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The E a the ster novelties have been pronounced by the public and for t t',,a B a to be the most successful entertainment ever produced 1 , 1 7 aPProbation of the patrons ot any music hall. .\- R „? truly surprising performance of WAIN - RA=l4 - 01i a wire if' I4 RTH OF AN INCH THLCIE, suspended the whole length of is marvellous. t( Ev ue Great Little tonWoder, the smallest Tenor in the World, Mr I I Y COLLARD, be heard at this hall only. ,Also Mr ARTHUR LLOYD. Mr GEORGE LEYBOURNE, Mr i,E-ITR. r , I CLARK, Mr YOUNG, Mr J. PHILLIPS, Miss LOUIE CfORINGTON, Miss KATE GARSTONE Mrs F. R PHIL the COURT MINSTRELS, all combined to produce an "ertainment which must be amusing to all. vilairman—Mr A.Young ; Musical Director—Mr P. Cort. No advance in prices. 10 .alcony, 6d; Stalls, is.; Orchestra Stalls, is 6d; Private Boxes, 8 6(1 . Box-office open from 10 to 5. NIA.DAME T USS AUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-Btreet—A PORTRAIT MODEL of TROPMA added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the de ep T.unette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the 2 2 ` 0 1•Pitation of Louis XVL, Marie Antoinette, and upwards of Persons of the best :and worst blood in France. Also an rein " C opy of the guillotine as in use. Admission, ls. ; extra ..zu s ukl.n 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, Th Piccadilly. Of the ex traordinary success which has attended the production e Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of pateslect,rie light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici litiej_in its combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance 4.1,. Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, mead the gratifying effect of making the ; r_sent one the Vie!eei e b rn xtensively patronized season since its first opening. The eed Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient po eiv 'ignor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest corn -1161 as of ail distinguished composers—the solos in which are w f i ned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca ; Messrs. tior h ral es, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. — as Pitts. P ro f essoi Halliman, M.C. A.dmißston, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. BIUNELL, Proprietor. S CIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENMAL PRESENTS. UItNAMENTS for the Drawieg-rootn, Library, 'zeta oauf and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort Bt atids — b: A SES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink- A.lab,,, , ,autiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, and "ter, Parian, Marble Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. 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THE VA ARAB. e dZ e s s tT t Y times its RE LENTA ICA st in other remedies, and restores perfect ale:, 4 r ° l a, strong nerves, Co sound lungs, healthy liver,refreshing disordered * enr,2,,anetional regularity, and energy to the . most s.. _____ a il) ' i fic ute d — rernevin g speedily and effectually ton, ta°l2P,P!_l_fr k a a .4 3 1 :1, as consumption, habitual const; ular r f ra w t ' ' le,ry:',abirle_c d erange ' rnents, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, _ .11- Cate, rvousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, tOlit - 1" , colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, egqie'ataPnrities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleep crarnp:, aeidity, palpitation, heartburn, headac . he, d r e e b o y o , o d y r o o r ps a y t , aoa, B„'CPaanis, nausea, and sickness, even Amu, S lu g fits, and bronchitis, scrofula, tightness mP of the chest, fi t , ,at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is nvarirt digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for /0 04 8 and infants in all complaints. t han 5t.„.41:11 C AUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more nan i , t - PY imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's t te a naost audaciously attached. tary 4 s ee h forth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Pe od . ealt h - restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' trei z C i nce to the thousands of blessis it has already received no w 'nada whoseposition had been deemed hopeless, we may perfeadd that of his p Holiness the Pope, whose health has bnen treat.,VY restored by it after thirty , years of unsuccessful medical Mu t - 4M. We quote from the " Gazette du Midi," July 25th Itoly , n • 48 ,413) :—" Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the 4, ougetlu_ced a r enledi ather is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other It L Arabi e ,„",, , he has confined himself entirely to Dußarry's Revalenta as ' ° o d, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his lie u re ~,,nnot praise this excellent food too highly." ,0",., 6 ',2 t 6 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven years' With , ".PLaint palpitationy, debility, nervunsness, irritability, le,„„e.h..ervous all over, bad digestion, constant sleepy lCure the most intolerable nervous agitation. e Deca?., 7B, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord “l St ha uart g erived - '' -L'ord Lieutenant of the County of Waterford; _ v E e CIBB jortanota benefit from your excellent fou , d.