The Sun. — London, England, 1870-01-17 00:00:00

LIFE BOAT SERVICES. —During the Storms of the past twelve mottle the National Life- Mat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,233 lives frost various shipwrecks and 29 vessels from destruction, ni Institution also expended £24, in 746 in the same period on ts Lifeboat Establi sh ments, addition to granting 0,744 for rewards. The Institution has now 218 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London mid countr bankers, and by the Secretary, del Richard Lewis, Ed the In 14, John-street Aphi, London. tt T HE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE MAN." BESTiMATERIALS, :BEST STYLES BEST 'WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S. Every description of Clothing ready-made or mado to measure, far all ages, all occa sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and SON'S. An immense assortment of WINTER CLOTHING, in all the newest designs and materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S. OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5.1 BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. Gd. to 455. For the convenience of Ladies accom panying their Sons there is a separate de partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur nished with a splendid assortment of Suits, Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions, including all the favourite designs and the most fashionable materials. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Any article not worn or injured will be exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats Ind Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un aqualled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. A very large assortment of BLANKETS, from ss. 4d. the pair. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheot, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Beady-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General 0 u tEtte r for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDOY. CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART•STREET. CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. Country Branch: BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THE CHEAPEST DIARY EVER PUBLISHED. ROCKET' DIARY FOR 1870, Second Edition, containing the following useful information : Almanack Corporation of London Transfer Days of Public Funds Postal Information Weights and Measures List of Bankers Stamp Duties Army and Navy Agents Foreign Moneys Cab Fares Ministers of State Ready Reckoner Also A DIARY, a•ranged Oa the moot approved plan, and neatly printed on good writing paner, Price One Penny, or post-freo for Twopence. E. MOSES and SON, MINORIES and A I.DGATE, NEW OXFORD-STREET, } LONDON, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD, And BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. To be obtained also at the Metropolitan Railway and other Bookstalls of Messrs. Willing and Co. E ast AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the East and West India Dock Comoany HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a Tfalf-Yearly Court or General Meeting of the said Company will be held — pursuant to the directions of the kct 1 and 2 William IV., cap. 52—at the Dock House No. 8, Billiter-square, on FRIDAY. the lah day of January,l47o, at which Meeting a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company for the Half-year ending the 31st day of December, 1869. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, secretary East and West India Dock House, Billlter-square, 28th Dec., 1869. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at two o'clock precisely. aUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. ' Established 1821. 21 Subscribed Capital.. Twc, Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Eso. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN Frederick H. Janson, Eq. Henry Hulse Berens. Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham-Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart j'IPIPS; Morris, Esq James Goodson. Esq Abraham J. R ()harts, Esq Archibald Hamilton Esq Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Hankey. Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq ACTUARY— Saml. Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire Pol;cies which expire at Christmas must he renewed at the Head Office, or with the agents, on or before the Bth of January. The Government Duty is totally 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. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder nigh and low. This offers a highly remunerativeCommissionto Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentle men ' s S ervan t s , & c . Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. JOHN GOSNF,LL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. MIA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair J7' to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. hwe at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. Including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.O. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. E. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.44, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; or, OLD MOTHER BUNCH: Misses Jessie Yokes, Victoria Vokes, Rosins. Vokes, Kate Santley, Hudspeth , and 11 , irriet Coveney ; Messrs. Fred. Yokes, Britt a i n Wri ht W. F. Vokes, F. Moreland, Rowella, and Harry Bolen°. g THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVEN/NG, A KISS IN THE DARK. Followed by, at 20 to 8, the New Comedy, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Bncicstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Bnckstone, jun. ; Miss Robertson Mrs Chi ppen d a l e, M rs. E . Fit zw illi am , Mi ss C. Rill, &C. After which, THE FAIR ONE WITH THE SOLLEN OCKS: Mr A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Gwynn Miss rancis, Miss Murray. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. rrHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor an d Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, OPEN TO CONVICTIr/N. Messrs. G. Belmore, J. D. Beveridge , C. H. Stephenson, Miss L. Grey, and Mrs. Leigh Murray. At 8, TH NIGHTINGALIe. Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge, Skinner, !digs Furtado, Mrs Alfred Mellon, Al iss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs Caulfield, &c. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr U. Ed more and Mrs Leigh lAturray. Box-office open daily, from 14 till a. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance. HOLBORN THEATRE.ROYAL. Sole LASSO!! awl Mans4zPr, BARRY SULLTVAN, Sixth Week of " Love's Sacrifice." THIS EVENING. at Seven o'clock, the laughable Farce of THE BATH ROAD. At 7.45 Lovell's celebrated Play (in five acts), of LOVE' S SACRIFICE : Mr Barry SuJUY n ; Messrs. George H oney, J. C ' C "'Pet, Charles Horsman, bin Rayne, Lnnt, Dyas, Arthur, Miss J. Rignold, Miss Amy Fawsitt, gre• ; AL I .. H ermann V ez i n , Um. Horsman, &c. To conclude with STATE SECRETS. Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks. Acting 3lanager—AmottY SULLIVAN GL OBE THEATRE-ROYAL. Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVE.NING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY: M i s s L y dia Foote, Mr Iltnry Neville. • At 7.30, :dr Byron's new and original Comic Drama, in three acts, wriV,e n by himself, entitled NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOK 14 : Sir &•imon Simple, Mr. 11. J. Byron. At 9.30, LORD BATEMAN : Miss Fanny Joseph: Mesdames s Pulr . des, Sydney, Eehrend, and Williams; Messrs Clarke and L) OYAL STRAND THEATRE. I 1 1 , Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. Followed by THE TOODLES : Mr Clarke. After which, INO; Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton, Turner Mesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c. To conclude with THE CHOPS Or THE CHANNEL \_ „E r H s E upp L ue A d TE. soonSl a sEDITION of " THE SUN " 4 published, containing all theLATEST WS and SPORTING INELIGENCEb.vH W RABBIS, ewspaper Agent, 4, Biackfriars-road , London, S. ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF Mr. :L CHARLES I'ETTIIT ALLEN, Treasurer of the County of Middlesex. from 2d October, 1869, to Ist January, 1870: — AS TO THE ORDINARY GENERAL COUNTY RATE. R CEIPT. Balance on 2d October, I€C .. .. .. £11,873 7 7 SATE. Arrears of Rate made on 15. h July, 1869 £2,957 4 0 Rate made on 14th October, 1869 16,860 3 0 c.c31,817 7 0 Arrears of Rate Ist January, 1870 6,698 10 8 Amount of Rates received .. £35,118 16 4 HORSE OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATII FIELDS, From the Lords of the Treasury towards the Maintenance of con victed Prisoners from st April to 30th September, 1.69 .. 9,256 15 5 For Materials worked up and La bour done by Prisoners .. 113 19 0 For Bread. Cocoa, Cell Brooms, &c., for the House of Detention 161 11 5 For Bread, Flour, Cocca, male Officers' Uniforms, d Priso ners' Shoes and Repairs for the ll ouse of Correction at West minster .. 517 3 5 For Printing for the discharged Pri soners' Relief Committee .. 0 7 6 For Clothing supplied to Hartwell Asylum „ „, „ 40 11 0 For Maintenance of Military Pri soners 98 15 0 For Maintenance of Excise Priso ners 13 19 0 For 31aintenar ce of Cu,toms' Pri soners . 2 0 11 By Sale or old Stores ~. 144 7 JO Ditto of Mats and Baskets 39 1 7 Com , ensatlon for Uniforms re- t fined by Officers on leaving the service of the Prison .. 0 11 2 Sums taken from Vagrants to be applied towards their mainten ance .. • • • • 2 1 2 Rents of Property in Oldham-place and Oldham-gardens 53 14 10 For copies of Commitments ... 0 9 4 -- 10,415 10 0 HOUSE OP CORRECTION AT WESTMINSTER. From the Lords of the Treasury towards the Maintenance of con victed Prisoners from Ist to 30th September, 1869 ... 2,771, 14 6 For Materials worked up and La bour done by Prisoners .. 106 0 0 For Stockings supplied for the House of Correction at Cold bath-fields 30 0 0 For Making and Repairing no) s' Socks ant Washing and Mend ing Linen for the County In dustrial School at Feltham 60 11 8 For Mats, old Rags and Jute Sold 11 11 1 For Grass in the outer ground sold 5 0 0 2.984 17 3 HOUSE OF DETENTION.: For Maintenance of Deserters .. £ 21 15 0 For Repairs of Officers' Boots .. 017 5 By Sale of Wash .. .. • • ll6 0 24 8 5 GUILDHALL, WESTMINSTER. /lent of Vaults under the Guildhall... .. 63 5 0 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTHAM. By sale of Farm Stock and Pro duce ... 111 10 2 Towards the m aintenance of Jo ai wane Offenders in the School. viz.:— From the Lords of the Treasury £1,415 12 6 Collected from the Parents or Re lations of the Boys ... 45 2 1 The expense of removing a Boy to Ilford Ref. , rmatery 0 6 11 ----- 1,461 1 6 Weights and Measures:— Fees received by Inspectors .. 107 16 4 Fines and Penalties .. .. 261 0 0 Produce of Forfeited Weights and Measures ..• ••• ••• 4 0 3 ------ 375 16 7 Sundries ; By Sale of Copies and parts of le gistar of Electors • • ••• 23 15 6 Ditto Lists of Justices .. ... 10 0 0 Ditto Standing Orders of the Court 0 1 0 —..-- 33 10 6 Total Receipt .. £32,472 9 4 EXPENDITURE. House of Correction at Coldba.th-lields : General Expenses... .•• £13,344 11 9 Tontine Annuities .. .. 47 13 3 Interest of Moneys borrowed .. 2,494 9 6 Principal repaid .. .. .. 2,016 13 4 Annuities to Retired Officers .. 422 10 11 -- House of Detention at Clerkenwell:— General Expenses.. 1 987 8 6 Interest of Moneys borrowed .. 155 5 0 Principal repaid .. .. .. 1.0 0 0 Annuities to Retired Officers .. 131 5 9 2,326 19 3 House of Correction at Westminster: — General Expenses .. • • „ 4,130 2 9 Interest of Moneys borrowed .. 349 2 9 Principal repaid.. .;-.lld . .• 1,61112 4 r Annuities to Retired Officers .. 225 10 4 --------. 6,322 1 2 County Industrial School for Boys:— General expenses .. • • • • 4,552 11 2 interest of Moneys borrowed .. 500 19 3 Principal repaid .. • • • • 606 13 4 Payments for Boys on their dis charge 178 16 7 5,892 0 4 Conveyance of Male Juvenile Offenders to the In dustrial School at Feltham Roman Catholic Indust ial School at Little Ilford—Maintenance of Boys . Reformatory School-ship Cornwall Ditto Clarence ditto .. The Philanthropic Society's Re formatory School, ditto .. Reformatory School at Wands worth, ditto . • Ditto at Brook-green, ditto .. Ditto, for clothimr, ••• Ditto at Mount St Bernard's—Main tenance of Boys' Herts Reformatory School—cloth ing . • 3 0 0 362 9 6 27 16 0 9 17 2 3 5 0 36 5 0 8 4 4 10 10 0 103 6 4 6 0 0 Reformatory School at Hampstead —Maintenance of Girls .. .. 129 19 6 Limpley Stoke Reformatory, ditto 11 19 0 Militia Storehouses : I{ ents, Taxes, ltsurance, Fuel,&c. 275 3 9 Interest of moneys borrowed .. 243 10 9 Principal repaid .. 800 0 0 Prosecutors and Witnesses:— Central Criminal Court .. Middlesex ,essions Criminal Justice Act .. Juvenile Offenders Act ... 981 4 8 1,870 13 10 43 13 8 3 0 0 567 13 4 141 9 6 1,343 14 6 2,902 12 2 Duchy Middlesex. West- I of West. I Central. East. minster. Lancaster. Coroners:— £s. d. £ s. d, £ s. d s d.' £ s. d. Salaries 150 0 0 425 0 0 514 6 6 140 0 0 13 12 4 Expenses pd,234 19 0,945 11 0 648 18 0 1.51 3 6 12 19 8 384 19 011,370 11 0 1,163 4 6 291 3 6 25 12 0 1384 19 011,370 11 0 Total Salaries Ditto Expenses paid ... £1,242 18 10 1,993 11 2 Bridges Sessions House, Clerkenwell Guildhall, Westminster Assistant-Judge's additional Salary Clerk of the Peace Weights and Measures Treasurer of the County Law Business ... Conveyance to Depots of Offenders sentenced to penal servitude General Printing and Stationery .. Advertisements.. .. Miscellaneous charges.. . • • • - 3,236 10 e 101 9 7 286 5 9 211 19 3 75 0 0 ••• 116 1 4 ••• ••• 156 5 0 ••• 264 9 '1 ••• 453 17 11 33 4 3 107 18 6 189 18 11 313 8 4 Total Expenditure .. • .. £ 43,579 0 Balance in the Bank of England on Ist Jan., 1870.. 8,893 8 7 £52,472 9 4 AS TO "THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT, 1853," RATE RECEIPT. . £12,488 10 11 Balance on 2d October, 1869 .. . Arrears of Rate mace on July 15, 1869 .. .. .. .. ..£1,47812 0 Rate made on Oct. 14, 1669 .. 14,130 1 6 £15,908 13 ~ 3,349 5 4 Arrears on Jan. 1, 1870 . Amount of Rates received --- 12,559 8 2 Pensions due to County Lunatics in 11 anyroll and Colney Hatch Asylums .. • • • • Money found in the possession of a Lunatic chargeable to the lounty Total Receipt .. EXPENDITURE. Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell— Ordinary repairs .. Rent of Land.. • • ... Interest paid • • • • Principal repaid .. Annuities to retired Officers .. 7 13 4 23 10 0 .. Z25,0;9 2 5 .. £7OB 14 0 45 5 9 471 3 10 1,00 13 4 4.2. 8 4 2,334 5 3 Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch— Ordinary repairs ... .. .. 1,127 0 7 Interest paid .. .. .. 1.674 11 3 Principal repaid .. .. .. 3,316 13 4 Annuities to retired Officers .. 107 17 6 6,226 2 8 4,19 i 4 11 Maintenance of County Lunatics Total expenditure .. .