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Fa' ENDLESS AND FALL E N.-LON DON F K MAL PR EV E N TIP N and REFORMATORY IN SIMITTION. _ _ of the whole system ; they recommend that the interval between pays should be lessened to the shortest possible period, and thus the truclisters be disarmed of their most powerful weapon. Incorpuntied with, "THE ANGLO-A3IE4IGAN •TIMES." President —Rev. CANON DALE, isiness doing h 9 ' 4 Her hours Inu. c a eral reduction the close I+ the quotations Consols have r e : i been 93k, 94, and New 1111re° 35. India Five aos., 255. Pre°. ilway stocks 11111.4 apening fiat . , by a rally and d en f, India an t bern A North:Western' [et but witli°ll and d the G 1. ran: For for el l demand. S uu alien heavily, bu t the ore favourable. . zilian 18 61 , j ; have fallen . Z ; and Spaul'sl4 ad at 1 prern'' rid a decline of i d rie shares, all A any feature 0.4 al on a verl extent, Alia the een well o°l )een flat. f4' )een flat and the transac.- 4.; ° 0 in prices 110 , iey to-asis ,a to 3 per cent" Ice in the or ',xtract of nest fits for the y e t • share, beirl&r °amended, tee" £7,000 will 11° written off for al Palace 13 031/ : 000 in shares 0 ust accorail l t :,ment, and t h e e, six, and Aw uth British SO e 29th hots" recommend s 5 res (225 Pa d) ' 0 paid), wh i lc 6 l .opriating Gas Coral' / vas declared . and San Fr° sport has been ; per cent• per con' L i e tness has coo th er e has L , ,, e0 Sugar has b` ip u 3 has been e market gill e 1 Ls, 455. 6u. ' bee li oil has L ug lish bror- ire has beer i to , 133 for Straio 6 at f ro m 4 bidffirmness wool, at Pu n . o o ;me quot a- ea has CO ntilla V supplied •English shs`l) gents, 100 s" :T, TtrESPAIo'; rates gDr o 703..• r°'Bo9. rior ditto,, t to, inferior —The 11256° D eell heat 11 9 5...010. iding uP„,"diall active. 0" d Collie al 1 , 5 i teady; and firm an d 10. oloured elotllo ) cal or ,fr ° l l l is ow'The anu nie g 710 els of 0$ Br s did • o y Some de, erative tr a ed he piece sand a now, BS, as cl. do— any e Dec nor° t u res. ais.nufac are Order.. e to • • exists ,arties re .e arlinlauirtia 10s. per small s hc°7l l Ilers.l et a f e d. advance P ala. y Fine oats g firm o ce. ater isst sale Se ve ral ice. do oa • shoW, 0 1 00 ecline on eat in req uesC steady market Ao. 1. to 588. r iot nos sc o a o tt° r. T. Ai ast R e dbre of t h e toy tu°u.. able terl", rayfair, Airg• e of CAP° 'ayton, Ws: Lie Aug ° al , deg, a w's 3 ,s College, , ptain Drei organ, tre, Br °nlr NDO W I' 11 1 :e bount y Q I(INALIAN'S LL - .DL BUN . E ISt&. haA 0 , erve the and Baal, Pink Labe', and Uork Branded "Kinn- LL. WhiAy. DY.4'.B celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dubin; Stequl. c; Pura, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. the Agents I/ 1 -0( ttes, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by 41, g,:nts tin., principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), (4 , RUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON, And 38, QUEEN'S-RC kl:), BRIGHTON. DVA . h i NOES MONEY upon per t security, Bills of Sale, Free able or Leasehold Property, for ono, two, or three years, repay- F 0 w eekly, Monthly, or quarterly. Biliß promptly discounted. - free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary- 3111 W. S. WOODIN'S TWENTY-SECOND WEEK " AT HOME," NVITII his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG and SKETCH-KOOK ENTERTAINMENT in the Large gZ„.. 41 EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except sparedY) at 8 ; Saturday Mornings Woodin has f no expense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously urin ' hi eg his salon for the comfort of hls patrons." Seats may I.B..!cured in advance, at the Box-office, open from 10 till 5; also nitehell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal tn us ic - sellers. Stalls, Os. ; Area, 25.; Balcony, Is. 1, emily Private ' n ex, One, Two, and three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY.. ROYAL MUSIC h ALL, HOLBORN. Late WESTON'S. Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Sweasey. The Easter novelties have been pronounced by the public and t he press to be the most suczessful entertainment ever produced 'Or the approbation of the patrons of any music hall. The truly surprising performance of W kINRATTA, on a wire the OF AN INCH THICK, suspended the whole length of hal is marvellous. The Great Little Wonder, the smallest Tenor in the World, Mr 'etENRY COL L MID, to be heard at this hall only. .„Also Mr ARTHUR LLOYD. Mr GEORGE LEYBOURNE, Mr ...tIENRI CLARK, Mr YOUNG, Mr J PHILLIPS, Miss LOUIE ,IJERRINGTON, Miss K a.TE GARSTONE Mrs F. R PHIL - LIPS, the COURT MINSTRELS, all combined to produce an e ntertainment which must be amusing to all. Chairman—Mr A. Young ; Mumical Director—Mr P. Core. o advance in prices. 1 ,., 13 a1e0ny, 6d ; Stalls, Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, is 6d; Private Boxes, "a 6d. Box-office open from 10 to 5. • DAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. 1 4. A Baker-street —A PORTRAIT MO DEL of TROPMANN now added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the a"Liginal Lunette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the .I,l 3 itation of Louis XVI , Marie Antoinette, and upwards of `,"' 0 persons of the best - old worst blood in France. Also an copy of the guillotine as in use. Admission, Is. ; extra - " °ll, s, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. 4 1 . 1 ,e extraordinary success which has attended the production Pat s Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of t electric light on the groups of dAncers that nightly partici aoePatB combined with t in t h e Veratic and Dance Selectons presented in the often-changed programmes, ha the gratifying effect of making the r sent one the c,--el'es,! extensively patronizel season since its first opening. The ch e , Q ra n ted Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient tgnor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com tialetis of ad distinguished composers—the solos in which are l amedpp to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca ; Messrs. Th " lr aYes L. Silberberg, and other abl e artistes. Manager, Mr. e rase Pitts. Professor Halliman, Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. B. BIUNELL, Proprietor. