The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-21 00:00:00

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Oblerve the Red Seal, Pink Label; and Cork Branded " Kina han's " LL Whisky. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Gold Medal. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Housei ii London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. KINAIIAN'S MU T UAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 4, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT.GARDFN, LONEON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or Leasehold Property, for - one, two, or three years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly dis counted. Forms free on receipt orstamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. CRYSTAL PALACE.—TIIII3 DAY.—Great Combined Attractions. —GREAT DOG SHOW, Great Drill Review and Drill, Swimming and other Gymnastic Compe titions, 3,000 Boys, Juvenile Bands, &c. ARRANGEMENTS. Palace open for admission from.. .. .. • . Judging of Dogs on Upper Terrace from about .. Orchestral Band of the Company The Boys form liitecal Grqnd Terrace at Review by H.S.H. Prince of Teck and H.R.H..tlie PrinCess Mary of Teck .. • • • . .. 2. 0 Drill Swimming and other Competitive Exercises from .. 3.30 Orchestral Band .. .. • • • . .. 4.15 Boys' Band of St. Marylebone Schools in Centre 'Transept. 6. 0 Festival Organ (Mr. Coward) and Promenade till 8. 0 Admission to Palace for Review, &c., is. ; or-by Guinea Season Tickets free ; children half price. Admission to Dog Show (Judging day), 2s. 6d. ; or by Guinea Season'Tickets free. Present issue admitting this day to Drill and Review, Dog Show, Great Rose Show, Operas and Dramatic Performances, Archery Meet ing, County Cricket Matches, Grand Summer Concerts, and gene rally until 31st May, 1871. At all entrances and agents this day. Fine Arts Courts, Picture Gallery, Statuary, Flowers, Portraits, Busts, Birds Singing, Fountains Playing. . 10. 0 10 till 1 . 12. 0 1.0 HIS Serene Highness the Prince of TECK and Her Royal Highness the Princess MARY of TECK will REVIEW 3,000 BOYS, THIS AFTERNOON, at 2 o'clock. The arrangements have been carried out by the following Committee of the Society of Arts COMMITTEE ON DRILL. Bowley, R.K. v Ewart, Lieut.-Col., R.E. Burgoyne, Field - Marshal Sir Napier, Major-General. John F., Bart., G.C.8., F.R.S. Ommanney, Rear-Admiral Eras - Bury, the Right Hon. Viscount, mus, C.B. M.P. Russell, Sir Charles, Bart., V.C. Chadwick, Edwin, C.B. Ryder, Rear-Admiral, A.P. Cole, Henry, C.B. Tufnell, E. Carleton. Eardley-Wilmot,Major-Gen. F., Williams, General Sir Fenwick, R.A., F.R.S. Bart., K.C.8.; Elcho, Lord, M P. Captain DONNELLY, R.E., Sec. to Committee. After the Review the Prince and Princess will be present at the Drill and Gymnastic Competition, on the Great Cricket. Ground, and at the Swimming Races in the Lower Lake, from 3.30. CRYSTAL PALACE.-THIS DAY.-GREAT DRILL REVIEW, by .11.5. H. the Prince of TECK and the Princess of TECK. More than 3,000 boys will take part in the evolutions. After the review the boys will go through ♦arious. gymnastic exercises, swimming, &c. The swimming competition will take place in the lower lake at 3.30, 48 boys, representing 11 schools, will take part in three divisions of 16 boys each. Judge of swimming, Rear-Admiral Erasmus Om- Janney, C.B. The school bands will play during the review and afterwards. Prizes will be awarded by the Society of Arts (under whose direction the review will be given) to the best Drill School. Admission as usual, Is., or by guinea season tickets. GREAT DRILL REVIEW of 3,000 BOYS, THIS AFTERNOON, at 2, by H.S.H. Prince of TECK and 11.R.H. the Princess MARY of TECK.—CRYSTAL PALACE. GREAT DOG SHOW, THIS DAY to Friday.— CRYSTAL PALACE. CRYSTAL PALACE.— GREAT NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF DOGS, THIS DAY (Tuesday), to Fri day, £l,OOO given in Prizes. Exhibitions of various descriptions have been from time to time held at the Crystal Palace—the Flower Shows and Rose Shows take of course the foremost place ; those for poultry, Pigeons, rabbits, cage birds, have always proved very attrac tive, and it is confidently believed that the addition of this great Show of Dogs to the list of exhibitions held will be gra tifying to the large number of season ticket holders and other habituts of the Palace. No expense and no trouble have been spared to render the show a great success. It will be held in the basement, the greater part under canvas. Every precaution will lie taken to insure perfect ventilation, and to render the exhibition a cool and most agreeable lounge. Nearly 1,000 specimens, ranging from the grandest mastiff and bloodhound to the timidest of toy terriers, as will be seen from the list below. The management of the exhibition has been undertaken by a committee of gen tlemen. Bloodhounds Deerhounds Retrievers Water Spaniels Puppies Mastiffs St. Bernardo Sheep Dogs Newfoundland' Dalmatians Bull Dogs Terriers King Charles's Spaniels Italian Greyhounds Toy Terriers• Dandie Dinmonts Pomeranians Pugs Blenheims Maltese Greyhounds Otterhounds llaiie7.B _ Beagles Pox Terriers Pointers _ Setters • Admission to the Show :—This Day (Judging Day), half-a crown ; other days, one shilling. Guinea season tickets • fre• each day to the Palace and Show. Admission to Palace each day as usual, one shilling. NOTE.—The Champion Dogs will be paraded on the Upper Ter race at 3 each afternoon. GREAT DOG SHOW.-JUDGING D This Day. Note.—The judging will take place on Upper Terrace. Visitors to the exhibition will not b• admitted inside the Show until after the judging has been concluded. Now ready at all the libraries, in .3 - - SIL V. I A.• -By JULIA KAVANAGH, • Author of " Nathalie,- "Adele," &c. "This book is fresh and charming. MisS Kavanagh has pro duced nothing prettier'than the future of her heroine, Silvia. '— Faturday - Review. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers; 13, Great Marlborough-street. JAPAN AND MANCHURIA. • Now ready, in 1 vol. Bvo., with Illustrations, T RAVELS OF_ A NATURALIST IN JAPAN • and MANCHURIA. • By Arthur Adams, F.L.S., Staff Surgeon, R.N. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price Is 6d., hy post is. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda,, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY y , DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Oircular." London: 11.13alliere, 210, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly , Dispr: tch, Public Opinion, en :I other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted wi h this edition. CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR STOPPING THE SALE 'OP INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUN. DAY. London Auxiliary. A great open-air Working Men's Demonstration will take place at Trafalgar-square, Charing Cross, on Saturday evening, June 25th, in support of Mr. Rylands's SUNDAY CLOSING BILL. Addresses will be delivered by Revs. C. J. Whitmore, who will refer to the success of Sunday closing in Scotland, J. B. Wright, W. C. Van Meter, of New York, who will refer to the success of Sunday closing in the United States, E. Mathews, M.A., travelling secretary of the' Central Association, and Messrs. G. Dibley, J. West, J. Bormpnd, P, Carigan, and other friends of the measure. A petition to Parliament will be submitted to the meeting. The chair will be taken at half-past six by Benjamin Whitworth Esq., J. P., Ex-M.P. Mr. Rylands will move for the second reading of his billon the 39th instant. B RITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie park, Slough. The MIDSUMMER EXAMINATION and DISTRIBUTION of PRIZES will be held at Slough on TUESDAY, the 28th of JUNE. