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- • 44 :111 A "?' • • • ---''- • cr. . ? -.. V''"1111F • • • ite C e‘ r ' , 4 ,11 / 1 1)ROI j,,k1,14,10 11111.11* . - • • 4 4 I.t. , J.!! N. 24,353. R INAHAN'S EXIIBI LL no WHISK Y.-DUBL EN , 1865. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina " LL Whisky. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained. the Dublin Gold Medal. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Housel u London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. MUT UAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 4, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT.GARDFN, LONEON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly dis counted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. CRYSTAL PALACE.—THIS DAY.—GREAT DOG SHOW, &c. Palace and Dog Show open for admission from 10 till 7. 0 Terrace Fountains .. .. • . .. 1.30 Orchestral Band .. • • • . .. 2. 0 Festival Organ.. .. • • • . .. 3.30 Admission to Palace as usual, is. , ; or by Guinea Season Tickets free ; children half price. Admission to Dog Show ls. ;or by Guinea Season Tickets free. Present issue admitting this day to Dog Show, &c., Great Rose Show, next Tuesday's Firework Fete, Operas and Dramatic Performances, Archery Meeting, County Cricket Matches, Grand Summer Concerts, and generally until 31st May, 1871. At all entrances and agents this day. Fine Arts Courts, Picture Gallery, Statuary, Flowers, Portraits, Busts, Birds Singing, Fountains Playing, &c. G REAT DO G SHOW, THIS DAY and To-morrow. CRYSTAL PALACE. Open from 10 to 7. "The show is kept cool by constant watering. The first Dog show on a large scale, in a place so admirably suited for such an exhibition as the Crystal Palace is, is completely successful." — Daily Telegraph, June 22. CRYSTAL PALACE.- GREAT NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF DOGS, THIS DAY and To-morrow. £l,OOO given in Prizes. No expense and no trouble have been spared to render the show a great success. It will be . held in the basement, the greater part under canvas. Every precaution will be taken to insure perfect ventilation, and to render the exhibition a cool and most agreeable lounge. Nearly 1,000 specimens, ranging from the grandest mastiff and bloodhound to the timidest of toy terriers. Bloodhounds Foxhounds Deerhounds Greyhounds Otterhounds Hailers __Beagles -rox Terriers Pointers Setters Admission to the Show, one shillin, free each day to the Palace and Show. day as usual, one shilling. NOTE.—The Champion Dogs will be paraded on the Upper Ter race at 8 each afternoon. Retrievers Water Spaniels Puppies Mastiffs St. Bernards Sheep Dogs Newfoundlands Dalmatians Bull Dogs Terriers King Charles's Spaniels Italian. Greyhounds Toy Terriers Dandie Dinmonts Pomeranians Pugs Blenheims Maltese Guinea season tickets Admission to Palace each CRYSTAL PALACE.-GREAT ROSE SHOW, Fashionable Promenade, and German Gymastic Society's Display Saturday next. This is the most interesting of all -the flower shows held during the season. The Universal admiration of the national flower, its numberless ,Yarieties, ranging from purest white to sable, its delicious odour, and the immense number of specimens collected , com bine to render the Rose Show pre-eminent among the flower shows, of the season. It was at the Crystal Palace that the first Rise Show was held, and each year some new attractive feature hia been introduced. The Exhibition of Table Decorations held at the last Flower Apw, although of great interest, did not exemp l i f y s ome of the ncipal features of floral decoration. Arrangements have been - -Made with some of the leading manufacturers to make upon this 'occasion a special Display of Table Furniture, which will be • florally decorated so as to illustrate these special features. The Display will take place in the Opera Theatre, which will be handsomely fitted up as a dining room. Music is an important feature on these occasions ; and, in ad dition to the usual performances during the day by the or chestral and military bands, at 4 o'clock a grand combined Performance will take place on the Grand Handel Orchestra, conducted by Mr. Manns. At half-past five the German Gymnastic Society will give its Annual Display on the floor of the great transept. Nearly 200 of the most expert gymnasts of the Society go through their various exercises and feats, commencing with drill and mass exercises, and including boxing, fencing, parallel, and horizontal bar exercises, &c, The graceful ease and modesty with which these gentlemen gymnasts go through their numerous difficult feats is very pleasing as compared with the less skilful perfor planets of professional acrobats. The Coldstream Guards Band, under Mr. F. Godfrey, will play during the display. Half-crown admission tickets at the Palace, 2, Exeter-hall, and Usual agents, this day and to-morrow only. Admission at doors, 5 8. Guinea season tickets free. C R E M 0 R NE Lessee and Manager, Mr. JOHN BAUM. NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON. The Best and most Wonderful Entertainments in the World. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. AMUSEMENTS FREE. Open on Sunday, by Refreshment Card, 6d Table d'Hote, at half-past 6,2 s. 6d. MR W. S. WOODIN'S TWENTY-NINTH WEEK "AT HOME," • -WITH his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG and SKETCH-KOOK ENTERTAINMENT in the Large Root-% EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except Saturday) at 8 ; Saturday Mornings at 3. " Mr. Woodin has 'Tared no expense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously furnishing his salon for the comfort of hls patrons." Seats may be secured in advance, at the Box-office, open from 10 till 5; also at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal music-sellers. Stalls, Is.; Area, 25.; Balcony, ls. Family Private l 'Ox, One, Two, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. R OYAL MUSIC 'HALL, HOLBORN Lat© WESTON'S. Proprietor—Mr. f. S. Sweasey. Great combination 'of 'i alent' or the Whitsuntide Holidays. Ale-engagement of Mr. A. Vance, Mr. J. HZ Milburn, Miss Louie i herrinE,rton, Mr. H. Collard, the smallest man in the word, the Le Petit Sims Reeves, and the Brothers Voltaire, Champion ' , YEanasts, and the first appearance of Mr. Baldwin, Miss Georgina Smithson, Miss Nelly Wood, Mr. J. H. Hyley, and Madame Marie Barnam; Mr. P. Corti, Mr. St. Albyns, and Miss Barrie will appear in Operatic Selection, with full Orchestra, every evening. lii i i ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. .. Baker-street.