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENMAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ke and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort 5t,„ 4 . t., of VASES Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink. k a r, beautiful' inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, ato' As ter, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshirelmported r uanufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Min p eralogist to her testy, 149, Strand, W.C., London. I tti ,S. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, t''RALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of I.‘a,: Yell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the inte at 2 in g Study of MINER LOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had rs • 5 , 10, ?0, 50 to 50 guineas each. Lort,ACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MLNERA '-i is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. CAUTION.-POPULAR ERROR.-PRICE'S chi t; 13 ENZODYNE, the ncwly-discovercd Cure for Cough, tiron lze t Consumption and all wasting diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, e tt Oas nothing whatever to do with petroleum sprit, falsely eu B enzoline, &c. This unique remedy may be obtai n ed of a ll arru:sts, a n d through t h e P ropr i etor, M r. Piaci; Analytical et alst, 2, Lower Seyinour-street, London, W. Prices-Is. 111, 2s. Dd., and4s. 6cl per bottle. I) INN EF O R D'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- thi s The medical rofession for Thirty Years have approved of th e s l:ure solution o'Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of thomach,as eartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion; and Iv "Pted f or Ladies, e best mild Childerien•ren, for delicate constitutigns, especially ts. DiNNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 172 , New Bond-street, London; and of all other chemists throughout the world. 1) 11 .. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIV klt PILLS (Without Mercury:. The very best remedy for it.v. WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., - ..A o Vfledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. 111 boxes at is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. WRUPTURES —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. IME'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS tPcrfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of bi e a nd 1 82), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical of ii4be the m os t e ff ec ti ve i nvent i on i n t h e curat i ve treatment effect. it s be use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in bed„ is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the 14,7,:_tvhile the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc he;:' rad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and cicse desthp.t it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. hot f a lliPtive circular may be had, and the truss, which can soq3, `, to fit, f)rwarded by post, on the circumference of the ract u ' rer v wo inches below the hips, being sent to the manu- ,k Si Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. tk n} „ ngle Truss, i6s., 215., 265. 6d., a n d 31 s . 6d. P os t age , l s. A bili,"ar,rruss, 31s. 6d., 4 a., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Um- P ~,,,l ' r l i_Sß, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. ° 1 11:, --u - tt .'nee Orders to be made payable to John White, Post ' 'lecadilly. NEW PATENT j .i,'A. S TIC STOCKINGS, ve a k„ -- -- , -tx.-cAps, &c., for Varicose `Q . reins and all cases of l'oro u ' e r and Swelling of the . L gs, Sprains, &c. They are ,4 o r d Ight in texture, and inexpensive., and are drawn on ike l'ast nar Y stocking Price 4s 6d., ,s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. a ge 6d. 1 7 1 ----....2 61 1N WHITE, Manufacturer, 22Q, Piccadilly. 11 -? : . \ 41 , 1 5R RESTORED WITH' 'VT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. BARRY'S dt licious healt h-restcring Invalids and Infants' Food. fetes ' THE RE VA LENTA Afi A RIC A. alkea ; ‘Y times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect tile e „ - " 01 1, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver refreshing efat Bblnctional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or a 11.4) --removing speedily and effectually indigestion fcly . apep- Sl R ',ll2ll, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation,.tharracea, telfecfla derangements, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, flo.tu t*t4petvousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, thi ts i ", Colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rhcumat e is e m, eee,ealPurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sl p artare::, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headac . he, debility, dropsy, a ea, el - ' l !Pastns nausea, and sickness, even in pregnancy or at Datti," l , ll fl fits, and bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the ches . t, the 't td pit of the stomach and between the shoulde . rs. It is 43.0,711 t digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for lu. B and infants in all complaints. tliCralaTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more 4114:0PY i mitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's tr Most audaciously attached. ir'o4el'earth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du uealth-restorin Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' tte na ili ßi_nce . to the thousands g of blessings it has already received ho w Invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may perf e :ad that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been tr eattn Y restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical War e A.M. We quote from the " Gazette du Midi," July 25th L.,(,18,43) :--" Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The hetlth Steiuml:tuer is excellent, especially since, abandomn„, all other bl eA s .,,, , he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta 'as - ' ° ° (l , of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It laolgerasaduced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his eLree Ncannot praise this excellent food too highly." r‘Arer ' 2 oof the Marchioness de Brehan of seven years' e,,t ie a s x -4 44,tr , wasting away, deby, nervousness irribilitY, palpitation all over, bad digestion, constantsleep a*and the most intolerable nervous agitation. "e eei_ °. dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart dri3 O ,l s, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Waterford; "I have tits . 