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of OXFORD (Dr. Mackarness) has kindly promised to preside, at 2.45 p.m. pre cisely. As the•accommodation is limited, early application for cards of admission is particularly requested, and must be ad dressed to me at the offices as below. ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside. N.B. A stopping train will leave Paddington Station at 1.20 p.m. and a fast train at two o'clock. Return trains from Slough at 4.43, 5.50, 7.7, 7.40, and 9 o'clock p.m. NOTICE. -THE METROPOLITAN PUBLIC CARRIAGE and REPOSITORY COMPANY LIMITED. TENDERS are invited by the directors for supplying every de scription of VEHICLE and HARNESS, suitable to the require ments of the Company. Sealed apolications to be made to the Managing Director, E. C. JAVAL, Esq. By order of the Board, W. H. SCUDAMORE WARD, Secretary. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (EA) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper... Superfine Cream Laid Note ; much approved Superfine Thick Cream Lail Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note .... 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing ........ ..... '2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 4s. 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, bine or cream ....JOB. 6c1., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap . 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; rated ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6 The New Vellum Wove "Club House" 1 ,, 0te, five quires for rrHORLEY'S HORSE and CATTLE SPICE, 1 In Penny Paclz ets only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Of all Grocers, Druggists, and Corn Dealers in the Country. CAUTION. -POPULAR ERROR.---PRICE'S BENZODYNE, the newly-discovered Cure for Cough, Bron chitis, Consumption, and all wasting diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, &c., has nothing whatever to do with petroleum spirit, falsely called Benzoline, &c. This unique remedy may be obtained of all Chemists, and through the Proprietor, Mr. PRICE, Analytical Chemist, 2, Lower Seymour-street, London, W. Prices—ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d per bottle. ONE THOUSAND DOGS.-21,000 Prizes. — Crystal Palace.—This Day to Friday.—The SHOW OPEN from 10 till dusk each day. CRYSTAL PALACE.—To-morrow.—TONlC SOL-FA ASSOCIATION.—ANNUAL JUVENILE CON CERT 0,000 voices). Conductors, Mr. JOHN SARL E and Mr. JOSEPH PROUDMAN. Organist, Mr. James Coward. The first Part of the programme will consist of sacred music, hymns, an thems, choruses, &e. The second part will be secular, including Part-songs, glees, and choruses, by Callcott, Root, &c. The Concert will take place on Great Handel Orchestra, at 3 o'clock. There is no more pleasing sight at the Crystal Palace than that afforded by the gatherings of 5,000 children of the Tonic Sol-Fa and other Choral Bodies. Admission ls., or by guinea season tickets. Stalls, 2s. 6d., now ready. CREMORNE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JOHN BAUM. NT 0 W OPEN FOR THE SEASON. 11 The Best and most Wonderful Entertainments in the World. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. AMUSEMENTS FREE. Open on Sunday, by Refreshment Card, 6d. Table d'Hote, at half-past 6,2 s. 6d. MR W. S. WOODIN'S TWENTY-NINTH WEEK "AT HOME," WITH his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG and SKETCH-BOOK ENTERTAINMENT in the Large Boom EGYPTIAN IiALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except Saturday) at 8 ; Saturday Mornings at 3. " Mr. Woodin has spared no expense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously furnishing his salon for the comfort of hls patrons." Seats may be secured in advance, at the Box-office, open from 10 till 5; also at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal music-sellers. Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.; Balcony, ls. Family Private Box, One, Two, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. R OYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Late WESTON'S. Proprietor—Mr.f. S. Sweasey. Great combination 'of elect' or the Whitsuntide Holidays. Re -engagement of Mr. A. Vance, Mr. J. Milburn, Mies Louie Sherrington, Mr. H. Collard, the smallest man in the world, the Le Petit Sims Reeves, and the Brothers Voltaire, Champion Gymnasts, and the first appearance of Mr. Baldwin, Miss Georgina Smithson, Miss Nelly Wood, Mr. J. H. Byley, and Madame Marie Barnam; Mr. P. Corri, Mr. St. Albyns, and Miss Barrie will appear in Operatic Selection, with full Orchestra, every evening. AI)AME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. m Baker-street.—On view, New and Magnificent COURT DRESSES from the first houses in Paris. Admission, Ss. ; chil dren under ten years of age, Gd. Extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a•m. till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production ')f the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance usfe Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the ir. sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The c elebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient C hef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest corn- Positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are as signed to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. MOBCa ; Messrs. vv. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.C. Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. BIGNELL, Proprietor. RITPTITRES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS kPerfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred )Modlcal men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of TrERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the b ody, while the requisite resisting power is , sapplied by the Moc "ain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close r ess that it canno t be detected, and may be worn during sleep. .t descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, brwarded by post, on the circumference of the PaY, two inches below the hips , being sen t to th e mann acturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. Double Single Truss, 168., 215., 26s.and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A _ Truss, 31s. 6d., 428., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Um aul.Fal Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. o Zast-ollice Orders to be made payable to John White, Post "ice, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, W n RINTEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of eax ess and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c, They are Porou s light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each Postage, 6d• JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 228, riceadilly. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE DU BARRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids, and Infants' Food, THE REVALENTA AItABICA, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspep sia), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatu lency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleep lessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, and bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. rt is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slopy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health restoring Revalerita Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the Gazette du Midi," July 25th. 