The Sun. — London, England, 1870-04-27 00:00:00

CAU MOSES and SON E. beg to inform the Public that thoy have adopted and registered a TRADE MARK, consisting of the words " The Standard," with the initials "E. M. ft S.' underneath, and that henceforward every article of clothing manufactured by them will have a label or ticket attached to it, with tho said trade mark printed thereon. All persons are hereby cautioned against imitat ing the said '1 rade Mark. For trades and addresses see following advertisement. " T HE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN." BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES, BES r WORKMAN-HIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S. For the convenience of Ladies accompanying their Sons there is a separate department for Boys' Clothing, and it is furnished with a splendid assort ment of Suits, Ov..rcoats, and Clothing for all occa pions, including all the favourite designs and the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. 2,10.,E3 and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Any article not worn or Injured will be ex hanged or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is unequalled for mag nitude, variety, and cheapness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. • Complete Outfits for all climates, with every re. quisite for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Pat terns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON, Ready made and Bespoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boet and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all classes E. MOSES and SON'S Est blishmente are closed every Fliday evening at sunset, when business is esumed until eleven o'clock.- The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SCN LONDON: CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. SEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. TH E NILE PE N. "STITIONEn" says—" The successful inventors of the Waverley, Owl, and Pickwick Pens have just patented the ' Nile ' Pen, which, by a combination of the turned up and turned down points, writes freely without scratching, and holds an unusually large supply of ink." " SUN " says --" Speaking, after a severe test of their lasting qualities, the Nile Pen is a marveL" Sold everywhere, is per Pox By Post, ls. ld. MA C IVEN & CAMERON, 23, BLAIR-STREET, EDINBURGH. AGENTS-3thr.tariarort and HUTTON, LONDON. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; g ives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.— Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. — JNO. GOgNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower pries, Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., 7s. ed., and 15s. each, includ ing brash. ited Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.O. 1870. MORTGAGE LOAN of His Highness the KHEDIVE OF EGYPT, Secured by Mortgage on his Private Domains (Daira Sanieli) In Bonds for .£7,142,860, or Francs 178,571,500. CONTRACTORS. The Franco-Egyptian Bank of Alexandria and Paris. To be issued in Bonds to Bearer of L2O each, and of .£lOO, £5OO, and £l,OOO each, being multiples of £2O, bearing Interest at Seven par Cent. per annum, from Ist April, 1870, payable half-yearly. An accumulative Sinking Fund of £2 7s. 4d. per cent. per annum, to be applied in redeeming the Loan at par, in Twenty Years, by half-yearly- Drawings. The First Drawing will take place on the sth of September, 1870. The Interest upon the Bonds, and also the Pricelpal of the Drawn Bonds, to be payable in London in sterling money, or in Paris at she Fixed Exchang e of 25 francs per Li sterling, at the option of the Bo ndholder. Messrs. BISCHOFFSHEI3I and GOLDSCIIMIDT, of London, are instructed by the Contractors to receive in London subscriptions for the above Loan at the price of £7Blos. for each £lOO Stock. The Loan will be represented by bonds to bearer bearing interest until redeemed at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly on the Ist April and Ist October in each year, at the Office of Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Gold schmidt in London, or in Paris and Alexandria, at the Office of the Agents of the Loan. The first half-year's interest will be payable on the Ist October, 1870. A Sinking Fund of £1 7s. 4d. per cent. per annum, toge ther with the interest on the Bondscancelled, will be applied to the repayment of the Loan in 20 years, by means of half yearly drawings by lot, to b 3 made at Paris, on the sth March and sth September of each year, and the Bonds so drawn will be repayable at par on the Ist April and Ist October imruedltitely following, at the office of Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt in London, or at the Office of the Agents of the Loan in Paris and Alexandria, when the interest thereon will cease. The first drawing will take place on the Scrip Certificate, as all the definitive Bonds cannct be ready till after the Ist of October, 1870. The instalment will be payable as follows : 5 per Cent, on applicltion. fl • 10 allotment. 15 1 1 30th June, 1870. 15 e 30th July, 1870. 15 ii 30th August, 1870. 181 „ Ist Oct., 1870, deducting dividend of 3f per cent. less English income tax. 78} per Cent. Subscribers will have the option of anticipating the in stalments either on allotment or on any of the dates when they fall due, under discount at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. In default of payment of any instalment at its due date, all previous payments will be liable to forfeiture. In cases where no allotment is made the deposit will be re turned without deduction, and where an allotment is made of a smaller amount than that applied for, the surplus deposit will be applied towards the amount payable on allotment. The Loan is specially secured by the hypothecation set forth in the Article of the General Bond, of which the fol lowing is a translation : "As a guarantee of the payment of the said half-yearly sums, the first of which will be made on the Ist October, 1 . 