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VtAskr 3TERDAT a settlement itock Exchange t to -day, an d a any severe er at 94, 941 aced and New Bills paid 5 ,, ad India Bona" 6s, i11n.a.._ .. , " 1 j v i .-,-;:yilsak. ~ , (. 41111 - . . %,.: . (6 1 .0} 1 i l.iiii . > s , ... Co. , __ A. , : r 4 , ,,‘, , ' T 1 4 --::—-* "' ' : ' lea 4''''' Y ' 4 1 ,1 I, ~ . 0 - ' . '..t ! l iil T 1 .. • ... • ; ~,, lir - . '/. „,. , 11 _' H 1T ,v4ek„ i - ~ -WE IT II ~ .- -—'- ' I ' /PH — tlil IS ° ' - !4//33ROrt ' s .....? ,-:- 1 l ~11 . .• • /_,..'' '.7',,if . ----- dpr • - ';'...:f.... z.N. / 4 irY for English ally have bee ° at 77i to 7 7 i , Midland 10 1, and Great 4London 0,11(1 :A) , iet. Canad lA° ave been rather at Luxemburg nd Lombardo- NO. 24,307. THE SUN, SATURDAY EVENING; APRIL 30, 1870. PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. SECOND EDITION, in 2 vols., Bvo., with Illustrations, F . REE RUSSIA. By HEPWORTH DIXON, Author of " New America," " Her M ajesty's Tower," &c. 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EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. AIR W S. WOODIN'S TWENTY-SECOND WEEK WITH his PamoUs A a T n l ct ) (l l 4 " inal CARPET-BAG t oo „, _and SKETCH-KOOK ENTERTAINMENT the Large Satnrda ß a nd SKETCH- -tOOK ENTERTAINMENT in the Large GYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except sp a ,_,') at ; Saturday Mornings at 3. " Mr. Woodin has turtrt.no expense i n magnificently decorating and luxuriously be : u iug his salon for the comfort of his patrons." Seats may et e Z e tin n advance, at the tiox-office, open from 10 till 5; also P 44,-s eiters. llon . d-st al re co e n t , a l n s d ap a t in hiairg v ili t a e l ' °l , One, Two, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Late WESTON'S. Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Sweasey. th n e Easter novelties have been pronounced by the public and t o ' Pres 4 to be the most successful entertainment ever produced r , n . t he approbation of the patrons of any music hall. 4 0 4 tte truly surprising performance of W ‘INRATTA, on a wire I CztIORTH oF Aix INCH THICK, suspended the whole length of hail, is marvellous. Great Little Wonder, the smallest eard at this hall Tenor World, Alr HE NRY COLLARD, to be h only.in the 4 1, 0 Mr ARTHUR LLOYD. Mr GEORGE LEYBOURNE , M r s,,NRI CLARK, Mr YOUNG, Mr J. PHILLIPS, Miss LOUIE L IP S RINGTON, Miss K tTE GARSTONE Mrs F. R PHIL - 004 , the COURT MINSTRELS, all combined to produce an ~rtaiument which must be amusing to all. Uhairman—Mr A. Young ; Mu>ical Director—Mr P. Corti. tat o advance in prices. 10 4 6 ,, e °nY, 6d ; Stalls, ls. ; Orchestra Stalls, is 65; Private Boxes, u• Box-office open from 10 to 5. 11ADAmE TUSSAUD'S EXIILBITION. ,„ Baker -street. —A PORTRAIT MODEL of TROPMANN added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the clerfd Lunette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the ~ ~tittsntation. of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and. upwards of ef t Persons of the best 'and worst blood in France. Also an too a,c ed. Y OpenoP of the from 11 a.m . guillotine ain use. Admission, ls.; extra tn s till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, The Piccadilly. If th ex traordinary success which has attended the production eleSh:l S hadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of Lkte-ie„ , etrie light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici conibined with the admirable Operatic and Dance . - ha ve cselections presented in the often-changed programmes, moat 4 n a d the gratifying effect of making the r. sent one the , eleb ' l toosively patronized season since its first opening. The c hef meted Orchestra, under the direction of its highly eff i c i ent Do ß i ti ° 'gnor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest corn ot all distinguished composers—the solos in which are to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses; Messrs. tho k - al r eo, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. 4, Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.C. Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. 1319 NELL, Proprietor. O SC IENTIFIC AND ORNAMENMAL PRESENTS. ' Or a I IAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, consisting Land of new elegant assort AS ' Groups, C a andleatic a beautiful Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, and Ashaer, ParianTM l arble a , Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported kaj e atnifactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Y. 14 9, Strand, W.C., London. litilftxALS Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of lumen :a of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the into nt 21 ', l 3 ( i ) udi of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had 41.4,-iiav , nirTßuNnlsreihri GEOLOGY and MINERA .