'Cure No. 48.413):—"R0me, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the Holy Fatbcr is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness do Brehan of seven years liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, cJnstant sleep lessness. and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. :8, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, 1 ord Lieutenant of the County of Waterford:—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent food."—STUART DR DEcrEs, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford. Cure No. 41,'32.—0f fifty years' indescribable agony irom dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,021.—Mi5s Elizaieth Jacobs, of extreme nervous ness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 56,854.—Mr. Samuel Laxton Leicester of two years' diarrhoea. The Food is sold in Canisters, at Is lid; llb, 28 9d ; 21b, 48 6d ; 121 b, '2s ; 241 b, 40s. The 121 b and 241 b canisters carriage free on receipt of P. O. Order. Also. Du Barry's Revalenta Arablra Chocolate Powder is packed In; tin canisters: For 2 cups- at 'l4, for 24 cups at , s 61, for 48 cu, s at r s, for 288 cups sit 30s, for 575 cups at 5 , 5. Being about one penny per Cup. The 30s and 55s tins are sent ire s f ct,rria2e in England on receipt of Post Office Order. BARR , DU BARRY and l 77. Regen -street, London, also ..t Fortnum anl Mason's ' • also at 4, Cheapside ; .6 , Gracechurch-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street; 121, New North-road, London; and all Grocers and Chemists. 1870. ONDURAS TEN PER CENT. 1_ GOVERNMENT RAILWAY LOAN. £2,500,000, in 25,000 Bonds of £lOO each. Bearing 10 per cent. Annual Interest, payable half-yearly, viz., on Ist January and Ist July. Issued at 80 per cent., and to be redeemed at par in sterling within fifteen years by yearly drawings, on the 31st December in each year, by means of an accumulative Sinking Fund of 3 per cent. per annum. The first Drawing to take place on the 31st December, 1870. The instalments to be paid as follows :- 15 per cent. on allotment. 10 per cent. on Ist August. 10 per cent. on Ist September. 15 per cent. on Ist October. 15 per cent. on Ist November. 15 per cent. on 15th December, when Definitive Bonds, with a Coupon of £5 payable on the Ist January attached, will be given in exchange for Scrip. 80 per cent. Interest will date from the Ist July. The Instalments may be anticipated at any time, when an Instalment falls due, under discount at the Bank of England rate. PROSPECTUS. His Excellency Senor Don Carlos Gutierrez, Minister Plenipo tentiary for the Government of the Republic of Honduras to the Court of St. James's, being authorised by full powers, dated 14th March, 1870, to raise for his Government a Loan of Two Millions sterling net, for the completion from sea to sea of the Inter oceanic Honduras Railway, has instructed the London and County Bank to receive applications for the same. The Loan will be represented by bonds to bearer of £lOO each, bearing interest until redeemed at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum,,payable half-yearly, on the Ist January and Ist July in each year, at The London and County Bank. The whole Loan will be redeemed within 15 years by an ac cumulative Sinking Fund of 3 per cent. per annum, to be applied by annual drawings, the said drawings to take place on the 31st December in each year, in the presence of the Honduras Minister in London, a representative of Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Gold schmidt, and a Notary Public, and the Bonds so drawn will be paid within one month thereafter. This Loan is raised to complete the Interoceanic Railway, and to place the line from sea to sea in thorough and efficient work ing order. As in the case of the previous Loan, the proceeds of the present Loan will be paid into the hands of trustees ap pointed for that purpose. The entire Railway and its revenue is mortgaged to the bond holders. of all denominations, and the proceeds of the State domains will be applied in a like manner. The first section is contracted to be finished next November. Messrs. Waring Brothers and McCandlish have undertaken, under heavy penalty, to complete the second section at the end of 1871, and a new contract has been signed with them to com plete the entire Railway from Puerto Caballos, on the Atlantic coast to the Bay of Fonseca, on the Pacific, and deliver it over in efficient working order in the autumn of 1872. The Railway is under the protection of theßritish Government by a treaty which declares;— M. LEDRU-RoLLIN.—The news recently given about M. Ledru-Rollin having once more returned to France is unfounded. He resides at this moment in London. It is stated that he intends going in a short time again to his estate at Fontenay-aux-Roses, but not with the object of taking up his final residence in France. EXPLOSION IN A SHIPBUILDING YARD.—On Friday night an alarming explosion took place in a ship building yard in Glasgow. The boiler in the works of Messrs. Elder burst, scattering fragments to a great dis tance. A thousand men were working at the time in the yard, so that it is miraculous that no one was killed or seriously injured. One man only was slightly hurt. CHURCH PREFERMENT.—The rectory of Holy Trinity, Dorchester, Dorset, in the diocese of Salisbury, worth between £5OO and 2600 a year, and vacant by the death of the Rev. James Fisher, has just been conferred by the patrons, the trustees of the Dorchester Free School and Almshouse, on the Hev. Henry Everett, M. A., Incum bent of St. John's, Devonport, Devon. THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The mackerel fishery has been prosecuted with varying success off the Eastern coast. One day last week, however, there was a change for the better, and thirty thousand fine fish were landed at Great - Yarmouth, which sold readily at from 18s. to 30s. per 120. Considerable quantities of mackerel have also been landed at Lowestoft. _ Rear-Admiral Astley Cooper, the newly-appointed Superintendent of Malta dockyard, who has been relieved of his appointment at Portsmouth by the present Board of Admiralty, has left Portsmouth on board the Fire Queen for Southamption, with his staff, to make a passage on board the packet to Malta, to assume his post as second in command of the Mediterranean fleet. - ' COUNT BEUST.—The Emperor of Austria, on returning to Vienna from Ischl, called twice in one day on_Connt Beust, which gave rise to the impression that the Chancellor of the Empire was seriously ill, or that the double visit was necessitated by urgent business of the State. It turned out on inquiry that the Count was suffering from lumbago, which prevented him from going out, but did not prevent him from attending to business. His Majesty's first visit was one of sympathy, and his second was induced by some urgent business, which led him to consult the Chancellor. THE FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.—According to the latest news from Constantinople the accounts of the disastrous consequences of the late fire were in no degree overstated. A relief committee was started immediately by the Imperial Ottoman Bank, associating with tilt Societe Generale Ottomane, the Credit General Otto man, and the leading capitalists of Constantinople, under the presidency of the Government. At the first meeting £26 b ,000 was suscribed, including £lO,OOO from the Sultan, 23,000 from the Ottoman Bank, £2,500 from the Societe Generale Ottomane, and £2,500 from the Credit Ottoman, and various sums of from £5OO to £l,OOO from private bankers and others. The English, it appears, have suffered much. BURNING OF THE DUNDEE JUTE MILL.