— On view, New and Magnificent COURT DRESSES from the first houses in Paris. Admission, Is. ; chil dren under ten years of age, ed. Extra rooms, Gd. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the I r sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest corn 'Positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which aro assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mona; Messrs. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. Thomas Pitts. Professor Efalliman, M.C. Admission, ls.; Reseried Seats, 2s. R.R.BniNELL, Proprietor. S A U C E.—LEA and :PERRIN& THE " WORCESTERSHIR E," pronounced by Connoisseurs " THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." , Improve 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 and PERRINS on all bottles and labels. A gents —Crosse and Blackwell, London. and told by all Dealers in Sauce throughout the World. RUPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MO C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 185 1 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred ;Medical Alen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment WtERNIA. 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Imported rip manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Ve r sty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. lift,,__Tennant arranges elementary collections of ppcKs, Li e 'r ALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new editorl of restin Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the mte at 2, filiYuly of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had 0, '2O, 50, INSTRUCTION 60'. guineas each. Lotf;.7ICAL in GEOLOGY and MINERA LOGY 18 given by Mr. TENNANT, F.C3I - .5., at 149, Strand. Now published, "FJORD, ISLE, AND TOR," THE UNITED LAND COMPANY (Limited). — The REIGATE ESTATE, East Surrey.—The estate is about half-a-mile from Redhill Juction, 21 miles from London, and is thus most conveniently situate for those desiring to reside in the country, with easy access to town. It presents sites available for various classes of property, semi-detached and attached. The UPPER HOLLOWAY ESTATE, Islington.—The estate is situate in York-road, above the New River Reservoir, approach ing Highgate-rise. The estate has been so laid out that detached and semi-detached property as well as close built can be erected thereon. The CLAPHAM JUNCTION ESTATE (Bolingbroke-park) Bat tersea-rise and Wandsworth-common, and East Surrey.—The estate is within easy distance from the Crystal Palace Railway, Clapham-common, and Battersea-park, the South-Western, the West London, Rlohmond, Windsor Line, (tc., and is one of the most valuable properties in the suburbs of London. FOREST-GATE ESTATE.—This property is within five miles from the City stations, and is quite close to the Forest-gate sta tion, on the borders of Wanstead Flats, and within lilmiles from the Stratford Junction Station, which communicates with all the Metropolitan lines. Forest-gate is -a remarkably healthy place, and the Company's land IS adapted for villas and houses to suit all classes of the community. The ISLE of WlGHT.—Sandown.—The new Isla of Wight Railway is open to Ventnor. A piece of land can be bought as low as £l7, or as high as £lO7, and purchasers have great facili ties for paying the price of a plot or plots by easy monthly or other instalments. The Sandown Estate, from its proximity to the beautiful sands and the sea shore (unrivalled for bathing), as also to the town and to the railway station, presents an excellent opportunity for the acquisition of economical building sites. Plans of the above estates on application at 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. ,_ LONDON, THURSDAY, MORNING Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., SILVI A. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of " Nathalie, "Adele," &c. "This book is fresh and charming. Miss Kavanagh has pro duced nothing prettier than the future of her heroine, Silvia. '— Saturday Review. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 1 vol. Bvo., with Illustrations, 155., E A_ STERN PILGRIMS: the TRAVELS of THREE LADIES. By AGNES SMITH. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FALMOUTH, GIBRALTAR, AND MALTA TELEGRAPH COMPANY (LIMITED). DIRECT SUBMARINE ROUTE TO INDIA. OPENING OF NEW CABLE—REDUCTION OF TARIFF. TELEGRAMS from the UNITED KINGDOM are NOW SENT by this Company's Cable in connexion with the ANGLO MEDITERRANEAN and BRITISH-INDIAN Lines, at the follow ing rates : For Telegrams of • • Ten Words. Twenty Words. To Aden . . „ Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, and other stations west of Chit tagong „ Ceylon and Stations in India east of Chittagong .. 2 1 0 3 1 0 „ Gibraltar and Ma1ta............ 010 0 „ Portugal (all Stations).... 0 9 0 Spain (ditto. 0 9 0 Half the 20 word rates for every additional ten words. From the Provinces and Ireland, One Shilling extra. Messages for the New Submarine Route are received at all the Postal Telegraph Offices in Great Britain and Ireland. The public should order them to be sent " VIA FALMOUTH." These words will be transmitted free of charge. Messages are also received at the Company's Station, No. 74, OLD BROAD-STREET, and sent direct by wire to their destina tion By order, JOHN T. BURT, Secretary. London, June 14, 1870. ROUMANIAN GOVERNMENT IRON BRIDGES ANNUITY.