—STUAnT DE D - A Cure °ana, Cappoquin, County Waterford.. girs,." o . 4 ,832. -_of fift ears' indescrib . ablu agony fro o m tulen y, seas ourttiue _ e ' us :iegi cenic;:leo::::: B a n t e , d B 8 , v om ast h ma, ”.o — c m o u a g ri h a , j c o o ll n y st o lp f a L ti y on, nn, Norfolk. hoss, i ll°. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme uervous gathering , low spirits, and nervous fancies. . d iarrli ce l l a • e., 5 4.--- Mr. Samuel s- Laxton, Leicester, of two years' 'rile 1.• Try im ood is sold in Canisters, at ls. Id . ; 111)., fr 0 22s; 241 b., 40s The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, carriage 2s. 9d., 21b., 4s._ ehocellal:c_aniPt of P. O. Order Also Du Barry's Revalento. Arabica s tor 2 4 .2.• Powder is Packed in tin canisters 12 cups a `....., cup, a `iuPs at :Is. ed., for 48 cups at Gs for '2BB cups at Mt., for ~, 6 tins 55 a. Being about one - penny per cup. .The 30s. and _sss. - are s n en . t free of carriage in England on receipt ot re ce irder. mkis o , r HUH DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London, arch-strnerotn urn an d Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside ; 61, Grace ; andnd Grocers; and 121, New North .,ondon ; all and Chemists. Nt .I UN „,.-lUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE tt OYAT: -•P .,..,r1iA I'l CHILDREN are being maintained in the of 425 per ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate v r annum each. Funds greatly needed. QM „. o i, cheapaide, Loti C t r on, Alt i t ti ES A. WALKER, Secretary. and without here has been quotations• n the market to Turkis h a relapsed I. has risen 1. ish Three Per ian Five Per i• Russian as been doing• re maintaine d risen an d Shares have sactions have ange. Batil tdency to k' r a moderate Telegraph Ter. Less has been oticed in the entiful, and t 2i to 3 per the Bank to rket, and no ortly be sent n notice that 'educe at parr zly next, the !uvian Four' counting t° t. per annu.te farine Imo' £200,000, io ), by a second I. application , r share three ved to reduce lso consented ied for locarr he back of :• the system lk of a nevi' E aiding an -Privately 9: he demandio/ ntained. . 0 11 theinquirY ) ioderate. s" h straws, I '"P rw : 100 s. to 1200. , ton. ie position of ,üblie sales of and bidding ror export, fn!: 1. per lb. Inc" T, SATURDA Y ' has not bee n 'rime meadoyf rowen, uos. to 80s. to 00; 1 ; ditto, 80$. re has bee! , cash. Tin 03 ' Ipper has bee" oil has hen' ady, at 425. oc.- Low has been The ma ri g t oo ill, and steel; Medium an Handlooms e makes Prti om e deraan., l and for lin en it markets sre Yarns :—TD! s i nc e our if; being only for ly unchang,_; u pplies of 1 1 4. Ts. There .„,'" I. Norther' . ry 6 f ( i m rst . s, s li x 3 g, ; [ : firsts, 1285.; to °Ton° . favour of'' 11 probability`, , has, it Sunderland A WheeltoS, •ation Of t t, ixish churc Ane time . Fisher, • for a 10l ; illness, a n d A „ t 5 place. el, .eporta Nal, c funds of Lys aggravj,„l salth-restorli , the nourt ither remed-l nerves, o°l o functional or lebled. We - ea lth restor 6 e 6 , July 21, 1 8 ,.e, )ecially y mself enury 0 Ile consul:e!„. prisinglY bl also dtdses pr e July 2 5 . "et m years' ,1 ith nerl i ol pl es eness,, or d o. 1,771; 1 7 0 0 . )f manY Y fro vi e agony on, flatu le `ip. Cure 0, of 30 Y e : r o ci agement, of the !g o ut rhich, ly attaches ; ls • 1 21 b JA:o HOCO L c A u pg !Ei, for 24 76 cups at tins are )ffice Or a l / 4 London; • e of Ca ptain -t, the Coyll Marlton 11 . ivories th!a Tane, Upper 1 0 r 1 ; limon ;E ,, of t O-parOY' -Liana, CO,lll , tl yne, Bart.' LNDREWS,, , No . ilia, c a e bouo t t Qf Hurst and Bl i aeketi, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOVEL. On Friday, April 29, in 3 vols., N OR A. By LADY EMILY PONSONBY, Author of "The Discipline of Life," &c. Hurst and Blackett r Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 1 vol., Bvo., with Illustrations, 158., WILD LIFE AMONG THE KOORDS, By MAJOR F. MIL LINGEN, F.R.G.S. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price is 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Adlertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. ANGLO -AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Congress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &c. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING-, price 4d., 15, Catherine-street, Strand. FRENCH GALLERY, 120, PALL-MALL.