£12.758 12 10 Balance in the Bank of England on Jan. 1, 1;570 12,' 20 9 7 £25,079 2 5 AS TO THE RATE MADE UNDER " THE CATTLE DISEASES PREVENTION ACT, 180." DR. Balance in the Bank of England on 2d Oct., 1862 £l,BlB 2 0 Cn. Paid for Inspecting Sheep at Southall Market .. Paid Salaries of Inspectors for Districts Nos. 1,2, 3, F, 6, and 7 189 13 0 Balance in the Bank of England on Jan. 1, 1870... 1,455 0 6 3 8 6 £1,648 2 0 IS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR Tirz ENLARGEMENT OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT HANWELL. DR. Balance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris Kemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, on 2 I Oct.. 1869 .. .. •• •• •• £334 11 0 Received the sum authorised by the Court to be borrowed on Bond No. 110 on mortgage of the rates ... 3,500 0 0 £3,834 n 0 Ca. Paid on account of works executed in the erection of a new Ward on the female side of the Aey lam .. .. £3,018 18 9 Balance in the Bank of England in the three names mentioned per contra, on January 1, 815 14 3 •• •• 13,834 11 0 IS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR TIIE PURPOSES OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT COLNEY MATCH. Faience in the Bank of En.land In the joint names of Henry I'ownall, Esq., Henry Morris Esq , and the t;ounty Treasurer, en 2cl Oct., 1809 .. • • £3,758 0 7 Cs. Paid Mr. Wm ITenahaw the 3d instalment due to him unier Lis Co Lir. et for the execution of drainage works ... • £603 0 0 Balance in the Bank of En - sr:land - In th; three names mentionel per contra on Jau 1, 1870 ... 3,158 0 7 £3,758 0 7 AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR ENLARGING THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT COLDBATII-PIELDS. RECEIPT. BalancP in the Bank of F ngland in the joint names of Henry I'ownall, Esq.,lleury Morris liemshei•d, s sq., and the County I r , asurer, on 2d Oct., 180 ~ • • • • •• £13,695 6 1 EXPENDITURE. Psid the Clerk of the Works 16 weeks' Wages to 21st Dec., 1869 ••• •• •• ••• •. tO 8 0 Paid 31evsrs. Haden and Son thP first in stalment due to them for work dose in Warm ing and Ventilating new Buildings.. .. 500 0 0 raid Messrs. G. )(hers and Sons the 13th and 14th instalments due to them under their Con tract for erecting new Buildings .. 1,300 e 0 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 18704 Paid Mr. P. II Pownall, Architect, his com mission on the above-mentioned sums of X5OO and £1.309 .. .. ... .. ... ... 90 0 0 Balance in the Bank of England in the three names mentioned per contra on let Jan. 1870 11,654 18 1 £13,595 6 1 AS TO MONETS BORROWED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTHAM. Dn. Balarre in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, E-q., Henry Morris Kemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, on 2d Oct., 18e9 £370 12 9 CR. Paid on account of wages for workmen employed in the erection of a houee for the Chaplain ... £l5O 0 0 Paid for lead, lime, and timber supplied for ditto ••• •- • • •• • • 56 1G 1 Balance in the Bank of England in the three names mentioned per contra on Ist January, 1870 •• •• •• •• •• 183 16 8 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," giving all the SPORTIN G NEWS of the day, may be seen 3EIII lY ld A N TON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," Little Britain, City, E.O T HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " may he seen at Eight o'clock every Evening at Mr. R. NEIITORTS', the Oxford Arms, High-street, Camden-town E'HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W AL F.X A DER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, .No. 4, Old Olvendish street, Oxford-street riIHE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, every Evening, by S. WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western District, 24, Delancey-street, Camden town, N W THE LATEST or SPECIAL EDITION of "THE lIN " every Evening, at Eight o Clock, at Mr ROBERTS', "The Black Cap," High-street, Camden-town. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent -garden. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S "Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- town. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, S rand. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. .-tole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.45, BEAUTY AND THE BE AST I Messrs. Fred. Vokes,' Brittain Wright, Harry Boleno, &c.; Misses Vokes, Harriet Coveney, Kate Santley, not to give a policeman the same " tipple " that they sell to their customers. Even were it otherwise, what hope is there of our putting down adulteration in beer when we have so signally failed to put it down in bread, milk, sugar, tea, and the rest ? The idea of stationing a policeman in every drink shop to say when a man has had enough, and must go home to bed, is exquisitely ludicrous. The cost of it does not seem to have been thought of; but we fancy Mr. LowE would have something to say before he increased the estimates by L 52 a year for supplying each of the hundreds of thousands of drink-shops in the kingdom with a censor tnorum. Publicity is another remedy upon which the Pall Mall relies. No one need be ashamed of being seen drinking: the only cause for shame is being seen drunk. Unfortunately it is just when men get drunk that they are driven out from the seclusion of the so-called public-house . into the real publicity of the streets. Nevertheless, the fear of making a spectacle of themselves does not deter men from getting drunk. Spartans forced the Helot to become drunk in order that he might be a warning to the young; Britons, though they " never will be slaves," become drunk voluntarily, and, unfortunately, so often that their example has ceased to deter. Finally, the Pall Mall is afraid of transferring drunkenness to the homes and of extending it to women. Clearly the writer of this wonderful article has never seen a gin palace, or he would have discovered that women do drink already, and may be seen by hundreds every night, crowding the gin palace, fighting and swearing, while their babes are wailing for hunger in the miserable hovels called homes. " Revolutions are not made with rose water." Drunkenness is not to be put down by Pall Mall patents. THERE are two Ministers not very popular just now. We do not allude to Mr. CHILDERS and Mr. CARDWELL, who are, of course, unpopular with " the services," but to two who are out of favour with the whole community; to wit, Mr. LowE and Mr. BRUCE. Mr. LOWE'S offence is well known to all the world. He has ingeniously contrived to make us pay our income tax in advance, at the most untimely period of the whole year, when those of us who are unfortunate enough or weak enough to have Christmas bills are groaning at the payments which have to be made, and (as it always seems so) much more rapidly than the receipts come in. But Mr. LOWE'S unpopularity will be short lived. If all that is reported be true, he will recover his position in the public esteem by a Budget which will be both speedy and marvellous. This is quite credible; for the man who contrived to meet a deficit of four millions without imposing fresh taxes must be capable of greater feats of finance when there is no deficit, but a surplus. For Mu. BRUCE there is no such prospect of recovery. His unpopularity is only beginning, and is likely to increase very considerably a fortnight hence, until it reaches a climax with the London season. Last year Mr. LOWE reduced the duty charged to cab proprietors by £l7 a cab, and all the world hoped, as he promised, that the result would be better cabs. This