—The Scrip in exchange for the Bankers' receipts is now ready for delivery at the counting-house of Messrs. Devaux and Co., 62, King William-street. London, 22nd June, 1870. CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR STOPPING THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUN DAY. London Auxiliary. A great open-air Working Men's Demonstration will take place at Trafalgar-square, Charing Cross, on Saturday evening, June 25th, in support of Mr. Rylands's SUNDAY CLOSING BILL. Addresses will be delivered by Revs. C. J. Whitmore, who will refer to the success of Sunday closing in Scotland, J. B. Wright, W. C. Van Meter, of New York, who will refer to the success of Sunday closing in the United States, E. Mathews, M.A., travelling secretary of the Central Association, and Messrs. G. Dibley, J. West, J. Bormond, P. Carigan, and other friends of the measure. A petition to Parliament will be submitted to the meeting. Thechair will be taken at half-past six by Benjamin Whitworth Esq., J. P., Ex-M.P. Mr. Rylanda will move for the second reading of his billon the 29th instant. THORLEY'S HORSE and CATTLE SPICE , In Penny Packets only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Of all Grocers, Druggists, and Corn Dealers in the Country. THE BEST and MOST NUTRITIOUS FOOD for Infants, Children, and Invalids. CHA.PMAN & CO'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR contains all the constituents of the grain in perfect purity, and is perfectly easy of digestion. CHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR contains a larger percentage of phosphates (bone earth) than any other food, and is therefore invaluable to Children while Teething. CHAPIIIA_N & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR promotes a vigorous and healthy growth of the bones and teeth, and prevents premature decay. 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The very beet remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at 18.10., 2s. Id., and 4s. 6d. at all chemists. THE TRAGEDY IN THE CITY.—It appears that neither of the victims of the City tragedy—Duke, who cut his own throat, and Mrs. Duke, whose murder was a ttempted by her husband—is dead, and that there is some hope of both recovering. THE NATIONAL BANK.—We understand that under advice of counsel, and by order of the directors of the National Bank, bills in Chancery have been filed by Messrs. William Tatham and Son, the bank's London solicitors, against Sir Joseph N. WlCenna and Harvey Lewis, M.P., and some others of the expelled directors, in order to compel restitution by the defendants of the profits alleged to have been made by them out of certain dealings and loans in connexion with the issue of the new share capital ; and also for restitution to the bank of the losses of 250,000 and upwards incurred by the bank from certain alleged breaches of trust on the part of the defen dants in the matter of Charles Laffite and Co. (Limited). Tine& It is stated that Mr. Peile, as well as Lord Arthur Clinton, both of whom were implicated in the Boulton and Park scandal, has died since the prosecution. Though Lord Chief Justice Giffard still continuos in a very weak state of health, his lordship anticipates being able to resume his sittings early next week, the illness from which he has recently been suffering not being of a serious character. • In consequence of the Queen's State breakfast at Windsor Castle on Friday next it is understood that the House of Lords, on its rising to-morrow evening, will be adjourned till seven o'clock on that day. NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME.--Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Teck presides to-day at the distri bution of prizes to the former inmates of this home which is situate at Ham-common, Suir e y . There is toi be a dejeuner after the distribution, at which the Duke of Cam bridge is to preside. [ ADVERTISEMENT. 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" It is a straightforwardly and sometimes gracefully written Sketch of Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, from the holiday traveller's point of view, not, however,. exclusively devoted to matters of scenery or itinerary, but designed to give the voyager an intelligent interest in the manners, customs, industries, and institutions of the districts he is exploring. Fos intending visitors to Norway especially, Mr. Spender's book will be welcome. It has, moreover, the decided advantage of com pression, clearness of style, and easy manageableness of bulk."— Daily Telegraph. " The volume perfectly fulfils its purpose. It is neat and cheap and contains in a small space a great quantity of very interesting matter, much of which will be novel, and all of which will be useful, not only to those who visit the places described, but to those who stay at home. Mr. Spender is an acute observer, a most industrious and judicious collector of facts, and an eloquent and graphic writer, and does ample justice to his subjects."— Yorkshire Post. ----- - "It deserves a welcome, this book we have so long uncon sciously been in search of. The itineraries themselves are to the intending excursionists a veritable benefaction. . . Altogether the book is one to carry in one's knapsack or valise during the happy time of our holiday excursion, and to give a place to on our book-shelves afterwards as a most pleasant remembrancer." —Sun. -- " ' Fjord, Isle, and Tor' is a very delightful little book. The essay on Norway is particularly full of information, but the others are not far behind it in proportion to their length, and all are written in a genial spirit."—Globe. " Without being exactly a guide-book, it answers all the pur poses of one, and contains beside a vast quantity of information, all given in the most condensed form possible. There is not a line of space wasted in fine writing, but the descriptions of scenery bear witness to the author's genuine love and appreciation of the picturesque, just as his closely compressed facts and statements prove the practical and hardworking man of letters."