B colebrate,! ttLI) ! RUM A RISKY gned the Dublin Pure, md,l, el!ow, i't+;Faeun, Rua very , Wholet;otne. th e ip Lc ttlet,, :is. sa. the Retail !louses in London; by le 'ai . o principal towns in England; or wholesale at MRS. FORRESTER'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., M Y lIER 0. By MRS. FORRESTEI Author of " Fair Women," &c "Mrs. Forrester has told her story most pleasantly."—Daily Telegraph. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IRE WIN DMILL-ST RE ET, LONDON, W. IuTuAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 4, IIIiSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, VA ' C' Ant? ;;3, QUEEN'S-11CAD, 13aidin'atc. " MONEY upon personal sectuqy, Bills of Sale, Free _ or Leasehold Property, for ono, two, or three years, repay p.,tu Weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bi promptly discounted. afree on reeella of stamped envelop ll e. s EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.; CRYSTAL PALACE.—THIS DAY.—Grounds foliagedrefreshed by rain, never more delightful. The luxuriantly ferns round crystal fountain now most beautiful. Palace open for admission from .. 10. 0 till 7. 0 Display of Terrace Fountains .. 1.30 Orchestral Band . • • • • • 2. 0 • • Festival Organ • • .. 3.30 .. bus. Festival Organ and Promenade until .. 8. 0 tle arts courts, new picture gallery, statues, and portrait , fountains playing, orangery (the orange trees, which for t' belonged to King Louis Philippe, in full flower), &c. _eidmission, as usual, ls., or by Guinea Season Tickets pre- O) , at issue dating to Ist May, 1871, at all entrances and agents. 1 e bes e t guinea's worth in the world." Children and schools '4-Pric MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW NOVEL. On Friday, May 27, in 3 vols., L IL VI A. • By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of " Nathalie,' "Adele," &c. Also now ready, in 1 vol., N 0 It A. By Lady EMILY PONSONBY. Hurst and Blaekett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Sixth Thousand. In 1 vol. Crown Bvo. Illustrated. Price 3s. HISTORY OF THE PIANOFORTE, with an Account of Ancient Music and Musical Instruments, by EDGAR BRINSMEAD. " Clear, brief, and pithy, it contains the creme de la creme of the subject—a lucid disposition of facts in simple, unaffected language."—Examiner. "A serviceable and pleasant history of the pianoforte. . . Furnished with well executed and judicious illustrations."— Daily Telegraph. " Interesting."—Echo. "The subject is well handled, in a popular form."—Graphic. "A mass of information, admirably arranged." Public Opinion. "Most interesting. . . . Admirably illustrated."— Court Circular. "Everybody interested in music will read it"— Miksical World. "Best account of the piano we have yet met with."—Mornin, Advertiser. - Cassell, Fetter, and Galpin, London and New York, CRYSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING OPERAS. TO-MORROW AFTERNOON. COMIC OPERETTA, Two Acts, by Alberto Randegger. " THE RIVAL AIT TIES," characters by Miss Elena Angele, Miss Edith Ynne, • Mr. Cummings, Mr. Maybrick, Mr. Marler, Xperetta conducted by the composer. Commence at 2.45. Full ‘-'lThestral Band of the Company. Ad mission to Palace and Theatre as usual, is., or by guinea DamonD tickets. Stalls, 2s. ad., now ready for either performances. deserved seats, ls. • CRYSTAL PALACE.-NEXT SATURDAY T iov ,,,NUEEN'S BIRTHDAY).—GREAT COMBINED ATTRAC si,;-‘o.—Grand Summer Concert (Madame Ilina de Murska, ar,, O r Mongini, and other artistes). Fashionable Promenade arr ' first day of Mr. W. Paul's Great Display of Roses in pots, thea4ge non. Banks and Beds in the open corridor overlooking ~gros aalf-crown admissions now ready at the Palace, 2, Exeter 28;edi, i li ow us r u e a a l dy A . gents. Guinea Season Tickets free. Stalls, di ng the Gardens of Rockhills will be open for Promenade "ulg the afternoon. The Great Wistaria in full bloom. W. S. WOODIN'S TWENTY-SIXTH WEEK "AT HOME," rrii his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG 11, 00 and SKETCH-BOOK ENTERTAINMENT in the Large s at ,T, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except sp ar :,,uaY) at 8 ; Saturday Mornings at Mr. Woodin has fe r j , ,_ no expense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously " as 'ling his salon for the comfort of his patrons." k.eats may t se cured in advance, at the Box-office, open from 10 till 5; also Mi tchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal Osie—sell ers. S ta ll s, S s. ; A rea, 2 5.; B a l cony, I s. k amily Private " - ' l , One, Two, and i hree Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. IIOYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Late WESTON'S. ltet Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Sweasey. _;.; of the Wondrous Gymnasts, THE BROTHERS VOL ; their Tremendous Leap for Life and wonderful Ladder 'te at are without parallel. Mr. HENRY COLLARD, the ',eat Little Tenor. THE SMALLEST MAN IN THE WORLD, ig. 4l g less than Tom Thumb or Commodore Nutt, will make his 14, a Ppearance since his late severe indisposition. Mr. ARTHUR Gt„ 1,1 ) still delights the audience with Favourite Songs. Mr. eLZ.,,ttGE LEYBOURNE is as versatile as ever. Mr. HENRI th,„ 'tjt, the Mad Butcher. Miss LOUISE SHERRINGTON, eh - ''efgning Favourite. Miss KATE GARSTONE nightly pualints her favourite songs. Messrs. HOLMES and GANT, the e o l l n 4 Y Negro Delineators, give some extraordinary Burlesques of tu x .„,s l led Life. Mr. YOUNG, Mr. CORRI, and Favourite Over -6-.1.?Y• the GREAT BAND every evening. 10 A V;Lee4ra. Stalls, Is 6d; Stalls, Is. ; Balcony, 6d ; Private Boxes, 0, (1 ; nos-office at open 5. eairmtn-1: A. Young ; Musical Director—Mr P. Corti. Ph i j i Te AL NOTICK—Ms Samuel Adams, late proprietm of the arkionic will take a Farewell Benefit at the Royal Music `, on Holiday, May 3 th. ADAmE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, linker-street.— A PORTRAIT MO GEL of TROPMANN o r iZ ( . ) w added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the /"1 Ltwette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the ,I.?itation of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and upwards of eg ae ? Persons of the best 'and worst blood in France. Also an t 0,,,," Copy of the guillotine as in use. Admission, ls.; extra 'Le, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. „ - , kx ILL ROOMS, I..TREAT WINDMILL -STREET, Th e Piccadilly. th extraordinary success which has attended the production th e 8 Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of pat electric light on the groups of dancers that night partici -344; 11 1 it, combined with the admirable Opeiatic and ly Dance hQveo presented in the often-changed programmes, tki e , B : ead the gratifying effect of making the r sent . one the rated patronized season since its fi rst o . pening. The ' a ted Orchestra under the direction of its highly efficient i i Siffnor Luigi Ci‘rti, performs the choicest and latest coin °llB of ad distinguished composers—the solos in which are Er,ed to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses.; Messrs. Tli o ,„ r aYee, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. ‘"aa Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.O. Admission, is.; Resezved Seats, 2s. R. R. BitiNELL, Proprietor. NEFOR D'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- th iB The medical profession for Thirty Years have approved of th e ,telre solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of 3. 