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Mr GEORGE LEYBOURNE, Mr ti CLARK, Mr YOUNG, Miss LOUIE SHERRINGTON, biu aTE GARSTONE, the COURT MINSTRELS, all corn , eV !') Produce an entertainment which must be amusing to all. airman—Mr A. Young ; Musical Director—Mr P. Corri. 13a 1\ o advance in prices. 08 641. onY,Stalpels, n Is.; from Or lo to s.chestra Stalls, is 6d; Private Boxes, lion -office o \IADAmE ..., TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. oij_ Baker-street. —A PORTRAIT upw added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the tip gi ''al Lunette and Knife of the actual G . uillotine used for the • 21pitation of Louis XVI., Marie' Antoinette, and upwards of e - ' " Persons of the best 'and worst blood in France. Al . so tra an 1 Xact copy of the guillotine as in use. 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It WRITE'S MO C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS s 1 a ..,lPerfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of !Ze ll f n u,_ 1 82), is all owe d by u pwards of Five Hundred :Medical Of RAO? the most effective invention in the curative treatment cis ." : 1 -k• The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in „I!' here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the alai i ;;uile the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe- Lieu „ad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and cicse- A desewlat cannot be detected, and may be worn during . sleep. f a iitlye circular may be had, and the truss, which can- My, "" tirwarded by post, on the circumference of the qtet l , re :wo inches below the hips, being sent to the maim '', A si n Air. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. "Nibl ,gle Truss , 165., 215., 265 . 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A UU,-truss 31 6d 4 and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Um cal B. ~ s., Poßt_ n ‘ e rs,and 520. 6d. 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It is h? pit of the stomach and between the irvaii4, digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitale for s jAit , o4 4l d infants in all complaints. 'gait al 41`yr CAuriox.—Beware of the many unsayouryan_d e m big or , e B s ame °PY i mitations to which, without authority, Baron Li li el ls Most audaciously attached. • of 114,,:lefoth none will doubt the valuable pr . operties P o 'Y B health-restori g R valenta Arabica Invalids' and Infante fr Q o ri e l l i i s n ince to the thousands ne of blessings it has already received y to w ~ Nide whose position had been deemed holess, Derfef:r that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been tremz`a3,l9 restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful . medical .„Lnire N ell o. 484 . 7 e quote from the 2 " l G et az i e B tte 66.— du Th lth e ° p, , . 3 ):— Rome, July ~ ch heal j th uly of 2 th B-th e % neat atuer is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other ~ 4 1,r ab,A s s..., he has confined himself entirely to DußarrY 1,1 41 D i r,, - ,,' ° °d, of which he consumes a plateful at every It s Revalenta meal. his 'with urprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his „ 01Thetcnnotepraise this excellent food too highly." lea stlea li_erv ous w 'er 6 of the Marchioness de Breha,n of se . ven years' 'with era laint, wasting away, debility, nerveueness, irritability, palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleep ,, °a re I,,and rho most intolerable nervous agitation. _ _ Stuart 'is ' ° „. 7 B, of dyspesia from the Right Hon. the Lord derh.Zies, Lord Lieutenantof the County of Waterford; "1 have xtB, ij ul uch benefit from your excellent food.—S'ruskr DE in c. e rotb a L ir •,, --811 a, Cappoquin, County Waterford." -YRD, mss sll 49,832 —of fifty years' indescribable agony from s118.441)8"lat neivousness, asthma, cough, constipation, 4tule u n l f r s:, Cu re likclrriess, and vomiting —Maria Jolly of Lynn, N rf 44 , i d i c :; 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme n.eervous d;'aree/4.„'"ion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. - ll - u 6,8 4 •—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' The cea ' h.' , i2lb 2 sold 64 • ; l'°°4 18 in Canisters, at ls. lid.; 11b., 2s. od., e 2 a l r b ii , a 4 g s e . ( -;,!e el l ra ' ?a.; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, Occol at 'e. n elPt of P. 0. Order Also Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica. ‘ •r 24 cu e - ' - der is for in tin canisters : For 12 c ps I ta at vs at as. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 3 u ot., for 576 ti t , ,v. bss. Being carriage penny per c. 14 at PAIRY DU BARRY and CO" 3Nex''e But fr ee of gin England on receipt o e flo's a t n o a lll " c e e . ev " , re t °rt unni and Mason's ; also at 7 4 7: Ijhegeeanps7ide street,, .917oracdln, tom , 4... reet 63 and 150, t .xford-street; and 121, New A rt " d °o; and all Grocers and Chemists. 9, 1101,..11tINDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE I , c rAT, - `, II A N CHILDREN are being maintained in the D. 426 per'a'n'llititliT ORPFIaN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate 0% am each. Funds greatly needed. 