13 auleh benefit from your excellent food.—STuAkT DE DE °tire rom a " , CaPpoquin, County Waterford." t lYisp e , .I'T% 49 ,832.—0 f flfty years' indescribable agony from sk eta v a sta t net vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, eUrell B , 3 jek asss, and vomiting —Maria Jolly of Lynn, Norfolk. bee s. 47,21. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme irrvous- Cere''4lflestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. (li trrh ° 6,8 4 •—Mr. Samuel Laxtou, Leicester, of two years' '4ood is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid.; 11b., 2s. 9d., 21b., 4s. ', tr ee r' 22 is 241 b., 405. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, carriage ‘,l3.oeol_,eceipt of P. packed Also Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica fe r 24 late Powder is in tin canisters : For 12 cups at 25., Baps af 4P ,• B at 31 3. 6d , for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 30t., for 576 n tl as are 6us• Beiniabout one penny per cup. The 30s. and 858. ElCnt free of carriage in England on receipt of Post office al so e t ( MY Du BARRY and Co., 77, Regent:street, London, r oa ela4 ri re h-s7tr ° rtauns and Mason's; also, at 4, Cheapside ; Cl, Grace- Le nc e i et ; 6 3 and no, xford-street; and 121, New North ; and all Grocers and Chemists. N T E • Lir, oS PII ICED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ,2 1- L CHILDREN are being maintained in ante O$ ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate antuins eah. Funds greatly needed. 64, C h CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Mum London, CA UOMELP.SS BOYS OF LNDON.-FUNDS tiuttuuccaf: eut:ti,rnestly solicited for he l p rchase of food and A 6 l ,;Ye on board tho Chichester Training Ship. ‘., 3 ?3's in the Refuge, 9, Great Qneen-strect. • girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Ealing. ........_ Contribultrep a boy or tia 870 children. girl for one year. 21 4, ~,,,, . __owl roceived by the London and Westminster Bank, '4IM tiolborn, end 41, Lothbnry, E.C , , ,, , ,. .• and by Secretary. Zi9 ' 81 °NS quaen-street, IVllicolizguiVltio. 5 i 9 ' C LERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL INI 'OM E, steadily increasing £227,000 ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested £1,649,000 SPECIAL NOTICE. The NINTH BONUS will be declared in January, 1872, and all With-Profit Policies in force 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 Policies. Forms of Proposal, Balance Sheets, and every information, can be obtained from any of the fociety's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. THE CONSERVATIVE BENEFIT BUILDING SOLI I. TY. co-• perating with the United Land Company, limited. Offices, 3, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.O INVESTMENTS for capital and savings for all classes of the com munity. Five per ('ent. interest per a num paid on Shares, and Four per Cent. per at,num on Deposit Department, with power of withdrawal at fixed periods. The UNITED 'AND COMPANY. Limited, co-operating with the Conservative Feneflt 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 gRUNEISEN, Secretary. Prospec uses explanatory of Investment, Land and Building Departments, free of charge. PROVIDENT CLEF ASSOC] (Establisl Thus KS' MUTUAL LIF E lATION ;bed 181 O). STEM Thomas Baring, Esq , M.P. I Thomas Hankey, Esq. R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, MP. The report and balance-sheets of this Association for the year 1869, exhibiting in Jail 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 .„ ...£C4,000 From interest on investments ... • ... 19,000 Ihe invested fund, after paynr ant of all claims, exceeds 415,000 The whole of the profits divided among the members. Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured, amounting to £lOO,OOO. W. THOS. LLNFORD, Secretary. No. 15, Moorgate-street, March , 1370. DAItTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUF.A.O I URING STATIONERS, 192, FLEITT-STREET (0011N2111 OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E. 0.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Par realm. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper Superflao Cream Laid Note; much approved ..... Supeilln.e Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Sur ertine Double Thick Cream Laid Note .... 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing ... 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 45., Is., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream.......... 105. 6d., 12s. 6d., alai 14 6 Outaie.efi - FoOlsccip , 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling . plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note ...... ..five quires for is. 6d., or 5 6 The New Vellum Wove "Club House" ._- oto, five quires for 2s. 6d. ettperftne Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, Is 6d, & Cs 6d .. Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., Os. COLOUR sTAMPLNG (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 ILLUSTB,9 TED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, stationery, Cabinets, Postage ,cales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 181 z S AUC E.—LEA 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. BEWARE 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 throtigho'it the World. F RESH MEAT PRESERVATIVE (Perry's Patent).—The only effectual and simple means by which Meat, Fish, Poultry, Butter, &c., can be kept sweet and sound in the hottest weather. NO HOVE, HOTEL, or SHIP should be without it. Vide opinions of the Press. Sob! in Jars, at :3s. 6d. per gallon, by all grocers and oilmen.