year Mr. BRUCE having a splendid opportunity for insisting upon the fulfilment of his colleague's prophecy, has not only neglected that opportunity, but has handed all persons who use cabs in London into the merciful hands of the cab-driver. Mr. BRUCE has not only made the owners a present of a year for every cab they own, but has given them power to refuse any fare under a shilling, to charge for an infant of a month old, to charge for any article of luggage which goes outside, to claim a reward for returning any property left in the cab, and last, but by no means least, to ask what fare they please, sub ject only to the tariff being painted on a flag or plate. On the other side of the account there is absolutely nothing. The cabs may be just as bad as ever they were; they are not bound to carry lights, or to be driven by civil or sober drivers. The result will be, first of all that the fare will be painted so small that no one will be able to see it until he has hailed and stopped the cab ; a fertile source of haggling, quarrel, and abuse, which no lady, and very few gentlemen will care to endure. Then there will be no more means of checking the distance than there is at present. There will be no guarantee that the cushions are not swarming with vermin, or, worse still, impregnated with fever contagion. There will be no safeguard against accidents in the shape of lamps at night. In fact, there is not one single particular in which the cab-user will be better off than he is at present. Visitors from the country are as much interested in this matter as Londoners ; for the first being gene rally ignorant of the routes and the distances, are more likely to be imposed upon. It is for the first, no less than for the second, to protest against this whole sale endowment of cab-proprietors on the part of Mr. BRUCE, at the time when we are all smart lag under _ the burden of a premature income tax, The screw steamer Wyvern, from Huelva, hat arrived in Shields Harbour with the crew—twelve in num ber—of an abandoned Swedish barque, name unknown at present. The barque left the Tyne on Christmas Eve, in tow of the Wyvern, and when at sea she lost her rudder and the crew left her and were placed on board the steamer and brought into the Tyne. It seems that the business to which members of the "long firm" devote themselves is still a remunerative one, and that there are persons ready to give them credit. Two men were brought up at the Manchester Police-court yes terday and remanded on a charge of fraud. In the case of one man a detective said that at least a hundred complaints against him had been made during the last six months. Mr. O'Donnell, who was specially appointed by the Government to inquire into the case of the murder at Thumaloor, county Cavan, where a party of Orangemen at tacked a priest and other persons who were returning from a tenant-right demonstration, and killed one man, has con cluded his investigation. The proceedings were private, but it is understood that eight men have been returned for trial on a charge of wilful murder. The Dundalk Harbour Board have expended £20,000 in making an embankment from the quay to the mouth of the harbour. When it was completed Lord Roden claimed and took possession of it, and now the commissioners find to their mortification that they have only been improving Lord Roden's prospects. At their meeting on Wednesday they were obliged to apply to his lordship for a site for a new graving dock on the embank ment. The question of embezzlement has been raised before the Burslem magistrates. A commercial traveller, who refused to give in his account, was dismissed from a charge of theft on the ground that his acts did not amount to that crtme. The grand jury at sessions, however, presented a true bill. The prisoner then decamped, but was discovered on board a ship in the Mersey bound for Melbourne, for which place he had taken passage. He was arrested, and now awaits his trial. Mr. W. Rathbone, M.P., presided last night at the annual soiree of the Liverpool Shipwrights' Association, and in the course of his speech expressed his regret that the hopes that had been formed with regard to the revival of the shipping trade in 1869 bad not been realised. He also spoke of the changes in shipbuilding, and said he was glad that the shipwrights of Liverpool had appreciated them, and that they were prepared for any further alterations that might be rendered necessary by the constant progress of commerce. From the Army List and Estimates it appears that of the troops which were in Ireland on the Ist of April, 1869, 2,315 men had been withdrawn by the Ist of January, 1870 namely, the 39th and second battalions of the 4th and 9th Regiments. But we find that thcre are now 6,618 soldiers in Ireland who have boon sent there since April, 1869, namely, the Ist Dra goon Guards, Bth Hussars, 20th (one battalion), 22d (one battalion), 30th, 40th, 43d, 47th, 68th, and 80th Regiments. The military force in the sister island at present, therefore, is by 4,803 men more numerous than it was nine months ago. The Pall Mall Gazette publishes a special telegram from New York regarding the Red River country. Advices from Georgetown, Minnesota, state that Captain and Mrs. Cameron and Dr. Tupper, who have arrived there, describe tl e condition of affairs at Fort Garry as most serious. Loui who signed the Declaration of Independence as the Secretary to the Council of Insurgents, has taken the title of Commander-in-Chief. The insurgents have taken posses sion of the treasury of the Hudson's Bay Company. On the frontier of Minnesota and at• Fort Qarry there are aoPreken giouri of au WWI massacre. ROMAN CATHOLIC LOTTERIES. Applications have been made to Mr. Gladstone to put down public lotteries by Boman Catholics for religious purposes. The following is the reply : Whitehall, Jan. 14, 1870. Sir,—With reference to the letter you addsessed to the Prime Minister on the 30th ultimo, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Bruce to acquaint you that if you will send him any positive information as to lotteries which are got up, and which are to be drawn for, in England, he will be enabled to caution the promoters thereof, and, if necessary, direct that steps should be taken to pre vent them. As to the Irish lotteries, I am to add that you must apply to the Irish Government.--I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) A. F. 0. LIDDELL. A BOY BURNT TO DEATH AT A FIRE IN LONDON. On Saturday morning, in Aldersgate-street, City, just as business was commencing, a fire broke out on the premises of an oil and colourman named Vickers. A boy was burnt to death by it. It appears that in the cellars there were storages of oil, Brunswick-black, and other inflammable liquids. Two men who were injured and the unfortunate boy were engaged in measuring out some Brunswick-black, pouring it from one can into another, the boy holding a lighted candle at the time. When they had nearly finished this part of their duty the Brunswick black became suddenly ignited, and in less than a moment the whole of the cellar was in a flame. Whether the boy dropped the candle or not, or how the liquid was actually fired, has not yet transpired. The moment the ignition took place the men made for the steps leading to the shop, and rushing (one enveloped in a sack, which he snatched up) into the street. created . the utmost consternation in the locality. The boy, unfortunately, in his fright ran farther into the cellar, where he was afterwards found dead and