—Man chester Courier. " From back to back ' Fjord, Isle, and Tor' is full of matter interesting equally to the tourist and the ordinary reader. It is written in an easy and pleasant style, and is well 'got up.' " Eastern Morning News. '• We cannot part with this fascinating little work without con gratulating Mr. Spender upon it. Addressed, as it more especially is, to travellers in Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, it is, nevertheless, a book that will afford the keenest gratifica tion to the general public. . . . As to its literary merits we need say nothing, the name of the author being sufficient guarantee on this point."—Western Mail. " The articles shew unusual power of observation, are full of genial gossip, and supply just what the excursionist wants — reliable information."—Western Daily Press. CHARLTON TUCKER, 21, Northumberland-street, Charing Cross. CHAPMA_N & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR. PROFESSOR ATTFIELD, Analyst to the Royal Pharma ceutical Society of Great Britain, reports as follows Its rich ness in gluten, or flesh-forming material and phoshates, or bone and teeth-forming substances, shows it to be a very valuable and nutritious food, especially for children. It is incomparably superior to arrowroot, corn-flour, and other forms of starch, which contribute but little to the growth or renewal of bone or muscle. THE LATE BISHOP GRANT. The body of Dr. Grant, late Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark, arrived at the Cathedral last night, where hundreds of persons, who had intimation of the intelli gence,were congregated, both in and outside the building. The .Requiem will be sung to-morrow at 11.30 a.m., and the body of the deceased bishop will be conveyed to the Norwood Orphanage Cemetery for interment. The fune ral will be strictly private. T ' S ATURDAY ORCHESTRAL UNION. Mr Jeffries, the conductor of this society , to ok his annu benefit on Saturday afternoon, at the Hanover square Rooms. There was a good band, and the piece was given in a style that did infinite credit to its mem bers. Weber's " Euryanthe," Mendelssohn's " Die Fingal's Hohle," and Ambroise Thomas's " Le Roman d'Elvire," were the three overtures played on the occasion. Madame Eugene Oswald was the pianiste, and played Hummers " Piano Concerto in E minor," with a precision and power which has never been excelled. This lady is one of the most efficient performers of the day, and her playing on the present occasion fully sustained her repu tation; Miss Ada Percival, a young lady with a con tralto voice which promises to ripen with experience, sang Benedict's " I murmur not" with a finish we should like to see frequently imitated. Miss Blanche Reeves, Mdlle. Lina Mocca, and Mr. Frank Elmore were the other vocalists. Altogether the concert was a success. THE BAPTISTS C ATION .ENTENARY AND EDUC The centenary meeting of the Baptist Association, which is being held in Leicester, was resumed yesterday. The session was held in Lower-street Chapel, under the presidency of the Rev. F. Stevens, of Nottingham. Papers were read by Mr. Baldwin, of Loughborough, on the history of Sunday schools, andby the Rev. J. Clifford, of London (secretary), on the Sunday schools of the future. Mr. Clifford referred to the education question, and denounced Government religion in strong terms, which were vociferously applauded by the meeting. It required no prophetic eye (said he) to foretell what must be the end of the struggle. Religion and arithmetic must be severed; catechism and cyphering must not be taugLt together. Government might teach children to reckon, to read, and to write, as it might teach soldiers to use rifles, and policemen to keep their beats, but it had no right to instruct the young in for mularies of faith, any more than it had to introduce Mor monism into the Army or Mahomedanism into the Navy. (Great cheering.) They must hai're a further application of the principle of total separation between the adminis tration of politics and the teaching of religion. (Applause.) Eternal justice demanded the reform, and it would avail nothing in the long run to resist. Mr. Meekly advocated special children's services—children's churches on Sunday, and other services on week days. An increase should be made in the number, and an improvement brought about in the proficiency of the teachers. Much more cheerful ness was also required in the school-rooms. FATAL ACCIDENT. --TWO DEATHS. A lamentable accident has occurred at Month Whit tington, near Sheffield. A boy descended by means of a rope to the bottom of a coal shaft, in order to recover a lost cricket ball. He was unable to get back to the surface, and his uncle went down to assist him, but both were overcome by choke -damp, and lost their lives. An inquest was opened last night, but was adjourned to enable the Government inspector to be present. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. A fatal and destructive explosion happened on Tuesday at the Lanesfield Ironworks, Spring Vale, near Wolver hampton, belonging to Messrs. H. De Simencourt and Co. A boiler burst whilst the workpeople were changing turns. The body of John Shorthouse, the fire man, was dug out of the ruins; and Enoch Elwell, a shearer, remains there, and his corpse is being searched for. A considerable n umber of other workpeople ar s e in jured—some, it is feared, fatally ; and the workare damaged, but can resume in a week. The boiler was under official inspection, but was not assured. POLICE INTELLIGENCE Y _ ESTERDAT. THE POLICE AT FAULT. —Benjamin Hill and John Furber, two young men, were charged at Westminster police-court with loitering for an unlawful purpose. Ludbrook, a detective of the B division, said at half-past one this morning he was on duty in Westbourne-street, and watched the two prisoners into Newland-street. They remained there a little time and then went to Coleshill street. Witness stopped them and asked what they were doing there, and Hill said they had been to Cremorne to look after their living, and were going home. As he was not satisfied with their account of themselves he took them into custody. Mr. Arnold asked if anything was known of them ? The con stable replied in the negative. Mr. Arnold asked whether they had given any address? Ludbrook said they had, but he had not been there. Mr. Arnold said their conduct was to some ext ent suspicious, but the police had ample opportunity to inquire whether their addresses were correct, and as they had not done that he should discharge the prisoners. UNPROVOKED ASSAULTS ON FEMALES.