—Depot, 66, St. John-street, West Smithfield, E.C. UNRIVALLED SPECULATION S SPLENDID STJCICESS. With a Single Stake of Twelve Shillings you can realise £3,000 1 —with £l, .£22,oo:)!!—with £2. £27,o6o!!—with £B, 37,000! For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. B RITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham-rise. nstiiuted 1861. PATRONESS. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALE 9. TREASURERS. George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Ald..rraan Gibbons. This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of the king ern, prJvides for those afflicted with incurable, diseases a home tor lift-, with every corafoi t and med.calatt ndarice. Patients are admitte 1, and annuities of £1 i obtained by election. No person under '4O ) ears of a_,e, nor of the-pauper class, is eligible. _ Full particulars and the necessary forms may b procured from the Secretary. Donations and annual subscriptions are earnestly solicited. BANKERS, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.. Lombard-street, E.' Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAVER, Secretary. ; and Offices, 73, Cheapside. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, is the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-P.tron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCOLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, 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 to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite fund to maintain them. - Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; •also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; rummond and Co.; Gly n and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; smith, Payne, and Co. ; Bar clay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Homers street; and at the Hospital from 10 to 5. Q AMA RITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. The only free Hospita' for diseases of women. Subcoriptions and donations are much needcd, and will be received by Messrs. Hat chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart; Mess's. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPI PAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. [he Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current expenses. Assistance is urgently needed. 3. W. WALDRON, Secretary The m"ssion which " Our Ocean Highways" has to achieve is to afford Travellers OF ALL NATIONS a nican, i❑ 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 who:o British Press have applauded the enterprise; many American and Continental Journals have encouraged and Ey in fmthized with the move ment, which is international, and made in the - best interests of all countries. The host 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. 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A valuable addition will be a FOREIGN Poirrs' DIRECTORY, containing the names of British and American Ministers, Consuls and Vice-Con suls, Clergymen of all denominations, Physicians, Banks, Managers and London Correspondents, Chief Merchants, Ship Brokers and Shipping Agents, Lloyd's Agents, News papers and Editots, 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 uss of passengers by our great Ocean Steamship Companies. 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En vertu des pleins pouvoirs quo le Supreme Gouverne rneut du Peron in'a conties, j'ai decide quo tons les titres de l'Emprnut Peruvien di per Cent. de 1862, quo sont encore en circulation, seront remb,urses au pair, plus le coupon echu le lre Juillet prochain. Le rernboureement aura lieu h Londres chez Messrs J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street, et les porteurs du dit emprunt peuvent toile! • le montant do leurs titres, plus le coupon echo le premiere J uillet prochain, is partir du 2 Mai, sous deduction d'un escompte de 1 per cent. par an du jour du payement jusq'au ire Juillet. Les titres qui n'aurout pas ete presentes au rembourse ment du 2 Mai au lre Juillet, 1870, cesseront de porter interet. Paris, 20th April, 1870. ( igned) TORIBIO SANZ, Inspecteur Fiscal et Agent Financier Spdcial du Peron en Europe. [TRANSLATION.] In virtue of the full powers conferred upon me by the Supreme Government of Peru I have d,termined that all the Bonds now in circulation of the Four and a Half per Cent. Peruvian Loan of 1862 shall be Redeemed at par, together with the Coupon due Ist July next. The reimbursement will take place in London at the Conn big-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street, and the holders of these Bonds can re ceive the amount of their Bonds, together with the Coupons due Ist July next, on and after 2d May next, less interest at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum from the day of payment to the Ist July. The Bonds which shall not have been presented for pay ment between 2d May and the Ist July, 1870, will cease to bear interest ou the latter date. Paris, 20th April, 1870. 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C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. THE RAILWAY TAX. The deputation which waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the proposed altera tion of the Railway Tax, left it is said, with a strong impression that the tax will not be persisted in. The v ie ws o f the various companies were stated by Mr. H. S. Thomp son, chairman of the North-Eastern, to be unanimous against the substitution of a tax o 1 per cent. on the gross traffic, as proposed by Mr Lowe, in place of the existing tax of 5 per .cent. on first and second class passenger traffic. It was urged that 1 per cent. gross meant 2 per cent. on the net traffic, deducting working expenses, and that the whole of the commercial public would be most injuriously affected, especially the mineral districts, by this proposed charge on raw material. Mr. Lowe is not made up of very penetrable mate rial, and it remains to be seen whether the view of the " inner man " taken by the deputation in respect of the railway tax is a correct one or other wise. EAST SUFFOLK. The