„ is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. CAUTION. -POPULAR ERROR. -PRIC E'S thi tiB 13,ENZODYNE, the newly-discovered Cure for Cough, Bron ,4te,. ba,, a nsumption, and all wasting diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, etti nothing whatever to do with petroleum spirit, falsely 2`lle rfi iena, &c. This unique remedy may be obtained of all 'aett i i:." , and through the Proprietor, Mr. PRICE, Analytical S 2 . Lower Seymour-sheet, London, W. Prices—ls. 1 'cl 2s. Id and 4s. 6d per bottle. § NEFOR D'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- . !lilt _Me Medical profession for Thirty Years have approved of Lae s l : o 're solution 02 Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of as U 1 ,1118 41, eartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion; and ad a „ "ci for Ladies, Chil best mild ient for delicate constitutions, especially aper dren, and Infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, ' 2 ' New Bond-street, London; and of all other chemists throughout the world. feature of 1111' r demand, and in the deman d have not been i the value of lot been exte ir ian have .been .em. The 11 e Five-WO O' riser' 1. en firm, and ) to nothing 11° . n no change Qi week, ending st £64,678,04 and L good deo ie, capitally been taken 5/' ) the Bank to• Lumsden, iron ay, at Sunder Investigat ion tnd a comP° Bl. ed as the least. assets V,037• hich the meet,' Glared a cliTi. pay a dividend nee a dividend Zix Silver-lead th a capital of a property 111 ologne. npany, it 0 3 price of £ l4, ae proprietor° at of this OM E 10 per cent 'ife Assurance were stated to iew prenainn l : p er cent. Wo' ovincial La W he year were lding in O W ;,528, a nd th e are 2049, for the following week :—A ease of public . deposits 01 es of 225,119; an increase ;f £5,235 ; 311 ion, including blic deposits o £16,346, 953. d the stock of '3,113,755• as follows :--- corresponding ,ern £38,9 89 , 805, increso ;ire, -21,552 1.6 ; increase/ 3d.; increase/ ase, 217 d. 81c. 3e, £4,721. Y.—There 110 sugar has ve t ico, 33 8 . 6d ;: [ as connoano,ri; e been ratio I s D Ay . -0111.Y n : to-day. r 1 : 1 . s other qu• to Ay has collie , at about la' n 7s. 6d. to 11. ave been du d to ss. Bd.; 01 he public solesi roo d . For , 1 ulil prices we' ET 0 31.A1t i . e rately suPlll,O lows regents' tKET, TO ffer at to-d•l t v with difileu" inferior MO! 110 s. to 1 - 26 1, 1 ; over, 100 9 • ;s. to 301 9 n has chang ect h £74 oil has bee ° El brown, 435 ' e ll n be ow has , A _ onths, 455. —The mark e d for export an have again h e a r ': ,c 1 sk i n buy _ e descriptio nsn ingha ms good w oo d coarse, ~ 0 . a slow _,„ 1 good dema n d For Wag. part of qi twofolds, is have taX__.e.'" r the rnediuf, ng fabrics o v _ e e do not COw -Wheat dull' demand 1 ,',1 10d. to 57 0 . ° ' firm, 50 c„e t ot o fered 17'50 _-_- ° . i-street, Lgdi Itreet, SPri n6 ; Q. c . , of tt St. mo l d lk { c oseph ,G. • of Mr. b• Cl: 3 )nr n Corn 7es, Esq., I" te Mer, Louit3' wood, RDb°r ANDRE A 10, Iv li ce , o. ,f Couat9 417 PTURES—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. ~. RITE'S MO C-MAIN LEVER TR . U . S o S f —olkPerfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhilmt l i p o dedieei tile ) , andlB2), is allowed by upwards of Five ;Hundred tive treatment Of hilibe the inost effective invention . in the "ecth '. 11 •A• The use of a steel spring, so . ofte w n e h rn urtf re ul nn ,:edv -' le here avoided—a sof t bandage i li d t its 'litit,', W hile the requisite resisting power is bu s i 4 g /ilied by the Moe ns(34 fa, ( I and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease . and c s i e c e se p - . ~• cle s Zat it cannot be detected, and may be worn d which l oan. wit ic - ;", Ptive circular may be had, and th? truss , r ° 4 - . t ° lit, f3rwarded by post, on the circumference of the la ktUr ei .7 o inches below the hips, being sent to the mann , A Arr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly,dLondeostna.ge, is. A. tioete,Rle Truss 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6 . P ' ll , l eali n ,.2e, 31; 6d, 4_ s. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Um ,,, t.„`..., 5 , 425. ' anvls2s.'6d. Postage, ls. 10d. s'Lite ° : - ',..!'lee Orders to be made payable to John White, • Post 1,4 ' ''' e eadilly. NEW PATENT t t 14 ,,,A- ST I C ST 0 C . K and l all N eas G es S of , gettlC'NtE-CAP S , &c., for Varicose grains, &c They are pero.,iies.s and Swelling of the Lege: 1 4 orltialight in texture, and inexpemn s ve 6 , ° stag e, 41: etOcking Price 45. 6d., 7 • -----..............L0RN WHITE,d a . u , d lO u s r . e , d a ra n . d w l u 6s o . n ea lik eh. B lit • Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. 611. 11 1, 1 fESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE O i ß n - B ARRY'S delicious health-restor g Ex ln P v E a N h s 'ut and Infants' Food. R ita fifty tinlesTip ,and restores perfect ARABICA. liver, refreshing ! le ep B , ti f?, o 4trong s n E e e rv oßs e tE : AolgeNr TrAemedes , m sound lungs, "efeequa onal regularity, and energy to the healthy most li- (dy.pep. 414 Co,elic.,l"-rernOVinsg speedily and effectually indigestion habitual constipation, diarrhoea, , all)'gest.A., asthma, consumption, ' e ey, „"e der angements, hcemorrhoids. liver complaints, flatu ats, diphtheria, eitio.,„..iervonsness, biliousness, fevers, sore ROtli,l,B, °olds, influen za, eeeee'4l3srities, eraptis hysteria, neuralgi itability, sleep noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, pt. ' niPr' acidity, palpitation, heartburn, head:C . )l l" e, debility n , e f;r e o r ps a y t , • Z ft . , fi ' iltt PaS ing , na a ad sickness, even in rh ai e l a — t t j i : fits , an u cr bronchitis , nchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, e . 4 . pit of the stomach and between the s a h n o d ul s cl id ers ta . ble li fe i r s 4 ,.vaid e b." digestible and nourishing of all foods, th 4 tPc,"„, k ,nd infants in all complaints. h.. a a ri1...."T CAUTION .—Beware of the many unsavoury and more -`4ine ,n-'3'imitations to' which, without authority, Baron Ll EP tfeti! Most a udaciously attached. 