—Edward Thor burn was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Westmin ster Police-court, with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner, and also with assaulting two young women named Kate Burton and Catherine Wright. Kate Burton said that she was talking to some friends in Leices ter-square last night, when the prisoner came up and rudely asked her where she was going. She told him to mind his own business, upon which he struck her twice on the head, making use of very bad language at the time. The evidence of the complainant was fully corroborated by a young woman named Elizabeth Mason. The prisoner's defence was that he thought he knew the young women He was committed for two months with hard labour. A FORGIVING WIFE AND A BRUTAL HUSBAND. — William Cutting, a middle-aged man, was brought before Lushington at the Thames Police-court charged with wounding his wife Elizabeth with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The wife said she had been married 23 years to the prisoner, who was a most violent man while in liquor, but a good husband when sober. She did not wish to prosecute him. He would not have done it if he had been sober. They had a few words about a lodger leaving owing to her husband's temper, and he took up an earthenware teapot and hurled it at her with great violence. It struck her on the back. She hoped the magistrate would let him off. Way, a police-constable, No. 22 K, said the prisoner often turned his wife out of doors and compelled her to wander about the streets all night. He asked her how the wound was inflicted, and she said with a teapot. The magistrate had some doubts about the wound being inflicted with a teapot. He ordered the prisoner to find two sureties to keep the peace for two months, and in default committed him to prison. FISHING WITHOUT LIVE BAIT. Price 6 d. Written in easy style for boys. Engravings are given of all the British Fresh-water Fish, with Particular Instructions Where, When and How to Fish. London—W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strand, TWEEDIE'S TEMPERANCE YEAR BOOK OF FACT AND HISTORY FOR 1870. CONTENTS. General Review of the Tempe- I E cc l e siastical Sayings and ranee Movement. Doings. Chronicle of the Temperance I Temperance and Longevity. Movement. Hindrances to the Gospel. Teetotalism an Agent in Civi- 1 Temperance Literature. lisation. 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The Food is sold in Canisters. at 1 s lid; 11b, 25 9d ; 21b, 4s rd ; 121 b, 2s; 241 b, 40s. The 121 b and 1.-11 h canisters carriage free on receipt of P. O. Order. Also. Du Barry's Revalenta Arabi( a Chocolate Powder is packed in tin canisters: For 12 cups at •s, for 24 cups at 6J, for 48 cu, sat Cs, for 288 cups nt os, for 576 cups at s's. Being about one penny per cup: Tho t'Os and 55s tins are sent ire pi' carriatre in England on receipt of Post Office Order. BARR DU B RRY and Co., 77, Retzen -street, London, also Fortnum an i Mason's ' • also at 4, Cheapside ; 6 , Gracechurch-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 121, New North-road, London ; and all Grocers and Chemists. JUNE 23, 1870. AMERICAN FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. It is believed in Washington that Mr. Schenck's funding bill will not pass into law this session. Mr. Garfield's bill for an additional issue of national bank-notes has been reported against by the Financial Committee of the Senate, and a conference be tween the two Houses has been ordered, the bill having been passed by the House of Representatives. Mr. Whittemore, the re-elected member for South Carolina, has been refused admission to the House of Representatives. THE NEWARK RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Thomas Marshall, of Kirk stall, near Leeds, died at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and thus the number of deaths is raised to 17. The adjourned inquest was resumed yes terday; several bodies were identified, and an adjourn ment was made until later in the afternoon. Three bodies were not identified. All the injured persons in the town are said to be in a hopeful condition, except the Dutchman, Gerard Toff, of London. THE TOTTENHAM AND HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY. Yesterday an application was made in the chambers of Vice-Chancellor Sir W. M. James, the object of which was to relieve this company of the embarrassments fro m which it is now suffering. For the construction of the line a piece of land of the value of rather more than £3,000, was purchased of the Rev. Edward Ridgway. The company being unable to advance the purchase money, the plaintiff obtained an order from the Master of the Rolls to sell the land. But as the execution of this order would completely stop the traffic on the railway, the Midland Railway Com pany by whom the line is worked, offered to pay the money on the understanding that theyshould be empowered to make deductions periodically from the receipts until the whole sum was repaid, and receive interest at the rate of 5 per cent. The assent of the court was now asked to this arrangement ; and the application was acceded to, ex cepting as to that relating to the interest, to which an objection was made on behalf of the debenture share holders. THE SHAM INSURANCE AND BANK FRAUD. William Henry White, a common looking man, de scribed as an auctioneer, was yesterday brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination upon the charge of conspiracy, with other persons, to defraud the public by means of a sham and fraudulent insurance com pany called the Manchester Insurance and Banking Company (Limited). Mr. G. Lewis appeared for the prosecution. Green, the detective officer, stated that a warrant was placed in his hands for the apprehension of the prisoner on the 6th of the present month, and he met him accidentally in Fleet-street. He took out the warrant and read it to him, and the prisoner then said that the prosecutor Oswell Currie was in custody at the Poplar police-station on the charge of setting fire to his house. He asked the prisoner if he had ever signed any policies in the name of Albus, and he denied having done so. He searched him and found a number of prospectuses and other papers relating to the company, and six bills of exchange, and an for £22, signed J. W. Gilbert. Since the prisoner had been in custody witness had endeavoured to find the other parties whose names appeared upon the prospectus as directors of the company, but had been unable to do so with the excep tion of a person named Gilbert. All the property at the " office " consisted of a table, some desks and some chairs, and an empty cash bowl. He did not find any securities in the office. There was a cheque book, but he did not find any register of shareholders. He found one book which he produced. Mr. G. Lewis said that this book appeared to contain a host of entries of sums that had been paid by different parties for premiums, the whole of which seemed to have been divided amongst the directors directly after it was received. The officer said that he had left a summons at the residence of Mr. Gilbert requiring him to appear and give evidence, but he had not done so. Mr. Lewis said he considered the evidence of Mr. Gilbert would be very important, and if he did not appear to the summons some other means must be taken to compel his attendance. At present he had no fur ther evidence to adduce on behalf of the prosecution.—Mr. Currie, the nominal prosecutor, said that the statement of the prisoncr, that he was in custody upon the charge of feloniously setting fire to his house, was entirely false. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was then fully committed to the Central Criminal Court upon both charges of fraud and conspiracy.—Mr. Lewis said that a cheque for five guineas had been sent to him by Mr. Mill burn Clark, of Grenville-square, in aid of the costs of the prosecution. He did not wish to retain it for that purpose, but desired the Lord Mayor to divide it among the poor persons who had been defrauded.—The Lord Mayor consented to do so, though his officers and he at the same time said that the prisoner's trial would be conducted from this point by the city solicitor. M. and Madame Ferdinand de Lesseps have ar rived in London. The Emperor Napoleon continues to make satis factory progress, the swelling of the foot having consider ably diminished. - A fresh conflagration has burst out in the forest of Fontaine Ileau.. There is reason to fear that it is the work of an incendiary. Within the past fortnight 5,259 lbs. of meat have been seized in the City as unfit for human food. It has all been destroyed. The Emperor of Austria has directed the arms of Austria and Hungary to be quartered with the family arms of Count Beust. A. meeting of the Glasgow ironmasters has agreed unanimously to accept the proposals of the men to return to work. Notices of the lock-out are to be withdrawn. After a long and warm discussion, and several divisions, an attempt to pass a resolution in the Dublin Town Council in favour of the Permissive Bill has been defeated by a " count-out." The Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford, have presented the Rev. Peter Robert Watts, M.A., curate of Milton, near Abingdon, to the vicarage of Thornton-le-Street, in c,he room of the Rev. H. R. Cunnynghame, M.A. The Pall Mall Gazette hears that the ex-Queen of Spain has at last signed her abdication in favour of her son, and that the document has been shewn to the Emperor and the Spanish Ambassador by the Duke de Sesta, who came here purposely to implore her Majesty to make this sacrifice. The committee of the "Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs," advertise that in consequence of the violent and persistent opposition of the inhabitants of Holling-worth-street, Holloway, they are under the neces sity of seeking another site for this institution. A piece of freehold land has been offered them in some more eligible and central locality. THE REVENUE.—From April Ist to June 18th the national receipts were 214,585,444, or rather over £2,000,000 less than the revenue in the corresponding period of last year. The issues from the Exchequer amounted to £13,592,592, and this was £1,000,000 under the expenditure during the like number of weeks in 1869. The balance in the Bank of England on Saturday last was £8,744,976. - - - With regard to the measures taken by the corn. mittee of Lloyd's with a view to the discovery of the authors of the false report concerning the alleged loss of the Dacia, they are of a very . exhaustive nature, detec tives having been sent to America, and also to Canada. It is said, however, that within the last day . or two circum stances have arisen which justify a suspicion that the re port originated in London. LORD DERBY'S RESIDENCE.