The Sun. — London, England, 1870-02-11 00:00:00

111Li/iOPOLITAN GOSSIP—Feb. 10. I cannot remember any more deplorable opening day of the session than last Tuesday. There was .a deluge of rain all day, with morasses of mud underfoot, and a dull leaden sky above, so that it seemed as if our legislators were come to bury the Consti tution, not to praise it. The Queen was ill with neuralgia; Lord Granville was hoarse ; Lord Cairns ought to have been at home, or better still, on the sunny shores of the Mediterranean ; Mr. Bright was done up ; and last, - and worst of all, the honourable member for Tipperary was in prison. Sorely did we all miss Jeremiah. Kind nature sympathised with us in,our mood, and the heavens wept with us as we chanted our Lamentations. If there' u'as little brilliant in the opening spectacle there was no more in the opening debate. Mr. Disraeli's speech was 'laboured and tedious to a degree not often the case with him. He spoke for exactly an hour and a half, and though he now and then raised laughter over the woes of Ireland it was a lame performance. Mr. Gladstone took exactly half the time •to make his answer. (Do speakers time themselves by the dock, I wonder, as parsons do?) He might have said his say in half an hour. Mr. Disraeli's great point was that the Gove r rnment had refused to take any steps for the repres sion of outrage and the protection of life in Ireland until the Government candidate and law adviser to the Castle, Mr. Heron, was defeated in Tipperary. Then there was dismay at the Castle, troops were sent over hastily, and flying columns were organised. It was a good story, and the ex-Premier told it well. Only, un fortunately, it did not happen to be true, as the Premier very soon shewed. Mr. Heron is not , the law adviser to the Castle, and has not been so for three years ; nor was he the Government candidate. Thus the spear of the Opposition chief was blunted at once. As Mr. Gladstone said, and all the House knew well, Mr. Disraeli made a speech simply in order to gratify some of his more vehement supporters. The logical result of it, if it was intended to have any, would have been to move that the Habeas Corpus Act be suspended at once. This he did not venture upon ; and-the Premiercongratulated himself and the House that the Opposition leader and himself were really of one mind. All roads lead to Rome, and so as soon as Mr. Gladstone had finished, on the stroke of eight, and members rushed out to secure their dinners (the more knowing of them stole away when the Premier's peroration began), Mr. Newdega,te rose to demonstrate that this agreement between the two rival chiefs was the result of Jesuit intrigue and Guy Fauxical plotting. The member for North Warwickshire talked to green benches and heedless reporters, and your correspondent was one of the many who thought that there had been enough of Parlia mentary wisdom for one night.' I hope your readers have noticed the long list of mea sures which both Ministers and private members have introduced. Everything is to be reformed. The Welsh Church is to be disestablished, and pig stealers are to receive the due punishment of their offences. The coinage is to be revised, and Chelsea Bridge is to be opened. Parsons who have deparsoned themselves are to be admitted into Parliament, and the deceased wife's sister is to be married to the deceased wife's husband. An Irish Land Bill is to be passed, and Epping Forest is to be kept free and unappropriated for ever. Some of the notices of motion elicited a good many of those " yah, yahs," which by a reporter's fiction are called cheers. Most a all did Mr. Gladstone's notice of his Irish Bill; Mr. Forster's, of his Education Bill; Mr. Leatham's, of his motion in favour of the Ballot; and Mr. Hardcastle's for the repeal of the minority clause. I fear it will go hard with that clause, the last of the constitutional "safeguards " against democracy, which General Peel so truly prophesied, were utterly worthless. Some of the motions excited laughter, most of all Mr. Peter Taylor's very " advanced " ones to abolish the game laws, and to restore the ancient and consitutional practice of paying members of the House of Commons. 'Whoever heard of being paid for becoming members of a club ? And is not the House of Commons the most select club in the world? But after all if length counts, Mr. Heron was the hero of the evening. Swarthy Sir Thomas Pkateson read a list of questions respecting that gentleman which seemed as if they never would come to an end, and which elicited laughter that was rather severe than mirthful. One other point struck me. If the Liberals are in the enjoyment of power, the. Conservatives are in the enjoyment of place. While the first were crowded together like pilchards in a Cornish barrel, the second had comfortable elbow-room. If you go In for comfort, let me strongly advise you to be a Con servative. I have had an opportunity this week of visiting the new works at South Kensington. These are very varied and extensive. First of all there are the new science class and lecture-rooms, &c., in Exhibition-road, and attached to the Museum. These, when finished, will make a very handsome building. But the works are now making very slow progress in consequence of the smallness of the grant allowed by Parliament. Passing into the Royal Horticultural Gardens opposite, I found the plot of ground lying between the eastern Arcade and Exhibition-road, which has hitherto been a waste, occupied by workmen who are erecting the new exhibition buildings. • These, too, so far as 1 could judge from the drawings will be a handsome pile, and are intended to be permanent. They will be finished early in 1871, in time for the first of the series of seven yearly international exhibitions, which will be held there. The Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 take great interest in this work. Nevertheless ' they do not know to what use the new building will be put after the end of seven years; but possibly they, or at all events Mr. Cole, have a shrewd suspicion that long before 1878 the British Museum will be so choked that it will be absolutely necessary to remove some of the collections to - "Albert-land." To the north of the conservatory, and facing the main road to Kensington, is the huge Royal - Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences, which was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1867. This building is an ellipse built of brick and terracotta, so far as regards the walls, and of iron and glass as regards the roof. It is certainly most unfortunately placed. From the gardens all but the top of it is hidden.by the great conservatory, and from • Rotten-row it stands out in anything but sightly contrast to Mr. Gilbert Scott's beautiful Gothic memorial to the • Prince Consort, which is now slowly approaching com pletion. Entering the Albert Hall, I found a bewildering maze of scaffolding, a perfect forest of fir poles. After a time, however, I could make out the plan of the building. The extreme length, excluding porches, is 272 feet, and the extreme breadth 238. The height from the level of the arena to the top - of the roof is 102 feet. The thickness of the main wall is 3 feet. The largest organ in the world will be erected here by Willis, and the height from the floor of it to the top of the longest pipe will be 70 feet. The contract is for £199,748. The site is a grant from the Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition, who give it on a nominal rent of Is. per annum for 999 years, a gift estimated as equal to a present of £BO,OOO. The Queen laid the foun dation stone in May, 1867, and it was intended that the place should be completed by the present time ; but it has been