64, - ; ; l r e r t ß g Secretary. Cheapaid e . L o n S A. WALKER, lIOI%IE f 1,,, I ---u- doo BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS c-othiAgaf:r earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and 126 th ' ) IRo bow onboard the Chichester Training Ship. `girlss in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. in the Refuge , 9, Broad-street, and _Ealing ~. 870 children ‘,..16 iviii kAA's " ...-. 214 , ....,N,e xi ti oi n boe 0 0t r i b --r girl for one year ro re , c att iv d by L t o ht t London a' nd Westminster .t3ank, EA.• and by 15° ' 81 %rest r , 41, NLE Y ILLIMS, Secretary. vteen-otreet) 14414x)14'n-inn-lields., JUNIOR ATHEN2EUM. Notice is Hereby Given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this CLUB will be hold at the Club House, 116, Piccadilly, on TUES DAY, 101 h May next, at Four o'clock p.m., PETER M•LAGAN, Esq., M.P., Trustee, in the Chair. By older of the Committee. GEORGE B. WRIG liT, F.S.A , Secretary. FRENCH GALLERY, 120, PALL-MALL.—The SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION - of - PICTURES, the contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish Schools, IS NOW OPEN. Admission, is. Catalogue, 6d. CLERICAL, MEI)ICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested ' SPECIAL NOTICE. The NlNTHBorfus will be declared in January, 1872, and all With-Profit Policies in force on the 3 , th June, 1871, will participate. Assurances effected before June 30th, 1870, will participate on two Premiums, and thus receive a whole year's additional share of Profits over later Policies. Forms of Proposal, Balance Sheets, and every information, can be obtained from any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. £227,000 £1,649,000 THE CONSERVATIVE BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY. co-operating with the United Land Company, Limited. Offices, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C. INVESTMENTS for capital and savings for all classes of the com munity. Five per Cent. interest per annum paid on Shares, and Four per Cent. per annum on Deposit Department, with power of withdrawal at fixed periods. The UNITED LAND COMPANY. Limited, co-operating with the Conservative Benefit Society. Plots of Freehold Land on sale in 30 counties. The cost of the land payable in monthly or other easy instalments, with or without building advances. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Prospec uses explanatory of Investment, Land and Building Departments, free of charge. MILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND FLUE-RESISTING SAFES, STRONG Room DOORS, &c., all the recent improvements. Price Lists, Drawings, and Testimonials free by post. Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, and 47a, Moorgate Street, City, London. LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEAT. —AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION, 1869, FIRST PRIZE, being ABOVE the Gold Medal. Supplied to the British, French, Prussian, Russian, Italian. Dutch, and other Governments. One pint of fine flavoured Beef-tea at 21d. Most convenient and economic "stock." CAT:num—Only sort warranted genuine by the Inventor, Baron Liebig, whose signature is on every genuine Jar. Ask for LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT, and not for LIEBIG'S EXTRACT of ILI FAT. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION (Established 1810). TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Thomas Hankey, Esq. R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de . Rothschild, MP. The report and balance-sheets of this Association for the year 1869, exhibiting in full details the amounts assured, ages of the members, with particulars of the invested fund, may be had on application to the chief office, or to the agents. The annual income from premiums is .. From interest on investments ... 19,000 'I he invested fund, after payment of all claims, exceeds 415,000 The whole of the profits divided among the members. Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured, amounting to £lOO,OOO. W. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. No. 15, Moorgate-street, March 1, 1870. DARTRIDGE AND COOPER. , MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLRIST-STREET (MINER OF OHANOBRY-LINE), LONDON (E. 0.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20e. Per ream. a. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved . 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Noto .... 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing ........ ... 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers Ss., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream.......... 105. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note ..... —five quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6 The New Vellum Wove "Club House" P. ote, five quires for 2s. Gd Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & 6s 6d .. Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s. 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. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 1841 S AUC E.—LEA and PERRINS, THE"WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Improves the appetite, and aids digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, and see the names of LEA & PERBINS on all bottles and labels Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealers in Sauces throughout the World. FRESH MEAT PRESERVATIVE (Perry's Patent).