Conservatives, who have so long had it all their own way in East Suffolk, have some difficulty in finding a candidate in place of the Hon. Major Henniker. Sir E. C. Kerrison, who was confidently counted upon, declines to come forward. The hopes of the party are now turned to Mr. Hunter Rodwell, Q.C., and, should he decline, to Mr. Wilson, of Longhorn Hall. A MEMBER FOR BARNSLEY. The inhabitints of Barnsley are making energetic efforts to obtain representation of the borough in Parliament. A large meeting has just been held on thesubject. Several speakers drew attention to the im portance of the town, as a seat of the linen m lnufacture, and the centre of one of the richest mineral districts in the kingdom. The meeting appointed a deputation to wait upon Mr. Gladstone, and urge upon the Government that in the event of any other borough being disfranchised, the claims of Barnsley should be entertained. The town-council are also petitioning Parliament to the like effect. . . PEACE PRESERVATION. Thei"• Amation of the Irish Executive placing s certain i rids under the Peace Preservation Act ineludeseveral parishes in Longford, a great part of Cavan, two baronies in Sligo, parts of Rosscommon and King's County, and the whole of Meath, West meath, and Mayo. These precautions are not too soon. Crime has been pretty rampant since Parlia ment passed the Coercion Bill, the chief effect of which, indeed, seems to have been the reform of the Nationalist rapers. Two murders have occurred during the week. Various outrages and traces of Fenianism are noted. Mr. D'Arcy Irvine, the land lord who has made himself notorious by various eccentric transactions of late, and who recently gave his tenants notice that he was about 'to take the estates into his own possession, has received a letter informing him that a man has been selected to send him to his " long home," if he carries out his threatened eviction. Needless to say, that the usual pictorial representation of a coffin headed this pleasant mis sive. Mr. Irvine is quite convinced that the letter did not come from his own tenantry. The editor of a Liberal journal published in Cork has received a letter threatening his life, as a punishment for the manner in which he has maligned and libelled his countrymen. On the whole there is every reason for the prompt enforcement of the Act, now that the Executive have got it. ALDERSHOT SEWAGE. Mr. Rawlinson has reported to the Secretary of State the result of his inquiry as to the alleged pollution of the River Blackwater by sewage permitted to flow from the Camp Farm. After hearing evidence on the subject, he considers that as an agricultural experiment the Camp Sewage Farm is a success, land of no agricultural value in its natural state having been made with the sewage worth a rental of £25 per acre per annum. The cost of bringing the land into this state, breaking up the subsoil crust, washing out the protoxide of iron, levelling the surface, and forming the sewage carriers, has been about £5O per acre, occupying some three years of time. The sewage from the town of Aldershot pollutes the river Blackwater, he admits, at a point above the Camp Sewage Farm, because it is . allowed to flow into the stream without any of the solids being separated, and any nuisance arising from the foul state of the river descends the stream. The allegation, how 'ever, made by the Local Board of Aldershot, that the Aldershot Camp Sewa g e Farm is a nuisance has not been proved. The medical evidence, does not attribute disease to the Sewage Farm irrig a ti on , although at times there is said to be a perceptible smell over the land irrigated. INFRINGEMENT OF THE SANITARY ACT. The fine of 40s. inflicted by Mr. Tyrwhitt on a woman who had conveyed her child stricken with fever to the hospital in a public cab affords, so far a s it goes, a salutary and satisfactory lesson that there is no flaw in the law respecting how the offence is to be dealt with. At the same time the difficulty which undoubtedly exists in sending sick persons from one place to another is a matter that should have the serious consideration c the parochial authorities, if not of the Legislature. Dr. Aldis, who is to be commended for taking up the matter, stated that there were two conveyances pro vided by the parish expressly for such cases—one for smallpox, the other for fever patients. But suppose that Asiatic cholera should visit us this year, then the arrangement mentioned by Dr. Aldis would be simply absurd. In the case tried before Mr. Tyrwhitt, the woman evidently knew that she was evading the law ; and until either the parish authorities willingly co-operate in rendering the working of the Sanitary Act effectual, or the Legisla ture steps in to compel them, the fears and affections of the people will be the very means of perpetuating the offence. THE TIVUCK SYSTEM IN SCOTLAND. The second series of reports on this subject by the special commissioner of the North British Daily Mail clearly shows that the practice of disguised truck has in no way abated; indeed, it seems rather to have gained. ground. It seems likely that so long as they can evade the Truck Act, and. remain undisturbed in the prosecution of so lucrative a business, those who are in the habit of employing it will continue to do so. Under the present law, they enjoy a complete immunity in most cases, work ing men being usually too poor to prosecute. And, in fact, the Act will be set at defiance until the public authority, whose duty it is to enforce the law, chooses to take up the matter. The commissioners of the bclisivo that_ low Bays ,40 JERSEY LAW. The Royal Court of JerSay has recently been occu pied with a case in which one Mrs. Agar brought an action against her house agent. With him, it seems, she had made an agreement for the occupancy of a house at St. Hollers for one year, as from last June. Finling the house indifferently drained, the plain tiff wished to leave it, and made several in effectual attempts at an arrangement for that purpose. On the 24th of November she paid the defendant the half-year's rent up to Christmas, a month before it was due ; and about the same time advertised the forthcoming