thought better to delay it till next year, so that the 'Albert Hall and the new International Exhibition may be opened together. The hall is entirely fire proof, and there will be ample means of egress 'calculated one d oor for every 200 persons. It is calculated that there will be sitting room for 8,000 persons, independently of an orchestra of about 1,500. Each of the boxes tni th slower tier will hold twenty persons, and they are so constructed that, while the back part is private, the front is not partitioned off ; thus the boxes will present the appearance of a dress circle. These boxes are sold for . £l,OOO each, and every one of them has found a purchaser. Among the purchasers are Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr. Dion Boucicault, the Duke of Buceleuch, Mr. Chappell, the late Lord Derby, Messrs. Elkington, Mr. Fowler, C.E, Mr. Freaks, the builder, Earl Granville, General Grey, Mr. Hawk shaw, Mr. Kelk, builder, Messrs. Lucas, builders, Mr. McClean, C.E., Messrs. Minton, Lord Alfred Paget, tho late Mr. Peabody, Mr. Pender, the Duke of St. Albans, the late Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Titus Salt, Mr. Schenley, Mr. Somes, Earl Stanhope, the Duke of Sutherland, and the Duke of Wellington. The upper tier of boxes hold 10 persons each, and each costs £5OO. A good many of these also are dis posed of. Above the upper tier is the balcony. The building will be much decorated, both within and without. Terra cotta, which is much more durable than stone, and costs very much less, is freely used. On the frieze will be mosaics, representing various allegorical subjects. The designs for these are nearly all completed, and moat of them are extremely good. Tho artists inalaide Horsley, Poynter, Marks, Pickorsgill, Armsteade Armitage, and Yeames. Th e shape of the building rendered it very difficult to construct a roof that would not thrust out the walls. In a perfect ciTY,-.4 there is said to be no thrust, but in an oval the case is difterent, aryl it was no c:oy th the walls stand alone, without the help of any ccntigu( building, to resist the weight of the roof, which is about 400 tons. That and all other architectural difflcultie . have been overcome by Colonel Scott, E.E„ who has been the only architect of this remarkable building. There are now on view at Ward's, the fu.riers, Wigmore-street, some very formidable trophies of hunting prowess. One is a group of eight as ferocious looking beasts as human eyes ever gazed upon. They are three huge stuffed tigers engaged in the amiable amusement of tearing each other to pieces. The spectacle is not a pleasing one, but decidly more so than that which was offered to Colonel Bagot when he saw these beasts in the jungle full of fierce life. He had the good fortune to kill all three. in ono day, he himself being on foot, moreover. . ~~~ viscount L 0171161 trophy also is shown at the same shop. This consists of a huge tiger, w'aich, before he was slain smashed Colonel Bagot's leg and nearly killed him. The group is to be presented to the Prince of Wales. Of course the pecuniary value of the present it is impossible to estimate. Some Indian friends of mine have lately paid a visit to the King of Cashmere. The party consisted of a Govern ment official, his wife and their child, a boy of six, and another lady. The King, thinking the ladies would require to travel unseen, politely sent a brougham with venetian shutters for them, and a carriage and four for the sahib and his son. The brougham was politely declined. After a time carriages of all kinds had to be dispensed with,for though this Maharajah has an income of £500,000, he has not a decent road in all his dominions, and the party had to betake themselves to elephants. The Cashmere soldiery excited the admiration of the young sahib, who spoke of them as "those men dressed in tin." The elder sahib was saluted with artillery, and was met by the King's eldest son, who conducted the party to the house set apart for the reception of European visi tors—a place most romantically situated, fully sustaining the reputation of Cashmere for beauty. The next day the two sahibs, father and son, paid their respects to the King, and he, using the accustomed Oriental exaggeration, said to the boy, as he pointed to the palace, "All this is yours." The child, with true European literalness, replied to this speech very curtly, " No, it is not ; it is yours." Subsequently there was a grand entertainment, including fire works. The King has the greatest horror of women, so the ladies of the party were politely informed that they would be provided with a gallery "where they would not be troubled with gentlemen." From this they had a good view, and one of the ladies peeping through the curtain saw her son, the young sahib, seated on the King's kneo. The King asked him if he could read. The child said "yes," " What are you reading?" "Line upon Line." The benighted Maharajah had not heard of that illustrious work. The party were not permitted to see any of the royal ladies ; these are kept utterly secluded from the world. The papers have been reprinting within the last few days a story about certain American publishers being offered some unpublished poems of Mr. Tennyson's, which the author never meant to have published, and the incident has given rise to severe criticism upon the state of our literary relations with the United States. They are most unsatisfactory. Many years ago Sir Charles Lyell published the first edition of his " Principles of Geology." An American publisher republished the work in a cheap form. Recently when the author wished to bring out a new edition containing all his latest correc tions and additions, one of the most enterprising firms in the United States declined to undertake the matter because the market was flooded with the cheap issue of the first edition. Thus it is not only British authors, but American readers who are defrauded. The second are unable to read what the first have said because American publishers will not be commonly honest. It is bitter cold weather to-day, but though the ther mometer shewed 8 degrees of frost, there was no ice, in consequence of the high wind which blew all night. One can't help thinking of the poor needlewomen on such weather as this. The introduction of sewing machines has not improved their condition, however much it may have benefited other persons. These unfortunate women have to make ladies' jackets complete at sd. to 6d. a piece, and even for long cloaks reaching to the heels they get only 7d. This is not living but starving. At last Mr. Liddon is to get some preferment, though not equal to his merits. Canon Dale is to be the new Dean of Rochester, and Mr. Liddon will become Canon of St. Paul's. Thus Londoners will have more frequent opportunities of hearing one of the greatest preachers of the day. On Sunday Professor Jowett preaches at Mr. Harry Jones's church, and the Bishop of Exeter at Whitehall. Anotier Church item is, that a lady has given a house in one of the West-end crescents to the incumbent of St. Mary Magdalene, Paddington. It is worth about £1,700; and the amount will be spent ilk building a new aisle. NAVAL AND MILI7ARY IN7ELLIGENCA. Colonel T. W. Milward, C. 8., Royal Artillery, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, at present Deputy Director-General of Ordnance, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, will, we understand, shortly receive the appointment of Superintendent, Royal Laboratory Department, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, vacant by the retirement of Major-Gen. E. M. Boxer, Royal Artillery. Captain F. S. Stoney, Royal Artillery, Captain Instructor, Royal Gun Factories, Royal Arsenal, Woolwicb, has been appointed Assistant Superin tendent, Royal Gun Factories, Royal Arsenal, and bas entered upon the duties of his office, vice Capt. C. M. Molony, Royal Artillery, transferred to the Control Departmmt as Acting Assstatit- Controller. The workmen employed in the Royal Laboratory Department, Royal Arsensal, Woolwich, have com menced working six days per week instead of five as formerly. There is every probability of this altera tion in the time being continued. The following exchanges of brigades by officers of the Royal Artillery have been sanctioned at the Horse Guards :—Between Lieut.