— An extensive conflagration, resulting in the total destruction of one department of Ramsay Works, Dundee, the property of Messrs. J. Hoile and Co., occurred on Friday evening. Two of the fire brigade, named Robert Ramsay and James Alexander, narrowly escaped serious injury. When the fire was at its height a party of the brigade were throwing water through a door in the upper flat. The couplings of the roof suddenly gave way, and, pieces of the burning timber fell on the shoulders of the men named. The force of the shock sent both of the men to their knees, and somewhat stupified them. They were immediately assisted to their feet, and shortly after re covered themselves, when it was found they had escaped with little injury. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is believed to have resulted from some of the steel spikes of the breaker being broken, having caused sparks sufficient to ignite the jute which was in course of prepa ration. The damage caused is between £2,000 and £3,000. The sum, however, will be met by insurances. LOVE AND LONG HAIR.—A magnificent piece of human hair is now exhibiting in New York. It is of a dark brown hue, soft as silk, weighs seven ounces, and is 64 inches in length—five feet four inches. On a medium sized woman this would sweep the floor. The longest piece of hair on record, exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851, belonged to Leon Pellery, of Paris, and was seventy-two inches in length. The story of this one, that measured sixty-four inches, is somewhat romantic. It came from the head of a Swabian peasant girl, who had two suitors for her hand—one a poor farm hand, who earned six kreutzers a day, and the other a rich miller. The miller owned the cottage in which the Swabian girl and her widowed mother lived, and being as selfish and unscrupulous as he was wealthy, threatened to drive his tenants out of their home unless his suit was successful, although they had already paid part of the price demanded for the cottage, and were saving and working to pay the remainder. In this emergency a travelling hair merchant appeared in the village, and sooner than marry the wealthy miller, or, on the other hand, have her aged mother driven from house and home, she determined upon the sacrifice of her beautiful hair. It was taken to the Leipsic annual fair, and sold there to an American dealer. MANIFESTO FROM DON CARLOS.—The " Duke of Madrid," better known as Don Carlos, has issued a mani festo. Spain, he says, has arisen as one man, with the cry of " God, country, and king ! " and her king, on hearing that cry, has raised the Spanish banner and thanks his supporters. Those who are with him are more than a party—they are the Spanish people, generous and magnanimous in prosperity as well as adversity. The whole are not with him, for a cause which is not national has divided and estranged the people and ensanguined the country. A Spanish cause will re-unite them and cause a new Spain as great as the old to spring from the ruins. " I," adds Don Carlos, "am the representative of that princi ple," and he declares the great desire of his life to be " to preserve with a religious love the sacred heritage of our fathers—to accept as a favour from Providence the progress and amelioration of our epoch—to constitute, with the aid of the natural repre sentatives of Spain, a Government really national — to rule and govern the people in peace and justice, the King being assisted by the devoted representatives of the realm, always holding towards him the language of truth, and equally respecting the rights of all, great and small." He is satisfied with the conduct of the Juntas, and bids them have faith, for that will save Spain. CONJUGAL SEPARATION IN FRANCE.—A report of judicial statistics recently made by the French Minister chews that applications for separation de corps have largely increased of late years. In 1857 the total num ber of such applications throughout the whole of France was only 1,191, while in 1868 it reached no less a total than 3,000. The courts granted the appli cation in the proportion of 89 per cent. In 2,683 cases the wife was the plaintiff, and only 316 applica tions were at the instance of the husband. Formerly judicial separations were confined to the wealthier por tions of the community, but it now appears that the working classes frequently avail themselves of the law, as in 1868 no less than 1,258 applications were at the instance of persons styling them selves ouvriers , or ouvrieres. As might be ex pected, the vast majority of separation cases proceed from the great cities, Paris ranking first, and followed in due order by Bordeaux, Lyons, Marseilles, and Rouen. Of the 3,000 suits instituted in 1868, in 24 cases the parties had been married less than a year; 519 from 1 to 5 years, 809 from 5 to 10 years, 1,219 from 10 to 20 years, 401 from 30 to 40 years, 24 from 40 to 50 years, and in three crses the parties had been married for more than half a century. In exactly two-thirds of the cases there were children of the marriage. 28. 6d Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & 6s 6d Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6411 per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., Is. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. 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PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERA LOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. D R. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVb R PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at 15.14 d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. SCHWEPPE'S MINERAL WATERS SCHWEPPE'S SODA WATER, So celebrated now for upwards of • century. SCHWEPPE'S LEMONADE, A most grateful and refreshing beverage, so useful in cases of Fever. SCHWEPPE'S POTASS WATER, Strongly recommended by the Faculty in cases of Gout, (ix. SCHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER, Prepared from the Malvern Water, so renowned for its purity. SCH WEPPE'S BOTTLES Are protected by a Label having Name and Trade Mark. Manufactories at London, Liverpool, Derby, Bristol, Glasgow, and Malvern. BATHING SEASON. ST. LAWRENCE-ON-SEA, ISLE OF THANET. Mr. W. CLEMSON begs to inform the nobility and gentry that he is now prepared to enter into arrangements for the forth coming season for the Private Houses attached to and served from (if required) the GRANVILLE HOTEL. Rents for the season, from £250 to £4OO. The above houses are being Fur nished from the most recent designs of E. Welby Pugin, Esq. N.B.—Ramsgate is the nearest station on both lines. BUENOS AYRES SIX PER CENT. STATE LOAN. NOTICE is given that the SUBSCRIPTION LIST will close for London THIS DAY (Tuesday) at four o'clock, and TO MORROW morning for the country. C. DE MURRIETA & CO. Adam's-court, June 21, 1870. I, hag E'resi• f the rapb• ,her ,her " Of ;reat come ace," mulct Lbout and adlYr ) the an be child rm e his ,____ , e T r~ cY m ~: z _ ~. BUENOS AYRES SIX , PER CENT. STATE LOAN; 1870, • Under the authority of the State Laws of 'the 17th (18th) November, 1868, and 27th (28th) January, 1870 ; 18th (19th) of February, 1869 (as varied by a further TAW of 3rd (4th) Sep h.mbe r, 1869), and 27th (28th) January, 1870, FOR £1,034,700 STERLING, In Bonds tollearer for £lOO, £5OO, and £l,OOO each. The Interest payable half-yearly in London. The Loan to be redeemed at par by Annual Drawings in about thirty-three yearS, by means of an accumulative Sinking Fund, which, however, the Government reserves to itself the right to increase, so as to redeem the Loan, at an earlier period. PRICE OF ISSUE, S 8 PER CENT. Messrs. C. DB MURRIETA and Co. are authorised by Senor Don Luis L. Dominguez, the Special Commissioner duly empowered by the Governnient of the State or Province Buenos Ayres, to receive applicb.tions for the above Loan on the following conditions :- 1, The Loan will be represented by Bonds to Bearer for £lOO, £5OO, and £l,OOO each, with Coupons for Interest, at 6 per cent. per annum, attached, payable half-yearly in London, at the Counting-house of Messrs. C. de Murrieta and Co., on Ist April and Ist October of each year. The first half-yearly Coupon will be payable on Ist APril, 1871. 