70, and the last completed on the Ist April, 1690, his Highness has pledged the whole of the free revenues of the Daira Estates, and has furthermore specially mortgaged 150,000 feddans of land free from every incumbrance in accordance with the Government report, and which, under culture of the sugar cane, is capable of yielding a mieimum of a million and a half of quintals of raw sugar" (estimated at £1,500,000 per annum.) The main object of the Loan is to supply the means of carrying out on a large scale the growth of the sugar cane, for which the soil and the climate of Egypt are so well adapted, and for erecting the establishments and introducing the machinery necessary for manufacturing sugar. The mortgaged domains will thereby become greatly enhanced in value by the improved system of cultivation which it is thus contemplated to introduce, and by the consequent rapid development of thei r vast resources. This being a loan to 11. H. th e Kh e di ve, on a mor t gage o f . private domains, does not interfere with the engagement entered into by the Egyptian Government not to issue any further Government loan for five years from the date of the last Government loan. The country, however, will derive the benefit of the stimulus which will bo given to trade and production by moans of the present loan, and the consequent augmentation to the general revenue of the St ate. A general Bond for £ 7 ,142,860, signed by his Highness the Khedive, and the legal Kachf or Deed of Hypethecation, will be deposited at the Bank of England. Scrip Certificates to Bearer will be issuedl'yMessrs. Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt in exchange for Al:otment Letters and Bankers' Receipts, an . d . definitive Bonds mill b e exchanged for paid-up Scrip Certificates as soon as practic able after the Ist of October, 1870. Applications must be made on the annexed Form, and will be received by Messrs. DISCHOFFSHEIII AND GOLDSCLIMIDT, Founders'-court, Lothbury, E.C. ; Messrs. P. C.AZENOVE and Co., Brokers to the Loan, , 52, Threadneedle- street, E.G., from whom P rospectuses and Perms of Application may be obtained. Subscription L:sts wit be opened simultaneously in London, as above, in Alexandri a , Office of and in Paris, at the THE COMPTOIR D'ESCOMPTR DE PARIS, Rue Bergere, op the 26th and 27th April; but no application will be re ceived in London after three o' c l oc k on Wednesday, the 270 of April. Applications from the country posted on the 27th, so as to be delivered in London on the following morning, will be equally received. Scrip Certificates issued for London allotments can only be paid on and exchanged for Bonds in London. The documents connected with the Loan, or certified copies thereof, may be seen at the Offices of Messrs. W. and H. P. Sharp, 92, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, London, E.O. Founders'-court, Lothbury, London, April, 1870. 1870. THE MORTGAGE LOAN OF HIS HIGHNESS THE KHEDIVE OF EYGYPT. NO.. LETTER OF APPLICATION. To be left with the Bankers after payment of preliminary deposit to then of 5 per cent. on the nominal amount applied for. Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Guldschmidt, London. Gentlemen, Having paid to the Imperial Bank the sum of .£ request you to allot to Pounds Stock in the above Loan, on the terms of the Prospectus issued by you, and hereby agree to accept that or any smaller sum which may be allotted to , and to pay the ins alments thereon according to the terms of your Prospectus of the 26th April, 1870. Your obedient servant, Signature Name in full Address in full .. Dote April, 1870. [Addition to be filled up if the Applicant wishes to pay in full.] desire to pay up Subscription in full, re ceiving discount thereon at the rate of £6 per cent. per annum. Signature T HEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARK ET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr Kendal, Mr Compton, Mr Edward ;sborne, Mr Clark; Miss F. Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F Gwynne. After which. at 8 precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK : Mr Sothern, Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr Kendal, Mr Buckst'ne; Miss Robertson, Mrs Frank Matthews and Miss Fanny Gwynne. And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr Sothern, Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER THIS EVENING. at Seven, TOO MUCH OF A GOAD THING: Messrs It. Phillips and Ashley; Miss Marla and Miss Nelly Harris After which, at 15 to 8, THE PROMPTER'S BOX: a Story of the Footlights and the Fireside. M r Benjamin Wobst. r, Mr H. J. Byron. Mr J. D. Beveridge, Mr R. Phillips, Mr 'tuart, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr C. J. Smith, Mr A shley, Mr W. Eburne, Miss Furtado, Mrs L. Murray, and Mrs Alfred ellon. To be followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr J. G. Taylor and Miss Eliza Johnstone. _. Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. L YCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). T EIIS EVENING, at 7.30, SAMPSON'S WEDDING. After which. at 8, LITTLE FAUST: Mr T. Maclagan, M. Marius, lr Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene_ OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, WIDOWS' WEEDS. Messrs Crouch, Turner, and Mesdames E Bufton and Anstiss. Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs. James, Terry, Fenton; Mesdames Santley, Dashwood, Goodall, Hughes, Anstiss. and Metcalfe. And A FISH OUT OF WATER. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. T IS E v - ING. at 7, an original Comedy, by A ndrew Halliday, entitled FOR LOVE OR MONEY. At 9, the new Burlesque, by Conway Edwardes, entitled DO CA Ft )S; OR, THE INFANTE IN ARMS. Supported by the following Company—Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey. H. Irving, W. H. St'ephens, C. Garthorne, E. Elton, and Thomas Thorne; Mesdames Nelly Power, Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, K. Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauelere, R. Evelyn, Kemp, T. Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power, J. Norton, Fellowes, and A. Newton. Box-office open daily from 10 till 3. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " a Mr. BEAUMONT'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street Strand. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" t supplied as soon as published, every Evening, by S. WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western District, 24, Delancey-street, Camden town, N W SPORTING. —J WIN ROBERTS supplies the LAT ES 1 EDITION of " TUE SUN " as soon as pub lilhed.-4, Bath-street, City-road. E.O. FHE "SUN " NEWSPAPER.-G. R. 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Children under twelve. 64 $ l , - LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1870. MR. LowE's " moral engine," the gun-tax, does not seem to be'very popular. The Chancellor hoped that it would be the means of checking the increasing resort to the carrying of fire-arms, a. practice which surely marks a tendency to rowdyism. lie had, too, some thought for the small birds which at present fall victims to the prowess of London cockneys on Sundays, and of country bumpkins on every day of the week. But the arrangement does not please any of these worthies—rowdies, cockneys, or bumpkins. We doubt if the measure would have been any the better had it pleased them. The indiscriminate bearing of . fireems is a da ngerous nu i sa nce, And as form all buds, we coldegowym are weak enough to prefer to hear them bingLig in tree and chirping in hedgerow than to see them stiff and bloody on the road. Independently of sentiment, small birds have a work and office to fulfil in the economy of nature which agricultu rists, at all events, should no: forget. At present a youthful chawbacon is sent out by the farmer to shoot birds in order that they may not steal corn ; the farmer forgetting all the while that the corn which they take is but fair wages which they earn for destroying the farmer's real enemies, the grub and the worm and other voracious spoilers. The French farmer, who was a more ruth less :IN-icicle even than the English, has at last found out how great a mistake he made, has discovered that he was really murdering his best ally, and has been compelled to import new birds to take the place of those he has slaughtered. We freely admit, however, that there is at first sight one fault in Mr. Lowe's proposal. There was no need when imposing a gun-tax to repeal the game licence. The gentleman who goes out pheasant shooting does not belong to the class which thinks of a pound or two, more or less. To abolish this tax was to remove a burden so light that it was not felt. It was all of a piece with the abolition of the duty on hair-powder. The silly people who liked to shake the flour-box over the heads of their flunkies, never objected to paying for their folly. In fact the pleasure of it consisted in their having to pay. None but wealthy persons could afford to fool away their money in such a freak, and the man who indulged in it thereby showed that he was wealthy. There was, therefore, no gratitude on the part of those whom Mr. Lowe relieved. They were vexed rather, knowing well that thenceforth the tradesman living in a suburban villa would be able to powder the head of the green-grocer the next time his valuable services were required in waiting upon the tradesman's guests. Perhaps that was the very reason why Mr. Lowe repealed the duty. In spite of his opposition to the Reform Bili, he is a Radical of the Radicals, and rejoices at every opportunity of inflicting a blow upon aristocratic exclusiveness and folly. Perhaps, too, some such motive prompted him to abolish the game licence. In fact we strongly suspect that it did. Let us see if we can divine what that motive was. It will be remembered that when making this pro posal Mr. Lowe urged as one argument in its favour that the shooting of small birds was the training for poaching, and thereupon the squires who had at first uttered " Oh, oh !" gave tongue in the shape of a hearty cheer. It never struck them that Mr. Lowe legislating in the interests of game preservers was an idea altogether too deliciously grotesque to be possible. In fact, Saul among the prophets was nothing to it. What the Chancellor was really doing was hid from their eyes at the time. We believe they are be ginning to find it out now. The effect of his proposal is to abolish, not the poacher, but poaching. At present a poacher is tried not for killing game but for shooting without a licence. But how if licences are abolished ? All men will be equal then, squire, gamekeeper, and poacher. True the law of tresspass will still be in force, and the poacher must take care that ho is not found inside the squire's preserves lest the gamekeeper should lay hands upon him. But he must be a very dull fellow indeed if he cannot do a little killing without trespassing, or, at all events, without being found trespassing. Who is to say, when he has a fine brace of pheasants in his capacious pockets, that he did not "tumble " them as he was coming across the wheat