-Col. P. D. Horne, of the 17th Brigade, at Dover, and Lieut.-Col. John R. Magrath, of the 20th Brigade, at Madros ; between Second Capt. C. B. Straker, Ist Battery 20th Brigade, at Bellary, Madras, and Second Capt. W. A. Warren, of the sth Battery, 23d Brigade, at Secunderabad ; between Lieut. C. E. Elwyn, of the D Battery, A Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, Meerut, Bengal, and Lieut. R. S. M'Kenzie, of the E Battery, B Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, at Dorchester; between Lieut. T. M. Hutchins, of the 1) Battery, 4th Brigade, at Limerick, ani Lieut. W. B. Budge, of the 7th Battery, 7th Brigade, at Sheerness ; between Lieut. G. F. Wilson, C Battery, 16th Brigade, at Barrackpore, Bengal, and I.4;eut. R. Wace, of the 3d Battery, 22d Brigade, at Peshaw ur. The depot of the 17th Regiment, consisting of seven officers and 129 men, under the command of Capt. Utterston, has arrived at Pembroke Dock from Dublin. The men are quartered at the Huts encampment and the Hill and Hubberstone Forts. It has for some weeks been generally expected that steps were about to be taken to break up the 3d Depot Battalion stationed at Pembroke Dock. Contrary to expectation, however, it is now under stood that instead of being broken up the depot will shortly be reinforced with the depots of the 66th and 89th Regiments, as soon as the head quarters of these two corps leave for India. Captain Puzewinsinsky, commanding the North German screw frigate Elizabeth, which arrived at Spithead on Wednesday from Lisbon, en route for Kiel, landed at Portsmouth yesterday morning, accompanied by Captain Morris, North German Consul at the port, paid the customary official and complimentary visits to Admiral Sir James Hope and Lieut.-General Sir George Buller, the naval and military officers commanding-in-chief the port and garrison. The Elizabeth is expected to sail from Spithead for the Baltic this morning. The Board of Admiralty, being desirous to reduce the establishment of clerks in Chatham dockyard, some time since announced that any clerk willing to retire would be allowed to add ten years to his period of service in estimating the amount of his pension on superannuation, and two have now accepted these terms. These are Mr. Sampson Seaton, chief clerk in the cashier's office ; and Mr. John Wood, one of the clerks in the Captain- Superintendent's office. The Cerberus, 4, armour-plated turret ship, built on the Tyne for the defence of Melbourne, which has heen {prepared for the long voyage at Chatham dockyard, is now nearly ready for sea, and will in a few weeks leave No. 4 duck. The temporary upper deck and bulwarks necessary for the voyage are nearly completed, and her rigging has been finished, so that she is now ready to bend sails. Only two of the seven sufferers from the Thistle explosion who were admitted to Melville Hospital, Chatham, now remain there, and they will lelve a day or two; they arc only wait.ng tor• p,.pers. These men —Mr. Batley, chief stoker, and 2,&. Mit chell, leading stoker—are the only two who will be compelled from their hurts to leave the service on pensions; the others who were in hospital have resumed their duties. Mr. J. Edgar, an engii.e.T student, who was scalded, has since his discharge from hospital been appointed assistant-engineer. PRICE OF GOLD. Tne quotation ut ,:oid at e'sris is ar , and t )e short exchange on London is zM. 15a. per OnComparing these rates wan the buglisli 100. per ounce for standard gold., it appmrs OA, gold at the above price is slightly dearer in, ?aria than iu London; THE 6UN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1870. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. oisglnsoo, mere was a total woes or any or that pushing and scrambling which, I am sorry to say, may often be seen in Europe amongst persons who ought to know a great deal better." WHY BROADHEAD CAME BACK. It was the prejudice excited against him by the press that brought the Secretary of the Sheffield saw grinders' Union back to England. He could not find work in America. He was promised assistance in several places, but his reputation always followed him, and his application for work resulted in disheartening rebuffs. He speaks very bitterly of the persecution to which he has been subjected. "Indemnity," he says, "I have not received, and I might as well throw my certificate in the fire for what good it has done me ! ' In a letter to the Sheffield Telegraph, he thanks the newspapers for having stopped his living. Mr. Broadhead seems to labour under a misconception. Some recent allusions to him have not been in consequence of his disclosures at the Trade Outrage Inquiry. For a long time he was consigned to the oblivion which he merited. But before his departure to America the Sheffield Unionists held a grand sympathising demonstration, in which Broadhead was held up to admiration as an injured but deserving individual. The later expressions of disgust are to be attributed to this revolting display. to tame as Adelina Patti,' tins been — presented'with the Order of Merit by the Emperor of Russia, and appointed first singer at Court. At St. Petersburg she has always been a greater favourite, if possible, than in any other European capital. On more than one occasion she was escorted through the streets by the Emperor himself and another member of the Imperial house ; and when she sings at the Opera the Russians always call her before the curtain an extravagant number of times. No such honour as this order of merit has been conferred on any singer since Rubini. It is understood that the Marquise do Caux will pay one visit to the United States, and then retire into private life. IM. ODOM'S ELECTION EXPENSES. The Odger difficulty in Southwark has settled down to its true proportions. The High Bailiff says he will not exclude the working-man candidate from the hustings. He never intended to do anything of the kind. The £2OO, payment of which is demanded beforehand, is needed for booth accommodation, &c.; and unless Mr. Odger pay s , thi s accommo d a ti on w ill be given to the other candidates, and withheld from him. Different opinions are expressed as to the legality of such a course. The Daily 11: ews considers the High Bailiff in the right, for he is answerable for the money, and unless he makes sure of it in advance, it is possible that he might be a loser by the election. The Daily Telegraph holds the High Bailiff to be decidedly wrong. Unless a candidate demands a poll, it is understood that he is not liable for his share of the expenses. On the strength of that marked boundary of liability, men have often been put in nomination at the hustings merely to give them an opportunity for making harangues ; and if, after the shew of hands, they relinquished a contest, the practice has been to make no charge against them for costs. This practice, says the Telegraph, is hardly consistent with the prepay ment theory. Besides, until the expenses hare been actually incurred, the total amount must be to a considerable extent conjectural; and there is no such thing in our law as a conjectural debt. You cannot sue a man for the amount of a bill until you have cast it up; and here neither the the total nor any individual item is known. The proviso of prepayment, it is also urged, really amounts to an indirect property qualification ; but to this it may be answered that payment of expenses at any time has such an effect. The Times, too, is on 'le side of Mr. Odger. It objects to the South vark election being decided by the High Bailiff. THE IRISH SEATS. Mr. Bernal Osborne has commenced his second campaign at Waterford under inauspicious circum stances. He seems to have been unable to find any thing better than a stable for the purpose of meeting his constituents. In such a building at the back of his hotel---;.