—The only effectual and simple means by which Meat, Fish, Poultry, Butter, &c., can be kept sweet and sound in the hottest weather. NO lIOUSE, HOTEL, or SHIP should be without it. Vide opinions of the Press. Sold in Jars, at 3s. 6d. per gallon, by all grocers and oilmen.—Depot, 66, St. John-street, West Smithfield, E.C. UNRIVALLED SPECULATION S SPLENDID SUCCESS. With a Single Stake of Twelve Shillings you can realise £3,000 1 —with £l, £22,ooo!!—with £2, £27,o6o!!—with £B, 37,000! For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey. B RITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES, Clapham-rise. nstituted 1861. PATRONESS. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALE 5. TREASURERS. George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of the kingdom, provides for those afflicted with incurable diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical atti. ndance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £F' obtained by election. No person under 1:0 y ears of a_,e, nor of the pauper class, is eligible, Full particulars and the necessary forms may b procured from the Secretary. Donations and annual subscriptions are earnestly solicited, BANKERS, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E.(' Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAVER, Secretary ; and Offices, 73, Oheapside, KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. the Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current expenses. Assistance is urgently needed. J. W. WALDRON, Secretary Ii s TATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Cruder the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRMGB, E.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, olasses, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. Tte object of e Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, an! practical Instruction in the kitchen, house, snd laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for •when they attain 16 years of age, to obtain 3uttable situations for them. - The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity ii entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. • HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W S. Wiamos. Secretary. Office, 121, Pall mall S. W SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hat chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Batt ; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. The mission which "Our Ocean Highways" has to achieve is to afford Travellers OF ALL NATIONS a means, in the simplest and readiest of forms, that of the alphabet, to find their way, safely and easily, over the whole world. The success already obtained by the first annual, for 1870, is a guarantee for the future. The whole British Press have applauded the enterprise ; many American and Continental Journals have encouraged and sympathized with the move ment, which is international, and made in the best interests of all countries. The host of elaborate special Handbooks and Guides which abound at the Railway Stations give many minute details to which a condensed Gazetteer of the World, in a moderate-sized volume, cannot lay claim. But what it does claim is, that it contains every necessary particle of Tra velling and Commercial information, derived from the best and original sources. It is a matter of just pride and congratulation that all the great Ocean Steamship Companies, and many eminent Com mercial Shipping Firms, have cheerfully acceded to the E ;itor's application to forward Printed Forms of Ques tions to their Correspondents and Agents all over the globe for reply. Many of the home and continental ports have already sent in the requisite information ; those more remote will all be in time to - have the latest authentic intelligence inserted in the next annual volume, which will be published on the Ist of December next, so as to be received and utilised by the Ist day of the New-year in almost every part and city of the globe. - It will embody an amount of topographical, statistical, commercial, railway, and shipping intelligence, such as can not be found in any other publication. A valuable addition will be a FOREIGN PORTS' DIRECTORY, containing the names of British and American Ministers, Consuls and Vice-Con suls, Clergymen of all denominations, Physicians, Banks, Managers and London Correspondents, Chief Merchants, Ship Brokers and Shipping Agents, Lloyd's Agents, News papers and Editors, Hotels and Proprietors; in short, no labour or expense is being spared to render the work of paramount universal utility. _ _ Our Ocean Highways" Monthly Supplement, incorpo rated-with the " Anglo-American Times," the leading organ of America in Europe, is essentially for the use of passengers by our great Ocean Steamship Companies. Each number of the Supplement and each bi-monthly number of "The Anglo- American Times " will contain, in addition to a Ports' Rail way and Steamers Summary, a Skeleton Tour, taking the traveller from the steamer, on his arrival in port, to some one of the great European centres, guiding him on his way and ensuring his comfort at the most eligible hotels. These Supplements accompany the passengers in the homeward bound steamers, provision having been made for the Agents of the respective Steamship Companies regularly receiving them for distribution at all foreign ports. Communications, suggestions, and corrections are earnestly solicited from all Travellers, either by letter to the Editor, or personal interview, at the Buckingham Palace Hotel, London. ILLINOIS AND ST. LOUIS BRIDGE COMPANY. SEVEN PER CENT. FIRST ➢fORTGAGE BONDS. The undersigned beg to notify that the SC It I P CERTIFICATES for the Bonus of the above Company are READY for 'delivery at their Countinghouse, in exchange for the Allotment Letters and Receipts. 