dreadfully burnt. The alarm occasioned by the men rushing into the streets had the effect of bringing the engines upon the scene in an unusually short space of time, and the house, in conse quence, was saved from destruction. The flames reached the shop, doing considerable damage, and spreading as far as the first floor, where some articles of furniture were destroyed. FATAL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION IN WALES. Some very sad news comes from Wales, in intelligence of a fatal gunpowder explosion at Brynmawr. Of the results of the accident there are most contradictory reports. One statement is that six lives are kuown to be lost. The destruction to property is enor mous. Shops were shattered, and roofs were set on fire. It appears that there Lis a powder magazine in connection with a grocer's shop in the town. On Friday evening (says one account) " a little after five o'clock, a young man, an assistant of Mr. Watkins, grocer and draper, had occasion to go to the powder house. He carelessly took with him a naked candle and in a few moments a report was heard that frightened the whole neighbourhood. The shock was so terrific that many thought an earthquake had taken place. and people ran out of their houses, thinking such was the case, The powder-house was entirely destroyed, and two persons, (such is the account,) killed, the young man, and a little girl, who was struck by a stone. A chapel, which stood next door to Mr. Watkins's shop, is in ruins, and another in a bad state. Every window is blown out, and the gallery has fallen in. Not a house in Worcester-street has a whole window in it. Nearly all the streets have suffered. The report was heard at Abergavenny. The column of fire which ascended was remarkably brilliant. One who saw it describes it as a beautiful meteor. There are about 20 persons injured. Nearly every shop in Beaufort-street, which is 203 yards away from the scene of the explosion, has suffered, more especially the large shops of Messrs. Ashton and Horlick. No doubt the accident occuzred through carelessness. We hope the case will be tho roughly investigated with a view to prevent such a large storage of powder in close proximity to dwelling houses. It is thought that nearly a ton of powder was in stock." It is stated that the following compromise in the Saurin case has been arranged : the plaintiff to receive back the £3OO which she brought with her when she joined the Sisterhood of Mercy, but no more ; and each party to bear their own costs—something like £B,OOO, it is said. The return of the Court to Windsor, according to the Court Journal, will be on the 22nd of next month. Their Royal Hignnesses the Prince and Princess Christian will return to Frogmore House on ghe 25th instant, to receive their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, and other distinguished visitors. A LARGE DINNER.—A local paper gives the par ticulars of a wager recently decided at Avebury. Some body offered to bet that no man could eat, at one sitting a rabbit weighing Gib., a small loaf of bread, and 21b. of cheese. Two men, one of whom was named Bull, accepted the challenge, and in the presence of an enthusiastic crowd each competitor won the wager, devouring the pro visions in the space of fifteen minutes. Hale, the other mare encouraged by the applause, finished up with a beef steak, and drank three half-pints of gin and half a pint of brandy. A STORY OF THE POET LAUREATE.—The Lon don correspondent of the Western Mailmentions," as whim sically illustrative of the Laureate's keen eye to the minutest charm of nature," an incident which took place during his recent journey upon the Continent. One of his two com panions upon this journey having called his attention to a dragon-fly basking upon a rose—down upon his hands and knees goes the Laureate, hanging his bearded visage over the two, that is over the insect and the blossom, in rapt contemplation. After a lengthened pause like that of Cortes—" Silent upon a peak in Darien "—the poet rises from his hands and knees, exclaiming with a sigh of wonder and exultation, " I saw the colour of the flower through the wing of the fly!" A CURIOUS CHANGE.—It is curious to notice the entire reversal in the position of north and south country labourers since the commencement of the last century. Defoe, in his "Giving Alms no Charity," ma kes the fol lowing remark :—" 'Tis plain to any observing eye that there is an equal plenty of provisions in several of our south and western counties as in Yorkshire,'and rather a greater; and I believe I could make it out that a poor labouring man may live as cheap in Kent or Sussex as in the bishopric of Durham; and yet in Kent a poor man shall earn 75., 10s., N. a week, and in the north 45., or perhaps less ; the difference is plain in this, that in Kent there is a greater want of people in propor tion to the work there than in the north." Defoe, in an ticipation of Canon Girdlestone, suggests the advantage of emigration from one district to another, being convinced that in England generally " there is more labour than hands to perform it, and consequently a want of people, not of employment."—Pan Mall Gazette. DAMAGES FOR BRIBERY AT A MUNICIPAL ELEC TIox.—An action to recover damages for bribery at a municipal election has been heard at the Tamworth County Court on Friday. The plaintiff was William Bettridge, re cently in the employ of Messrs. Hamel and Son, tape manufacturers, of Tamworth, and a member of that firm, Etienne Bruno Hamel, was the defendant. Mr. John Peel was formerly member for the borough, but lost his seat at the last election. As a burgess, the plaintiff voted for "Sir Robert Peel's men," and on the following day he found a printed bill, signed by the defendant, placed upon Li; bench, stating that he could not allow his employes to work with one hand for the firm and with the other for Sir Robert. When plaintiff went for his wages at the end of the week, defendant told him that, in consequence of his having voted for Sir Robert Peel, he felt obliged to give him a fortnight's notice. Plaintiff, who had been thirty years with the firm, asked for a statement of the grounds upon which he was dis charged, and subsequently he received a letter, with the simple intimation that he was freed from the defendant's service. The defendant's solicitor denied that Mr. Hamel stated to the plaintiff that his vote was the ground of his discharge, and he argued that to justify a verdict it must be shown that the vote of the plaintiff was the only motive acting in the mind of the defendant. The judge gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 40s. and costs. A " SANITARIUM" IN AMERICA.—The Americans are very active in spreading their doctrine that intem perance should bo treated as a disease. They have esta blished several iv stitutions. A Pennsylvanian paper states that a sanitarium, founded in Medina, in that State, about two years ago, bad received no fewer than 110 inmates thus classified :—Clerks, 27 ; physicians, 8 ; manufacturers, G ; no business, 12 ; clergyman, 1; students, 2 ; civil engineer, 1 ; sea captains, 2 ; merchants, 20 ; lawyers, 8; farmers, 5 ; judge, 1 ; teacher, 1 ; actor 1; agents, 3 ; mechanics, 12. There were, of periodical and habitual inebriates, es , ch 45, and 7 who occasionally drank to excess. Addicted to the use of morphia alone, 5 ; laudanum, 2 ; alcohol and morphia, 3 ; alcohol and hashish, 1 ; alcohol, opium, and hashish, 1. The average duration of institution -life was about 31 months. Number cured and in bus iness, 45 ; improved, and most of time at business, 28; irreclaimable, 16 ; doubtful, 15; died and insane, 6. The cured aro reported as 45 out of 110, but this statement is obviously imperfect, as the short time elapsed cannot have afforded any means for concluding either that the use of strong drink could be resumed with out the concurrence of intemperance, or that the practice of abstinence bad become a permanent habit of the former patient. On the other side the number who had died or been declared irreclaimable (22) was 20 ver cent. of the admis sions.