134rt /' el f l °rth n °fle will doubt the valuable properties ''oe d _, ealth-restoring Revalenta Arabica . Invalids' i 'oba'•"nee to the thousands of blessings it has already fa receivedlnfanta' lido neiv " nee whose Position had been deemed hopeless, we may (%PerfeeT that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has m been \ j ' e attne s :n r eatred by it after thirty years of unsuccessful 25th ir — gre if,,,, We quote from the "Gazette du Midi,"_ - .01 , . - -i8 431 , e health of the Julyedical r . Fa% , :--• 'Rome, July 21st,. 1866.- 17.°5(11e , e P is excellent, especially since, aba Th ndo • g all other .rebiee*,....°s_,has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta 1111 Pred,""°, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It 0 111 5 a r eed a Su rprisingly beneficial effect on his , health, and his 1, Aire No. , a hia,. ot praise this excellent food too highly. ' ~.,'''''er. is„ -- '`'...',2 6of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven . years' ,with a-JitPaitit, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, 'ee,ipleeas,eravous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleep de`'iire I,i o ncl the most intolerable nervous agitation. 0 n eclee * 7B, °f dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart eri,ed. i.,ord „ , Lieutenant of the County of Waterford; "1 have eltB ,Drt - eii benefit from your excellent food .— STUART DE .l) dy;,,,7 0 Isf n a ,, a ,, , CaPpoquin, County Waterford." a *'esu' --t.,832.--Of fifty years' indescribable agony from Paer na ---; nervousness, asthma cough, constipation, flatulencY, b,,CiLre isi a ,, le itile, ss, and vomiting' —Maria Jolly of Lynn, Norfolk. - ',„ 4 , indf-',; 4 7+2 and Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme iiervons dk'nes IN,-,'”•ii.°ll, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. , li - u , B 4. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years Th e l, i, 8 4, ; 12,,00v1 is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid.; lib ., 2 . s te . 9d., 21b., ja , 4 g s e . free i °, 22s • Ch o °II ree e i t• •mb.,The 121 b. and 24 11 ?• ais f o„,, o ;2: 4 al e a r,... it s p ae P twad n ee i r6vl P ia o paf . Order Also Du Barry's cups ae t., f a e t r 25., 5786 fibs at 48 .. , ecrk4eBdeninpstaint 6s.,caiii Revalenta Arabica road, tenr9et; 63 V tir e , • seeng about one penny per cup. .The 30s. r d . c. . forste canisters F cn o p r e l a 2 t Jder idit fof carriag_e in England on receipt of Pos Ofli 0 .. k 4° at Prt.... it itic Du BARRY and 77 Regent-street, London, Landon, a nd au al GI -4n. eh-st ' Lu nn and lilason's • also Co.,' at 4,' Cheapside ; 61, graorle2- 0 0eers ar a 2 o n r d d-s c r e e m ti ste a . nd 121, New Nt ~,, „,..-,„,-..uNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE sl (-) Z4.1: 9AN CHILDREN are being maintained in the 41 t2,-, pei,t•e'EßT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at ho moderate rate Om ntiiini each. Panda greatly needed. ' 51, e h CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. eapeide. London t• 1 0 l ie, Clar.alLESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS -40thttiLar?i_eatly solicited for the purchase of food and 126 b,„" s e_ 10 1 ) 4; n board the Chichester Training Ship. 84 Kirl n the Refuge, 9, Great Queeu-street. ~.. aln the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Ealing. tils 878 c hildren. 51°,0ntltirigmbiztitithlosiebpoar:oy or girl for one year. Mil I, °lls reeved by the London and Westminster Bank , a 4,1 41, Lothbury, E.C.•, and by 40.8, Or eat Queen -street, Ed na ln ilt. M 9 eldco WiLLIANS, SecretaSecretary.s-inn-s., " Mr. Dixon's book will be certain not only to interest but to please its readers, and it deserves do so. Mr. Dixon brings be tore the eyes of his countrymen a picture of Rustia, its scenery, and its people, which is so novel and so interesting that it can scarcely fail to arrest their attention."—Saturday Review. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street, FOURTH EDITION, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., A NNALS OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE. By GEORGE WEBBE DASENT, D.O.L. "A very interesting novel. Wit. humour, and keen observa tion abound in every page. For a long while we have not a work of fiction containing such a fund of varied entertainmen'.."—Times. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-streeta BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for MAY, 1870. No. DCLV. Price 2,,5. 6d. CONTENTS, Our Poor Relations. Trade Unions. Earl's Dene.—Part VII. Cornelius O'Dowd. On Sanding the Sugar—The Message of Peace—The Two Safe Careers —Our Diplomatic Service—The Difficult Precept—Personal and Peculiar. John.—Part VII. New Books. The Education Difficulty. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. rust published, price is 6d., by post is. Bd., the Second Edition, With Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, In illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. 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PERUVIAN FOUR AND A HALF PER CENT. LOAN OF 1862. En vertu des pleins pouvoirs que le Supreme Gouverne ment du Peron m'a confide, j'ai decide que tons les titres de l'Emprunt Pdruvien 4* per Cent. do 1862, quo soot encore eu circulation, soront rembJurses au pair, plus le coupon echu le lre Juillet procbain. Le remboursement aura lieu h Londres chez Messrs J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, lieadenhall-street, et lee porteurs du dit emprunt peuvent touclsr, 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 lre Juillet. Les titres qui n'aurout pas ete presentee au rembourse ment du 2 Mai au lre Juillet, 1870, cesseront de porter interet. Paris, 20th April, 1870. (•-igned) TORIBIO SANZ, Inspecteur Fiscal et Agent Financier Special du Peron en Europe. FTRANSIATION.] 