2. A Sinking Fund of 1 per cent on the principal sum of £1,034.700 will be applied annually, together with the Interest on the Bonds paid off, to the reimbursement by Annual Drawings of - tire - flean - at , par:'—ifire first Drawing will take place so Unit, the payment off of the Bonds will commence on Ist October, 1871. The Government reserves to itself the right to increase the amount of the Sinking Fund, available to the redemption of the Loan at par. 3. The Price of Issue is 88 per cent., payable :- 5 per cent. on application ; 15 „ on allotment ; 15 „' on the 3rd August, 1870 ; 15 • „ on the Ist October, 1870 (less 103., allowance for Interest on Instal ments, less English In come tax). 18 „ on the 15th November, 1870 20 „ on the 30th December, 1870. 4. An allowance of £lO per £lOO nominal (being equivalent to interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum) on the instalments from the date of payment to the Ist October, will be made and deducted from the instalment falling due on that day. The instalments may be anticipated on any of the dates fixed for their payments, under discount, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, with allowance of interest as above, which, in that case, will be deducted at the time of payment in full. Scrip Certificates to . Bearer will be issued against Allotment Letters, and will be exchanged for Bonds to Bearer, as early as possible after payment of all the instalments. The Bonds will be signed by the Government Commissioner, under special powers granted to him for that purpose, and countersigned by Messrs. C. de Murrieta and Co., as agents for the Loan. The General Bond, specifying the conditions of the Loan, executed by the Government Commissioner, Senor Don Luis L. Dominguez, will be deposited, together with the original Powell granted to the Commissioner, at the Bank of England. A copy of the General Bond is appended. Applications must be made in the annexed form, accompanied by a deposit of £5 per cent., to be paid to Messrs. Martin and Co., Bankers, 68, Lombard-street. E.C., on the nominal amount of the Bonds applied for. In case default is made in payment on allotment, or of any of the instalments on the days named above, the allotment will be liable to be cancelled, and'the sums then already paid to be forfeited. • In case no allotment is made, the money depo sited will be returned to the applicant without deduction. The Subscription List will be opened in London , by Messrs. C. de Murrieta and Co. ' on Monday, the 20th, and will be closed on or before Thursday, 23rd June. Adam's Court, Old Broad-street, London, 20th June, 1870. . _ MEMORANDUM FURNISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONER. Buenos Ayres, as is well known, is, by its geographical position, its wealth and population, the principal of the fourteen Provinces or States which form the Argentine Republic. The Customs and other imposts of the Republic amounted in 1869 to Z 2,587,077, of which five-sixths were produed by the Province of Buenos Ayres. The flourishing City of Buenos Ayres, which is at once the Capital of the Province and of the Republic, has a population of 200,000 inhabitants, busily occupied in the export and imp ort business, the value of which in 1868 was about £13,000,000. The Province possesses a Government Bank (the net' profits of which last year amounted to £200,000), and an enormous extent of landed property. It is furnished with three Main Lines of Railway, all con verging on its Capital City, and feeding it with the materials (hides, wool, jerked beef, grease, bones, &c., &c.) which form its export trade. One of these railways, "The Western Railway," belongs to the Government. At present it is finished only to the extent of 160 kilometers, and a portion of the proceeds of, the loan is destined to its extension. In its present incomplete state it yields a net income exceeding 7 per cent. per annum. " The Great Southern of Buenos Ayres Railway, ' belonging to u.....Ang i 1i,311_ Company,- has freed itself entirely fro m the Governmerit'rgua rantee of 7 per cent. under which it started, and yieids a hand some return to the shaieholders, whilst the " Northern Rail way" has now also a remunerative traffic. The proceeds of this Loan will be applied exclusively to works of public industry. The Province of Buenos Ayres (whilst yet an independent State) contracted in 1824 a loan in London of £1,000,000, and in 1857 issued bonds representing deferred Interest. There was also an internal debt of about £400,000. These debts (which were all the public debts of the State of Buenos Ayres) were adopted by the Argentine Republic on the establishment of the National Government, so that at this time the Province is not burthened with any public debt beyond an amount (including the present loan) of £1,061,225. The revenues of the Province arise from a direct tax on houses and land, stamp duties, leases of public lands, duties on salting establishments, &c., &c. The duties voted annually by the Legislative Body are calculated so as to meet precisely the requirements of the Administration, and thus a balance of the receipts and expenditure of the Province is maintained. This expenditure has recently, and during the Paraguayan war, included considerable sums spent in public works, including an outlay in England in connection therewith, during the last eight years, of upwards of half a million of pounds sterling. BUENOS AYRES SIX PER CENT. STATE LOAN 1 FOR £1,034.700 STERLING. FORM OF APPLICATION. (To be retained by Messrs. Martin and Co., the Bankers.) To Messrs. C. DE MIIRRIETA and Co., London. Gentlemen, Having paid for your account with Messrs. Martin and Co. the sum of £ • • ....., I hereby request that you will allot me £...... • • ....... nominal amount of the above Loan, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any smaller amount "that may be allotted to me, and to payithe further sums due on such allotment, according to the terms of the Prospectus issued by you. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Signature • Address in full • • Date ..... • . • 1670 N 0.... BUENOS AYRES SIX PER CENT. STATE LOAN, 1 • FOR £1,034,700 STERLING. RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT. (To be retained by the Applicant.) Received for account of Messrs. C. de Murrieta and Co. the sum of £............ being the deposit required on an appli cation for an allotment ofthe above Loan. For Messrs. Martin and Co. • • • • • • • ..... EIPION. " In order to secure the construction and permanence " of the route or road herein contemplated, and also to " secure for the benefit of mankind the uninterrupted " advantages of such communication from sea to sea, " her Britannic Majesty recognises the rights of cove " reignty.and property of Honduras in and over the line of " the said road, and for the same reason guarantees posi " lively and efficaciously, the entire neutrality of the "same. And when the proposed road shall have been "completed her Britannic Majesty equally engages, in "conjunction with the Republic of Honduras, to protect "the same from interruption, seizure, or unjust confis " cation, from whatsoever quarter the attempt may " proceed." Treaties signed by the Honduras Government with France and the United States contain the same provisions. A general Bond, executed by His Excellency Von Carlos Gutierrez, on behalf of the Government of Honduras, wiil be deposited at the Bank of England for security of the entire Loan, and the Definitive Bonds of this Loan will be signed by his Ex cellency Don Carlos Gutierrez, on behalf of his Government, and countersigned by Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Goldschinidt, Agents of the Government in England. Applications for the Loan .will be received by the London and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street, and Branches, where Prospectuses and Forms of Application can be obtained. London, June 20th, 1870. HONDURAS GOVERNMENT TEN PER CENT. RAILWAY LOAN FOR £2,500,000. N 0... FORM OF APPLICATION. ;„. To be retained by the Bankers. To Hls EXCELLENCY DON CARLOS GUTIERREZ, Honduras Minister in London. Per London and County Bank. Sir, I hereby request that you will allot to me Stock of the above Loan, on the terms of the Prospectus issued, and I hereby agree to accept that or any smaller sum which may be allotted to me, and to pay the instalments thereon according to the terms of your Prospectus of the 20th June, 1870. I am, Your Excellency's obedient servant, Signature.... .. .. Address in full . Date.... (Addition to be filled up if Applicant wishes to pay up in full.) - desire to pay up - Subscription in full, receiving dis count thereon at the Bank of England rate now current. H ONDURAS TEN PER CENT. GOVERN MENT RAILWAY LOAN, 1870. The SUBSCRIPTION LIST for this LOAN will be closed on WEDNESDAY, the 22nd inst., for London, and on THURSDAY, the 23rd inst. for the country. London, June 20th, 1870. JUNE 21, 1870 PRESS PROSECUTIONS. IN FRANCE. M. 011ivier's press prosecutions are now so numerous and reckless that even Paul de Cassagnac confesses that he is unable to account for them, and M. 011ivier is fast losing all respect whatever on the part of the Liberals. One of the sins for which the llfarseillaise is under pursuit is a really good joke, viz., the publication of M. Grandperret's report on the conspiracy as a feuilleton, in. parts, each closing with "to be continued." The severity of the Government, however, does not seem to extend out of Paris, and there is much curious testimony as to the freedom with which the troops in the provinces were allowed to receive the ( .ec tioneering documents distributed by the Radicals before the pldbiscite. It is hardly possible to believe that the value of the army for Imperial purposes has not been seriously diminished by the part it has been allowed to take in the late vote. The exact number of " nous " cast in the army and navy is 52,000; and it is large enough, considering to what a soldier exposes himself who is mal vu by his superiors, to excite a good deal of uneasiness at the Tuileries—par ticularly as it is supposed that the discontent of the pri vates must have more or less sympathy among the officers.—Nation. THE CITY QF BOSTON. The City of Boston, which left New York on January 25th, and Halifax on January 27th, and has not been heard of since, has at last been given up as lost by the Inman Company, to which she belonged. Mr. William Inman has recently written a letter to the secretary of the Marine Department of the Board of Trade of London, stating that he feels bound to report officially to the de partment the loss of the City of Boston. Mr. Inman thinks that the City of Boston was crushed in the ice fields, which had suddenly broken up. The reasons given for this theoey are as follows :—The Inman steamship Etna on arriving at Halifax from Liverpool on January 25th reported clear weather and no ice visible on the northern track. It is believed that Captain Halcross, of the City of Boston, in consequence of this report took the' northern track, and -by the unex pected - breaking up of the ice pack was crushed by the ice-bergs. This view of the loss is believed to be highly probable from the fact that no por tion of the wreck has been picked up. As to the asser tion that the City of Boston was overloaded, Mr. Inman says that the total weight on board the City of Boston, when leaving Halifax, was as follows :—machinery 390 tons, coal 787 tons, cargo 916 tons , making a total of 2,093 tons. He also says that the author of a letter in the Times charging that " the vessel had been lost from over loading," had inserted a full retraction. The author of another letter making the same charge had refused to apo logize, and has been sued for libel. The complaint is made against this letter of Mr. Inman's that while he gives a full and explicit list of the cargo, with the marks and numbers, names of consignees, and other items of in terest to those concerned in the freight and merchandize, he carefully avoids mentioning the names and number of the persons who were aboard the City of Boston.—Phila delphia Ledger. " BLACKWOOD" ON "LOTHAIR." The second edition of Blackwood for June, contains a note on the review of " Lothair," which appeared in the first edition of the Tory magazine. The note is similar to the review. It is as fiercely hostile. Blackwood found " Lothair " a dismal production, and it treated it accordingly. The note disclaims any attack personal and offensive :—" We should have said just what we have said if Mr. Disraeli traced his pedigree to Harold or William tht Conqueror ; for it is not the man of Jewish descent, but the champion of Hebrew pre-eminence, perfection, and other nonsensical pretensions, who has been the object of our allusions. The most conspicuous feature in some of his later novels has been the asserted superioiity of the Jews to all other people. To talk of this in discussing his merits as an author is no more personal than to mention hero worship in connection with Carlyle, or certain fantastic theories of art in reviewing Mr. Ruskin. We have spoken of Mr. Disraeli in the character in which it is his pleasure to disport himself, and in which he is universally recognisable by all who ever heard of him. For a quarter of a century his satirists have depicted him with pen and pencil under Jewish nicknames and with Jewish pecu liarities of costume. The whole meaning of the mock novel of Codlingsby ' vanishes if the Jewish element is ignored. In that parody, a vendor of old clothes, cheap pen knives, and similar wares, inhabits a palace filled with fabu lous delights, and plays a tune on the little harp peculiar to his nation.' " The note then goes on to state that all the hostility of the review is directed against the author's foolish novel. " Amidst all the abusive gene ralities which have been showered on us, nobody has essayed to shew in what particulars our review is other wise than just. It is made up so largely of quotations from Lothair ' that such of our readers as have not seen the book can have no difficulty in appleciating its style. Neither have we left its matter in any doubt, for we have sketched the plot, and have indi cated, in the author's own language, many of the inci dents, descriptions, dialogues, and characters. The reason why we did not quote any entertaining or instructive passages was because we failed to find any; a failure which we share with the most ardent eulogists of Lothar.' " Especially noticeable is the hostility of the note to the Standard brother worker in the cause of Conservatism. It rails against the Standard's bad English as unintentional, and the result of inveterate habit. "Ifit is unnecessary for us to defend our