4 tt entach, It eartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion; and [td a , e best mild ap e rie n ( for d e licate constitutions, especially vted for Ladies, Children, and Infants. 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The genuine square green . package, with " William Lambert, 8, King (14447-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Goveinment eLRICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 4 8 6 , AL INCOM E, steadily increasing £227000 RANCE FUND, safely invested £ 1,649,000 The SPECIAL NOTICE. BONUS will be declared in January, 1872, and all I,,eur a , Policies in force on the 3 th June, 1871, will participate. e1111 1 ; s e ee effected before June 30th, 1870, will participate on two fefit a — ,'e, and thu s r ece i ve a w h o le y e ar's additio na l s hare of D o "ver later Policies. be r obt a ,„• °- Proposal, Balance Sheets, and every information, can ' , Led from any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, a St ' Actuary and Secretary. j a — , ates s-square, London, S.W. b a S , s ( 2 IE NTIFIO AND ORNAMENMAL PRESENTS. O A. l \ll , :lsITS for the Drawing-room, Library, oflt g of a new and elegant assort P h ild A SESFigures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, 'eautiful' inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, dm., in Italian, ta a 4 rarian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, .t.c. Imported Nea t tired by JAMES TEI‘TNANT, Mineralogist to her u hi r. 3r, 149, Strand, W.C., London. r.lNtlAen.rnant arranges elementary collections of ROOKS, Elements and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of at 4,lernents of Geology; they will greatly facilitate the into "t 2 eP t iult of MINERA LOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had .0, 5, to 500 gum* eas each. - " 4 l' INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MlNERA grven•by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. etq h eak,T NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caled o ts nia ft -s ed i‘ t of beds. F f o il.N. - ---FUNDS urge . ED H Acci SMITH, Esq., on. S d e e c n reta G ry. GEORGE REID, Secretary. . - t liro 6 Alfr SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE, toi'rds it ed-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution ll i ally tt fu ge for Women seeking to abandon life of sin, B ank , e ch-""°se about to become mothers, and provides a Home r$ .ldren of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. udon and South Western (Holloway Branch). HUGH It. GOUGH, Hon. See. e l V a , 'Bl.l LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, Mr ,-, Meetly „."---xUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee on "..' lisir„ - Ppeal th the benevolent to assist them in carrying -........._________ L ., W of . k. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. Citti r k 'of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES -,Dectai A CHEST, Victoria Park. 'reoute'rEAL for the NEW WING. Icjitite fill required £4 000 Istilj! eds availableO'pid, 120. Th gage t beds with proposed addition, 164. ilatiker:Tuteasis entirely dependent on voluntary support. btu, rs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.,C 54, Lombard-street. es 4, n • Eibury_cfreus. HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Sec. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. EVENING EDITION. TO THE BONDHOLDERS, DEBENTURE_ HOLDERS, AND CREDITORS of the ATLANTIC and GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The accompanying programme for the reorganisation of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company, having been already agreed to by a majority of the creditors holding first charges, is now presented for acceptance to all classes of cre ditors. It is probably known to the creditors generally that suits for foreclosure and sale have for some twelve months past been pending in each of the States through which the railway runs, the result of which must ultimately be a sale of the property fpr the satisfaction of the First mortgagees of each section, and the subsequent creditors willhe completely shut out unless some arrangement be previously - come to between them and the holders of the First mortgages. The present plan has been prepared with a view to such arrangement, and is believed to offer to all parties interested the most substantial justice. While preserving the general in tegrity of the prior mortgages and asking for them, in considera tion of a prompt and harmonious settlement, such concessions only as they may reasonably allow, it provides that the prospec tive increase in the resources of the Company shall be available for the benefit of those creditors behind them. The total ca pital of the reorganized Company, as proposed in this scheme, is deemed to be quite as large in amount as it can safely be made ; a fact which will be evident upon comparison with the accounts of other well-organised and conservative American Railways. Upon the Ist of January of this year there were liabilities yet unpaid of the late Receivers to a considerable Amount. These must in the first instance be met, and it is assumed that the entire revenues of the current year will be required to discharge this indebtedness. The bonds to be issued by the reorganized Company will commence to bear interest from lst January, 1871, by which date it is hoped that the reorganization will be com pleted. -The payment of interest and Sinking Fund upon the New First and interest upon the New Second Mortgages Bonds will require an annual net revenue of 1,220,000 dole. gold, after which the earnings. of, the line will, ber:aTplicable to the payment, either partially or in — full, of the int - erest upon the third Mortgage Bonds which it is proposed to issue to the Consolidated Bond holders in the proportion of 75 dollars for every 100 dollars prin cipal sum of their present holdings. It is not anticipated that the revenues of the line will at present suffice to pay the full rate of seven per cent. upon these Third Mortgage Bonds, and they will therefore only draw such interest as may be actually earned in any one year. This provision is essential to protect the under taking from future embarrassments, and was adopted with much success in the reorganization of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company, the most successfully reconstructed railway in America. Mr. Meyer, one of the Committee named in the present plan, took a very prominent part in