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, less interest at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum from the day of payment to the Ist July. The Bonds which shall not have been presented for pay ment between 2d May and the Ist July, 1870, will cease to bear interest on the latter date. Paris, 20th April, 1870. • (Signed) TORTBIO SANZ, Fiscal Inspector and Financial Agent of the Peruvian Government in Europe. In virtue of the authorization of Mr. Toribio Sanz, Fiscal inspector and Special Financial Agent of the Peruvian Go vernment in Europe, we hereby give notice to the holders of the 41- per Cent. Peruvian Bonds of 1862, that said BONDS with the Coupon duo 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 th e Ist July, at our Counting-house, 145, Leadeuhall-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, Bishopsgate-street within, London, E.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 OfficA3-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OOTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART Ii'MOSON, Esq Sub-Governer CHARLES JOHN MANNJNG, Et3CI Deputy-Governor. DIREOT ORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt 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 Geschen, E. Rive sq rsdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sam, William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord J °Beeline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Oharles Baring Young, Esq. alai Sony, 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. FARMING STOOK.— No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons 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 Assured 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 8, CENTURY AND A HALL ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL. EXCHANGE, LONDON, e x _ U MID lAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital 11, Lombard-street, London, E.O. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Richard M. Harvey, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P John Martin, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq ames Morris, Esq Abraham J. It charts, Esq Henry Vigne Esq ..Two Millions. Henry Hulse Berens, - Esq Hy. Bouham-Carter, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq Charles F. Devas, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Sir W. B. Farquhar, Bart James Goodson, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Thomson Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—Thos ACTUARY—s, The Governinent Duty is nas Tallemach, Esq Lml. Brown, Esq. [otally abolished. Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, with statemen of the Assets and Liabilities in the Life Branch, free on application to the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary. 0 YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, i i the immediate -vicinity of the. Great Northern Railway Terminus. King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. flfresident—liis Grace the Duke of lIUCCLEUCH, K.G. Thiff2l bspital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the princi of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and diffict* of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief - to a large number of in-patieuts, and, in addition to thii,-;Ale average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a c.-iderable period averaged between x,OOO and 4,000 weekly. The S,w-. nnittee earnestly solicit the assistance o the benevolent, as the raises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundr . -more beds had the Committee the rcquisite funds to ta L main - em. - Cont bins are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, HansorrOild Co, Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; ()run - in/mad •and Co.; Glyn and Co.; -Hordes and Co.; Ransom and Co.; -Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Bar ,clay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners street ; and at the Hospital from 10 to 5. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL," Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. .1 he Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current expenses. Assistance is urgently needed. J. W. WALDRON, Secretary FRIENDLESS AND - FALLEN.-LONDON IeMAL 4' PR EV tilN TIVE and REFORMATORY IN ,i. STITH . sZi: , Prdia4iMile—AeY44'A4l . o A 32140,. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 18g8 aro ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon greet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard. street, 1 ,. ...C.; Francis Nicholls Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jowry Chambers, cI.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSELY, the Dentist by special appointment, 3, m 312, R c ti RGT EN -S E T s a T E R % T, CITY. exactly opposite Established the Royal 80. T 2 the and 2most perfected system of painless dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. 13. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as ono 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 forty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as above. The superlative excellence of thia 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 unsurpassed -detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied and youthful appearance restored—mastication and arti culation guaranteed. The " Times" cif March 6 says :—" So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sots, 5 to 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. THE LAND BILL. The two divisions on the Land Bill on Thursday night were almost entirely of a party character. The most noticeable features were that Mr. Headlam voted in neither, and that in both Lord Elcho, the 64 proputty " man, went against the Government. On both occasions Sir Roundel). Palmer voted with the Government. THE CONVENT INQUIRY. The resumption of the convent inquiry debate brought a still larger number of members to the scratch. Mr. Newdegate got another victory. The motion that the order for the appointment of the select committee be discharged, in plain English that the whole affair he set aside, was• defeated by 173 to 128. Nearly all the minority were Liberals, Mr. Beresford Hope being the only exception. Colonel Vandeleur, who also voted against Mr. Newdegate, is a Liberal - Conservative. Mr. Newdegate, on the other hand, got the sup port of very many Liberals, including •Mr. Candlish, Mr. Morley, Mr. Chambers, Sir Robert Anstruther, Mr. Eykyn, Mr. Reed, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Pendarves Vivian, Sir David Wedderburn, and others—Mr. Whalley, of course, being on the "right" side. WHY THE CONVENTS ARE ASSAILED. The Tablet seems to think that the serenity of " the Protestant mind "—by which, we presume, is meant that of Mr. Newdegate—bas been disturbed by the awful spectacle of an CEcumt..ical Council, " too august to be despised, too powerful to be disregarded, too gigantic to be ignored." As the Council is invulnerable, the infuriated " mind " seeks another victim, and has accordingly flung itself on the wretched conventual establishments in an ecstasy of misguided sectarian vengeance. SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Some curious incidents took place in the House of Commons on Thursday, After another lengthy scene between Mr. Newdegate and his opponents on the proposed inquiry into monastic and conventual institutions, that subject was put off until Monday. The members then rose almost in a mass, thinking the House had adjourned; instead of which it im medlately resumed, and Mr. Chambers moved that the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill be considered as amended; and it was arranged that the third reading should be taken yesterday. Then came the consideration of Sale of Liquors Acts in committee. But on Sir Wilfrid Lawson moving that the Speaker leave the chair, an unexpected difficulty presented itself. The chairman of the corn mittee, who was to take the Speaker's place, could not be found. Mr. Dodson had marched off to sweet repose with the majority of the members, thinking that the business was over, as well they might, for it was far into the small hours of the morning. A new chairman was found in the person of Mr. Stansfeld. This statesman, of all men in the world, was directed on the motion of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, to to move that leave be given to bring in a bill to en able owners and occupiers of property in certain dis tricts to prevent the common s ale of intoxicating liquors within such districts. The House re sumed; this resolution was reported, and the bill ordered to be brought in by Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Sir Thomas Bailey, Lord Claud Hamilton, Sir John Hanmer, Mr. Miller, Mr. Dalway, and Mr. Macarthy Downing. This is a combination not often found. - It includes Liberals and Tories; Catholics, Ch urc hmen, and Dissenters ; and re sentatives of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Then, after a little intermediary business the bill was presented, read a first time, and fixed for second reading on July 13th—certainly a remarkable total of business in such a space of time. THE GUN TAX. Mr. Lowe has decided that liability to the gun license will attach to any person carrying a gun " out side his house," people who shoot sparrows in their own gardens not being exempt. The Pall Mall Gazette remarks that such an interpretation of the Act would exempt from taxation any one who is in the habit of shooting small birds from his dining room or study windows. This . practice prevails more extensively than Mr. Lowe perhaps imagines. It is, indeed, the principal relief from the labours of sermon-writing resorted to by many country parsons. ABSENTEEISM. That learned and enlightened nobleman, Lord Talbot de Malahide, has written a letter on absen teeism, which was read at the North Dublin Union meeting. He considers absenteeism the great evil of Ireland. He is not a voluntary absentee himself. But he cannot see that any artificial means can be adopted of keeping people in a country where life and property are not safe. "I feel that I must stick to Ireland for better or worse, but you must give me leave to doubt the efficacy of penal enact meats to compel landed proprietors to take up their residence where the inducements and enjoyments to country life are so much less than in most countries with which I am acquainted. Nothing but making them serfs or adscripti glebce would answer this purpose." Nor . does Lord Talbot de Malahide believe that matters would be mended by restoring the Irish Parliament. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS. By a recent return it appears that on the last day . o f 1869 the total amount dfte to the de positors in Post-office Savings Banks, inclu sive of interest, was £13,524,209 ls. ld. The cash paid out, and warrants issued, during the year, amounted to £4,227,056 9s. sd. The amount paid in by the savings banks to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, during the year ending 20th November last, was £907,278 ; and the amount of money drawn during the same period from the commissioners, £1,424,723. NAVAL RETIREMENT. A correspondent of the Standard says the follow ing is a copy of a letter the Admiralty are sending to naval officers— "Admiralty, Sir,—My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having reason to believe that your health is so impairedthat you are not fit for active service, it is their directions that you repair on board her Majesty's ship Victory to undergo a medical survey.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Secretary." Be adds 0.3.,at it apneas tha AMERICA AND H.M.S. MONARCH. The official lett:l.s which have passed between the United States and England, respecting the recent voyage of her Majesty's ship Monarch with the remains of the late Mr. Peabody, have now been published. The friendliest spirit breathes through the whole correspondence, which contains letters to Lord Clarendon from the British representatives at Portland and Washington, and from Captain Com merell to the Admiralty, the official reportby Captain Macomb, of the United States steamship Plymouth, and the replies of the English authorities. There is also a congratulatory message from the Portland (U.S.) Town Council to Consul Murray. Captain Macomb's report has been already published in the American Army and Navy Journal, and in it the gallant captain says that in his opinion the Monarch is the most formidable and effective iron-clad vessel of war for ocean service in the world. ➢IEDICAL EDUCATION OF WOMEN. Dr. henry W.Acland, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford, makes a proposition which he --thinks be--eeffteekily acespielle--,40 many of the educated women of England. He asks why special diplomas should not be superadded for those women who do not desire to have the same educa tion as men. He says he is perfectly aware that by some women this proposal may be met by a flat refusal to accept what they will consider an inferior diploma, but submits whether, the full right of women to enter the medical register as at present being retained, a course of edu cation and examination might not be devised in order to qualify female students, first for practice in the diseases of women and children, and secondly for the management of hospitals as matrons and superintendent nurses. Allow women, he says, as now to enter the ordinary medical register ; but pro vide, in addition, a special training and qualification for those who desire legally to discharge duties for which, in many directions, they are pre-eminently qualified, and register such quali fication in a separate register. THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL. At a meeting of the General Medical Council the Medical Amendment Act introduced by the Govern ment into the House of Lords was discussed at some length. The President, Dr. Paget, brought under the notice of the Council an un official communication from Mr. Simon, the medical officer of the Privy Council, deprecating the jealousy which had been expressed in certain quarters as to the powers given to the Privy Council under the bill. The Council proceeded to consider the clauses of the bill see latinz. A motion by .31r. flawlnns that instead of the new examining board being allowed to grant the title of licentiate it should merely give a certificate of competency, was eventually carried. Another motion by the same gentleman for the insertion of the words "certificate of competency" instead of "licence," which was opposed by Sir Dominic Corrigan, on , the ground that it bound them to the principle of a separate examining board in each divi sion of the Kingdom, was carried. The Council ulti mately adjourned the discussion. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The annual meeting of the Church Education Society of Ireland has been held at Dublin. There was a great falling off in the at tendance, but not, we are told, in the spirit evinced. Tho national, or mixed system of education was strongly denounced. Lord Clancarty thought that insecurity of life and pro perty was a proof that the country was under a curse, and that the dissatisfaction which existed was due to the very existence of the national system of educa • tion, which prohibited the use of the Bible even for the purpose of reproving a fault or supporting some moral precept. Several other speakers expressed their intention net to relax their efforts to secure religious training for the poor in place of the secular or mixed system. POOR MERCANTILE JACK. Merchant seamen are curious fellows. One of their greatest likings is for heavy boots; and one of their greatest antipathies is the art of swimming. Exposed, as landsmen would think, to continual perils, they seem never at their ease unless they are running some more than unusually foolhardy risk. Everyone who has been a voyage knows this. But granting. all these things, it is difficult to find a sufficient reason for the enormous waste of life which is daily going on among the ranks of those afloat. We can understand that during the past year the large number of nearly 1,800 seamen-- were drowned by wreck ; but it is lamentable to see from the returns that no less than 1,069 were drowned by accidents other than wreck ! The Shipping Gazette thinks