‘ dismally lighted and very offensive "—% did he hold forth for two hours on Wednes day, " attacking his opponents in his usual style." Sir John Ennis has put forth a very moderate programme, in favour of national progress & denominational education, and a fair settlement of the land question. At Londonderry business has begun in right earnest by a dose of that stone-throwing and rioting which are now the inseparable accompani ments of every Irish election. Mr. Serjeant Dowse, who seeks re-election on his acceptance of the Irish Solicitor-Generalship, is 46 years of age. In 1868 he won the seat for Londonderry by 705 against the 599 votes polled by Lord Claud John Hamilton, the second son of the Duke of Abercorn. TRIAL OF BARRETT. The second trial of Peter Barrett for attempting to murder Captain Lambert was commenced at Dublin, onWednesday, but owing to the absence of a material witness, was postponed to next Thursday. This criminal case is a striking illustration of the state of society in Ireland. The first trial took place at Galway, and proved abortive—the jury being unable to agree. The mob made such a display of violence that any thing like a rational trial was,. indeed, quite impos sible, and the case was removed to Dublin by writ of certiorari. At this second trial the prisoner was treated like some great political personage. The van in which he was conveyed between the gaol and the court was guarded by a body of mounted police, strong barriers were erected at the entrance to the court, and a con siderable detachment of police mounted guard both in the interior and on the exterior. IRISH CRIME. A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette says that the statistics of crime in Ireland are greatly affected by the religious faith of the country. Unlike the English population, the Irish people have a constant active faith and exercise of religious duties. Their priests far from being the sort of men described in the filthy works sometimes strewn about the streets, preach virtue, law, and order to their flocks not only from the pulpit, but also in the confessional-box. how, then, it may be asked, does this " potting " of land lords continue ? In most of these cases the assassins come from distant parishes, and after the act leave the country. Thus the surprise of the priests when a murder is committed within their cure is unfeigned. The perpetrators themselves do not look on it as a crime, or as a sin, but as an act of war. With regard to sedition, of which Ireland has an unpleasant monopoly at present, a recent papal edict on the subject leaves no loophole of escape for trai tors. " Whatever a sound or sweeping land bill may effect in curing Fenianism, it will bear no comparison with the consequence of the Pope's fulminat ing edict on the nationalists." Ireland holds an exceedingly high position on the score of chastity. Any matrimonial scandal or immoral connection occurring in a parish is denounced from the pulpit, and the poorer section of the population . almost universally regard with horror the loose morality so prevalent among the labouring classes of England. With the latter country, too, Ireland contrasts favourably on the question of suicide. An Irishman never feels so utterly beaten in the battle of life as to resort to blowing out his brains. The whisky and pfirter drunk there does not so quickly drive a man to deli rium tremens as the unadulterated drinks on this side af the water. AGRARIAN MURDERS. A correspondent of the Times contests Lord Cairns's statement that 18 agrarian murders were committed in Ireland in the year 1869. The .authority of Dr. Hancock, which must be izcepted as final, for he prepares the official statistics, records 31 murders as the total number reported last year, and of these only six were agrarian. "Lord Cairns justly remarks that the serious part of the ousiness is the difficulty of convicting criminals, but that is an aspect of Irish crime which is not peculiar to the year 1869. To go no further b a ck th an 1868, when r Lord Cairns was himself in office, I find that in that year 22 persons were tried for murder, and none convicted." With the exception 3f occasional fluctuations, there can be no doubt that the number of murders is decreasing in Ireland. In 1844-1848 the numbers were 631 tried, 104 sentenced, and 47 executed; in 1849-1853 we have 543 tried, 81 sentenced, and 33 executed; in 1854-1858 we have 226 tried, 24 sentenced, and 9 executed; in 1859-1863 we have 875 tried, 18 sentenced, and 11 executed; in 1864-1868 the figures are 110 tried, 16 sentenced, and 8 executed. THE ECCLESIASTICAL APPOLYTMENTS. The Premier is still making appointments. Canon Dale has been chosen for the Deanery of Rochester; &[r. Liddon has been given the canonry in St. Paul's, which Mr. Dale vacates. The first appointment ought to please, but it will hardly satisfy the Evangelicals. It shows them that Mr. Gladstone has not wholly forgotten them ; but it will not stop their 2.laims to a bishopric. Canon Dale has won his position chiefly by his preaching as a Low Churchman. He is a man of some classical attainments—is tho author of some translations of the tragedies of Sophocles. He has published some poems also; and a tale of the Flood—"lrad and Adah." Mr. Liddon's name, as the Times says in announcing his promo tion, speaks for itself. His eminence as a High Church divine, his position as a learned writer, and his popularity as an exceedingly eloquent preacher, all entitle him to take rank in the Church. Tho Church and Mr. Gladstone, - no less than Mr. Liddon himself, must be congratulated upon this appoint ment. EARL DE GREY ON EDUCATION. On Wednesday evening the Right Hon. Earl de Grey and Ripon distributed the prizes and certifi zates gained by members of different classes at the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution, South ampton Buildings, Chancery-lane. After the successful zandidates, male and female, had received their prizes from the noble chairman, Earl de Grey, after referring to the practical benefits to be obtained by persons attending these classes,, said that female education was as important as male education, and it was right to give ladies the means of developing the intellect which God has given them, equally with man, " equally with a difference," if he might so express himself. the Speech from the Throne had promised a mea of elementary education which would, he trusted, be the means of spreading knowledge throughout the land. Still, there would be room for these institu tions, which might be called the universities of the middle classes. Sir John Pakington, Dr. Brewer, and the Bishop of St. David's spoke on the welfare chat would accrue to the country when the intellects of all classes were cultivated, and they, as well as other speakers, were earnest in their praise of mechanics' institutes. PRINCE ARTHUR IN AMERICA. One of tholower class New York papers embraced the opportunity of Prince Arthur's visit to the United States to indulge.in a series of articles abusing, both the Prince and the English