the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago reorganization. As regards the Share Capital, which it is proposed to apply in settlement of various open claims, its value must depend upon the future increase of traffic, and it cannot be expected that any dividends thereon will be earned for some time. Inasmuch, how ever, as the Bondholders will have voting power, the control and management of the road will, in the meantime, remain in their hands, and the creation of this Share Capital will not prejudi cially affect their interests. To leave the control of the road in the hands of those having only a very remote intererest in its welfare would be manifestly unsafe ; but to leave to these remote interests a certain prospect of sharing in the future development of the undertaking is, as a matter of justice, not objectionable, and, as a matter of policy, advisable. Creditors desiring to participate in the benefits of this re organization are requested to send in full particulars of their claims to Lombard-street, 1 THE LONDON AND CO 2 I7 I, NLY m B b A a N rd IK - , in London, FREDRIII W. OEWEL, or } in Amsterdam. WERTHEIM AND GOMPERTz, The United States Trust Company, in New York, on or before the 25th June, 1870, in London and Amsterdam, and on or before the 9th July, 1870, in New York, and the varios usecurities will be hereafter collected and exchanged at the same places. The trustees for the reorganization will include in the benefits of this plan such bondholders and creditors only as shall signify their assent, and send in their securities to be stamped, by the date named. Non-assenting creditors can only have their simple legal claims for dividend out of any fund remaining in Court after foreclosure and sale. FRED. W. OEWEL, Agent and Representative of the Dutch Holders of First Mortgage Bonds. Amsterdam, 24th May, 1870. PROTOCOL FOR REORGANIZATION OF THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. NEW FIRST MORTGAGE,' MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. t FENIAN ATTACK ON CANADA. The I'enians have after all commenced the raid which has been threatened, believed in, and dis believed in again and again. Very cleVerly the Brotherhood have managed their enterprise, what ever success it may have. When the reports of an attack grew serious, the Canadian authorities made every preparation; they sent troops to the frontier, and suspended the Habeas Corpus Act. Now that the precautions have been relaxed, the "invasion" has been attempted. THE ISLE OF WIGHT. Hardly are Sir John Simeon's remains cold before the politicians begin to battle for his seat. Mr. Baillie Cochrane, who is out of Parliament at pre sent, and instead of boring the House of Commons,. bores only the readers of the Morning Advertiser, will be the Conservative candidate. Mr. Moffait, late M.P. for Southampton, who lost his seat for that borough at the last general elec tion, is a candidate in the Liberal interest At the last election Sir John Simeon won against Mr. Baillie Cochrane by 1,353 to 1,118. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT, The repeal of an Act eh though of compara lrfely iedent date, has long b&Ti'absoluteiy obsolete, is at length fairly in contemplation. The Ecclesias tical Titles Act is no longer to encumber our statute book, in which it is certainly undesirable to retain a mere dead letter. The bill now before the House of Lords recites the Act of 1851, and also the Irish Church Bill of last year, and pro ceeds to recite that no foreign prince or potentate has power to confer any title or dignity within the United Kingdom, and that all assumptions of rank not conferred by the sovereign are wholly void, but it is not necessary or expedient to impose penalties on those ministers of religion who may be designated by certain titles of office, even though they are connected with the name of a town or place within the United Kingdom. VOTING PAPERS. A past " deputy returning officer " affords the public the benefit of his experience in reference to the voting papers scheme of the Government. He submits that, however delightful in theory, it is a most unpractical one. In proof he in stances the necessary manipulation in the folding up of the papers, which will never be pro perly accomplished in the hurry and turmoil of an election by any but the more intelligent and cool nerved voters. Then the deputy-returning officer is to be so careful in the way he opens and unfolds the papers that neither he nor those around him are to catch sight of the names of the candidates voted for. The ceremonial prescribed he really considers borders on the ridiculous. Besides these difficulties, the past deputy sees no end of others. If the voter is to retire to a compartment alone to mark his vote and fold his paper, he believes that the time thus occupied will be found so im mensely to retard the proceedings that the poll would close before even a majority of the voters had polled. THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL. At a general conference of the clergy and Noncon formist ministers, at Nottingham, in reference to the Government Education Bill, it was resolved that all existing and future denominational schools established under the provisions of the Bill be sustained and managed as they are at present; but that in all elemen tary schools there should be a time-table conscience clause—that is, a regulation fixing a definite period during school hours, in which religious instruction should be given, and during which any child whose parents or guardians desired it should receive other instruction instead. It was further resolved that existing schools, where they are insufficient, should be supplemented by schools to be erected and partly maintained by local rates, and to be under the direction of local school boards. Also that in such supplemental schools religious instruction should be taken solely out of the Bible, and only by the regular teacher, all human creeds and formularies being excluded. ARC. The Archdeacon of Taunton has not yet ended his labours in reference to the Government Education Bill. He forwards to the Standard a copy of a letter which he has addressed to the Secretary of the National Society for the education of the poor in the principles of the Established Church. In it he says that being unable to accept the position taken by the Committee in respect of the Education Bill as de tailed in their memorial lately addressed to Mr. Gladstone, he has to request that his name be re moved from the list of members of the society. A FACT FOR EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS. While our several rival leagues and unions and associations are waging war to the knife over tech nical differences of detail and abstruse theo logical disquisitions, there are a few awk ward facts which it would be well not to overlook. The Middlesex sessions have just opened, and as usual the calender is a tolerably heavy one. It contains the names of 71 prisoners, whose antecedents and belongings are specified, as