—The Alliance News. £370 12 9 The Account;, of which the above is an abstract, were p - e sented to the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Middlesex on the 3d instant, and were audited on the same day by the following Justices of the Peace for the said county, namely:— Henry Morris Kemshead (Chairman), Francis Brockman. Morley. John Savery Brookin', Philip Patton Blyth, Ben jamin Sharpe, and Donatus O'Brien, Esquires, and were audited and allowed by the same Quarter Sessions on the 13th instant. CHARLES P. ALLEN, Treasurer of Middlesex. GUILDHALL, 13th January, 1870.—The Couatnittea for LETTING the CITY LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of January inst., at Half-past One o'clock precisely, to receive PROPOSALS fcr a LEASE of a HOUSE, No. 222, Tottenham-court-road, in the county of Middlesex. Also to receive Proposals for a Building Lease for Eighty years, of the site of the premises, No. 48, London-wall, in the City of London. Plans of the property may be seen, and further particu lars and forms of tender obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDD. BRAND, Comptroller. INIPERIAL AUSTRIAN GUARANTEED STATE LO AN S. No LOTTERIES. Bona-fide chances to win for the large premiums of £30,000, £25,000, £20,000, &c., &c. Public drawings on the First of every Month, under the superintendence of the Austrian Government, and official public functionaries. OFFICIAL LISTS SENT GRATIS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Apply for £1 chances, issued upon forms supplied by the Austrian Government and bearing the Imporial half a florin stamp, and for prospectuses to VOELCKER & 00., Bankers, VIENNA. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GL,ENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, delivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver Copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 7 0 o'clock Orders by post punctually attended to THE LATEST EDITION of " TIIE SUN " to be seen Every Evening by 8 10 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOOK'S, Mensal New-town, SPORTING. —JOHN ROBERTS supplies t he LATEST EDITION of "THE SIIN" as soon as pub li 311(0.-1, Bath-street, City-road. E C. THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening, at Eight o'clock, at Mr GILLMAN'S, " The Wheatsheaf," High-street, i.;ainden-town. THE LA PEST EDITION of " THE SUN" S. 11.)L1VIES begs to inform his friends and the public .renerally that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN " as soon as d.—No.lo, Hampstead-road N.W. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. TIM EvENrmi, at 7 o'clock, A KISS IN THE DARK. After which, at 20 to 8, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale. Miss Robertson, &c. Concludinc , with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS: ' Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. 'KRIS EVENING, at 7, OPEN TO CONVICTION. Messrs George Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss L. Grey, and Mrs L. Murray. At 8, THE NIGHTINGALE: Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs Arthur Stirling. J. D. Beveridge, Skinner, Miss Furtado, Mrs Alfred Mellon, Miss Eliza John stone, Mrs Caulfield, &e. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr G. Belmore and Mrs Leigh Murray. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. TR'S EVENING, at 7, THE BATH ROAD. At 7.4S,LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs.Swanborough. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF THE CIIANNEL. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY. At 7. 2 5, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: ➢lr H. J. Byron. And LORD BATEMA'N : Miss Fanny Josephs, MrJ.Clarke, CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL G &RDENS, Regent's-palk, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mcndays, 6d. Children under twelve. 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. —II HREE BALLETS Promenade Concert. Band of CO. Begiat 8. ls. Box-office open from ii to 4. 'fr'„--12, . 1 , 7„.. :1 : 1,..... • ." ,.4 . ,:ve.,* _,.. 1 7 - ~,_\_,. .7 .--- Utt, Otilt_tj it LONDON, MOIVDAY, JAN. 17, 1870. WEAKNESS iS the last attribute that we should generally ascribe to the Pall Mall Gazette. Yet a weaker article than that upon " Legislation for Drunkenness," which appeared in our contemporary Ja Saturday, it has rarely been our ill fortune to read. Our contemporary says that we ought not to legislate on the assumption that the working classes are children until we have tried other remedies, and they have been proved failures. This we have not yet done (the argument goes on to allege) ; for there are measures which we might adopt, and which would probably prove sufficient. What are they ? First of all, wo must see that beer is not adulterated. At present it is a compound of copperas, coculus indicus, nux vomica, opium, and oil of vitriol, concocted with the express purpose of inducing thirst, and therefore drinking to excess. Give the drinker wholesome beer, and all will be well. To do this. the police must be entrusted with the duty of taking samples of the liquors on sale. The next ex pedient is to put public-houses under police super vision, so that drink shall not be served to persons who have already had enough. Thirdly, public houses should not be allowed to enjoy the present "mischievous privacy" which they now affect, but should have plain shop fronts, so that anybody may see the inmates. These are the remedies, and if we adopt other than these we shall run the danger of transferring drunkenness from the public-house to the private house, and extending it from the hus bands to the wives. Could anything be more childish than these sug gestions ? The writer seems to know nothing of the facts of the liquor trade. He has apparently never heard of gin palaces, and is altogether ignorant of the effects of alcohol. No doubt the stuff sold at beerhouses is rank poison, but how about gin and other alcoholic liquors ? Even supposing that these are genuine, they are intoxicating-, and it is a remedy for drunkenness, not for poisoning, that we are now con sidering. Supposing it were possible to secure that "good wholesome malt liquor " should be sold at all public-houses, we could not force people to drink it. All experience skews that the tendency of tipplers is ever to increase the " potency" of their drinks. If only genuine beer were sold at the beerhouses they would be deserted. It is because the beer now sold consists of coculus indicus and the rest that these houses are able to compete with the gin palaces. Then conceive of the absurdity of entrusting the police with the double duty which the Pall Mall proposes to place upon them, those of analyists and censors of morals. Publicans are not babies, and would be very careful THE COUNTESS OF DERWENTWATER. A "demonstration" took place in favour of the lady who styles herself " Amelia, Countess of Derwentwater, and