—The London cor respondent of the Yorkshire Post says :—Lord Derby is, I hear, negociating for the purchase of Holwood, a beau tiful estate in Kent, not far from Bromley, and which is in several ways interesting. In the first place, and this no doubt mainly induces Lord Derby to wish to become its possessor, Holwood is at present the residence of the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, who rents it from the representatives of its late owner, the late Lord Cran worth, and who is much attached to it as a home. Then, too, it was the favourite residence of William Pitt, who was born at the great Chatham's seat of Hayes, a few miles off. When a boy Pitt used to go bird's nesting in the woods of Holwood, and then determined to become its owner whenever he could. His ambition was gratified in 1785, during the first years of his long Premiership. In the grounds of Holwood there is still pointed out what is called " Pitt's oak," conspicuous for its gnarled and projecting root, which was his favourite seat. Another is known as " Wilber force's oak," the same commemorated in -the philanthropist's diary as "the old tr e e at H o lw oo d just above the deep descent into the vale of Keaton," sitting on the root of which, with Pitt, he was advised by the latter and he first resolved to take up the question of the slave-trade. Amid the pecuniary embarassments which clouded the great statesman's later years, he was com pelled to part with Holwood, and a subsequent proprietor pulled down the house which had been his, and erected the present mansion, of the usual suburban type, now containing only ore memorial of Pitt, his writing-table. It would be pleasant if Lord Derby were to become the possessor of a place which is thus associated with the memory of William Pitt, and which, from its contiguity to London, would be a convenient sojourn for a steady frequenter of Parliament, PRICE ld STAMPED 2d. THE LOSS OF THE CARNATIC Mr. Justice Byles was occupied yesterday with a special jury in trying the case of Gilliland v. the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Coral any. This was an action brought on behalf of the mother, widow, and children of the late Mr. Gilliland, who was on board the Carnatic, and was lost when that vessel went down in the Red Sea. It was stated that the deceased, Mr. J. C. Gilliland, was 37 years of age ; and he was in the accountaiit's office in the Punjaub. He was receiving £7OO a year, a sum which would I robably in time have been considerably increased. He came to England on sick leave, and he was on board the Carnatic on his return journey when she struck on a coral reef on the night of the 19th of September, 1869. This action was founded on the assumption that Mr. Gilliland lost his life in consequence of negligence, and the plaintiff contended that the ship was run too near an island which was visible • and it was insinuated that there was a desire to overtake the Tigre, which belonged to the French company, and which had sailed an hour before. The ship foundered at the time that the passengers were being taken off in the boats, and it was said that for some short time before the vessel had shewn signs of settling down, and that efforts should have sooner been made to take the passengers off. Evidence was called for the plaintiff. The case occupied the whole day and had not concluded when the court rose. THE NEW POLICE HELMET. Monday was we fear a melancholy day with one class of her Majesty's subjects. The sun was shining brightly, the birds were singing gaily, and the whole face of nature was smiling with the exception of one feature, and that feature was the police. These unfortunate men, who bear with exemplary patience the fancy dresses in which it pleases the authorities to clothe them, for the first time appeared in their new helmets ; and it was almost too much for them. The poor fellows found themselves with the tops of their helmets suddenly cut off, one peak in front shutting out the world from their sight, another peak be hind forming a little ledge for the rain to run down the napes of their necks, and the whole head-gear being about as useless and uncomfortable as the wildest chignon that ever graced or disgraced the head of weak but fascinating woman. We are sorry for the police, as everybody must be sorry for a body of respectable men, who against their own inclination are compelled to adopt a senseless attire ; but we would remind them that to beautify London is the object of the authorities, and private inclination must not be allowed to stand in the way of this laudable ambition. They have only to look at our statues to convince themselves that our public men shrink from no sacrifice when called upon to contribute to the adornment of the metropolis. We could have wished that it had been possible to have spared the police, for we do not deny that there is some advan. tage in a constable being able to see objects in front of him, and that a stream of cold water down his back may be slightly disagreeable ; but, as Punch once remarked very truly, " Agony is nothing to a man as dresses well," and there cannot be two opinions as to the picturesque effect of the new helmet. It is indeed only too sadly beautiful ; it would be difficult to conceive anything more admirably adapted for the purpose for which it is doubt less intended. It is not a covering for the head of the light and careless, but, as a crown for "resignation," it is perfect. It is a hat which a martyr might be proud to wear. He may, however, find consolation in the thought that the authorities can do no more to him—unless, indeed, they take it in their heads to utilise the little cab flag by sticking it at the top of his helmet.—Pall Mall Gazette. A State Ball was given on Tuesday night, by com mand ,of the Queen, at Buckingham Palace, to which a party of about 1,700 was invited. A gentleman at Bradford, whose name is with held, has presented £3,000 to the fund for the maintenance of decayed spinsters. _ _ _ It is - stated that Mr. Peile, as well as Lord Arthur Clinton, both of whom were implicated in the Boniton and Park scandal, has died since the prosecution. Mr. Ashbury has applied for the services of one of the Liverpool Pilots to navigate the Cambria in the forthcoming race with the American yacht. The Guardian says the Rev.Waldegrave Brewster, rector of Llandysilio, in Montgomery, has been appointed to the incumbency of Middleton, vacant by the prefer ment of the Bishop of Chichester. The Board of Trinity College, Dublin, have established new exhibitions for students at entrance and after their second year. These exhibitions, of which there are