—The SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURES, the contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish Schools, IS NOW OPEN. Admission, ls. Catalogue, 6d. C LERICAL, MEI)ICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 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Each number of the Supplement and each bi-monthly number of "'rhe Anglo- American Times " will contain, in addition to a Ports' Rail way and Steamers Summary, a Skeleton Tour, taking the traveller from the steamer, on his arrival in port, to some one of the great European centres, guiding him on his way and ensuring his comfort at the most eligible hotels. These Supplements accompany the passengers in the homowaid bound steamers, provision having been trtadA for the Agents of the respective Steamship Companies regularly receiving them for distribution at all foreign ports. Communications, suggestions, and correctionsare earnestly solicited from all Travellers, either by letter to the Editor, or personal interview, at the Buckingham Palace Rae], London. PERUVIAN FOUR AND A HALF PER CENT. LOAN OF 1862. En vertu des pleins pouvoirs qua le Supreme Gouverne ment du Peron m'a confies, j'ai decide que tousles titres de l'Emprunt Peruvien 4-1 per Cent. de 1862, quo sont encore en circulation, seront rembiurses au pair, plus le coupon echu le lre Juillet prochaiu. Le remboursement aura lieu h Londres chez Messrs J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street, et les porteurs du dit emprunt peuvent toucher, le montant de leurs titres, plus le coupon echu le premiere Juillet prochain, h partir du 2 Mai, sous deduction d'un escompte de 1 per cent. par an du jour du payement jusq'au ire Juillet. Les titres qui n'auront pas ete present& au rembourse ment du 2 Mai au lre Juillet, 1870, cesseront de porter interet. Paris, 20th April, 1870. (Signed) TORIBIO SA Z, Inspecteur Fiscal et Agent Financier Special du Peron en Europe. [TRANSLATION.] In virtue of the full powers conferred upon me by the Supreme Government of Peru I have determined that all the Bonds now in circulation of the Four and a Half per Cent. Peruvian Loan of 1862 shall be Redeemed at par, together with the Coupon due Ist July next. The reimbursement will take place in London at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street, and the holders of these Bonds can re ceive the amount of their Bonds, together with the Coupons due Ist July next, on and after 2d May next, loss interest at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum from the day of payment to the Ist July. The Bonds which shall not have been presented for pay ment between 2d May and the Ist July, 1870, will cease to bear interest on the latter date. Paris, 20th April, 1870. (Signed) TO1iIB!O SANZ, Fiscal Inspector and Financial Agent of the Peruvian Government in Europe. In virtue of iho authorization of Mr. Torii° Sanz, Inspector and Special Financial Agent of the Peruvian Go vernment in Europe, we hereby give notice to the holders of the 4i per Ceut. Peruvian Bonds of 1862, that said BONDS with the Coupon due Ist July next, will be PAID on and after MONDAY, the 2d May next, less discount, at the rate of one per cent. per annum, from the day of payment to the Ist July, at our Counting-house, 145, Leadenhall-street. The Bonds and Coupons must be left two clear days for examination before payment. J. HENRY SCHRODER and CO. London, 22d April, 1870. B ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a Vacancy has occurred in the Direction of this Bank by the death of John Ranking, Esq., which will be filled up at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. By the terms of the Deed of Settlement it is required as follows: "That every Proprietor intending to become a Candidate, or to pro pose some other Proprietor as a Candidate for the office of Direc tor, must, within Ten days from the time when the advertisement shall have been inserted, signify by some writing under his or her hand, to be left within the said Ten days at the Office of the Cor poration, either his intention to become a Candidate, or the name and place of abode of the Candidate intended to be proposed by him or her." Names of Candidates cannot, therefore, be received after the 30th instant By order of the Court. R. W. BRADFORD, Secretary. 124, Bishopsgato-street within, London, L.C., April 20, 1870. A.D. 1720. R 0 YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OOTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Esq . Governor. JAMES STEWART H')DGSON, ESq Sub-Governor, OTTAIII,EB JOHN MANNING, RN Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam William Tetlow Hibbert, E Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock,. Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord J oscellne Wm. Percy. Cb.arles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somos, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. mei Solly, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. FARIIING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machine 3. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by p ersons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Aseured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of a CENTURY AND A HAI?. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.O. DIRECTORS. CLIAIRmAN—William Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN Frederick H. J anson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham-Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esti Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne* Esq Thomson Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq, ACTUARY—SamI. Brown, Esq. The Government Duty is totally abolished. Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, with statemenF of the Assets and Liabilities in the Life Branch, free on application to the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary. RIENDT ,F,SS ANT) FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALES PREVENTIVB and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. Oliios DALE. COIiTRIBUTIONB for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon greet, Salt, wad Co., 78, Lombard street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls keg, (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. • HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on lloard the Chichester Training Ship. 110 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Baling. 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy o; girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214; High Holborn, and 41, Lothbnry, E.C3. • and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. MA'rIONAT, ORPHAN HOME , Ham-oommon 11 Richmond, (Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861: Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of OAKBRIDGB, E.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, °lasses, and denominations, from .all parts of the kingdom. The object of e Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education; an.! practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 18 years of age, to obtain Suitable sitnation; - ,,for them. The Committed earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. Office, 121, Pall mall S. W lIRNRY KINGSCOTR, Treasurer W H. WARWICK, kSecretary. PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSELY, the Dentist by special appointment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite_ the Royal Polytechnic, and 23, MoORGATE-STREET, CITY. Established 1820. This, the most perfected system of painless dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of f o rty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as above. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps and decayed teeth rendered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected. Qualities: These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring - ease and comfort un surpassed -detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied - and youthful appearance restored—mastication and arti culation guaranteed. The " Times" of March 6 says :—" So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets, sto 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only addresses, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic ; and 23, Moorgate-street, E. C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. FORLORN 80110 TJGHS. Four boroughs have now asserted their claim tc one of the seats which the erring Beverley and Bridgwater constituencies are about to lose. They are Torquay, Luton, Stockport in Lancashire, and Lowestoft. Two of these, Luton and Torquay, were amongst the happy fifteen who were included in the Reform Bill of 1867 as osititled to a seat, through ranking as the largest of those boroughs having more than 10,000 inhabitants. But there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. Eleven of the fifteen got their seats, but Barnsley, St. Helens, and the still expectant Luton and Torquay were left out, when the House of Commons decided to give an additional member each t o Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester. TILE BRISTOL ELECTION. The petition just presented against the return of Mr. Robinson, who succeeded Mr. Berke ley, charges bribery, treating, impersonation, and other corrupt practices against agents and friends of the candidate. Worse still, it main tains that such persons acted with the knowledge and consent of the candidate at the preliminary test ballot, and before, during, and after, the election. The petition does not, however, claim the seat, though it was stated that Mr. Staveley Hill, Q.C., M.P., who had been consulted, was of opinion that if proved the charges would suffice to unseat Mr. Robinson. The Conservative leaders in the borough discourage the proceeding, but the working men are carrying it on resolutely, having secured half the money required as security. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The programme of the business to be transacted in lila hlourscr-of-- -Commons Is announced in Mr. G. Glyn's circular to the supporters of the Govern ment as fellows : On Tuesday important notices or motion stand upon the paper in the names of Mr. Torrens and Mr. Stanley Hill upon the political relations between Great Britain and the colonies, and upon the question of Foreign Treaties. On Wednesday an amendment will be moved by Mr. Walpole to the motion for going into committee upon the bill for le c ,o-alising marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and a division will certainly be taken. On Thursday the Irish Land Bill will be proceeded with in committee, and amendments to Clause 3 will be considered. r. lleadlam's amend ment will be the first in order. THE LOST SHEEP. Mr. Headlam has given offence to some of his constituents by his conduct in the matter of the Land Bill. He recently caused the Government much trouble by moving an amend ment which would have greatly restricted the operation of the clause giving compensation for evic tion. Some of his warmest supporters have drawn up a memorial, in which they express their regret at the course he has adopted, "as likely to obstruct the passing- of a measure we deem essential to the peace of Ireland, and also to embarrass Mr. Gladstone, whose