ortho doxy, there is no greater need why we should assert our staunch Conservatism. Of the various political interpretations which have been given to our article, we will only remark that, to multitudes of Con servatives besides ourselves, it seems a grave and deplorable matter that a man in such an eminent position as Mr. Disraeli should have written such a book." STRANGE STORY. During the great storm which took place in the metropolis an accident occurred on the river Thames by which three persons are supposed to have lost their lives. About a quarter to one in the morning the lightning broke a large window in a shed of the London Gaslight and Coke Company, in Battersea. A number of men were in the shed at the time, but escaped unhurt. The noise caused by the crash, however, was so great that the watchman, who resides in a small house by the side of the river, was about to go to the shed to see whether any of his fellow-workmen were hurt, when he heard a moaning noise proceeding from the river. He bal loaed as loudly as he could that assistance was at hand if it was required, but received no answer. It was very dark, and, the noise continuing, he procured a lan tern and looked in the direction from which he fancied it proceeded. It was, however, fully ten minutes before he discovered the cause. In the mud, which near the gas works is reported to be very deep, he say a man lying face downwards, and, procuring assistance, he, by means of a rope and ladder, succeeded in getting him out. He was then so exhausted that for some time his recovery was despaired of ; but eventually he became conscious, and gave an account of the manner in which he got into the river, and subsequently into the deep mud where he was found. He said that on his return from Ascot Races, with three other persons whom he had met on the course, proceeded as far as Richmond by train, and the night being fine they took a sailing-boat from the latter place, proposing to go as far as Westmin ster, where the boat was to be given up. On reaching Battersea, however, the storm had become so violent that they determined to make for the nearest landing place, and on discovering the creek near the gas company's premises the boat was steered towards it. At that moment the boat capsized, from what cause he could not say, and they were all thrown into the water. He saw his friend for a moment endeavouring to make for the shore, and one of them caught hold of him, but soon sank. Fortunately the tide was low, and he remembers reaching the shore, but nothing more. He wrote down his name and address, and after his clothes had been dried and the mud scraped off he was conveyed to his residence at St. John's-wood, in a cab. He described the appearance of the persons who were in the boat, but he did not know their names or addresses. The police were as soon as possible put in possession of these facts, and went to St. John's Wood to get further information ; but they have not been able to ascertain the persons' names or addresses. Hanwell, the watchman, says that when he discovered the man who was saved he was deeply imbedded in the mud, and had he lain there but another ten minutes he must have been drowned, for the tide, which was running up, was then washing by his side. When sensible, he said, " Good God !my friends are about here somewhere." A vigorous search was made, but they could not be seen. The river was dragged, but without success. Inquiries made at Richmond have substantiated the statement as to the boat being hired there. WRECKS.—During the past week 39 wrecks have been reported, making for the present year 878. THE DENHAM MURDERS.—During the past few days a number of letters have been received from various parts of the country in reference to the previous history of John Jones, alias Owen, alias Jenkins, alias Reynolds, the man now in Aylesbury Gaol, charged with the per petration of the late murders at Denham. Super intendent Durham has received a letter from Shipston-on-Stour, stating that a man named John Owen, a journeyman blacksmith, resided there, and was convicted of felony in 1855. Another letter states that a man named John Owen, a native of Byfield, left that place twenty years ago with a very bad reputa tion. He went to Birmingham, and has recently been tramping the country as a blacksmith. Other letters evidently refer to Owen under his alias of Jenkins. Photographs of the prisoner are to be sent to the writers of the letters, and there can be little doubt that his previous history will soon be known. Several persons who have seen the photograph aver that they have at various times seen him at Denham, when, they believe, he occasionally worked for Marshall. PRICE ld STAMPED 2d. TRAGEDY IN THE CITY. Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, the inhabitants of Bridgwater-square were thrown into a painful state of excitement in consequence of the following occurrence, which, it is feared will be attended with the joint deaths of a man and his wife. From the particulars obtained it appears that a man named John Duke, about 50 years of age, his wife, named Ann, about the same age, and several children had resided in Bridgwater-gardens, Aldersgate-street. The man was by trade a cigar maker, but had been out of work for a long time past, and had lately been in a very low and desponding state. He had frequently threatened to destroy his life, This morning when he got up-he appeared more depressed than usual. Suddenly he laid hold of his wife's head, pulled it back and then cut her throat almost from ear to ear. The • husband then attempted to destroy his own life. An alarm having been given, the place was entered, and the two persons were found lying in pools of blood. A medical gentleman was called in, but the injuries were so serious that it was deemed ad visable to have the sufferers removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Upon inquiry at the hospital at noon the woman was described as rapidly sinking, but the wound in the man's throat not being so severe, in all probability he may survive a few hours. Distress and trouble he had had with some members of his family were the causes for committing the awful act. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The following particulars have been gathered respecting the commission of the crime, and the antecedents of the family. There are five children, and the wife, who is thirty-nine years of age, is in the last stage of consump tion, her complaint having been seriously aggravated from the want of food. Duke is said to be a highly respectable man, a statement that is strengthened from the fact of his having held but two situations after he completed his ap apprenticeship—one for fifteen years, the other for twelve years. Owing, however, to the depreciation of his trade, and the large number of hands out of employment con sequent upon the increasing importation of foreign cigars, Duke was discharged from a situation he had held, as stated above, for twelve years, taking with him an excel lent character, but that, unfortunately, failed to procure him other employment, and the poor fellow and his hapless wife have been half - starved during the last six months. It appears that he resorted to every probable and possible means to earn something like an existence, but was totally unsuccessful. His invalided wife earned a few pence a week by washing, which, together with the broken food that was occasionally given them by the lady who employed his daughter as a domestic ser vant, enabled them to struggle on. They, however, became very emaciated, and it is believed that, fearing that their strength would entirely fail