22, Old Broad-street, London, E.C., 30th April, 1870. J. S. MORGAN & CO PERUVIAN FOUR AND A HALF PER CENT. LOAN OF 1862. — En vertu des plains pouvoirs quo le Supreme Gouverne meut du Perou m'a contids, j'ai decide quo tons les titres de l'Ernprunt Peruvian 41 per Cent. de 1862,que sout encore en circulation, seront remb.mrses au pair, plus le coupon echu le lre Juillet prochaiu. Le remboursement aura lieu k Londres chez Messrs J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street, et lee porteurs du dit emprunt peuvent toucLer, le montant de leurs titres, plus le coupon echu le premiere Juillet prochain, b, partir du 2 Mai, sous deduction d'un escompte de 1 per cent. par an du jour du payement jusq'au Ire Juillet. Les titres qui n'auront pas eta presentes au rembourse ment du '2 Mai au lre Juillet, 1870, cesseront de porter interet. Pads, 20th April, 1870. ( ~,i gned) TORIBIO SANZ, Inspecteur Fiscal et Agent Financier Special du Peron en Europe. • ['TRANSLATION.] In -virtue of the full powers conferred upon me by the Supreme Government of Peru I have determined that all the Bonds now in circulation of the Four and a Half per Cent. Peruvian Loan of 1862 shall be Redeemed at par, together with the Coupon due Ist July next. The reimbursement will take place in London at the Counting-house of Medsrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street, and the holders of these Bonds can re ceive the amount of their Bonds, together with the Coupons due Ist July next, on and after 2d May next, less interest at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum from the day of payment to the Ist July. The Bonds which shall not have been presented for pay ment between 2d May and the Ist July, 1870, will cease to bear interest on the latter date. Paris, 20th April, 1870. (Signed) TORIBIO SANZ, Fiscal Inspector and Financial Agent of the Peruvian Government in Europe. In virtue of the authorization of Mr. Toribio Sanz, Fiscal Inspector and Special Financial Agent of the Peruvian Go vernment in Europe, we hereby give notice to the holders of the 4j per Cont. Peruvian Bonds of 1862, that said BONDS with the Coupon due Ist July next, will be PAID on and after MONDAY, the 2d May next, less discount, at the rate of one per cent. per annum, from the day of payment to the Ist July, at our Counting-house, 145, Leadenhatl-street. The Bonds and Coupons must be left two clear days for examination before payment. J. HENRY SCHRODER and CO. London, 22d April, 1870. ASSURANCE A.D. 1720. OYAL EXCHANGE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. UOTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART 119DGSON, Esq Sub-Governor ORAILLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Hobert Barclay, Esq. William . Tetlow Hibbert, John Garratt Oattley, Esq. Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. William Davidson, Esq Nevile Lubbock, Esq. Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osmline Wm. Percy. Charles Hermann Geechen, Charles Robinson, Esq. Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring .Young, Esq. Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY. This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. FARMING STOCK.—No Extra Chargo is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the AsFured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of a CENTURY AND A HALT. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL EXCTHANGE 7 LONDON. GUARDIAN FIRE AND. LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham-barter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Win Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M•P Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis H art Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Robarts, Esq Archibald Hamilton, Esq Henry Vigne Esq Thomson Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—TiIOT ACTUARY— Si The Government Duty is Prospectuses and Forms of Assets and Liabilities in the Li the Company's Agents,or to the !nag Tallemach, Esq Iml. Brown, Esq. totally abolished. Proposal, with statemen of the Se Branch, free on application to Secretary. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON MUM{ PREVENTIV/1 and REFORMATORY IN EVITrUTION President—Rev. OA.NON DALE OorramiloNs for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon cruet, Salt, and 00., 73 , Lombard street, F.. 0.; Francis Nicholls Esq. (of the Oommittee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 11;.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Ruston-rod, N.W. The Directors Give Notice : 1. That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS will be held, at One o'clock precisely, on WEDNESDAY, the 25th inst., at the OFFICE of the Company, 62, King William street, London, E.C. 2. That at such Meeting the Proprietors who then hold ten or more shares, which they have possessed six calendar months, may attend and vote. 3. That, according to the Deed of Settlement, three Directors re tire from office. Those in rotation are Jacob George Cope, Esq., Benjamin Edgington, Esq , and William Delf, Esq.