sale of her furniture, then in the house in question. On the 29th of December the defendant, without any notice, dis trained upon her goods for the half-year's rent, due next June ; and upon this the plaintiff brought her action. The Court, holding that the publication of the advertisement announcing the sale was a justification of the defendant's act, gave judgment fbr him, and condemned the plaintiff in costs. Those who are on the look-out for a cheap residence in the Channel Islands had better read up the decisions of the Royal Court of Jersey, which, by the way, are written in ancient Norman-French. JURYWOMEN. The experiment of placing women upon juries has drawn from a great opposer of the policy tho follow ing admissions. Justice Howe referring to a recent trial at Cheyenne, over which he presided, confesses that he is obliged to say that the women jurors acquitted themselves with such dignity, decorum, propriety of conduct, and intelligence, as to win the admiration of every fair-minded citizen of Wyoming. They were, he observes, careful, painstaking, intelligent, and conscientious. Their verdicts were correct, and after three or four criminal trials, the lawyers engaged in defending prisoners began to avail themselves of their right of peremptory challenge to prevent women from being empanelled, so strict had they shewn themselves in enforcing the law. He adds that, after the grand jury had been in session two days, the keepers of dancing saloons and gamblers fled out of the city in dismay, to escape indictment from the women grand-jurors. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. The general Court of Governors of Chriet'a lospital has decided by a narrow majority against the proposal to remove the present boarding school into the country. Independent of the importance of the subject from a sanitary point of view, it is a matter of regret that it should have been shelved by a bare majority of 14, which cannot certainly settle the question. The almoners of the hospital have already passed two conflicting votes, and it was in conse quence of their indecision that the question was ea. ressly referred to the Court of Governors, so that it must again come up for settlement. A division of this kind in so old a corporation is decidedly sug gestive of the want of new blood. There has been really no reply to the arguments that the removal of the school from the busiest part of London to the country would be both better for the health of the pupils, and would secure a large sum, owing to the extreme value of the site. UNION OF THE ENGLISH AND GREER CHURCHES. Recent movements in England appear to have given a new impetus to the discussion of this mot Important question abroad. A Russian paper, the Goloss, promises a series of articles upon the subject, one of which has already appeared. After recapitu lating the various proceedings on the subject in Eng land, the writer states that a committee has been constituted by., order of the Holy Synod of St. Petersburg, for the consideration of the question, and the priest of the Russian Embassy at London, Father E. Popof, has been requested to attend aeon ference at St. Petersburg. The Goloss quotes a mysterioui" English theologist and professor of one of the high colleges, Mr. Owerbeck," in support of its opinion that present circumstances are favourable to t heUnion. THE LAST NUN CASE. The news of a nun escaping from a convent at Knowle was thought happy tidings for Mr. Newdegate. The Standard found in this case another example of Catholic oppression, and treated the account of the affair as " extraordinary disclosures." They prove to be nothing of the kind. The runaway nun is mad. Her regular medical attendant, Mr. Kimble, of Knowle, and Dr. Bell Matcher, of Birmingham, have pronounced her insane, and she has been removed to the county asylum at Hatton. The poor lady's ail• inent is described as a form of monomania, which leads her to fancy her food poisoned, though she eats readily what she obtains by stealth. The case will not prove beneficial to the opponents of " the hierarchy." SCOTTISH HERALDS. The Lyon King of Arms gives his opinion that the person filling his high office should be a lawyer, experienced in old charters, and in the course of heraldry, and endued with a minute knowledge of Scottish history. The Lord Deputy, when there was one, was a lawyer. At present there are five heralds and five pursuivants, whose duties consist in making the royal proclamations at the Cross of Edinburgh. Formerly they had other duties, but the Lyon Clerk now performs these. The fees of the Lord King of Arms are paid into the Exchequer, according to Act of Parliament, the Lord Lyon himself retaining none of them. Mr. Burnett (who is the present Lord Lyon) is opposed to doing away with the heralds' execution of royal proclamations, on the ground that it is "an imposing little cere mony." RED HAIR. It seems to be rather a serious matter to be possessed of red hair in Scotland just at present. The police are wanting a man who committed an atrocious outrage on a little girl at Glasgow. They have taken into custody many men with red hair, and as it is stated in her Majesty's "Journal in the Highlands" that that colour is not uncommon amongst Scotchmen, the police maybe busy for many weeks to come, although tho consequences to the unfortunate victims must be serious. One " sup posed miscreant " was received with howls and execrations, and so excited did the female portion become that the police experienced the greatest difficulty in pretenting personal injury being done to their captive. THE SUEZ CANAL. The increase of travel consequent upon the depar ture of winter, brings into full light the advantages of the Suez Canal. During the last month, says a correspondent of the Eastern Budget at Port Said, 52 ships, of 47,101 tons, with 565 passengers, passed through the canal, not including the Mecca pilgrims. The greater part of these ships were English, the Austrian flag having only one representative. Two vessels, one of them a steamer belonging to the Messageries, met with slight injuries, while the only serious accident befell the Italian vessel Vendetta, which