twenty, of £25 a year, are tenable for two years. Andrew Caw, the pensioner, who murdered a woman in Bull's-lane, Dublin, last week, was tried and found guilty, on Tuesday, the jury recommending him to mercy. A carpenter of Ars, Moselle, named Cosnell, mur dered his wife and his nephew, a soldier on furlough, three nights back, by striking them on the head with a hatchet while they were asleep. The motive for the crime is not stated. The man afterwards gave himself up. Another railway accident is reported from America. The night train from Boston, on June Bth, ran into a culvert near a station called Summit, and the passenger car went down with the engine. Three persons were killed and a number seriously injured. It is now understood that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will visit Ireland in August, during the holding of the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Bal linasloe. It is also stated that her Majesty will visit Ireland in September. Baron Widmann, the Austrian Minister of National. Defence in the Cis-Leithan Cabinet, who resigned imme diately after his appointment in consequence of the affair in Gratz, has again sent in his resignation, which has this time been accepted by the Emperor. The Bourse Gazette of St. Petersburg states that a report made to the Czar by the Minister of War shews that Russia possesses at present 566,232 needle guns, and that the fabrication of metallic cartridges has reached 300,000 a day, giving a total in hand of 15,000,000. The death is announced of Mrs. Grattan, the vene rable relict of Mr. Thomas Colley Grattan, who occupied an eminent position amongst literary men. The deceased, who was descended from the ancient family of the O'Donnels of Ireland, expired at her residence at Rich mond, at the advanced age of 84 years. The Liverpool coroner has held an inquest on the body of Patrick Coressan, 17, whose death was the result of natural causes, accelerated by excessive drink ing. The father stated that the deceased was employed at an ale and bottling store, and that during the last five years he had gone home every night under the influence of drink, indeed often tipsy. A. return as to the condition of the Thames Em bankment shews that the total cost up to the present is £1,650,000. Of this amount £20,000 has been paid to the Conservators of the Thames, and £6,200 to the Duchy of Lancaster. Five and a half acres of the reclaimed ground the Board of Works are bound to devote to the use of the public as ornamental gardens. Temperature continues very high, except in the north. In London the thermometer registered 72 deg. at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. At noon it had risen to over 90 deg. Moderate westerly winds still prevail in Scotland, while elsewhere light variable airs are reported. The sky is now The clear. No rain has fallen in the British Isles. The sea is calm. OUIL NEXT WINTER.—It would be unwise for us to quarrel with the present hot weather, as there is every reason to believe that the baking we have undergone these last three or four days is nothing to be compared with the freezing we are to undergo next winter. According to the Atheneum, Professor Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, has made some interesting discoveries respecting the cycles of temperature, the result being that the Professor is enabled to foretell the temperature of a season a year in advance. Taking the series of obser vations, 1837-1869, it is seen that a hot time occurs about every eleven years, followed at intervals of a little more than two years by a very cold time. The past winter, it seems, was the first of a cold cycle of which next winter, and probably that of 1871-2, will be exceed ingly severe. This is very painful, and we might point out to Professor Piazzi Smyth that, unless he can discover some means of warming the cycles referred to he might just as well leave them alone. —Pall Mall Gazette. SCENE IN A POLICE-COURT.--A singular scene occurred in the Manchester Police-court on Tuesday morn- ing. A labouring man, against whom an order was taken out some weeks ago for £5 odd for the maintenance of a boy in Ardwick Industrial School, appeared and declared he would not recognise the order, inasmuch as he was not the parent of the boy. The lad's mother accompanied the man to the foot of the solicitor's table, and said the prisoner was not the father of the boy. She produced her marriage certificate, and said her husband, who had deserted her, was the father of the boy, and was still living. It was stated by a witness from the Refor matory that the man had repeatedly paid instal ments on account of the maintenance of the boy. The stipendiary said he could do nothing but enforce the order, which was signed by two magistrates, and the prisoner must either pay the amount, £5 145., at once, or go to prison for a month. The prisoner seemed to hesi tate for a moment as to the course which he should follow, when the woman said "Go to prison." He said, " Yes, I will ; I will never pay on that order," and while leaving the table added to the woman, " You must take the children to the workhouse." The woman, who was carrying a baby in her arms, then presented it to him, and said, " Here, take the kid with you." The prisoner clutched at the baby, saying, " Yes, that is my child ; I will never part with it," and helped by the woman, strongly resisted the attempt of the police to force it from him. A struggle followed, during which it appeared as if the child would have been torn asunder, and was not decided until three or four policemen came to the assistance of the two dock warders, and compelled the woman to resume the charge of her child, Now ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., with Illustrations, 24 5., A TOUR ROUND ENGLAND. By WALTER THORNBERY. "English tourists should get Mr. Thornbury's charming book. It contains a large amount of topographical, historical, and social gossip.'—Sun. 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