that the ready wit and seamanship of officers in command must be at fault when so large a per-tentage is sacrificed. Every master is bound to teach his crew the way to set about saving life. If this were more attended to, and if sailors themselves were prevented from running - voluntary risk, we. should not have to deplore the preventible sacrifice, annually, of one out of ever y h un d re d sa il ors i n the British merchant service. THE ITNIVERSAL STRIKE. A general strike of all trades throughout the civilised world, or as near an approach to such a catastrophe as can be managed, is known to be con templated by the French Socialists. It seems that its realisation is seriously thought of. The Paris correspondent of a London paper says that the Inter national Society of Workmen has more than once fixed the date for a general strike, but at the last moment counter orders were issued, and the fatal epoch adjourned till some more convenient season. There is now some talk of the 2nd of May having been fixed on. Who are going to. take part in this great siege of labour which is to compel all the rest of society to unconditionally capitulate is not divulged,. But at any rate there are strikes enough now on the way to make a nice nucleus. Heavy skirmishing against capital is going on in England, Scotland, France and America. THE GERM THEORY. The Lancet notices the recent discussion between Professor Tyndal and Dr. Bastian, in a manner which evidences a scepticism on the part of that journal in regard to the professor's germ theory. It expresses a hope that on his prothised return he will by that time, for the sake of his own reputation, have learnt greater caution in traversing a country the landmarks of which are strange to him. Especially does the Lancet hope that he will not again publish an account of an elabo rate experiment in a special box, half glass and half wood, and with the aid of an electric lamp, for the purpose of shewing that suspended motes will sink when the air around them is at rest. We can con ceive, it adds, no nearer approach to taking tea by stratagem than this, unless it were an experiment still more elaborate, to shew that the heavier motes would be the first to reach the bottom of the box, ENGINES DRIVEN BY MAGNETISM. Professor Tyndall In the opening lecture of hi s course electrical phenomena and theories, Tyndall described a little electro-magnetic engine, constructed by Froment, of Paris. It consisted of four fixed electro-magnets surrounding the outside of a wheel or drum, on the circumference of which eight bars of soft iron were mounted. Each magnet attracted the piece of iron nearest to it ; but directly each piece of iron came in front of the poles of the magnet the contact with the battery was cut off the a co mmutator, the magnetism disappeared, piece of iron passed on with the momentum it had acquired, till it came within the sphere of attraction of the next magnet. In thi s way th e d rum carry i ng the bars of soft iron was made to spin round with very great velocity. The expense of working, says the Professor, is of engines driven thhyomgra g ea ne t t o ie bs p t e a w cl e e r. to the utilisation THE REPORTED ESCAPE OF A NUN. The Birmingham Gazette publishes a letter from the Rev. M. O'Sullivan, Vicar-General, on the re ported escape of a nun from a convent in Warwick shire. He complains of the inaccuracies and surmises which have been imported into the narration of the case to make it sensational, and says the facts are simply these : He received a letter from the mother abbess of Badderley Convent, stating that one of the nuns who had been ill and attended by a doctor, had climbed the garden wall, gone into the village, and created considerable astonishment by appearing there in a religious habit, and telling the people that she had run away because the nuns were trying to poison her. The people, however, the abbess added, saw that she was not in her right mind, and she had returned to the convent. He says he went to Knowle, saw "Mr. Kimbal, who had been the medical man to the nuns for many years, and who had seen "Sister Agnes" that morning and pronounced her insane. In the afternoon Mr. O'Sullivan says . he visited her with Mr. Kimbal and Dr. Bell Fletcher, who signed a certificate of her insanity. He took the certificate to the relieving officer, and she was ordered to be removed to the asylum at Hatton the following morning. This cer tificate, he adds, was the usual one awarded to pauper lunatics. A YORKSHIREMAN OF 4,000 YEARS AGO. Apropos of Dr. Beddoes' book on the stature of man in the British Islands, a correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette mentions a typo of the ancient— - the very ancient—Briton, which is to be seen in the Scarborough Museum. It is, perhaps, the oldest preserved skeleton in the world, the date' when it roamed the Brigantian hills in the majesty of a living man being assigned to the year 2200 B.C. Beside the vast physique of this "oldest inhabitant" of Britain, especially in re spect of his vertebral column, that of the stoutest Yorkshire farmers of to-day, although they are a broad race, is dwarfed into insignificance; while, phreno logically speaking, his moral and mental development is equally astonishing,. In fact, instead of falling back towards the Bunions archetype adopted by a certain learned professor, this extremely ancient Briton must have stood as far above them as the strongest and most moral individual of the present day. THE COTTON TRADE. Reports from the cotton districts