well as the crimes with which they are charged. Let us see what rela tion these seventy-one English worthies bear to our national and denominational perplexities. Of these seventy-one, forty-one, or considerably more than half, have been imperfectly edu cated; eight, or more than a tenth, can get no further than elementary reading. Twenty one more can neither read nor write, while the remaining one has been well educated ! So much for the combination between vice and knowledge, of whose dangers we have heard so much ! Truly, the easy and convenient fashion of suffering our City arabs to grow into manhood untaught, while we are settling whether we can reconcile the elaborate doctrines of Catholic, and Church man, and Nonconformist, and whether the Decalogue shall be taught before or after geography and spelling, produces practical results that can hardly, we should imagine, satisfy the religious scruples of the denominationalists, or suit the philo sophical enlightenment of the secularists. GOVERNMENT AID. At the anniversary dinner of the Royal Geo graphical Society the Duke of Argyll replied to the toast of " The Houses of Parliament." He said he was almost ashamed to accept the thanks of societies such as this one for the small—he might almost say the paltry—sum which the Government had now offered for the extrication of Dr. Livingstone from Africa. He expressed his fear that the assist ance which they were now sending to the great traveller, amounting only to 21,000, although it might be sufficient to extricate him from Africa, and enable him to return from Lake Tanganyika, might not be sufficient to enable him to complete his investigations. His Grace suggested that if there were any doubt whatever on the matter, a voluntary subscription should be set on foot, and he ventured to say that ten times the amount would be raised. WATERING CATTLE ON RAILWAYS. There is at last some hope that the cruelty result ing from the neglect to water cattle while in the course of transit by railway will be obviated. The Privy Council have issued an order with a view to meet the requirements of the case. The order contains a schedule with a selected number of watering places on each line, based upon the theory that cattle should have a draught of water at intervals of time not exceeding twelve hours. Railway officials are not celebrated for too close an application of moral science to the performance of their duties, but special arrangements should not be wanting to make them fully acquainted with the necessity of carrying out these regulations. LADY GUARDIANS OF THE POOR. The question of Miss Burdett Coutts's election as a guardian of the Bethnal Green Union will shortly, it is expected, be tried in the law courts. Nis, Coutts, it may be remembered, was nominated by a ,corking man, and although the lady received a majority ofvotes, the clerk of th e un i on did not take them into account in the belief that a female could not hold office as a guardian of the poor. The working-man proposer Mr. Atkins by name, thereupon appealed to the Poor. Law Board, who suggested that the case should be referred for decision to a court of law, and to the Court_ of .Pr94l- )11 - /-21- YOUNG ARAB& Mr. Needham, master of the Meriden Workhouse. directs attention to that important measure, the In dustrial Schools Act of 1866; He expresses a fear that it is much neglected, and details a plan that has been found very' efficient - for carrying its provisions into effect. He says the resident magi strate of the Meriden Union, who is also chairman of the Board of Guardians, instructs the relieving offi cers to bring before him all young - vagrants under the age of 14 year's applying for, admission to the tramp ward. It he finds them eligible-under the fourteenth section of the Act, they are sent to the workhonse for a period not exceeding seven days, until they can be dealt with by the justices. Mr. Needham recom mends a general adoption of this plan as an im portant means of rescuing wandering and neglected children from a criminal and vicious life, and of at once capturing runaway children who have com mitted criminal acts. MIRACLE PLAYS. A. visitor to Munich gives an interesting account of the singular Passion Play, which was to be per formed at the little retired village of Ober- Ammergau on Sunday last. This remote corner of Bavaria - boasts the distinction of being the only place at which the old traditional mysteries or miracles are still performed. The Church at first tolerated them, only stipulating that they should not be played until the afternoon, for fear of their attrac tions withdrawing worshippers from the churches. After a time, however, the rivalry grew dangerous, and the 'anathema was directed against them. The only one which survived the ecclesiastical maledic tions and.the restrictive deerees was the one we have specified. At first they were too popular to be easily suppressed, so the Church turned them to account by interpolating a sermon between the parts. Our modern oratorios are said to have originated thus, as the members of the Oratory wrote hymns and set them to music to draw the young people to the churches. This device succeeded so well that a musical sacred drama was called by the name of " The Oratory." The play itself is of some what formidable dimensions, extending from nine in the morning to six in the afternoon, so that the audience or spectators, whichever they are called, must be tolerably patient. Great interest is felt in the performance at Ober-Ammergau on account of its rarity, and strangers flock to the little village from all parts of the continent to witness it. A HINT TO PUBLISHERS. The poems of the Rossetti family are justly obtain ing much praise for their originality. Considering that the authors are Italians, the wonderful pre cision with which they adhere to English idioms cannot be too highly appreciated. It is for another reason, however, that reference is now made to the Rossetti volume. In it, Mr. Dante Rossetti, has had inserted about a dozen pages of clean paper, on which he very properly thinks a few admirers may be glad to record their impressions of the work. If other publishers would only take advantage of this hint, an important boon, which has often been wished for in vain, will be conferred upon the readers of the volumes issued from their esta blishments. CANADIAN FISHERIES. The Canadian fisheries have long been a vexed question, and the last despatch from New York chews how awkward the affair may become if the contending parties are excited or irritated by the controversy. According to some old treaties, certain privileges were conferred upon American fishermen, .but as they are now out of date, the international right is all that the Ame ricans can lay claim to. Strictly defined, this permits them to fish in waters three miles off the Canadian coast . , but the permission is so variously _ . inter preted that endreirs — aisaussions - aiise . . The Colonial anthorities wish the coast line to be drawn from