Government we especially returned you to support." Mr. Headlam, in reply, promises explana tions in Parliament on Thursday. A RETICENT PARLIAMENT. -- - Mr. Edward Webster endeavours to dispel the illu sion which exists that the House of Commons is too talkative. He says there are 659 members in the House, and that if the time i which is usually absorbed n formal and other busi ness at each sitting is deducted, there remain 715 hours on a n average each session for the purposes of debate and discussion. This, he observes, leaves about an hour and four minutes for each member to talk in during the session: The absurdity of supposing that members do nothing but talk, he contends, must at once be apparent. THE RAILWAY TAX. Various objections to the proposed alteration of this tax have been put forward by railway shareholders. Some letters from chairmen to the Times point out that the tax, if levied on the gross receipts, would injure the mineral traffic throughout the country. It would also fall with peculiar severity upon the iron trade, by forcing an immense rise in the charges for carriage of the crude ore. Its unequal incidence upon different districts is another serious objection. Thus a positive injury is proposed as a boon to railway in terests, and at a positive present loss to the Exche quer. So far as the general feeling of th e City can be estimated, the Times believes it to be by no means unfavourable to a moderate tax on railway traffic, if only it be levied on the net, instead of on the gross, eceip ts. THE CATHOLICS AND EDUCATION. At the recent conference of schoolmasters at Bir mingham the much-vexed question of religious in struction in public schools received an unexpected illustration from a Roman Catholic school master. The so-called religious difficulty , had never, he said, troubled him. His school was in the centre of four Protestant schools, and he held out no special inducement, yet out of the eighty boys, there were at present twenty Protestants, and in the girls' and infants' schools there were more. All these children received Catholic instruction, but the parents made no complaints, though they knew the children would have to listen to Catholic prayers and associate with Catholic children. Why, he asked, should professed Protes tants send their children to Catholic schools if there were a religious difficulty ? A Wesleyan teacher, not perhaps approving of this extension of Catholic doctrine, objected to the inference. There could not be said, be so great an agitation without some foundation, but the Rev. Mr. Capel, inspector of schools, gave it as his opinion that the inspector should occupy the position of protector to the children of Dissenting parents. THE YEOMANRY CAVALRY• The yeomanry cavalry have done good service in times gone by, but of late years their appearance has betal tho oubiect of "char rather than glom. There have been various prophecies year after year of their ab3orption into some more useful body, and the probability of a severance between the sword and the ploughshare has been unpleasantly strong in the bucolic mind. A memorandum just issued from the War Office, however, will give fresh life and hope to our stalwart and gallant eons of the soil. Alterations are proposed which will keep alive, but materially affect, the constitution of yeomanry regiments. No man in future is to be accepted for service under three years. Inde pendent troops and squadrons are to be abolished and invited to accept service as mounted volunteers. All yeomen will be required to go through an in creased number of drills mounted or dismounted in fact, the new organisation is to be permeated largely by the volunteer element so far as the per formance of soldierly 'duty is concerned. Of the ancient style of yeomanry display, little will probably be soon left, even of the coat, hat, and feathers. AFFAIRS OF NEW ZEALAND. Further official particulars are at hand relative to the affairs of New Zealand. Amongst the most important is a despatch from the Earl of Granville to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen in reference to a reward by the latter of £l,OOO for the person of the Maori chief Titokowaru, dead or alive, and £5 for every Maori rebel brought in alive. His lordship says the offering of a reward for the person of a hostile leader, " whether dead or alive," is so much at vari ance with the usual course of civil or military proceed ings that, without pronouncing it to be wrong on account of that variance, he considered it necessary to demand an authentic account of the facts. Sir G. G. Bowen replied that ho viewed Titokowaru merely as a notorious, but untried and unconvicted rebel and murderer. His lordship rejoined that he was not aware of any colonial enactment which would make it lawful for any chance person to shoot him down. This letter is interesting, as shewing the many-headed character of the authority entrusted with the pacification of New Zealand. AN ECCENTRIC IRISH LANDLORD. Mr. H. M. D'Arcy Irvine, whose eccentricities among his tenantry in consequence of the Irish Land Bill have been the general subject of remark in the papers, writes on the subject of "Irish Immigra tion." His object is to show that the large exodus of emigrants from Ulster is owing to the fact