people. These eiltisions were straightway met with a strong dis claimerfrom some of the leadingßepublican journals of the city, and the expression of a hope that such insults were in no wise to be regarded as representing American sentiment. The Prince, in fact seems to be a great favourite in New York. The Daily News correspondent says his manner is courteous, dignified, and graceful, and the Americans generally are of opinion that he exhibits a remarkable degree of self possession and knowledge of the world for a youth of his years. Another point is worthy of note. "I was particularly struck with the well-bred air displayed y those present in regard to the distinguished visitor.. Whilst the,_ClitliNitY_ to_ see him was not TRADES UNIONS. At a conference of representatives of trades unions, held at Edinburgh, to consider the various questions connected with capital and labour, a discussion took place on the subject of Messrs. Hughes and Mun della's Trades Union Bill, to be introduced in the House of Commons, entitled "A Bill to amend the Law relating to Trade Combinations and Trade Unions." The necessity of special legislation for these societies was combatted by several speakers, who at the same time considered that the Combination Laws should be repealed altogether, and not amended, being detrimental to the interests of working men. The chairman held that if a man on strike commits an assault upon a man who has filled his place, the com mon law is quite sufficient to punish the offender. It was proposed that the Conference should adopt resolutions to embody in a bill, but this was over ruled as a bold stroke to take, and motions having been made for the adoption of the clauses of the bill under consideration, amendments were proposed by other speakers. and ultimately carried. MISS BECKER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, A. lady has ascended the platform, and held forth at some length upon the subject of the political rights of women. Miss Becker, in speaking at a public meeting at Crewe, held to consider Mr. Jacob Bright's bill for the purpose of extending the parliamentary franchise to women house holders, said that she would ask why , women should not be represented in Parliament P She thought that a nation did itself great injustice in refusing . to avail itself of the influence of women in determining its laws and customs. Under the reign of Louis Philippe in France, women used to hold many civil offices, such as those of post office and other clerks, but they had since been deprived of these privileges, because they had not got sufficient political influence, In the same way, in England, when a farmer dies, his widow may wish to keep on the farm, but she is not allowed to do so because she has no vote. Miss Becker saw no reason why a sharp, clever girl should not have the opportunity, not only of receiving primary and secondary educa tion, but of passing through the higher schools and obtaining Government offices in the same way as her brothers. With regard to the opinions prevalent about married women, it was supposed, she said, that when women married, they entered into a kind of haven, and had nothing to do but to live upon th eir h us ba n d s . Sh e thought that there were a great many married women who main tained their husbands. Moreover, if a man had to cook his own food, and sweep his own house, he would not be able to earn so much wages as he does when he has a wife to do it for him. The speaker ridiculed the idea of women losing the benefit of all those chivalrous politenesses which men now gave them, if they were invested with political status. CONCERTED ACTION IN THE RELIEF OF THE POOR, A conference of ministers of all denominations interested in the social welfare of the East of London has been held, to receive the report of a committee appointed to consider the desirableness of united action in the relief of pauperism. The Rev. W. H. Milman, after reading the report, called attention to the evils which attend the entire absence of all system in the distribution of relief. The opinion of the committee was that great waste and injustice must follow the want of organisation in charity. The remedy pro posed was that in certain defined districts all dis pensers of charities should unite together, and with the board of guardians, and act according to the special circumstances of the district. No relief should be given until each case had been investigated by an experienced person, a classi fication of cases would be rendered possible by concerted action, and a full knowledge of all the agencies of the district. This classification would shew where poverty was chronic, in which case it would be handed over to the guardians, and where it was the result of misconduct. In the latter case the societies would be relieved from the burden of assistance. The chairman, the Rev. 11. Cummins, dwelt upon the i rupolicy of com bining relief with religion. The best plan was never to take money in one's pocket when paying religious visits to the poor, and, vice vcrsd, never to talk religion when distributing charity. THE LIVING AND THE DEAD It transpires that some of the paupers of the St. Pancras Workhouse have an exceedingly unnatural objection to witnessing the dying agonies of their fellow paupers. A woman died of consumption about midnight two or three days ago ; no screen was put around the body, and it was allowed to remain all night in the ward. About seven or eight in the morning a patient died of heart disease in the next bed, and it was suggested at the inquest that she might have been frightened, and that a screen ought to be placed round dying persons. The matter, as our wards are at present constructed, is an exceedingly difficult one. As the coroner pointed out, it is horrible for sick paupers to witness the dying agonies of their companions ; and on the other hand it must be equally horrible to announce the doom of the expiring man or woman by drawing a screen round the bed. Cannot the wards be divided into boxes—at all events for the more serious cases ? THE EXTENSION OF TRAMWAYS. The suddenness with which tramways have been adopted is curious to note. The plethora of capital caused by the fear of what were not long since popular enterprises, may perhaps have something to do with the phenomena ; yet still it is passing strange that a public prejudice should be so quickly overcome. Parliament sanctioned a scheme for London ; and immediately the very plans which had previously been spoken against became favourite ones. Hardly a considerable town now but is discussing the advisability of laying down lines. The prejudices are not of course entirely overcome. Many corporations prefer to wait—that of Leeds among the number. The Council of that town has refused to give its sanction to the layinc , down of even a trial line. The mem bers are not sure that the feeling of their constituents is in favour of the scheme. A NICE POINT. Mr. Tyrwhitt, the magistrate at the metropolitan court at Marlborough-street, is frequently troubled with disagreeable legal-questions touching women of a certain class. One licensed victualler has just been summoned for harbouring some of these persons. It was said in evidence that the house was orderly, the keeper had not been summoned before, and as it was not shewn that the women were carrying on their vocation, it was impossible to fine a man for merely giving refreshment. It must be clearly proved, says Mr. Justice Blackburn, that the women were assembled for an unlawful purpose. The magistrate accordingly dismissed the case. He evidently could not take any other course ; but, it may be asked, why is not a raid made upon those places of public entertainment where such persons congregate in great