state that a better feeling pervades the trade generally, and that a higher tone rules the market, which in some degree may be attributed to the greater confidence begotten by the operation of the bankruptcy law. This improvement, though slight, in a remunerative aspect has already induced the operatives to consider the advisability of endeavouring to recover 5 per cent. of the amount deducted from their wages last spring, and a meeting of delegates is to be held at llary on Sunday to consider the question. MR. COBDEN ON INTEMPERANCE. The following remarks on intemperance are from a letter of Mr. Cobden. which has not previously been made public :—" It is quite impossible, I fear, to overestimate the various and destructive evils which spring from intemperance, and I fear there is scarcely any other vice the cure of which is so diffi cult when it 'has laid fast hold of its victim. The only hope we can have of a comprehensive measure of reform is by directing our attention to the rising generation. It is by education, 'after all, that we must hope to raise the next generation above the temptation of the beershop, and I do hope, notwith standing so many discouragements, that we are making some progress upon this most important question. SMALL-PDX IN PARIS. The Lancet publishes some interesting statistical details in reference to the distressing epidemic, small. pox, which is causing so much trouble just now. The disease in Paris, it says, is now stationary, the number of deaths per week varying from 100 to 120, but if M. Vacher is to be' trusted, it has not yet reached its culminating point The most striking facts recorded in M. Vacher'S article are the following :—With regard to the maximum intensity he observes that small-pox does not extend by rapid starts like cholera. The latter; disease, in the space of about a fortnight, attains its greatest extension, whereas variola proceeds by several successive maxima. The numerous variations of temperature in February exerted no influence on the epidemic; and the quarters most severely visited were, as might be expected, the poor and populous districts. The - clothes of variolic patients, he says, contain a contaminating principle,which serves to propagate disease. Males are, he notices, much more subject to the disease than females, which M. Vacher thinks is only attributable to the fact that women through a spirit of coquetterie are far more careful in avoiding the causes of contamination than men, Lastly he . declares that the sum of experience has been most decidedly in favour of human vaccina tion. SLAVERY IN TURKEY. A. letter from an English merchant in Smyrna throws light upon some features of Turkish life, which of late years have escaped atten tion. The writer relates various instances where slaves, who had escaped from brutal treat ment, applied to the British Consul in Smyrna and were liberated. Speaking of this system of slavery in Turkey, he says it is hardly possible to conceive the evils it now engenders, the vicious principles which it insensibly instils into the minds of children of the higher and middle classes, reared in the degraded and tainted atmosphere of the harem, while those of the lower ranks cannot escape the contamination nor avoid feeling in their own humble homes the pernicious effects of the examples around them. It destroys, says the writer, all confidence, esteem, and trusting companion ship between husband and wife ; the hallowed and endearing term of home is but a senseless word as regards all the finer feelings and merely associated in the mind of a Turk with the thought of gross and sensual appetites. The extinc tion of slavery would, he adds, soon lead to a far more healthy tone in the inner life of families. It is a matter, he submits, in which England may fairly exert all her power and influence, without the fear of being taxed with interested motives or unwarrantable interference, as all know the enormous and disinterested sacrifices she has already made in the cause, LIBERTY OF DISCUSSION AT ROME. It seems that the modifications recommended by the prelates who voted on the first four chapters of the Schema on dogma placet juxta nzodum, were collected into a volume and once more submitted for discussion the following day. It was remarked in the Univers that they had already been put to the vote five or six times. Upon this the Vatican triumphantly asks, why doubt the liberty of the Council ? Its liberty of speech is, in fact, so unlimited, that amendments can be proposed five or six times in succession, in spite of an overwhelming majorityoind always receive the same patient hearing. " Is there any parliamentary assembly in th e wor ld," as k s t h e Fattcan, " of which the same thing could be said? " TIIE FENIAN FIASCO. The New Y or k Ti mes i s sarcastic upon the Fenian " raiders," an d d en i es that the brotherhood possesses an army in any shape. Its so-called soldiers are merely'a pack of miserable country labourers who have been cheated by the Fenian " Senate " into subscribing their names, and paying their hard-earned dollars towards the hotel expenses of that august body at Chicago. The Times advises the Canadians to oppose the "raiders" with a good frontier police. The United States Government will look after the Fenian army." A FEVER PATIENT. —The driver of a hackney cab ap plied to the magistrate at Southwark for advice. A young woman came up to him in the Waterloo-road and told him to go and take up a fare in the Blackfriars-road. 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