that as sons and daughters of tenants, there being no sub division of farms or new farms to be had, they had no resource but to leave. There are, he says, two extra motives for leaving—the proposed Irish Land Act and the through railway to California. The correspondence between the Irish in these places and at home is, he adds, enormous. The effect of this emigration is that labourers are not to be had in Ireland at any money, and the only resource left to landlords and farmers is to lay down a large' portion of their land in grazing than usual. lie says he formerly employed 200 labourers a day, but has nosy only ten, and his own offices are closed. How the process of eviction is to improve upon this defi ciency of labour the writer does not tell us He leaves us e qually in the dark as to the way iu which the social improvement of the country is to be effected by his serving a notice on the magistrates to quit their court-house. A LEGAL LABYRINTH. The ways of lawyers are curious and wonderful; and if, as they maintain, their system is perfect, we are constrained to infer that there may be some defect in the machinery by which it is applied. The Judicial Bench of the Divorce Court are about to decide the legal ques tion whether Lady Mordaunt's insanity is a bar to an action of divorce ; and oa Saturday Dr. Deane (representing her family), applied to Lord Penzance to have the argument of the legal question I postponed, upon the ground that its discussion might be injurious to the unhappy lady herself. The Daily News points out that if Lady Mordaunt is incompetent to plead, it is hard to see how she can be affected by a dry technical discussion as to whether insanity is, or is not, a bar to a divorce suit. If, on the other hand, she is sane enough to appreciate the bearing of this discussion upon her interests, she must also be able to understand the issue which it is proposed to try. This dilemma was so obvious that Dr. Deane could not press his application. The only mystery is, why he ever made it; and why the ques tion whether Lady Mordaunt, if mad, could be tried at all, was not argued before. AN ADDITION TO THE FAMILY. The London Stock Exchange, as the centre of the financial negotiations of the world, is about to add another to the financial family. The Imperial Government of Japan has contracted for a loan of £1,000,000. The price is to be 08, and the rate of interest 9 per cent. per annum, the principal to be redeemed at par within 13 years by annual drawings. The object of the loan is to connect by railway Yeddo, the capital of the Empire, with Yokohama, Osaka, and the port of Tsuruga— points which comprise several millions of inhabitants, and the most active travelling communities of the country. A LARGE DEATH-RATE AND ITS CAUSE. Accounts as to the sanitary condition of some parts of Monmouthshire are really alarming. De fective drainage, the proximity of pigs' styes to dwelling-houses, and other unwholesome causes, are doing for the inhabitants just what may be expected. Pontnewydd and Cwmbran, villages between Newport and Pontypool, have suf fered frightfully from typhoid fever. Blaenafor, a town numbering some 8,000 inhabitants, is in a deplorable state, and measles are carrying off the children at the rate of six or seven a day. Such was the number of deaths there last week that the death rate rose to 163 per 1,000, instead of the usual proportion of about 22 per 1,000. To cope with this awful mortality there are but three medical men. The local autho rities must belong to the " peculiar " people. PROFITS FOR PRISONERS. The "useful labour" system has been introduced among the inmates of Gloucester Prison, with a high degree of success. After referring to the statute which requires the " long term" inmates of all gaols to perform three months' compulsory hard labour, the rules permit that after seventy-five days' approved labour, the prisoners may be pro moted to the "second class," in which they will not be required to practise their ordinary labour for more than four hours each day, but will be em ployed at other times in skilled work under the trade instructors. Such work is to be performed by tasks, fifty of ythich qualify a prisoner for the " third class" of labour, in which not more than one hour per day of first class hard labour will be exacted. Instead of it he will be required to perform daily an allotted task of skilled labour, after which he will be allowed to perform extra work, and for this he will be credited with marks, representing an amount in money. The sum earned by him in this way will be expended for his benefit upon his discharge, in such manner as the visiting justices, after consulting the prisoner, may direct. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND NOVELS. Azamut-Batuk, in the Pall Gazette,Mallßirth M acr a r r does i e s a bit of prophecy, under the head o f a 0 and Novels." In that distant time when humanity will take the-serious resolutions of improving itself and becoming wiser, there will be, he says, three:pro positions established with a view to foster these reso lutions. First, that not everybody can have chil dren; secondly, that not everybody can write navels and thirdly that not everybody can g overn ot h er people. In support,of this argument, he relates a conversa tion with a very clever old nobleman, Sumbar Bey, an uncle of his. The old gentleman had travelled in Europe, and knew much of it, Ile said the chief unhappiness of Europe lay in the enormous amount of children and novels it produced. If the amount of novels were less there would be less romanticism and more common sense, ho con tended, and if there were more common sense there would be much less flirtation and fewer love romances between people, who, both by their age and their education ought still to be at school, and therefore there never would be such an enormous amount of frightfully large families. On the other hand, he said, if the families were not so large, countries would not be so much overpeopled, the demand for serious kinds of labour would be greater, and fewer people would have to recur, for want of any serious work, either to novel-writing or novel reatlinz. Some six miles from Nottingham, on the Mansfield line of railway, lies a miserable collection of cottages and small shops rejoicing in the barbarous name of Hucknall Torkard. The village is one among many other places in the same district, as grimy and un poetical looking as itself—oases of dirt in a sandy desert of unclaimed land, which is all that remains of what was once Sherwood forest, and still bears that famous name. The dark woods of Newstead are just visible in the distance, from a time-worn church, small and ruinous, which overhangs the single street of the place. In this church, " more lonely, more forsaken by his fellow men in his death than in the darkest moments of his self-embittered life," Lord Byron is buried, shut out not only from the living world, but from its very remembrance. He lies beside some three or four of his ancestors under a plain white tablet, without ornament of outline or inscription, erected to his memory by Mrs. Leigh. The "Byron pew," with its green baize faded and torn, has now fallen into the hands of " some decent sort of folks in the village." The Church is already tottering to its fall ; the "decent folks " will shortly be obliged to seek another shelter for their drowsy devotions, and perhaps public attention may then be draWn to the worse than neglect to which the burial-place of Lord Byron has been subjectedo PHANTOM WARFAUE. It was recently announced that the insurrection in Cuba was utterly overpowered, and that no serious hostility to the Spaniards need be apprehended from the rebels. This news, which gave rise to unlimited joy at Madrid, was followed by another intimation to the effect that the Spaniards, on their own admission, had been severely beaten by the insurgents. This delightful confusion of accounts is intensified by other communications from Cuba. A. correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette has seen a letter written by a Spaniard in Cuba, who is against the rebels, but who acknowledges that things are not getting on so nicely as the Madrid journals represent. The rebellion is still serious. The writer says the Spanish troops have been worsted in several encounters, and that a part of the island is totally in the hands of the rebels. It seems absolutely neces sary to leave the Cuban insurrection a blank, for it is impossible to gain any true intelligence about it. THE WIMBLEDON RIFLE MEETING. The annual prize meeting of the National Rifle Asso ciation will commence on Monday, July 11, on Wimble don Common, and will continue till the evening of Friday, July 22. The usual presentation of prizes and review will take place on the following day. The rules and regulations for the Queen's Prize and the St. Georges Challenge Vase, the two great contests of the meeting, were published on Saturday morning. For each of these prizes every company and independent sub-division of Volunteers is entitled to send two of its efficient members as competitors. Commanding officers may likewise nomi nate two efficient members of the battalion. Where any. company or sub-division does not nominate its full comple- 1 ment of representatives, the vacancies may be filled up members of other companies in the same battalion. The entrance fee which gives a right to two sighting shots, will be—for the Queen's Prize, £lls. 6d., and for the St. George's half a guinea. Entries must be made on the prescribed forms and no entry will be accepted after 7th of June. In tending competitors may each get, on and after the 30th of April, 200 rounds of the same kind of ammunition as will be used in the contests, at the rate of 4s. Thd. per 100 rounds. The applications must be sent through the usual channel to the control officer in charge of the nearest Government powder magazine. 