numbers, and where the condition insisted upon by Mr. Justice Blackburn may be esto- lished ? At almost every music-hall and simi house, these women openly carry . on a neranous traffic; but the proprietors are left in peace, whilst smaller offenders are regularly assailed. CATCHING COLD. The subject of colds, how they are caught, and how they may be cured, or failing any chance o: cure, how they may best be endured, is one that come: home to most people at this time of the year. Sc Dr. Symes Thompson could not have better aroused the sympathies of his audience at Gresham Coßeg% than by taking the subject of " Catch ing. Cold." As to the young ladies, wilt only know that an attack of influenza entails upoi them the sad necessity of not looking so " pretty ' they ought to for a few clays, it may be a matter o doubt as to whether the terms "catarrh," "derange ment of structure," "congestion," and such like, conve . : any definite meaning to them. But Dr. Thompson', lecture contained a ,crood deal more than mere technica terms. He .said : " For the prevention Of colds there is nothing like a cold bath every morning; it trains the vessels of the skin to rise vigorously into renewed action after the application of a chill. Hot room! should be avoided, the skin protected with warn clothing, and when the temperature of the air 1; between 32 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit (which is the condition of atmosphere most liable to produce catarrh) ; a generous but careful diet should be adopted." PATTI. The famous singer, whose proper title is the Marquise de Caul, but who will always be known DISTURBANCES ABROAD. One continental uproar goeth and another cometh. The Paris riots are on the wane. Though some bar ricades were formed on Wednesday night, they were easily destroyed by the police, and it is generally thought that the fresh outburst of warlike fervour is pretty much at an end. To make amends, the state of affairs on the Turkish frontier looks ominous. The concentration of troops . near Montenegro has in no way diminished, and is producing a very disagreeable effect at St. Petersburg. Th New Free Press goes so far as to say - that a . deputation from Montenegro is now at the Russian capital, awaiting orders to fight. The deputies have been commissioned to assure the Czar that Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, and Albania are all equally ready for rising against Turkey. The signal only is wanted. Turkey, on her side, is not backward. Thirty thousand men are now concentrated on the frontire. RAILWAY INTELLIGEIVCE. SOUTH DEVON. The directors of this company recommend the payment of a dividend on the ordinary stock for the past half-year at the rate of £3 7s. 6d. per cent. per annum, carrying forward £5lB, against £2 17s. 6d. per cent. per annum at the corresponding period of last year. NORTH BRITISH. Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held for the purpose of considering several bills pro posed to be introduced into Parliament. Hr. Stir ling, the chairman, presided. The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the Tay-bridge Bill be approved, showed that the directors had got proxies representing £2,450,000 in favour of the bridge; proxies representing £lOO,OOO, also in favour of the scheme, had arrived too late. There were proxies representing £77,000 against the Bridge Bill ; of that sum only £1,525 was held by purely North British shareholders, the remainder being held by shareholders who were also shareholders of the Caledonian. The amount subscribed was £140,000. Mr. BEAUMONT, deputy chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. ARKLEY moved, as an amendment, that the North British Railway Company do not apply to Parliament for powers to construct the bridge across the Tay, as it involves a great expense, and also seeing that not one-half the amount of capital sufficient for constructing the bridge bad been sub scribed. After some discussion the motion approving the bill was carried by a large majority. EDINBURGH AND BATHGATE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in Edinburgh on Tuesday, Mr. Hutchison in the chair. The report stated that, in accordance with the provisions of the heads of agreement entered into with the North British Railway Company, a Bill hal been framed and deposited foi the purpose of homologating that agreement by Parliamentary sanction, and for definitively _placing the affairs of the Bathgate Company on a satisfactory permanent basis. The directors recommended a dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of January last at the rate of 5 per cent., or 9s. per share, with 5 per cent. on sums paid in anticipation of calls, without deduction of income-tax. The report was adopied. A special meeting was then held to consider a Bill to amend the Edinburgh and Bathgate Rail way Act, 1846, with respect to the rents payable under the :ease thereby authorised. The CHAIRMAN said lie had received proxies from absent shareholders, representing 2,135 share% ap proving the Bill, and he congratulated the meeting on the favourable terms they had been able to make with the North British Company. The effect of the new arrangement would be to reduce the expenditure and to place the company in receipt of a permanent dividend of 5 per cent. per annum. The Bill was unanimously approved, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceed ings. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN. The report of the directors states that the rent of the railway for the six months, £13,000, had been received from the Irish North-Western Railway Company by weekly payments, less income tax. Such moneys as were not immediately required for the uses of the company were placed to a deposit account, the interest on which amounted to £43. The transfer fees amounted to £7 ; those, added to the balance from last account of £74, together with £1,300, the estimated amount of surplus rent to the 31st of December, 1868, gave a total of £14,425 to the 31st, of December last. From this was deducted general, law, and other charges, amounting to £1,450, and interest on debentures, debenture stock, and on payments for land, to £3,809, making together £5,259, which having been deducted, left a disposable balance of £9,166 towards the pay ment of dividends and arrears. The items in dispute with the Irish North-Western Railway Company had been agreed to, and the estimated balance due to the company was £1,300, of which £BOO had been credited to capital expenditure, and thus partly extinguished the excess under that head. It was evident that, in addition to the mini mum rent of £26,000 a year, there would be a larger surplus due than for the year 1868. The directors recommended that the dividends, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, to the 31st of December, be declared and paid forthwith on the £3,062 stock B ; also the dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the £31,850 stock A; also the dividends at the rate of 5 per cent., together with 1f per cent. on account of arrears, making 6} per cent. per annum, on £247,737 stock B, leaving a balance of £242. The arrears due to the B stock amounted to £8 12s. per cent., and to the C stock £7l 6s. per cent. The expenditure on capital account amounted to R. 710,099. CORK AND BANDON. The report of the directors of this company states that the gross receipts for the half-year amounted to £14,205, against £12,789 for the cor responding half of last year, showing an increase of £1,416, which was considered satisfactory. The expenditure on the renewal and maintenance of the permanent way, works, &c., would bring the line into excellent order, and the Board looked upon this expenditure as the wisest economy. The ca pital account had been increased during the half year by £1,294 expended on building a goo is store in Bandon and providing additional waggons, which were much required. The balance of the half-a ear, after defraying all expenses, interest on mortgage debt, Ste., showed £16,029 was avail able for dividend ; but, in consequence of an in junction being in force, the directors could only recommend the payment of a dividend on the No. 1 preference shares at the rate of 5i per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £14,709 for next Lccouut. They recommended that a dividend at the rase of 4 per cent. per an num be declarLd en the No. 2 preference shares for the Lalf-year, amounting to £592, for which deferred warrants would be issued to the proprie tors. The expenditure on capital account amounted to £342,241, leaving a balance against the company of £13,604. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the City Terminus Hotel, Can non-street ; Mr. R. Potter in the chair. Mr. J. M. Grant, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting, for the purpose of consider ' ing an agreement between this company and the Buffalo and Lake Huron Company. The CHAIRMAN said he regretted the short - inter val that had occurred between sending out the cir cular to the shareholders and the holding of the meeting. Since the two boards had Nncluded the terms of the agreement, the solicitoys on both sides had gone through the agreement clause by clause. Some of the clauses affected the Buffalo and Lake Huron Company as between the bond and shareholders of that company, and it was only on that day week the agreement was finally completed by the lawyers ; upon which the cir cular, which had been prepared for a fortnight pre viously, was at once issued to the bond and share holders. He then entered into details as to the difficulties that had arisen'in making the agreement between the two companies. The existing agree ment was sanctioned by the Canadian Parliament about six years ago, for 21 years, and there were now 16 years of the term to run ; but the inter pretations of the agreement by both companies were so 'antagonistic and unworkable it was found necessary to come to the new agreement which had been just so far completed. Under the exist ing agreement, when the equipment bonds were I paid in ful!, the Buffalo Company would receive £40,000 a year, subject to .an increase up to 1872, when they would be entitled to 161 per cent. of tte net receipts. Under the new agree ment the Buffalo Company were to receive up to the Ist of July, 1869, the payment of £42,500 in secon d equipment bonds at par. These bonds were to be deposited with the chairman of both companies until the agreement was ratified by the Canadian Parliament, when the payment of the £42,500 a year would be continued in per petuity, having precedence of the first equip ment mortgage bonds. This portion of the agreement was more favourable to the Buffalo Company than the corresponding one in the exist ing agreement, which depended on the division of net profits, and the development of the traffic. When the first preference bondholders were paid their interest in full the Buffalo Company would he entitled to £66,000 for the year, and when the third preference bondholders were paid their interest in full the Buffalo Company would receive £82,895 as their proportion of the net profits ; and when the interest on the fourth preference bonds was paid t he Buffalo Company would have £106,000 for the year as their proportion of the net profits. Under the new agreement the Buffalo Company would not receive more than £66,000 till 1875, but one half their share capital would be converted into Grand Trunk ordinary shares, and the other half into fourth preference bonds, in respect of which they would receive £36,000 in arrears. The pay ment of the £66,000 and the interest on the amount converted into fourth preference stock would give the Buffalo Company £90,000, which would be £16,000 less than under the existing agreement. The progress of the net receipts on the Grand Trunk had heretofore been slow, and until they greatly increased the new agreement would be much better for the Buffalo and Lake Huron than for the Gran :l 'Flunk Company. Another point was that the ex isting agreement would run out in 16 years, and matters for that time between the two companies would necessarily continue in an unsettled state, unless a permanent agreement could be come to at an earlier period. He did not wish to say more than was requisite to induce the proprietors to sanction the new agreement, because if it should not be carried out, or sanctioned by the Legislature, anything he might hap pen to state would be used adversely against the Grand trunk Company. If they approved the agreement the bill might pass the Canadian Legislature in the course of ten or twelve days, and he would be prepared at the next general meeting to submit a proposition for the construction of the Buffalo Bridge and give them full explanation when the agreement was sanctioned and finally settled between the two companies. He concluded by moving a formal resolution, to the effect that the agreement of the 2d of February, 1870, between this company and the Buffalo and Lake Huron Company be approved and adopted, and also the bill to confirm the agreement, and authorising the Board to take all the necessary steps to carry the resolution into effect. Mr. GILLESPIE, a director, seconded the resolution Air. BATTON, the solicitor, read the heads of the agreement and some of the clauses in full, from which it appeared that in addition to the £42,500 a year in perpetuity and in priority of the equip ment mortgage bonds, the Buffalo Company were to receive in 1870 £2,500, to rank next after the second equipment mortgage bonds, and an addi tional £5,000 every year until 1874, when the sum would be £22,500. This sum would be further in creased by £l,OOO every year until the year 1879, when the additional sum would amount to £27,500, and be continued in perpetuity, making wi t h th e £42,500 a total of £ 70 , 000 a year payable half yearly to the Buffalo Company. Mr. CREAK complained that in the account of the probeedings of the last general meeting issued by the company, the chairman had attributed a certain statement to him which he bad never made. The CHAIRMAN having acknowledged that it was a mistake on his part, Mr. CREAK expressed himself satisfied. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Creak, Mr. Hesseltine, Mr. J. V. Shaw, Mr. E. J. Hera path, Mr. Humber, Mr. Mercer, Mr. Adams, and other bond and shareholders took part, some urging that the terms were too good for the Buffalo Company, while others contended that the ques tions which had been years in dispute between the two companies would be finally settled, and that it would then be the interest of both to work together harmoniously in future. On a show of hands the resolution was carried by 15 against 9 ; and on the motion of Mr. CREAK the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. RAILWAY BILLS. The Examiners resumed their sittings yesterday at the House of Commons. Before Mr. Frere the bills of the Navan and Kingscourt Railway and of the Buie and Torrington Junction Railway were declared to have complied with the standing orders. The Ely and Bury St. Edmund's Railway and the East and West Junction Railway Bills were post poned until the 18th inst. Before Mr. Robinson the Halesown and Broms grove Branch Railway Bill complied with the standing orders. An American whose mother was kindly and skil fully cared for in the Middlesex Hospital about thirty years ago has just sent a cheque for .