headland to headland of a bay, but the Americans retort that by this definition they could enclose whole tracts of sea. The simplest way of settling the matter would be for the rival claimants to discuss the ques tion quietly and see if some arrangement cannot be come to which would be for their mutual advantage ; but this course they do not seem disposed to adopt. WHO SHALL BE MAYOR ? The Canadians are not content with Fenian troubles on the frontier; they are indulging in a small civil war in their chief city. Quebec has been the scene of a most extraordinary municipal dispute. Two 0-en tlemen claim the o ffi ce of Mayor,and what is the most remarkable part of the story, they appear to have taken the law into their own hands in the matter. M. Tourangeau claims to be the lawful mayor, but M. Garneau, his rival, having succeeded in gaining the control of the police by his own vote in the Police Board, of which the acting mayor is chairman, took possession of the City Hall. M. Tourangeau, instead of ruling his fellow citizens, found himself a prisoner, for M. Garneau was determined to wield his wand of office with resolution, and astumed, according- to the ac count, a kind of military dictatorship. A military guard from the citadel garrison was, by the last intelligence, in full possession of the avenues to the City Hall, with orders to "let anybody out, but nobody in." Very likely the thieves and pickpockets of other cities would have no objection to a double judicial authority : if it ended in so convenient a standing order for the guardians of the police courts. Of course the good citizens of Quebec are quite capable of managing their own business, but prejudiced observers at a distance are a little puzzled to know, while mayors, and police, and military are all so busily employed, who is looking after the thieves ? CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Whilst Holland has decided to abolish the penalty of death, North Germany has come to the contrary resolve. A. new penal code has been under the consideration of the North German Par liament, and one day a deputy proposed to abolish capital punishment. Count Bismarck pro tested in vain. The proposal was adopted. But the Count is not a man to be easily beaten; he generally has his way, in spite of all the many Par liaments of which North Germany can boast. The motion has accordingly been withdrawn. Neverthe less, the general tendency of the new penal code is to lighten punishment. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. The Times' correspondent repeats the rumour, whispered in more than one quarter, that the Duke de Saldanha , who has just effected a change of Ministry by force in Portugal, intends to do all he can in favour of the Iberian Union. If this should prove to be the case, the bloody revolution which took place last Thursday in the streets of Lisbon vvillgain an importance far exceeding that of most other affairs of the kind in the Spanish peninsula. It has generally been understood that the Duke is favourable to a union between Spain and Portugal. But the Portuguese people are much opposed to their nationality being merged in that of their greater neighbour, though if an understanding be come to between Saldanha and the Spanish leaders, the wish of the people will avail little. The omnibus drivers and conductors in the employ of the Birmingham Omnibus Company are at present on strike on a question of wages. The negotiations entered into by the Khedive relative to judicial reform in E gyp t ha ving been success fully carried through, his Highness has ordered the lands adjoining the Suez Canal to be allotted in equal propor tions and sold publicly. A. remarkable case of longevity is reported from the parish of Woo llavin g ton, i n Somerset. In the parish register for the year 1768 the following entry occurs : "John and Samuel, sons of John and Joan Collins (being twins), were baptised." Samuel, it is stated, is still alive, being 102 last March, " and able to go to shop with his basket." According to a despatch in the American papers re ceived yesterday the Red Ri ver N ew N a ti on sa y s th a t Colonel Rankin, of Canada, was expelled from Winnipeg because of his Fenian proclivities ; that he offered Riel the services of two or three hundered filibusters from the United States, and the offer was declined, without thanks, ~~ N ° • n9 B 4., ,a_ . FOURTH EDITION, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ANNALS OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE By GEORGE WEBBN.: DASENT, D.C.L. "A very interesting novel. Wit, humaur, and keen observa tion abound in every page. For a long ti hile we have not a work of fiction containing such a fund of varied entertainment."—Times. Hurst and Bla,ckett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price is Gd., 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. lIEVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliore, 219, Regent -street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weedy Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommendinit its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. SUNDAY CLOSING OF PUBLIC HOUSES. A great open-air WORKING MEN'S DEMONSTRATION will take place at Lismore Circus, Haverstock Hill, on SATURDAY, May 28. Speakers :—Rev. J. Morgan, and Messrs. G. Dibley, J. Hilton, and J. Leicester ; the Rev. E. Mathews, M.A., Travelling Secretary of the Central Association, will attend as a Deputation. The Chair will be taken by M. A. GARVEY, Esq., LL.B., Barrister at-Law, at Five o'Clock, p.m. Q UEEN INSURANCE COMPANY TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT. The Report and Accounts for the year 1869, presented to the Shareholders at the Annual Meeting, on Thursday, 19th May, 1870, at which BERNARD HALL, Esq., presided, showed, in the LIFE BRANCH, That the Deaths were 20 per cent. under the expectation, and the total amount paid in satisfaction of claims 12 per cent. under the sum so expected, the result being an addition to the Life Fund of an amount equal to 57 per cent. of the Net Premiums received during the year, viz., £21,417, and, That notwithstanding the divisions arising out of two quin quennial valuations, and the payment of all Claims and expenses, the amount now at the credit of the Life Fund is over 53 per cent. of the entire net Premium received, not only on Policies actually existing, but on every Policy issued since the formation of the Company. In the FIRE BRANCH, That the Premiums for 1869, after dethicting re-insurances, amounted to £140,104, being an increase of £17,974 on the Income of 1868. £17,800 of the balance at the disposal of the Shareholders was appropriated in payment of a Dividend of Ten per cent. The Fire Reserve Fund was increased to £86,000 by the addi tion of £6,000, and the sum of £9,062 was carried forward to next year's Accounts. The income of the Company was shown to be £237,896, and the Funds in hand L 467,772, Memo.