—the two former gentlemen are deceased. William Delf, Esq., and the retirinrc huditor, James Pell, Esq., are eligible for re-appointment, and will be proposed accordingly. 4. That any Proprietors, duly qualified, who may be desirous )f becoming Candidates for any of these situations, must give written notice of their intention at the Office, to the Secretary, at least ten days previously to the time of such meeting. By order of the Directors. GEORGE SCOTT FREEMAN, Secretary. May 5, 1870. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. CHESTER RACES, 1870.—GRAND CUP DAY. On Wednesday, May lith, a SPECIAL FAST DAY TRAIN will leave Euston Station, London, at 41.2) a.m., and Chalk Farm 6.25 a.m., for CHESTER—Arriving at Chester about 12 Noon. Fares for the Double Journey:— Closed Carriages, 12s. 6d First Class, 21s. No Luggage allowed. For the accommodation of First and Second Class Passengers the Day Mail leaving Euston at 7.3 a.m. will, on Tuesday, May 10, and Wednesday (the Cup Day), be extended to Chester, arriving there about :2.15 noon. The Irish M ail leaving Euston at 7.15 a.m , and arriving at Ches ter at 11.35 a.m., conveys Passengers at Expriss Fares. The Fares by the Irish Mail are: - Single. R turn. let Class - - -40 s 6d - -67 s 6d 2nd Class - - -33 s Od - - t5B Od And by the Day Mail:- Ist Class - - -31 s Od - - 518 9d 2nd Class - - -23 s Od - -38 s 6d For further particulars seo Bills. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, April 30, 1870. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHESTER RACES. On Wednesday, May 11th, a FAST EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 6.30 and Reading at 7.30 a.m. for CHESTER, returning from Chester (Station Platform) at 6.30 p.m. the same day. Passengers travelling from Metropolitan Stations to Paddington by the 6.9 a.m. Train from Moorgate-street, and by the 6.5 a.m. Train from Westminster Bridge, would be in time for the Excur sion Train. For further particulars see hand bills. J. GRIE RS ON, General Manager. Paddington, May, 1870. THE NILE PEN. " STATIONER " says—" The successful inventors of the Waverley, Owl, and Pickwick Pens have just patent .d the 'Nile' Pen, which, by a combination of the turned up and turned down points, writes freely 'without scratching, and holds an unusually large supply of ink." •• Surr" says—" Speaking, after a severe test of their lasting qualities, the Nile Pen is a marvel." Sold everywhere, is per l'ox By Post is. id. MA C WEN & CAMERON, 23, BLAIR-STREET, EDINBURGH. AGENTS—MILLINGTON and HUTTON, Lortno,v. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, is the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron — His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President-11 is. Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCR, This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the. first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Bar clay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners street ; and at the Hospital from 10 to 5. BRISTOL BRIBERY 0 n An interesting question is raised by the petition against the return of Mr. Robinson for Bristol. Previously to the election there was a test ballot between the three Liberal candidates, the result being that Mr. Robinson obtained a very decided majority over Mr. Hodgson and Dl r. Odger, the working man candidate. Opposed single-handed to the Conservative at the final contest, he won after sharp run. Now, the petitioners direct their case not so much against Mr. Robinson's • conduct at the " real " election, as against the procedures he adopted to win support at the test-ballot. .It is alleged that heavy bribing was done in his behalf on the latter occasion. The question is, would such corruption invalidate his return ? If bribery were practised at the ballot, it was evidently under the impression that no penalty would be in volved. But the law plainly states " Every person who shall . . . make any gift, &c., to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the return of any person to serve in Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election " shall be guilty of bribery and punishable accordingly. This looks very much as if bribery at a test-ballot would invalidate the purest election. The direct object of such bribery is to "procure the return," &c. It is analogous to the case of influencing the Parliamen tary through the municipal elections. PUBLIC PROSECUTORS. Some remarkable facts are adduced, on the best authority, in support of Mr. Eykyn's bill for the institution of public prosecutors. Of 30,000 persons arrested in England and Wales during 1868, 2,000 were discharged, there being no prosecutors; and in 6,000 instances the prosecutions failed—the failure, in a large proportion of those instances, arising from the fact that the cases bad not been properly prepared. This gives a total of nearly one-fourth of the criminalcases falling through, more or less through the want of proper machinery. Nevertheless, one question will need the grave attention of the committee to which the bill