struck beneath two coral reefs near Jeddah, losing seven men and hav ing to put back for repairs. The Mecca pilg r i ms' numbering about 4,0 00 , have . arrived at Port S a id on their return journey, • and is satisfactory, after the frightful tales about epidemics whichs and of f e t h h a e x m , heard in connection with these worthies to be told they are all in good health. One thou came from Jeddah in the steamer Babel, belonging 1- o the Governor of Bagdad. . SUGAR IN EGYPT. The Khedive is about tilay down a sugar plantation on his Daira estates; and is sanguine of being able to raise an annual crop of one million and a half quintals of raw sugar. There seems no reason why Egypt should not emulate with sugar the success which has attended her cultivation of cotton. Of course, as the enterprise is a private one, the usual obstacle has to be surmounted. His Highness will he forced to come westwards for capi tal; but this may be raised on a mortgage of the land itself, and western capitalists will be more likely to assist the development of a great and valu able industry, than to contribute to the increase of Egyptian war material. Things, indeed, look well in Egypt. Feudal differences are at rest, foreign affairs are prospering, and the indefatigable Khedive is bent on awakening his subjects to a new branch of domestic industry. A MINISTERIAL' APPEAL. The French PiiineAtirtitteihtle tyldtc§sed ksirsk_ Lai tk, 1115 electors in raterence to the forthcom ing plebhcite. He begins by reminding them that this- is the season in which the hus bandman cuts the dead wood from his trees, and the Emperor has also been removing the effete part of his constitution, so that, like the trees, the living parts May take fresh growth. He reminds them that he himself has always endeavoured to uphold peace and order, knowing that it is the people who suffer in revolutions, which do not work their way in the skies over our heads or in the earth under our feet. The rich do not suffer, but the home of the working man is desolated. Supposing the Republi cans carry the vote on the Bth of May, what will happen P They will establish a Republic, amid ruin and disorder, and overthrow the rich to be themselves overthrown by a disgusted people. M. 011ivier i then proceeds to draw a glowing picture of the political Utopia to be attained should the "bulletins oui " carry the day, and adjures them to pay no heed to the insulting language of tha opponents, but to send him " tme belle maiorit6.". THE INNER LIFE OF FACTORIES. The half-yearly reports of her Majesty's Inspectors oi Factories afe of unusual interest and importance. Most noticeable is the report of the senior inspector, Mr. Red grave. He writes strongly in f avour of consolidation and amendment of the existing Factory Acrs. The neces sity for some measure of this kind is now very urgent, as may be easily understood from the fact that there are in active operation some sixteen or seventeen different Acts applying to various branches of trade and manufacture. To expect that an employer of labour, whose time and attention require to be devoted to business, is to master all the details of the intricate legal puzzle thus presented to him is altogether out of the question. Mr. Redgrave thinks this most necessary work should be undertaken at once. He then prcceeds to consider certain amendments. He conceives that the State should prevent the employment of the young if they are unfit for such employ ment ; that it should limit the hours of work of all children, young persons and women; that it should provide education for children, and proper meal-times and holidays for young persons and women ; and that it should, as far as practicable, prevent accidents and overcrowding, and add t o th e comfortl and health of all employed in workshops and factories by seeing that they are kept well ventilated and clean. All this he proposes should be done with the least possible interfer ence with the arrangements and economy of factories, and he suggests various alterations in the factory regulations which would afford all employers of labour relief from many technical and troublesome regulations. None of these amendments are, he thinks, likely to interfere with the principles on which the regulation of labour in factories and workshops is based. If they were adopted the administration of the Factory Acts would be greatly simplified, while the workpeople would be quite as efficiently protected as they are now. Among other changes Mr. Redgrave proposes : First, to abolish the compulsory registration of the names of the young persons employed under eighteen years of age, unless in the case where a surgical certificate is absolutely required. Second, to substitute a certificate of birth for the surgical certificate now demanded in respect to such young persons who are over thirteen years of age. ' The surgical certificate to be retai ne d on ly for children who may be employed under thirteen years of age. Three. To fix the fees paid for such surgical certifi cates by a scale, and thus put an end to the interminable disputes which arise between employers and the medical officers. Fourth. To restrict the reporting of accidents which occur in factories to those which prove fatal or which are caused by machinery. Fifth. To make the employment of children and young persons in facto ries subject to an educational test. That is to say, Mr. Redgrave suggests that through the factory in spectors a system of indirect compulsion should be estab lished, which would induce parents for their own interest to provide for the primary instruction of their children. No child under 13 years of age, for example, would, under this arrangement, be permited to work at all unless it was able to read or had attended a primary school for at least twelve months, and no young person under 16 years of age would be allowed to work more than six hours a day without a certificate of being able to read, write, and work sums in the four simple rules of arithmetic. Mr. Redgrave also proposes other amendments tending to simplify the mode of legal procedure under the Factory A-As, and to abolish certain modifications of the law w.iich have