—The Company has paid in satisfaction of Fire Claims over £600,000. J. MONCRIEFF WILSON, General Manager. THOS. W. THOMSON, Sub-Manager. J. K. RUMFORD, Resident Sec., London. T HE GLOBE - MARINE INSURANCE cpz, PANY (LIMITED):- Capital, £500,000, with power to increase, of which it is pro posed to call up only £lOO,OOO, or £4 per share. £1 per share will be payable on application. • £3 „ ) 1 „ allotment. BANKERS The London Joint Stock Bank. The Manchester and County Bank. The List of Applications for Shares will be closed on Wednes day, the 25th instant, and the allotment wiil be made on Friday, the 27th instant. Copies of the Prospectus Circular can be obtained, and copies of the Articles of Association can be inspected, on application to Mr. Edward Carey, at Lloyds ; Messrs. G. and A. Undo, Solici tors, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street, E.C. ; Messrs. Chad wick, Adamson, Collier, and Co., 65, Moorgate-street, E.C., and 64, Cross-street, Manchester ; and Messrs. Shepherd and Grieve son, 10, Old Broad-street, E.C. MILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, STRONG Room Dooas, &c., with all the recent improvements. Price Lists, Drawings, and Testimonials free by post. Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, and 47a, Moorgate Street, City, London. A NGLO-AUSTRIAN FIVE PER CENT. STERLING BONDS. Holders requiring Certificates are requested to apply at the Office of the Committee of Anglo-Austrian Bondholders, Council of Foreign Bondholders, No. 117, Palmerston Buildings HYDE CLARKE, Secretary. CAUTION. -POPULAR ERRO R. -PRIC E'S BENZODYNE. the newly-discovered Cure for Cough, Bron chitis, Consumption, and all wasting diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, &c., has nothing whatever to do with petroleum spirit, falsely called Benzoline, &c. This unique remedy may be obtained of all Chemists, and through the Proprietor, Mr. PRICE, Analytical Chemist, 2, Lower Seymour-street, London, W. Prices—is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 48. Gd per bottle. D R. KING'S DANDELION and. QUININE LIV PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6cL, at all chemists. S A U C E.—LEA and PERRINS. THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Coonoisseurs " THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Im prove the appetite, and aid. , digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. ASK FOR "LEA AND PERRINS" SAUCE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, and see the names of LEA and PERRINS on all bottles and labels. Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London. and told by all Dealers in Sauce throughout the WL,rld. S AL T and CO.'S EAST INDIA PALE and BURTON ALES. Brewery—Burton-on-Trent. STORES: London—St. Pancras. Station, Old St. Pancras-road, N.W. Liverpool--72, Henry-street. Manchester—Bridgewater-chambers, Brown-street. Birmingham—Old Court House, High-street. Wolverhampton-15, Snow-hill. Bristol-16, Small-street. Nottingham-44, Greyhound-street. SALT and CO.'S ALES may be obtained in casks of 18 gallons and upwards, and in glass from the principal bottlers. RUPTURES-BY ROYAL I.ILTTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and cicse ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, f)rwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A, Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the L"gs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. THE " SUN" forwarded by Morning and Evening Mail with undeviating regularity, and oelivered in Town as soon 'as Published. Advertisements inserted. Apply to W. ALEXANDER, 24, Old Cavendish-street, W. Established 1760. INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL PAYABLE IN GOLD It is proposed to issue a New First Mortgage, covering the whole line of road from Salamanca to Dayton, and including all the branches and leased lines. The bonds secured by this mort gage shall have thirty-two (32) years to run—sinking fund accu mulative of one per cent.—bear seven (7) per cent. interest, pay able semi-annually, and shall have the power of voting, the same as ordinary stock in other roads ; that is, one vote for every $lOO of bonded debt represented. This mortgage shall be for $10,000,000 Gold, and be distributed as follows, viz. Ist Divisionals in hands of public .. $5,714,500 Four years over due Coupons .. 1,600,060 $7,314,560 7,314,500 Ist Divisionals in Debenture Trust .. .. $1,415,900 Four years over due Coupons .. .. 396,452 $1,812,352 .... 1,8 4 1 1 2 0: 35 65 2 7 Over due Coupons on Ist Divisionals, prior to 16 th January, 1867 Surplus to be applied to new equipment, expenses of reorganization, contingencies, &c., &c. .. 462,431 $10,000,000 NEW SECOND MORTGAGE, INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL PAYABLE IN GOLD, It is proposed to issue a New Second Mortgage, covering the whole line of road from Salamanca to Dayton, and including all the branches and leased lines. The bonds secured by this mort gage shall have fifty (50) years to run, bear seven (7) per cent. interest, payable semi-tuinuallyi -and .shall. have the power—a . voting, the same as ordinary stock in other roads; that is, one vote for every $lOO of bonded debt represented. This mortgage shall be for $6,000,000 Gold, and be distributed as follows :- 2d Divisionals in hands of public .. .. $1,469,400 Four years over due Coupons 411,432 $1,880,832 1,880,882 2,1 Divisionals in Debenture Trust .. .. 2,438,700 Four years over due Coupons .. .. 682,836 $3,121,536 3,121,536 Over due Coupons on Second Divisional, prior to 16th January, 1867 .. .. .. .. .. .. 32%262 Surplus to be applied to new equipment, expenses of reorganization, contingencies, &c., dm. .. .. 669,370 NEW THIRD MORTGAGE, $6,000,000 INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL PAYABLE IN GOLD. It is proposed to issue a New Third Mortgage, covering the whole line of road from Salamanca to Dayton, and including all the branches and leased lines. The bonds secured by this mort gage shall have fifty years to run—bear interest at such rate, not exceeding seven per centum per annum, as the net earnings here inafter defined of the said Railway, in each calendar year, m a y suffice to pay, after satisfying the interest and Sinking Fund on the First, and interest on the Second Mortgage Bonds of the said Company, and shall have the power of voting, the same as ordi nary stock in other roads ; that is, one vote for every $2OO of bonded debt represented. The words "net earnings," as used above, shall be construed to mean such surplus of the earnings of the said railway as shall remain after paying all the expenses of operating the said Rail way, and carrying on its business, including all taxes and assess ments and payments on incumbrances (being prior liens upon specific portions of the said mortgaged property), of completing, repairing, or replacing the said Railway, its appurtenances and equipments, so that the same shall be in high condition, and of providing such additional equipment as the said Company shall deem necessary for the business of the said Railway. This mortgage shall be for $16,500,000 gold, and shall be dis tributed as follows, via.:— Consolidated bonds in hands of Public ... ......... $18,458,000 75 per cent. $13,113,500 Coupons on ditto, prior to 16th January, 1867 ...... 