them, and that they would have to die literally of starvation, the unfortunate man, in a fit of desperation and despondency, committed the deed already mentioned. Another report states that a young girl named Elizabeth Guiding, living at 23, Bridgwater-gardens, which is just op posite that where the occurrence happened, states, that her attention was directed to the first floor front room where the Dukes lived, by seeing the man and woman fighting. She saw Duke take his wife by the shoulders, and draw something which he had in his hand—she did not see what—across her throat. He then appeared to lay her on the floor, and some time after he went up to her and leaned down, and ap peared to be covering over the body, but she could not tell exactly. Afterwards he went to the other side of the room. She then ran over the way to No. 28, and told the persons living downstairs what she had seen. These persons had heard the scuffling, and the police were at once sent for. City. P.C. Wilson, 167, was soon on the spot, and at once rushed upstairs. He went into one room which he found empty, and then to the front room, which was locked. He at once broke open the door, and he saw th• man Duke standing up with a razor in his left hand. The constable saw that the man had cut all the right side of his throat—this leading to the inference that he was left-handed, and that the razor was in his left hand. Wilson at once rushed upon him, when he called out, "Leave me alone, I won't hurt you." He succeeded in wrenching the razor out of his hand and threw it into a corner of the room. They then struggled together, and Duke in the struggle got his left hand free, and plunged his-forefinger into the flesh on the right side of his throat. The policeman ealled out for as sistance, but nobody came for some time. The man Duke called out to his wife, whO was lying in a corner of the room, " You asked me to cut your throat, and afterwards to cut my own." The constable after' some time secured the man, and a young man and some other persons came into the room. The room in which the occurrence happened was not much disarranged, so that ther- had not been much scuffling between the man and his wife. She was lying on the floor bleeding profusely from a terrible wound inflicted by the man with the razor. ' THE AMENDED EDUCATION BILL. The Elementary Education Bill, as amended by the addition of the Government alterations, has been issued, It contains two clauses less than the original measure-86 against 88. The clauses (22 and 23) defining the assist ance to be given to existing denominational and volun tary schools, and the clause (84) providing for addi tional grants in cases where a threepenny rate produced less than 220, or less than 10s. per child of the average attendance at the elementary school, have been struck out, and the bill now contains, practically, no reference to existing schools, which it is proposed to continue in connection with the Education department of the Committee of Council as at present, under the con ditions explained by Mr. Gladstone on Thursday night. In lieu of these, other provisions are introduced with the intention of meeting the objections urged against the original bill in the matter of religious teaching in the elementary schools. Many of the amendments are merely of a verbal character, with the view of defining more clearly the clauses in which they are inserted. The first important amendments are contained in the subsidiary sections (1 and 2) of clause 7. The first provides that no child shall be required as a condition of being admitted into, or continuing in, any public elementary school to attend any Sunday school, or any place of worship, or any religious observance or in struction in religious subjects in such school ; and the second, that the time or times during which any religious observance is practised or instruction in religious subjects is given, at any meeting of the school, shall be either at the beginning or at the end, or at the beginning and the end, of such meeting, set forth in a time-table to be approved by the education de partment, and permanently and conspicuously affixed in every school-room, and that any scholar may be with drawn by his parent at such time or times, without for feiting any of the other benefits of the school. In the 9th clause, the words " within the period of twelve months after the date of such final notice," better known as " the year of Grace," for putting in motion the machinery for providing rate-aided schools are omitted, and the word " forthwith" is substituted ; and clause 81 is amended, so as to provide that no parliamentary grant shall be made to a public school after the 31st March, 1871, instead of the 31st March, 1872. An addition is made to clause 16, provid ing that in case of any dispute with the School Board, the matter shall be referred to the Education Department, whose decision shall be final. The most important amend ment is inserted as a sub-section (2) of clause 17, and is as follows :—" No religious Catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomina tion shall be taught in the school; and the second sub-sec tion of clause 65 (which gives power to the School boards to form bye-laws) provides " that no such bye-law shall pre vent the withdrawal of any child from any reli gious observance or instruction in religious sub jects." After clause 19 a new clause is inserted in place of a subsidiary section of clause 19 in the original bill, giving school boards powers under the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 ; to purchase sites, and defining the mode of repaying the advances which may be made by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury. The other amendments of the clauses are only of a verbal character, but an important addition is made to the second schedule, to the effect that the voting for school boards appointed by vestries shall be by ballot, that each ratepayer shall have only one vote for each candidate, and that in the case of an equality of votes the inspectors shall decide by lot upon the person to be elected. At Tamworth, Alderman Carmichael, estate agent to Sir Robert Peel, has been ordered to pay the penalty of 40s. for bribery at the municipal election. Lady Margaret Crum Thomson has died at Large, Ayrshire. She was the daughter of Walter Crum, Esq., of Thornliebank, and married, in 1852, Sir William Thom son, LL.D., D.C.L., Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, who was knighte 1 in 1866 for his services in connection with the Atlantic Cable. —The death of Lady Simpson, widow of Sir James Y. Simpson, is also announced. The ship Fair Wind, Captain Symonds, which left Rangoon for Europe early in May, had to put back under very sad circumstances. It seems that one day the captain, having called to the steward once or twice with out receiving any answer, left the deck and was heard reprimanding the man for his inattention. A short time afterwards the chief officer, happening to pass the steward's cabin, found the steward and the captain struggling. He at once separated them, when suddenly the steward pulled out a knife and stabbed the captain to the heart. The murderer is in custody. The annual Blue-book on the state of the slave trade is publisbed. From all parts nearly the reports are the same that the trade is dying out. It only lingers in diminishing strength in parts of Zanzibar, and a few ports on the east coast. Havannab reports from our consuls assure us that the Spanish Government is now sincere in its desire, and most energetic in its action, to put a stop to the trade. 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