'ln England there are magazines at Aldershot, Bristol, Bull Point (Devonport), Chatham, Chester, Dover, Hyde Park, Marchwood (near Southampton), Preston, Portsmouth, Sheerness, Tyne mouth, Woolwish, and Weedon. In Wales—Brecon, Newport, and Pembroke ; and in Scotland—at Edinburgh, Fort George, and Stirling Castle. The contest for the St. George's Challenge Vase will be under the same conditions as last year, and the prizes will be of the same number and value. Competitors may' he nominated as for the Queen's Prize, and the entries will close on the 7th of June, and no alteration in the nominal return will be allowed after the 3rd of July. The Dragon Cup will be competed for by the sixty com petitors who make the best scores in the first stage. Lieu-' tenant-Colonel C. H. Lindsay, in issuing the regulations, appends to them no less than three N.B.'s, none of which are of sufficient importance to call for a rota bene. The International Match for the Elcho Challenge Shield will take place between representatives of England, Ire land, and Scotland, and gentlemen wishing to compete for the honour of representing England may apply to Mr. W. Wells, M.P., 22, Bruton-street, or to Mr. H. Parsons, Forest, Lodge, Ashstead, Surrey. The eight who repre sented England last year, the winners in the second stage of the Albert, winners of the Dudley Cup, of the Cam bridge Cup, and the Army Rifle Wimbledon Cup, will be entitled to compete, and to these will be added as many of the best register-makers as will bring up the number to twenty-four. Prizes will be given in connection with the comoetition. THE LIVERPOOL "PORCUPINE" CASE, LONDON, MONDAY. , This was the day for which notice was given for sen tence in the case of "Regina v. Skimmin." On Mr. Justice Blackburn taking his seat with his brother judges in the Court of Queen's Bench, he announced that the Lord Chief Justice would not be able to attend before Thursday next, when sentence would be pronounced. Meanwhile the recognisances Mr. Skinnim would be extended. It will be remembered that Mr. Skinnim was found guilty of libelling Mr. Fernie in the Porcupine, a satirical Liverpool journal, by insinua ting that certain vessels of the Merchants' Trading Company, of which Mr. Fernie was chairman, had foundered, and had been unfairly dealt with ; the defence was that the remarks applied generally to the system of sending ships td ,sea ill-found and otherwise in a dangerous condition. A THEATRICAL LAWSUIT. LONDON, MONDAY. In the Court of Common Pleas to-day Mr. Joyce moved for a new trial in the case of "Cameron and Wife v. Leslie." The female plaintiff, before her marriage, was known in the theatrical profession as Miss Kate Hickson; and the defendant, Mr, Henry Leslie, is a dramatic author at present manager of the' Royal Amphitheatre Liverpool. He wrote a play, called " The Necklace of Pearls," for Miss Hicksonk but, after delivery and payment, the lady returned it for' alterations to be made. She subsequently brought an action, for defendant's alleged neglect to deliver the menu• script back within a reasonable time. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Keating and a common jury, who' awarded the plaintiff £4O damages, being t he exact amount received by the defendant in the first. place for writing that piece. Mr. Joyce's motion , was based on the ground that the damages were excessive; and Mr. Justice Keating said that was certainly his im pression at the time of the trial. A demurrer was also pleaded, that there was no consideration for the altera tion of the piece, and it was contended that such services rendered by the defendant were a mere act of courtesy.-7 The Court granted a rule for a new trial. THE BEWICKE CASE AGAIN. LONDON, MONDAY; A motion for a new trial in the notorious Bewicke case was made to-day in the Court of Common Pleas, by Mr. W. Cooper. Mr. William Bewicke, of Threepwood Hall ? Northumberland, was, about ten years ago, sentenced to penal servitude for an alleged attempt to murder some bailiffs who had distrained upon his effects. The bailiffs were afterwards convicted of perjury and conspiracy, and Mr. Bewicke received a free pardon and compensation. A year or two after he received his freeekm he married a Miss Jones, daughter of a Welsh solicitor. In 1868 Lord Penzance decreed a judicial separation, on the ground of Mr. Bewicke's adultery. When the question of alimony came up, Mr. Jones, the father of Mrs. Bewicke, gave evidence as to the rents and income of Mr. Bewicke ; but the latter gentleman declared they had been placed far too high. After the order had been made, Mr. Bewicke wrote letters imputing perjury t o his father-in law and addressed a letter to him thus :—" To old libel Pe wasrjur Jeron co e m s, m L e l n an ce e d ll , y, a S n o d ut t l h i ery , W ju ales. a " war A d n ed action for Mr. Jones £.500. It was now contended that the damages were excessive, and that they were awarded rather as a punishment for Mr. Bewicke's violent conduct in Court. His counsel also expressed Mr. Bewicke's regret at having spoken in improper terms of Lord Penzance. The Court took time to consider their decision, and in the meantime they will consult Mr. Justice Byles, before whom the case was tried. young man, named William Yates, was engaged in placing a large coping-stone on a mill chimney, forty two yards high, at Bolton, when the stone became over. balanced, and striking deceased on the chest, hurled him to the ground, killing him instantly, The tramp James Wilson, alias M'Gregor, appre hended at Rotherham last week for begging, who is sus pected of having murdered John Miller, toll-collector, Blackhill, Perthshire, in December last, has been removed to Scotland. Superintendent Stewart, of Dumblane, ar rived in Rotherham on Sunday with a warrant for his apprehension. He has been identified from his t.hototirailh, thq Q* 1.1 1 44 Q 41190