1,000,000 75 „ 825,000 Buffalo Extension Bonds (in debenture trust) $16„050,500 Surplus for contingencies and expenses of reorgani sation, &c. ............ ............, .. 449,500 $16,500,000 NEW STOCK. The amount of New Stock to be issued under the reorganization shall be $12,500,000, which shall be distributed as follows :- 50 per cent. of nominal amount of Deben tures of 1868 ($13,000,000) $6,500, 000 50 per cent. of balance of Debentures, 1864 ($7,000,000) .. 3,500,000 For other creditors and contingencies .. 2,500,000 $12,500,000 $12,500,000 The Common Stock shall be issued in shares of $lOO each, but shall have no power of voting for Directors, until the interest, sinking fund, and all applications of moneys provided for under the three Mortgages shall have been made. No other Bonds than those above specified shall be created, nor shall any debt be contracted exceeding in the aggregate at any one time five per cent. on the par amount of the capital stock of said Company, unless the same shall have been previously authorised by a vote of two-thirds in interest of the stock and bondholders, at a meeting duly held. There shall be a sale under foreclosure of three divisions of road from Salamanca to Dayton, and all the property belonging to the same, and at such sale the same shall be purchased for the benefit of the various parties coming into the foregoing arrange ment. The purchasing committee shall consist of four persons, who shall have general charge of the legal and other proceedings nece , ...ry to carry out the plan of reorganisation, and shall consist of the following gentlemen, who in case of vacancy shall have power to appoint their successors : L. M. MEYER (Director Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company). C. N. JORDAN (Third National Bank). R. C. BURLAGE (Dutch Consul-General). H. AMY (of Messrs. H. Amy and Co). Amsterdam, May 24th, 1870. FORM OF MEMORANDUM, Which will be stamped upon the Securities brought in. This Bond is held upon and subject to the conditions of a Pro tocol of reorganisation bearing date the 24th May, 1870, a printed copy of which Protocol is deposited at the London and County Bank, Lombard-street, London, and may be seen there on appli cation ; and Title to this Bond can only be transferred subject to those conditions. ___ FORM OF MEMORANDUM, To be signed by each Creditor leaving Securities to be stamped. The undersigned of for good and valuable con siderations him thereto moving, does hereby assent and agree in respect of the several Bonds and Securities specified in the sche dule at foot hereof, and in respect of the Coupons belonging to such Bonds, to the plan of reorganisation set forth in a Protocol of reorganisation dated the 24th day of May (a printed copy of which Protocol is deposited at the London and County Bank, Lombard-street, London), and agrees upon notice by adver tisement in the " Times" London newspaper to surrender the said Bonds and Securities, and to accept in lieu thereof the new Bonds and Share Certificates respectively specified in said Protocol as exchangeable therefor. And the said does hereby authorise Lewis H. Meyer, C. N. Jordan, Rudolf C. Burlage, and Henry Amy, all of New York City, or the survivors or survivor of them, and any person or persons to be named and appointed by the major part of them in the place of any one or more of them dying, resigning, or becoming incapable, to act as his agents, and on his behalf to carry into execution the said plan of reorganization. And the Bonds and Securities named in the annexed Schedule are herewith delivered to the London and County Banking Company, to be accordingly s tamped with a Memorandum referring to the said Protocol, in order that the title to such Bonds and Securities may hereafter only pass subject to such Agreement. Dated this day of One thousand eight hundred and seventy. (Signed) PRICE ld. STAMPED 2d. PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. MONDAY EVENING. The verdict of the press has been on the whole favour able to the Imperial speech, always, of course, excepting the irreconcileables,whom nothing will satisfy. The Rappel affords an amusing specimen of the discriminating criti cism of this school of politicians. "It (the speech) is utterly insignificant, colourless, and null." We are told, however, a little further on, that " there are some prisoners, and no few threats." So it contains something tangible at any rate. " The whole production," adds the Rappel, "is dull, dusky, void of conviction or of hope, without one gleam of sunshine, without one idea. One seems to hear the sepulchral voice of Ninas, and it makes one feel the glacial moisture of the tomb !" This is only what might have been expected from the Rappel, and indeed most of the criticisms might have been written beforehand, so well could the Parisian politician foresee their tenour and tone. The Univers, I must tell you, is offended at the " self-satisfied tone " of the speech, and the com plete absence of all ideas relating to reli gious interests. "It appears," says this clerical mentor, " that a Government which has received 7,350,000 votes can dispense with Providence." Apropos of the Pl4biseite, the Siecle very unkindly drags to light a nzalcuiroit passage from a speech of M: rthile 011ivier last April before he tasted the sweets of office. Men who look to be Prime Minister should be a little more circumspect in the expression of their opinions, especially on such many-sided things as Pl - biscites. However, " success is virtue " all over the civilised world, and certainly not less in Paris than elsewhere, and if he steers the ship of State safely through the shoals which surround it, M. 011ivier can afford to smile at little thrusts of this description. The Chapel of the Tuileries was yesterday very fully attended, the congregation being probably more anxious for the grand "Te Deum " than for the sermon. The Bishop of Adras, chaplain to the Emperor and Empress, officiated. Several other churches held a religious cele bration of the vote. Their Majesties, after Mass, received the Papal Nuncio, the diplomatic circle, and several other distin guished persons, who were ready with their felicitations. The illuminations in honour of the Plebiscite were very brilliant and ingenious. The Minister of the Interior adopted a striking device, and exhibited on his official residence the figures with which we are all so familiar -7,350,000—in fiery splendour. We are improving in our telegraphic dexterity. The Emperor's speech, containing 532 words, was sent from Paris to Havre by two wires in ten minutes. You will have heard of the disastrous accident which befell M. Vandal, the Director of the Post-office, this morning in the Bois de Boulogne. He suffered, it