field by the public path ? Who is to say that the hare, which he carries dangling by its hind-legs, was not shot in the road way itself ? And if he did these things, how will he, who has paid his twenty shillings gun tax, be answerable to the law ? Of course ho has paid the tax, and equally of course he will recoup himself in a single day's achievements with his fowling piece. Is it possible that so shrewd a man as Mr. Lowe could have overlooked this ? Is it possible he failud to see that his fiscal change, trivial as it seems, calculated as it appears at first si s ;ht to put clown the offence unpardonable by squires, will really deal a fatal blow at the game laws ? lire trove not. _ IF " he who giveth to the rich shall surely come to want," the Right Honourable Robert Lowe must be in considerable danger. It now turns out that the alteration of the postage—which was supposed to be a national boon—is mainly adapted to further only the objects of the proprietors of the most • wealthy newspapers ; and that as it respects other publications, it offers a very meagre advantage. When we were told that newspapers weighing six ounces would be sent -for a halfpenny, no one, not behind the scenes, would have imagined that it was intended to limit the privilege to one sheet. There is but one daily paper in the kingdom which weighs over four ounces, and it seems that the Post-office regulation weight is to be set aside for the exclusive benefit of this newspaper. If smaller publications attempt to take advantage of the larger weight they are to be stopped on the plea that only one paper must be sent for a half-penny. W e thus have a revival of the old, injurious, and exploded notion of carrying by size instead of by weight, and the Post Office officials instead of bring ing everything to the infallible test of scales, will have to pry into the packets to see whether th e y contain more than one newspaper. While the Ti mes with its broad sheets of fortune paying advertise ments, is to be carried at the rate of six ounces for a halfpenny, the British Workman, the Echo, and other publications, which are chiefly, or wholly, news or intelligence, are to be limited to two ounces. If six ounces can be carried for a halfpenny, the advantage ought to be extended to literary matter rather than to trade announcements. If the proposed charge involves a loss to the Post-office it is intolerable that such a loss should be borne for the advantage of one concern, which is enormously wealthy, and which derives its large revenue not so much from the distribution of news as from the unusual number of advertise ments which it publishes, and for the distribution of which a suitable rate of postage should be paid. The charge of one halfpenny for the carriage of two ounces of printed matter will leave this country far behind other nations in the postal rate for the distri bution of literatnre. In the United States newspapers are delivered free of cost within the county in which they are published, and although this course is not one that would be recommended for adoption here, it has undoubtedly contributed much to the development of that universal intelligence for which the Americans are so distinguished. In Canada certain kinds of literature are forwarded by post free of cost, and the postage of a newspaper which has to travel over several hundreds of miles through Canada and the United States, across the At lantic, and then to any part of the United Kingdom, costs only one halfpenny. English printers have for some time past been compelled to employ establishments in Belgium, in order that the cir culars posted there may be delivered here for one half penny. In France, the postage of a newspaper is one fifth of a penny, and in Belgium the charge of one tenth of a penny has just been established. The rate which should have been adopts 1 in this country is undoubtedly a farthing for two ou ices and a halfpenny for six. Unfortnnately the big newspapers look with jealous eyes upon any facilities which are afforded for the distribution of cheap literature, and Mr. Lowe's connection with the Times seems to have induced him to listen too attentively to their view 0 the 41412:- It la. Itowtfori totaly.idollt the proposal to give special advantages to the Times will be allowed to pass the House of Commons without a challenge; and if the -members of that House are true to the interests of their constituents, they will successfully resist the attempt to reintroduce special privileges for the benefit of the powerful. Mr. Lowe has admitted that six ounces should be carried for a' halfpenny, and it will be impossible to skew any valid reason why the privi lege should not be extended to all kinds of literature. It should be remembered that the literary portion of no newspaper weighs more than four ounces• Additional weight arises solely from advertisements. It would therefore be more reasonable to charge the large newspaper on a higher scale rather than a lower. This, however, is not asked for, but a diffe rence in the other direction is not to be endured. What would be thought of a Chancellor of the Exchequer who proposed to put the duty on low priced teas, which are consumed by the poor, at a higher rate than that charged for high-priced teas consumed by the rich ? And yet this is not one whit more unreasonable than that three times the rate should be charged for carrying the literature of the working classes, as compared with that of the upper. Perhaps the arrangement is intended as a compensa tion for the free education which, is to be given to the lower classes. It certainly is tantamount to a heavy tax upon the poor for the benefit of the rich. It is to be regretted that during the last two or three