Baroness Langley," on Saturday, at Consett, in the county of Durham. A few days ago some live stock, comprising 22 sheep, 11 cattle, and 2 horses, were seized at the instance of the " countess " upon the farm of Walter Dodds (New lands South Farm), near Shotleybridge, for rent alleged to be due to the countess, amounting to £270. The stock were conveyed to Consett, a mile or two distant, and remain in possession of the On Saturday, Mr. C. G. Grey, of Dilston, agent to the Greenwich Hospital Committee, visited Consett, accom panied by another bailiff and some of the county con stabulary, with the view of recovering possession of the stock, but he was compelled to leave the place his life being threatened if he interfered with the property; the sympathies of the people—a very numerous pit and ironworks population—are entirely with the claimant to the Dilston estates. "The countess," appa rently with the view, by her presence, of inspiring her partisans to take such steps as might be necessary to maintain possession of the seized stock, also visited Consett. She drove to that place by way of Ebchester and Blackhill, attired in an antique dress, a military cloak, and a bonnet with tall waving plume, and carrying a sword. She was received by the populace with the greatest enthusiasm and the heartiest congratulations. She dined at the Railway Hotel, and frequently acknow ledged, by waving her handkerchief, the greetings she received. On her way she had .dug the soil and planted a flag on Newlands Farm as a token of her taking possession, and she carried away a "pocketful" of the soil. At the hotel the bailiff, at the desire of the countess, addressed the crowds, and intimated that, though her ladyship could not invite them all to dine with her on that occasion, yet when she came into full possession of her property, she would take care that every man, woman, and child who had througed the streets on that memorable 15th of January should be regaled with princely hospitality. On leaving the town her carriage was drawn by the people, the horses being removed from the shafts, and she passed on her way to Corbridge, where she at present resides, amidst the most vociferous cheering. The sale of stock was fixed for the 17th, and an action has been entered in the Shotley bridge County Court for the recovery of the same. It may be added that the countess has promised to cause an ox to be roasted on the Blue Heaps if she obtains possession of the proceeds of the sale. THE FINSBURY MURDER. IDENTIFICATION OF THE DECEASED. The story of the Finsbury murder is now completed in all but one point—the cause of the crime. The following are the facts :—At No. 1, Christopher-stre et, Finsbury square, Mr. Christopher Buecker carries on the business of an hotel keeper. Among the persons employed by him has been a young man, Jacob Spinas, a Swiss night porter. Spinas is a young man, and is described as remarkable for his good looks and good behaviour. On Friday afternoon he left the hotel without 1 eave, and seems to have spent some hours drinking in the vicinity of the Kingsland-road, for he was brought to the police-station of that district during the evening on a charge of being concerned in a disturb ance. The charge was not considered sufficiently serious to detain Spinas, and he was permitted to go at large. How he spent the time that elapsed between then and half-past one o'clock has not been ascertained. At half. past one o'clock on Saturday morning Spinas was let into the hotel by Joseph Webber, one of the day porters. Spinas was then nearly drunk. Webber left Spinas in the kitchen of the hotel at a quarter to two, and went upstairs to bed. In about four hours after, Mr. Buecker and Webber, the porter, were roused from their sleep by the smashing of glass and loud talking. Webber got out of bed and went down stairs to see what was the matter. He found Spinas near the front door, raving and shouting. He cried out frequently in German that the devil was in the kitchen. Mrs. Buecker became so alarmed that she also hurried downstairs, fol lo wed by others of the household. In the kitchen the gas was burning. In the room which Spinas occupied, a small apartment off the kitchen, a shocking sight was pre sented. Blood was spattered about in all directions, and on the floor, near the doorway, lay the body of a woman, horribly mutilated. The miserable clothes on her—she was poorly clad—were quite saturated with blood. When first seen, the face and head seemed a shapeless mass. The appearance of the room and of the body of the unfortunate woman denoted that the murder had been preceded by a violent strugele. At the head of the bed which Spinas was in the habit of occupying was hung a print representing the "Crucifixion," and close at hand a silver watch was found to be going. It is supposed that soon after Webber went upstairs to bed, Spinas went out again, met the deceased woman in the street, and in in duced her to come into the kitchen of the hotel with him. He seems to have broken into a cellar which is at the back of the kitchen, and taken several bottles of spirits and wine. It is probable that after drinking together freely a quarrel arose between them which led to the woman's murder. The bottles and a little candlestick seemed to have been used as weapons on each side. Blood and pieces of flesh were found adhering to fragments of bottles lying in the room. The police were sent for, and Spinas was taken nto custody. The clothes he had on were smeared with blood, but this evidence was not needed, as the position in which the wretched man was found, and his weld exclamations, left no room for doubt. When formally accused of the murder the prisoner returned no reply. The body of the woman was as soon as possible conveyed to the dead-house of St. Luke's parish. In the course of Saturday the prisoner was brought before the magistrate at the Worship-street Police-court, and was remanded till next Saturday. Later in the evening Mr. J. Humphreys held an inquest on the body of the mur dered woman, at the Windmill Tavern, Windmill-street, City-road ; but as no evidence as to identity was forthcoming, an adjournment was decided upon On Sunday evening three women came to the Old-street Police-station to see the body. In reply to Inspector Fife, who was on duty, they stated that a femal:, friend of theirs being missing and their attention having been called to the reports of the murder, they had re solved to make this application. Inspector Fife ad mitted them to the parish dead-house, when they imme diately recognised the body to be that of their friend. They all agreed. in stating that they could not be mis taken in the identity. They stated that they lived at 56, Flower and Dean-street, Spitalfields. Deceased, was one of the lodgers in the same house. She was an "unfor tunate' She had been in the habit of frequenting Fins bury-square and Chiswell street. She left home on Friday evening at about nine o'clock, since when they had not seen her alive. Although they had known her two years they could not tell her name. She was always known as "Sissy," and nothing more. Deceased seemed to have neither a relative nor friend. They recognised her by the dress she wore and by her teeth. She was thirty years of ago last month, but lookod younger. In reply to a question as to what coloured eyes deceased had, the women readily said, " Blue—light blue." The description given by these women of the eyes, teeth, and other distin guishing marks on deceased, tallied with the discoveries made during the post-mortem examination which took place in the course of Saturday. It was arranged that the three women should appear as witnesses at the adjourned coroner's inquest. The Dublin corporate officers have presented an address of thanks to Sir John Gray, M.P., for his exertions in promoting the Local Officers' Superannuation Bill. In compliance with a requisition, signed by thirty magistrates, Lord Erne has called a meeting in Fermanagh to express the opinion of certain magistrates on the dis missal of Mr. Madden by the Irish Government. The Irish Times states that it has been deter mined not to proceed with tho petition against the re turn of Sir Henry Winston Barron for the borough of Wat e ford. There is a sudden change in the tone of the Irish Church press. In prospect of the meeting of the central Convention of Delegates, articles are appearing inculcat ing harmonious action between clergy and laity, and coun selling both to submit absolutely to the authrity of that body. MILLBANK PENITENTIARY.