appears, from a double accident, being first overturned in his chaise, and secondly, by a most unhappy chance, crushed beneath the dying horse, which had broken from the man who held it and fell heavily upon M. Vandal. The Emperor is much concerned at the accident, and has sent several times to inquire how the invalid progresses. His condition is serious, but he is quite un conscious of the accident, and talks eagerly of getting up and going to the Chamber. An explanation has been given to that passage of the Emperor's speech which speaks of placing the expression of the national will beyond all controversy. It appears that a project of law will shortly be presented which will forbid the discussion of any petitions that are con trary to the Constitution in the Chambers. The list of new Senators will shortly appear. M. Emile de Girardin will certainly be among them, and he will join the band of the devoted political party at the very moment when his ideas are on side of the oppo sition. He will in all probability enter the Senate in order to assume with the greater ease the place which St. Beuve possessed. A Centre Gauche in the Senate ! The experiment is ~ critical one. Will M. de Girardin succeed as well in the enterprise as in the conduct of the Liberte, for which a few months ago he refused a million and a half francs. The last few days it has been extremely hot here, and already in May we are emulating the dog days, but, notwithstanding the discomfort, the theatres are crowded. At the Vaudeville they have had a great suc cess in the revival of "L'Heritage de Uh Plumet," which was brought out for the first - time at the Gymnase about welve years ago, and has not since been acted. It is the work of M. Theodore Barriere and the late M. Ernes t Capenden, and is in five acts. The audience were delighted with the performance, and seemed to appreciate a real comedy without the vestige of a struggle for dramatic effect. The appointment of M. Grammont is said to have dis turbed the sensitive nature of the Berlin politicians, on account of his known partiality for Austria ; but, on the other hand, the official journals declare that the new Foreign Minister is actuated by no prejudices in favour of one country over another, but that he will act in confor mity with the experience he has derived during the years he has passed in public life mixing in important political affairs. He has left Paris for Vienna to present his letters of recall. Yesterday afternoon we were visited bya violent storm which lasted for an hour. There was heavy rain, accom panied with haiL The hailstones were of an enormous size. The most vivid lightning and heavy peals of thunder completed the terrors of the scene. One advantage was that the atmosphere improved, and the insupportable heat abated. ENGLISHMEN ABROAD. The Cologne Gazette tells a sad story which reflects no credit upon the doings of Englishmen whilst travelling. On November 24, 1869, an Englishman and his wife en tered the Hotel de Russie of Frankfort, the husband giving himself out to be a man of great literary impor tance in the service of " the far-famed house" of Murray. The hotel keeper was quite taken in, and received his guests with unusual dis tinction. By and bye, when a large accoun had been run up, the literary man was suddenly called away on business, His wife, however, was left at the hotel. Very soon she received a tele gram from her distinguished spouse, informing her. that a sad accident had happened—broken bones and other misfortunes. With streaming eyes she came to " the only too philanthropical hotel keeper," and explained her terrible case. Her hus band, she said, had omitted to leave money with which to pay the bill, and she did not know what to do. The landlord's heart was touched ; he opened his purse, and generously presented the lady with sixty thalers. She then went to join her husband. It soon occurred to the landlord, after her departure, that it was time he had heard from his grand English friends, but no letter came. He therefore wrote to them to their London address. No such name was there known. In vain inquiries were made in every direction. No traces of the couple were to be found till early in the present month,when they were discovered in an hotel in the Strand. As the hotelkeeper happened to be in London at the time, he confronted the culprits ; but they only pointed to their empty purses, and he had to be satisfied with reproaching them for their baseness. The Cologne Gazette says that this is no exceptional case ; that almost every year Englishmen visit the German baths, live expensively at first-class hotels, and then decamp without paying their bills. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The first match of the season of this club took place yes terday. The prizes were three pieces of plate, of the value respectively of £lOO, £3O, and £2O, the course being from Gravesend round the Nore Light and back. The following vessels entered :—The Julia yacht, 113 tons, Mr. G. F. Moss, owner; Rose of Devon, 148, Mr. E. Johnson; Christabel, 52, Earl Annesley ; Muriel, 40, Mr. H. Bridson ; Oimara, 167, Mr J. Wylie; Vanguard, 60, Col-Verschoyle; Vindex, 45, Mr A Duncan ; Fiona, 77, Mr E. Boutcher. There were three prizes —one of £lOO for the first vessel, £5O for the second, and £2O for the third. Time allow ance, 20 seconds per ton, but no time allowed for ton nage above 100 tons. This arrangement with regard to the time allowance was not approved of by the owner of the Fiona, and he consequently declined to start his vessel. The steamer Eagle, which accompanied the match, reached Gravesend at 11 o'clock, and Lord Alfred Paget directly started the yachts at a little more thin half-spent ebb. They all cast to starboard, and made a short heard on the Essex shore, and commenced a hard beat down the river against the south-east breeze. The Nore was rounded by the Oimara at 2h 52m 40s ; Vanguard, 2 54 8; Rose of Devon, 3 7 25 ; and Vindex, `3 15. The yachts ultimately got back to Gravesend and terminated the match, as follows:—Rose of Devon, 6h 18m 50s ; tan guard, 6, 19, 4 ; Oimara, 6, 21, 3 ; Julia, 6, 30 ; Christabel, 6, 30, 10; Muriel, 6, ; Vindex, 6, 31, 14. The Van guard won the fist prize by time, the Muriel the second, and the Vindex the third ; but Mr Duncan protested against he Vanguard taking the prize, on the ground that she had iolated the "rule of the road." no protest has been ro ferred to the Sailing Committee. IS ow ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., with Illustrations, 245., RAMBLE INTO BRITTANY. By the Rev. GEORGE MUSGRAVE, M.A., Oxon. " Mr. Musgrave is a man of considerable information and good powers of observation, and be generally contrives to get at some facts not generally known. His book is interesting and amusing He sketches the Breton landscapes with force and spirit."—Pall Mall Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. _----.'...° i.n d e r .0 ,, f or ,DLIY 00, )arr c ' ' 0•*"" - _-- -- 1 12 ' , ‘)I