years a change for the worse has come over the whole spirit of post-office management ; the result is seen in a de clining revenue, and in the fact that printing which should be done in this country is necessarily driven abroad. The recent change by which the public have been deprived of the privilege of sending four ounces for one postal rate to the colonies and to France, has compelled newspaper proprietors to make arrange ments for printing elsewhere than in London. Eng lish news must now be printed in' Paris or Brussels for cheap distribution throughout the Continent. It would be well if some of the London printers who are striking for higher wages in the face of diminished work would look to this feature of their case, and see to it that our postal revenue and general printing trade are not interfered with by arbitrary regula tions. As an educational measure, and as affording a stimulus to a depressed branch of industry, the charge of 0 oz. of printed matter for a half-penny would be hailed as a boon, but a defferential arrangement allowing a high priced newspaper weighing 6 oz. to no carried for a half-penny, and limiting all cheap and small publications to 2 oz. for the same charge, is obviously unjust and oppressive. The-Queen has forwarded a donation of 150 to wards Lhe building fund for the erection of a new wing to !he Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park. The Prince and Princess of Wales left Sandring ham this morning on their return to London. A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, Down ing -street. The Commander-in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Friday, the Gth proximo—the number to be re ceived being limited to 150. The Earl of Clarendon will arrive in town to-day from his seat near Watford. Lord Lytton has consented to preside at the tenth annual festival of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Insti tution, on the Bth June, at Willis's Rooms. A marriage is arrangei, and will shortly take place, between the Hon. Elizabeth Denison, daughter of the late Lord Londesborough, and the Rev. George C. Dickinson, son of the late Richard Dickinson, R.N. Sir George Grey is reported to be about to publish a pamphlet with reference to a scheme for the conver sion of certain colonial ports into coaling stations and naval arsenals, which is said to have been elaborated at the War Office. Mr. Mundella, M.P., has, through iwo members of his executive committee, offered to refer the matters in dis pute between himself and the Mayor of Sheffield to arbitra tion. The Mayor, however, declined this pr.pooition, and nnmod LiQ ouu to meet the two gentlemen on the orher side. No further arrangement has yet been made. Sir John Gray, M.P., is suffering from a severe attack of inflammation in the throat. Mr. D'Arcy Irvine, of Euniskillen, who recently gave his tenants notice that he was abDut to take the estates into his own possession, has received a letter informing him that a man has been selected to send him to his long home" if he carries out his threatened eviction. Mr. Irvine is of opinion that the letter did not emanate from any of his own tenantry. The mid-Channel cable, which snapped close to the Brisk telegraph ship on Saturday last, wss to-day again attached to the Brisk, and messages can now be sent as usual. The Eastern Budget says, the Austrian Govern ment has declared its readiness to take part in any steps which may be determined upon by the Powers, in conse quenoa of the murders in Greece, for demanding a guarantee against the recurrence of such atrocities. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned by the coroner's jury against the man Hosey for the alleged murder in Kildare. The penalty of death pronounced vgainst Lathan wars for the recent murder of Mine. Lombard in Paris has been commuted by the Emperor to hard labour for life. On Saturday a small boat, with three men, was upset while rowing towards a steamer, and two of the men were drowned. One of the deceased was agent for Messrs. Blackie and Co., publishers,. Glasgow. Tile election of the . new President of . Paraguay will shortly take place. An international congress of chess-players will be opened at Baden-Baden on the 15th of July next. The dresses of Mdlle. Beatrice for " Frou Frou" (says the London correspondent of the Liverpool Albion) cost £6OO. The Queen has granted the Dean of Winchester a dispensation from all attendances at the Cathedral on account of his advanced age. The borough magistrates at Dewsbury have )rdered 8501bs. of fish to be destroyed. It was unfit for food. A telegram from Basle announces the arrival in Switzerland of Prince and Princess Pierre Bonaparte with their family; it adds that they intend shortly to proceed to Italy. - The Worcester magistrates have fined a man ss. with ns. costs, for being drunk while riding a bicycle in Broad-street, and being incapable of managing the same. ----- In consequence of the sad calamily which has befallen the Earl and Countess de Grey and Ripon in Greece, the installation of his lordship as M.A. Grand Master of England has been postponed. The Western Morning _News states that the foot and mouth disease has again broken out in the neigh< bcurhood of Kingsbridge. Several pigs and a calf have been attacked. A meeting composed chiefly of Irishmen was held at the Public Office, Birmingham, on Monday night, "to protest against the unconstitutional provisions of the Coercion Bill." A resolution strongly condemnatory of the bill was carried unanimously. THE CONVENT QUESTION AT DARLINGTON. —A meeting of the Catholics of Darlington was held on Sun day, at which a resolution strongly condemning Mr. New degate's motion relative to convent inspection was passed, and a hope was expressed that Mr. Gl a d s t one wou ld resist to the utmost the efforts being made in support of it. URIOUS FREAK OF INSANITY.