—The Government baying decided upon converting Millbank Penitentiary building into a general military prison, all soldiers whose terms of imprisonment exceed 56 days will be forwarded henceforth to that destination, and the various military prisons at different stations in England will be abolished. 11.1 r. Charles Barry has been swcrn in as Attorney- General for Ireland. The Freeman's Journal believes that the announcement will meet with the approval of allwho respect private worth, admire public virtue, and value great forensic ability. Mr. Barry, whatever position he occupied, never forgot that be was an Irishman, and never sacrificed his principles to personal advancement. EXPLOSION IN A CHURCH. Something like a anic was caused at the new church of St. Andrew and St. Luke, Kcnsal—an outpost of London —by an explosion which was heard during the reading of the Creed. The church was filled with smoke; and the people—about 900 —who feared a fire, rushed towards the doors. Several persons were slightly injured. Th e fire is attributed to the ma li c i ous di spos iti on o f some boy attached to the e COl/ttIGNIOIE.Y elY P nal f t HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 16. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prin cess Beatrice, and Prince Christian, attended Divine service at Whippingham Church this morn ing. LATEST INTELL CGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. • (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW Yon:, Jan. 15. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1211; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1211 ; the lowest, 1214. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll3l. 64 " 1885 ll3. 64 " 1867 ll5l. 10-40 66 Illinois Erie 2ll. Cotton—Mid. upland 2sBc. Petroleum—Standard White 3o4c. Flour, extra state, $5.30c. to $5.60c. Corn, old mixed, sl.4c. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. LISBON, Jan. 15. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Oneida, from the Brazils and River Plate, arrived here at 11 a.m. to-day, and left in the afternoon for Southampton, with 29 passengers, /29,628 in specie, 234 bales of cotton, 75 barrels of tapioca, 100 rolls of tobacco, and 76 packages of sundries. The Douro, with the outward mails of the 10th inst., left Lisbon at 3 p.m. on the 11th (?) inst. for Brazil. A thick fog delayed the Oneida at Lisbon. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 15.—Three io'clock—The market closed as follows : 1} ver Cont. End of month._ Ital'an wives 56 60 3 per Cent End of month._ 74 75 Ottoman Loan ... 333 Credit Mobilier ~. 207 50 Do. Debt 45 35 Transatlantic • 220 Spanish Threes ... 26} Credit Foncier _1722 50 Home Debt — Paris Gas 1640 Deferred — —. RAILWAY Orleans Western Northern Strasburg 's, Cash_ 957 637 k 1125 590 iiyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 592k Sardinian Austrian B2O Lombard 525 North of Spain 46 Saragossa Homan 4l ADELPHI THEATRE. The production of Mr. Robertson's new five-act drama at this theatre on Saturday proved any thing but a success. The drama is entitled " Th• Nightingale," and unlike the author's former pro ductions it is of the sensational type ; but the re sult proves that Mr. Robertson is entirely out of his element in such a work. The plot turns upon the acts of a villain, one Ishmael (played by Mr. B. Webster), to secure the hand and fortune of a young lady, called the Nightingale (Mi®a Furtado.) To secure his object Ishmael forges, poisons, steals, and, in fact, does everything that a bad man can do to achieve his object, but of course he fails, and happiness finally is accorded to the Nightingale by her union with her first love. The great sensation scene takes place where the young mother loses her senses on the discovery of the loss of her child (stolen by Ishmael). Here she, in her delirium, enters an open boat and is carried out to sea, sing ing her song of the Nightingale. The arrange ment of the scene is by no means satisfac tory, as the audience are repeatedly in formed that her death is certain, as a dense haze or fog prevails, yet, notwithstanding this announcement, a convenient moonbeam, by the aid of a lime light, is thrown full on the aforesaid young lady, who stands as still as a statue in the most approved attitude, singing her song as she floats away. The audience expressed their strong disapproval of portions of the play before its con clusion, but at the fall of the curtain the applause of the author's friends preponderated over the sounds of dissatisfaction manifested in various parts of the house. KENNEDY'S SONGS OF SCOTLAND. Mr. Kennedy, the Scottish minstrel, having re turned from Utah, has commenced a short series of entertainments at the Queen's Concert Room, Hanover-square, the second of which takes place this evening. The programme contains many of the most celebrated songs of Scotland, and, speak ing from a visit to Mr. Kennedy's first entertain ment, we can safely predict a very pleasant evening for those who may honour the vocalist with their patronage. ROYAL MUSIC MALL, HOLBORN. Fresh attraction seems to be the one great ob ject of the proprietor of this very favourite place of public entertainment. He has now entered into an engagement with a wonderful troupe of acrobats, whose performance is certainly of the most eztraor dinarykind. Theentertainment given by the Murray Family—a burlesque upon the celebrated sensation drama, " After Dark," is a most amusing affair, as we have the "points" of the drama presented in a most humourous manner, not excepting even the great sensation effect—the passage of the express train. The laughter produced during the dialogue is of the heartiest description, and altogether it is one of the best bits of comicality we have seen for a long time. In addition to these attractive items, the services of Mr. E Davis, West, the celebrated stump orator, and Miss Emma Day, have been secured, forming at once an entertainment of the most agreeable and pleasing description. BRITISH' HOSPITAL FOR SKIN DISEASES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 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DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called t‘ The Royal Irish Distillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening. MONDAY 50 min past 2 15 min past 3 TUESDAY. 37 min past 3 56 min past 8 WEDNESDAY 12 min past 4......35 min past 4 THURSDAY........; 52 miu past 4 12 min past 5 FRIDAY 3O min past _5 50 min past 5 diti duc Lx dit Ce 4 au( 43 Sc: 181 11 45 15