£2O to the treasurer of that institution, in response to the recent appeal for assistance. Mr. J. T. Rutherford, of Easton, near Grantham, has elicited from the Board of Inland Revenue an opinion as to the duties on farm horses. The Board will not insist upon payment of duty for a horse kept solely for agricul tural purposes, which may occasionally only be employed in drawing coals, bricks, &c., to its owner's house, or to the house of the farmer's landlord, in conformity - with any provision in that behalf contained in the lease under which the farm is held. 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EXPERIMENTS AT SPOEBURI'NEBI, A number of the Hale rockets having been found to fail somewhat in practice, and occasionally some to burst, and an examination of selected exan.iple° having shown a cer t a i n amount o f d eter i ora tion la the composition of the rockets in store, the coal" rnittee under Colonel Milward attended yesterday at Shoeburyness to test samples of the original and early patterns with others of recent manufacture. The first series tried were 24-pounder rockets, with plain cases, manufactured in September, 1866 ' These were fired at 15 degrees elevation, the puff s recorded . being due to the irregularity of combustion at particular points of flight, and caused by some deteriorated condition of the composition. The ranges and directions, however, were good. Ten rounds were fired; the times of flight varying from 7.7 to to 9.6 seconds ; all but two puffed at about 6.3 to 6.6 seconds. The ranges were 2,766, 1,850, 1,60 2 9 1,510, 1,557,1,783, 1,872, 1,700, and 1,450 yards; one burst on graze at 1,608 yards ; the deflections varied from 16.6 to 61 yards right. The second series were 24-pounder r oc kets, w ith corrugated cases, manufactured in December, 18 69, fired at au elevation of 15 degrees. Nona puffed. Seven rounds were fired—times of flight from 3 . 0 to 6.0 seconds; ranges, 906, 956, 1,163, 339, 800, 1,063 yards ; one burst at graze at 760 yards ; de flections, 3 from 13 to 15 yards left, 3 from 11 to to 25 right. Three of the like nature, manufactured in January last, were fired at 15 degrees ; times, 7.8, 4.2, 7.0 seconds ; ranges, 1,406, 695, about 1,500 yards ; directions good ; none puffed. Some 12-pounder rockets„made specially for the committee, were next tried. Of those svit il corrugated cases, five rounds at 10 degrees gav e from 1.9 to 2.7 seconds to graze ; ranges, 150, 50, 228, 342, 156 yards; deflections from 6 yards left to 5 yards right. Five rounds at 15 degrees flight from 6.4 to 9.0 seconds ; ranges, 1,02 0, 1,500, 1,116, 1,335, 1,454 yards ; deflec‘ions 10 0 46 to 124 yards right. Ten rounds at 20 de' grees : flights from 7.8 to 10.9 seconds ; ranges froel 1,924 to about 2,000 yards ; deflections about 189 yards right. Of those with plain case five rounds at 10 degrees gave flights from 2.0 to 3.3 seconds, ranges about 200 (?); 172, 650, 227, 4.17 ; deflec tions from 21 left to 4 right. Five at 15 de g rees, flights 5.9 to 7.7 seconds ; ranges, 1,337, ; 1,02 2, 1,318, 1,250, 1,125 yards; deflections from 50 to 121 yards right. Ten at 20 degrees - ; flights, 8. 8 to 12.1; ranges about 2,070 yards ; deflection s about 200 yards right. In one of these last there was a slight puff at 9.9 seconds. There were present Colonel Milward, Colonel Campbell, Colonel Fraser, Captain Harrison, Mr' Abel, and Lieutenant Selby. The experiments were carried out by Captains Alderi,on and Ellis, under the direction of the Comm mdant, Col. Elwy n. MORE DEATHS FROM tSTARVATION: Yesterday Mr. Humphreys held an inquest at the 1 eigh HuyTavern,Church-street, Mile-end, respect ing the death of Bridget Quin, aged 61 y e ars- Ellen Neal, 4, Plough-street, Spitalfields, stated that she had known the deceased for the last 1 6 years. She was the keeper of a stall in the Mile end-road, but latterly, through the depression of trade, her business fell off to such an extent that she was ruined. She then borrowed a tea-tray, an d a person lent her sixpence, which she laid out 1 0 lemons to sell in the streets. For the last fortnigh t she slept on the pavement at night. One night she slept in a refuge. A •fortnight ago she ap plied to the Wnitechapel. Board of Guardians for relief, and they offered her a shilling a tvecl and a loaf, or the house. She said she had never been into a workhouse, and would not go into one. The guardians allowed her Is. a week, and it was while she was in receipt of that that &le slept in the streets. Police constable 31 11 said that on last Monday night, at a quarter to 9 o'clock, be found the deceased lying on the pavement in Whitechapel, and said that she had not tasted food since the pre vious day. SLie was in a dying state, and he re moved her to the Chapdl-yardPolice-station, where she was seen by a doctor, who ordered that she should be immediately taken to the workhouse. Dl' Richardson proved that the deceased expired on Monday night in the workhouse, from the effects of effue.ion of serum on the brain, produced by want of food. There was no fat in her body, her blood was very thin, and there was very little of it. There was no trace of food in her stomach. The jury re turned a verdict of " Death from want of food and expisure to the cold." Mr. Humphreys held a second inquest yesterday at the same tavern, 0 0 the body of George Oakcroftan, aged 74 years. From the evidence of George Grant, a fourpenul lodging-house-keeper, . living at 94, Wentworth street, Whitechapel, it appeared that h e bad known the deceased for some months. He was a quack doctor, and some days he made 16s• by selling small bottles filled with a _brown liquid to people, and told them it was a com plete cure for head attacks. Three weeks ago he fell ill, and since then he bad not been able to earn any money. Last Sunday witnessed had bim re moved to the Whitechapel Workhouse. - Ann Blenchan said that when the deceased was admitted into the Workhouse he said, "1 have not had any food for days." He died shortly after. Dr. M. Champneys stated that when • the deceased was dying, he said, " I am done up for this world." The post mortem examination proved that the de ceased had died from want of food. His skin was like parchment, and there was no fat on his. bones. Witness did not believe the statement that the de ceased had drunk a pint and a half of rum a. day at any time of his life. The jury returned a verdict of " Death from want of food." Bank of Engla.4 Returns. An Account, pursuant to t] cap. 32, for the week ending I he Act 7th and Bth Victoria Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1870. P ARTMENT. ISSUE DEI Notes issued £33,726,410 Governmt. Debt.X11,015,1 1 2 0 Other Securities.. 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion -- 18,726,410 Silver Bullion .... X 33,726,410 BANKING D 1 Proprietors' Capi tal X14,553,000 Reat Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners • of National Debt, and Div. X 33, 726,410 tPARTMENT. Governmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £14,331.314 Other Securities 18,371,578 Notes 10,923,760 Gold and Silver - Coin 925,028 Accounts 7,377,812 Other Deposits 18;792,791 Seven Days and other Bills 457,037 £44,551,680 X 44, 551,680 The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Mesas. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening FRIDAY 35 min past 9 10 min past 10 SATURDAY 50 min past 10 85 min past 11 SUNDAY 0 min past 12 6 min past 12 MONDAY 40 min past 12 8 min past 1 TUESDAY... 30 min past 1 56 min past 1 BIRTHS. BoYLE —On the 9th inst., at Torquay, the Lady Theresa Boyle, of a daughter. CHATIERIS —On the Bth inst., at Claughton, Tulse-hill, the wife of Charles Chatieris, Esq., of a son. CORRY—On the 9th inst., the Hon. Mrs. Corry, of a son. MARRIA GES. 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