—OR Saturday morning a young girl, the daughter of a pitman at Seaton Delaval, before many of the inhabitants were stirring, got up out of her bed, immersed herself in a cistern of coal tar, and then, without a particle of clothing, mounted on the back of a d on k e y b e l ong i ng to a man living by, and proceeded to ride round the colliery, striking at the doors of the surrounding houses in a most alarming manner. It was not until she had proceeded over half a mile that she was stopped by a man named Harrison, and taken home to her father's house. The dispute between the Rev. A. S. Prior, the vicar of St. George's, Wolverhampton, and his congrega tion, about the use of the surplice waxes hotter. There is a weekly offertory which is now becoming lamentably insufficient, because half the people keep away from the Church, and a large proportion of those who go leave before the sermon. The organist and pew openers have, therefore, had notice, but presented themselves as usual, on their posts on Sunday; but the organist found himself superseded by a harmonium. The congregation took the part of the discomfited organist, and would not allow it to be used, while the vicar's party kept the key of the room by which access was had to the bellows, so that there was no music. Why the vicar, who, from the use of the sur plice, appears to belong to the High Church party, should be resolute to uphold the harmonium in preference to the erap, iff y_s_ry LIER MAJESTY. OsßortNE, April 26. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, drove out yesterday. Her Majesty walked out this morning, accompa nied by Princess Beatrice. The other members of the Royal Family alsl went out. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) GREECE. ATHENS, April 24 General Soutzo, the Minister of War, has resigned, and M. Valaority, the Minister of the Interior has assumed the Ministry of War ad interim. ATHENS, April 25. The funeral of Count de Boyl, Secretary to the Italian Legation, has taken place, with all - honours, to-day. The King and the Italian Minister headed the funeral procession, accompanied by the members of the Diplomatic Body and the Ministry. Copy of telegram from Mr. Erskine, dated April 25, 1870, 2.30 p.m., and 9.45 p.m., 26th : No. 1 " The Aphrocessa arrived last night with the bodies of Mr. Vyner and Count Boyl. The former was shot through the heart, and must have died instantly." No. 2. " All necessary arrangements have been made for sending home the bodies of Mr. Herbert and Mr. Vyner. Mrs. Lloyd prefers that her hus band's remains should be buried here. The senior officer has now actually decided to send the bodies to Malta in the Antelope, his own vessel being too small. Antelope starts as soon as possible. " Lord and Lady Muncaster desire me to thank her Majesty's Government for their kind offer of a passage to Malta, but prefer to return to Marseilles on Friday." FRANCE. PARIS, April 26, Evening. The Count de Chambord, it is stated, leaves his friends at perfect liberty with regard to the vote on the Plebiscite. M. Emile 011ivier has addressed a letter to the electors of the Var urging them to vote affirmatively, while M. Raspail, in a letter to his friends, advises them to vote negatively, and wholly to abstain from any participation in disturb ances. BOURSE, April 26.—Three o'clock—The marke closed as follows : !+ per Cent. : per Cents - 74 65 End of month 74 55 Credit Mobilier 241 25 Transatlantic 2OO credit Foncier l3OO Paris Gas 1672 50 Suez Canal 295 Bank Shares 2820 Ital 4 an wives 56 50 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 49 75 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — Cash Orleans Western Northern ... ll7Bl Strasburg • • 6lBl Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6121 Sardinian Austrian 7884 Lombard 4l7* North of Spain 69 Saragossa Roman 5O RAILWAYS ITALY. FLORENCE, April 26, Evening. The King intends to return here at the end of the present week. The Parliamentary Committees on Finance and 'War have almnat completed their task, and will pro bably to-morrow elect one of their members to draw up the report of their deliberations. The Italie asserts that the National Bank has appointed a commission to treat with'the Minister of Finance for the removal of the difficulties with regard to the convention concluded by the Govern ment with that institution. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, April 26. Violent excesses were committed against the Jews in the town of Tekuch last Sunday. Their houses were pillaged and their synagogues violated. The disturbances were renewed yesterday evening, and troops have been despatched to restore order. INDIA. CALCUTTA, April 26 (Evening.) • Sir Barnes Peacock, late Chief Justice of Calcutta, left for England in the mail steamer to-day, and Sir Richard Couch, his successor, arrived yesterday. Much speculation prevails regarding the appoint ment of the new Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjaub. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MALTA, April 26. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nyanza left at 5 p.m. for Southampton, where she may be expected on the sth proximo. The Ripon, from Southampton 16th inst., arrived at two and left at six a m. to-day for Alexandria. MESSINA, April 27. The Tanjore passed Messina this morning en route for Marseilles. AMERICA. (By Cable). NEW YORK, April 26. It is reported that the Sioux Indians are resuming hostilities, and that there are 20,000 of them on the war-path. The Government is sending troops to the West to meet the emergency. It is stated that Baez has been defeated in two engagements in San Domingo by the insurgents under the command of Cabral, who is marching upon Azua. A banquet was given last evening at Delmonico's to celebrate Lord Byron's birthday. A large number of distinguished persons were present, including several clergymen. The Hon. Cassius M. Clay and William Preston were among the speakers, several of whom made strongly deprecatory allusions to Mrs. Stowe's attack upon the poet's character. The steamship Paraguay, from London and Havre, arrived yesterday. The Galion steamship Nebraska arrived here at 2 a.m. to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 113 E; the highest quotation during the day was 114 ; the lowest, 113 i. Sterling Exchange on London 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 1 7 1885 it 1867 10-40 „ Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra State, $4 60c. to $5 20c. Corn—Old mixed, $1 13c, According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidis, and Co.'s report the receipts of cotton at all ports, for the last four dhys, have been 25,000 bales. Shipments to England, 10,000 bales ; to France, 4,000 bales ; and to the Continent, 6,000 bales. Middling Upland, old., cost and freight per steamer. QUEBEC, April 26. The Allan steamer Austrian arrived out to-day. SOUTHAMPTON, April 27. The North German Lloyd steamer Main has IF rived here from New York, with 120 passengers and 61 sacks of mails. The extra steamer Bremen (of the same line) ar' rived from New York, with 55 passengers, $61, 938 for London, and $9,500 for Paris. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Elbe, from the West Indies, &c., arrisred in dock here at 6.30 this morning. QUEENSTOWN, April 26. The Cunard steamship Aleppo arrived here at 6 a.m. to-day, from New York, with 116 passengers' She landed despatches and 23 passengers, and pro ceedecl. for Liverpool at 6.15 am. All well. THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF CHRLST'S HOSPITAL. Yesterday a special Court of the Governors 01 Christ's Hospital, with his Royal Highness the Dak e of Cambridge, a 3 president of the institution, cow pying the chair, was convened at the establishme nt in Newgate-street for resuming the considerati on : begun at a similar Court held on the sth of April, ° I a scheme for the removal of the hospital into th e country, and proposing other changes in the consti tution of this famous and time-honoured seminal' founded by King Edward VI. The Treasurer argued that the proposed remova l would result in a loss of income amounting to £77 s°° a year upon £250,000 in Consols which they would have to sell out to provide for the requisite building fund. If, on the other hand, the institution w as retained on its present site, he saw his way clearly to educating 2,500 additional children in differen t districts of the metropolis, without disturbing t he Hospital, or taking away from it a single pennY °f its revenues. He moved a resolution to retain the hospital where it stood. On a division the " Ayes" were 71 and the " No ee 57, being a majority of 14 in favour of the motion of the treasurer, which the president thereupon de clared to have been carried. In other words, th e proposal for the removal of the Hospital was lost. TREASURE TROVE. On Monday, at Park Farm, Folkestone, the residence °f the Deputy-mayor, J ohn tambrill, Esq., there was di g. covered a quantity of treasure trove, censisting of fourteen gold coins, guineas, and half-guineas, with dates ranging between 1776 and 1779, seven half-crowns, and a shilling of the same date, some copper coins—date illegible, but apparently the same reign, —and two gold mourning ring; beautifully chased—one almost plain with white ground au° gold letters on it—" Eliz. Roll, died Oct. 1779, aged sixtr seven ;" the other set with a crystal stone resembling diamond, bearing the following inscription in gold letters 'on black ground :—" Sarah Bush, Ob. Nov. 29, 1738, forty-two." Mr. Gambrill had given permission to some cottagers to break up a bank for gardens, and while doing so they came upon two sp a d e gu i neas . M a king to re careful search, they found the articles mentioned above, besides others which were not given up. The place W 5 formerly a lane, with a high hedge and a bank. The mo st probable theory is that the articles are the proceeds of robbery, and that the thief, being hard pressed , " planted" it where either Le cools not find it again or had not the opportunity. GIBRALTAR TO SPAIN." A letter appears in the Igualdad, of Madrid, from Sir Henry Bulwer, the member for Tamworth, expressing 33 opinion favourable to the cesssion of Gibraltar to th e Spaniards. Sir Henry says :—" I have read wi th pleasure the friendly address which Mr. ,Antool° Fernandez y Garcia has addressed to my c' 3l.. leagues, the members of the House of Commo.n% I can affirm, without danger of error, that the sPl rl , of the House is favourable to the cession of bi b A raltar, and this the more because the enlight ened press, which here interprets public opinion, declare? the cession to be just and advantageous! for b° t . l the Powers. In my opinion Mr. Fernandez y Ga rcia would do well to treat the question in the only in which it can be successfully dealt with England cannot restore unconditionally —as gr. Fernandez y Garcia desires—the stronghold which 51 1 possesses at the entrance of the Mediterran ean . I reFu" to mind that Philip the Fifth repeatedly offered to ry e ' in exchange for Gibraltar, one of th e r i c h es t eolonl of which Spain was possess e d i n A mer i ca . It wIL. be well if modern Spain imit a t es the example of her fi r ? Bourbon ruler, and i s rea d y t o make some sacrifice IP, order to obtain the cession of Gibraltar. This at least is wy opinion." The only question is, can this epistle IS genuine An international agricultural and equine exhibi tion will take place at Lille, France from the 18th to t he 26th of June next. English breeders, ma c hine maker B 4 and agriculturists will be allowed to take part in b° ,l '''' exhibitions. In officially announcing the death of Mr. Anson Burlingame, Mr. Curtin, the United States Minister in Russia, wrote to Mr. Secretary Fish that he feared Burlingame's mission would now fall into British and that the future negotiations would take a di re ctioTh less favourable to American interests. terrible explosion of gunpowder has taken place s at a percussi on ca p manu f actory, near Bi rm i ng h am . 