not been found necessary. The redorts are full of evidence which proves that t'l9 requirements of the Factory Acts in regard to the registration of names and the providing of surgical co:IX - lc:Yes for young persons, arc the greatest obstacles t) the ready and willing acquiescence of all parties in these most valuable and useful sanitary laws. The limi taAion and regulation of the hours of work are com paratively seldom objected to, but the other petty and formal requirements imposed upon employers are submitted to with the greatest reluctance. They cause au amount of irritation and annoyance which is in an inverse proportion to their value or usefulness, and they not un frequently render the whole administration of the law dis agreeable and unpopular. In dealing with the various m idifications of the Factory Acts Extension Act, Mr., Redgrave submits in his report an interesting statement relative to the hours of work which prevail in his district in the several trades and occupations now under the Factory Acts. An examination of this return establishes the fact that in the miscellaneous trades of the country it is the rule to work' an hour or two less in the week than the limit permitted by the law. This must render the work of administering the Factory Act in such cases very light indeed, and gives employers in these trades some claim for consideration, so that the special exigencies of their business may not be, unduly interfered with by the strict reading of the letter of an Act of Parliament. When the gross number of hours worked in an establishment in a single week fall short of those authorised by the Factory Acts there is no room for oppressive overwork at any time, and a little latitude might in such instances be permitted to employers without really infringing the spirit of the law itself. Take the case of the printer of a weekly newspaper, . for example. In the early part of the week he has littlet or nothing to do, and his staff are not employed more than' eight hours a day, perhaps. On Friday night, hewever, it would be a great convenience to him to be permitted to employ boys a few hours later than usual. As the law stands at present, he dare not do this, even although these boys may have been amusing themselves for one half of the week. Bookbinders enjoy a privilege of employing women and young persons for fourteen hours a da,r, under certain conditions. Letterpress printers and other employers in occupations subject to sudden and uncertain demands have an equally strong claim upoi. the Legislature, and although 111 r. Redgrave does not suggest the extension of this modification to them, he seems prepared to acknowledge that it would be no more than an act of justice both to masters and work people. Mr. Redgrave, in his report, discusses at con siderable length the existing discrepancies between the the regulations of " factories" and workshops, and with out exactly amalgamating the two Acts which regulate them, he proposes to assimilate them in such a way as to remove the anomalies which have been experienced in ad ministering them. Various trades in which large numbers of women and young people are employed Mr. Redgrave' proposes to include in the Factory Act, as well as every establishment in which children under thirteen years of age are employed. AN INDIAN ENTERTAINMENT. Before the Duke of Edinburgh left Madras, the last town he visited in India, he was entertained at a banquet of an Oriental character. It was a thoroughly native entertainment with which no European had anything to do. The scene was laid in a pandal or large building 200" feet in length by . 120 in breadth, having a large hall; running the whole length of the building, an& two aisles at the sides, the roof being beauti fully decorated and supported by pill ars . Th e framework consists of bamboos covered with 4 cocoanut leaves and tarpaulin to keep out heat and rain. The bamboo frame is lined inside with layers of common paper, and a layer of fine white paper laid on to form the ground work of decoration. On this ground gold and silver leaf, red cloth, and c o l oure d p a p er were l a id is gorgeous variety by the most skilled artificers in Trichi napoly and Travancore. There were fountains of rose water throughout the hall, and a gorgeously-decorated dais for the reception of the Prince. The building is copied from the famous amkas or audience halls of the Mogul Emperor, of which remains are still to be seen at Delhi and Agra. It was designed by Vencatasawny Naidoo, the native gentleman who presided over the entertainment. The whole programme was of a characteristic nature. When the native chiefs arrived they were received with a flourish of torches and blue lights in the midst of which the Maharajah of Travancore appeared, and being bril liantly apparelled he seemed in the glare to be robed in gold and jewels. A hundred Nautch girls holding chatty' of burning camphor lined the road, but the wind being high the camphor set the visitors cough ing. When the Prince came on the scene the lead ing natives read an address written in excellent English welcoming him to the capital of the oldest Presidency in British India. The Prince returned a suitable reply, after which the amusements of the eveving proceeded, a nautch dance and fireworks, of course, playing a prominent part. The entertainment, which was highly characteristic throughout, was very successful. AN ABSBONDING RAILWAY INSPECTOR.—Henry Wood, inspector of the permanent way of the London and South-Western Railway, has absconded, taking with him a considerable amount of money belonging to the company. A warrant has been issued for his apprehen sion. He has been in the employ of the company about ten years. SIGNIFICANT CAUTION.—A correspondent of the Church Revicw calls attention to a " significant " fact. Colonel Elphinstone, the persecutor of Mr. Purchas, died rather suddenly ; Mr. Colquhoun, the Chairman of the Church Association, died after a few days' illness ; and the Bishop of London summons six faithful priests to meet him at London House—for what purpose we are not left in doubtand he is smitten with suddenillness. gem itiumacialintaxotku.. al Xrcvidence.