01 of the young women employed was scraping a can O a powder in a careless manner when the whole blew UP, an she was terribly mutilated. No others were hurt. The medical profession of Liverpool and _neigh bourhood have ex p resse d th e i r approva l o f the M e dical Act Amendme n t Bill, but assert that no enactment would give satisfaction to th e p ro f ess i on at l arge w hi c h did - b° l * provide for a more di rec t representat i on o f t h e genera: body of practitione rs i n th e genera l M e di ca l Coun.cil The state of Lady Mordaunt's mind is a myster9. er9 The Lancet rec en tly p u bli s h e d a paragrap h giving a , v, r gloomy acco un t o f h er l a d ys hi p ' s i nsan i ty. D r . TV Smith declared that the Lancet was misinformed. -v r • Wynter now makes a si m il ar s t a t emen t, b u t neither Of these gentlemen supply the correct facts. The Warrington Guardian relates an instancewhen a thrush has built her nest in a rut immediateb; under a railway. The Great Northern trains pass h er her at frequent i n t erva l s, b ut i n the pursuit o f maternal duties she is entirely oblivious to such a trifl" occurrence. The death is announced of the Hon. and Rea' Arthur Savile, b ro th er to t h e E arl of Mexborought afte r a few hours' ill ness, on S aturday last. He mar ried L 1852 the Hon. L uc y Georgiana Neville, youngest daug".. ter of the fourth Lord Braybrooke, by whom he leaves numerous family, Dr. Simson has been elected President of the Customs Parliament, and Prince Hohenlohe and Mo .° Uj est Vice-Presidents. They occupied the same positions last year. Much comment has been made at Berlin on the small number of deputies, 100 out of 385, who attendee' the opening. A Belgian asks that the halfpenny postage rate 011 newspapers may be extended to those which are sent fro l England to B e l g i um . A s a strong argument in favour (I; such a conc ess i on , h e s t a t es t h at at present a newspaln sent from Belgium to England (weighing 50 grainrae s 4 only requires a 5 centimes (id.) stamp, while the charg from England to this country is for the same weight ld• Two men, named Geraghty and Brady, have been arrested for the attack upon Mr. Radcliffe, who was fired at near Kells on Saturday afternoon. Geraghty 18 „, butcher, and the brother of a convicted sheep-stealer. *J4 I ; conspiracy to murder was known to others. Mr. Radol,„, is the oldest and one, of the most respected magistrates the county of Meath. The neighbourhood of Brighton has been visite d lately by swarms o f the ladybird insect, a v er y unusu d circumstance so early in the spring. There is also foull_ in the b ean an d pea fi elds a kind of lice preying upon t: t leaves of th e pl an t s , an d i t i s often o b served that when these pests appe ar th e ladybird follows, and is very u seful in destroyin g them. The postal treaty between the United Kinga° l3l and Germany was signed yesterday in Berlin. • - - THE SALOP MURDEkEli= s l l hOrdas William ri tt t described as a gr i zz l y -h a i re d old man, of ab °ll- sixty, and o f f or biddi ng appearance, has be: apprehended on the charge of murdering 0 ha° old woman, in Salop, and the jury returned a verdict against him of wilful murd er ' The prisoner met the deceased, and asked her for moil She said "Man, you must be mad ; where do you think 0 have got money from ?" She saw him immediately tt s a pistol out o f hi s p oc k e t , b ut she did not think h e going to hurt her. He held the pistol in his hand, then raised it a littl e , an d fi re d at h er, saying, "You are& Irish devil, and I w ill get r id of the lot of you." - 1 0 took another pi s t o l ou t o f hi s poc k et, b ut hearing a vehic._ coming he ran away. Sh e f e lt th at s h e was shot th r own the hip, and sh ou t e d ou t " M ur d er. " She died soon a fter , giving this evidence on w hi c h th e pr i soner was apprehen d WHAT Is A PUBLIC P LACE ?—Th e magistrates of Salfe p r a have been occ u pi e d w ith th e case of three men chart a with card sharping in a railway carriage. .„, a0 the defence it was con t en d e d t h at a ra i lway carriage "la not a "public place," within the mea n i ng o f th e act. answer to this the prosecution took advantage c'' , e , recently decided case i n th e C our t o f E xc h equer , in 'l O matter of a conviction brought up to be quashed, a which the judges held a distinction t o b e necessa ry, fo r l ii o railway carnage might or might no t b e a pub i place. If the carriage h a d b een s h unte d nto yard or siding, it was not a public place ; but if it sex y actually travelling on the line it was. In the prese rv e case the prisoners were enga ge d i n gam bli ng with prosecutor in a carriage while it was actually travelling' the game being know n as " o dd man, " and upon cons' ration of the circumst ances th e laaaistratail eviltePQ Qd them to Quo months' hard labour, r - V,. CJOlirt • -- 63 6, - , = /II rtia ac , li i ( St te r do] tol of 50 IJI 13/