has been referred. The public prosecutor, according to Mr. Eykyn's measure, may intervene in cases commenced by private persons. The question is, will it be just to take away the right hitherto enjoyed by all British subjects, of setting the crimi nal law in motion ? Will it not be better to give private persons,.as well as public prosecutors, the power to invoke justice ? ASSESSMENT OF RAILWAYS AND CANALS. It is often asked why railway and canal com panies are not made to pay their full share of local taxation, and certainly when we are officially told that the corporation of Birmingham are now losing £3,330 annually in consequence of this exemption, it would appear that such a cor porate grievance, which necessarily concerns the taxpayers who have to provide for all local improvements in our corporate towns, demands effectual redress. A draft bill with this object has been adopted by a conference of municipal authori ties held in London, on Thursday. GREENWICH INDIGNANT. The borough which has the honour to be repre sented by the Prime Minister, has been giving vent to its indignation at not being allowed to listen to Mr. Murphy's instructive lectures. Greenwich and Woolwich folks have held an " indigna tion meeting," numbering, it is said, 2,000, and they demand a parliamentary inquiry as to what they term the recent suppression of the right of public meeting by a large force of police in the town. One gentleman declared his belief, seconded by cries of "No, no," and followed by immense cheer ing, that had not Mr. Gladstone been one o f their mem bers no such oppression would have been attempted. As to this last expression of belief, what would they have ? Would they rather have Murphy than Gladstone ? Is is that while they do not love the great statesman less they have come to love the great firebrand more ? Anyhow the peace has to be preserved, even in Greenwich. LEGAL EDUCATION. In a paper read at the Juridical Society on the proper object and constitution of a legal University or Council of Legal Education, Sir George Young said that a commission, something of the nature of the Civil Service Commission, was wanted, which would fix the curriculum of study, appoint the examiners, and give certificates—such certificates to be necessary qualifications for call or admittance. Upon this commission it was, he con sidered, unnecessary and undesirable to place men merely as representatives of the profession or of the nroffesional. societies—the work to be done LOOKING UP THE CHARITIES. The Charity Commissioners for England and Wales shew by their report that they are making good way through the mystery that veiled the charity funds of the kingdom, and which at first seemed almost impenetrable. The aggregate amount of stocks in the public funds, and of other stocks and securities transferred to the official trustees of charitable funds during the past year has been £547,967 10s. 10d., being the largest amount hitherto so transferred in any one year. During the same period the report states that 16,586 returns of the annual amounts of charities have been received at the office of the Commissioners; and that the particulars of 289 charities either newly created, or previously u n notice d,have been ascertained and entered in the register kept for the purpose. Much, it seems, still remains to be done, but there is now some hope that before long the intentions of our charitable ancestors may be diverted into their legitimate channels. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. The statistics for the year 1869 under these several heads have just been published in an official shape. Out of a total of 20,066,224, given, be it observed, by the Census of 1861, as the population of England and Wales, 353,258 persons entered the bonds of wedlock in 1869. The number of births is stated to have been 772,877, showing a tolerably implicit obedience, on the whole, to the injunction " increase and multiply." During the same year there were 495,086 deaths. Of the births 394,339 were males, and 378,538 females. Among the deaths 255,028 were those-of males, and 240,058 those of females, each showing a tolerably fair division between the sexes. Our lady friends will probably like to know that the largest number of marriages, 52,014, were solemnised during the quarter ending the last day of December, and the smallest, 37,713, during that ending on March 31st. The two intervening quarters spew a remarkable equality, the first being 43,071, and, the second 43,831. The births were most numerous in the first quarter of the year, and least so in the second; the third, and the fourth, showing an equality as decided as that just referred to among the marriages. The deaths do not shew such great variations with the season as might have been expected ; but the largest number occurred in the first quarter of the yea TIIE ENGLISH CIII:RCH IN IRELAND. The controversy between the Archbishop of Dublin and a portion of his clergy con tinues, and is extending to other sections of the Church. The members of " the English Church Union" resident at Dublin met and adopted resolutions expressing regret that some of the doc trines of the Church have been seriously impugned by certain clergymen in the province of Dublin. They also express sympathy with the Archbishop, and satisfaction at the firm and dignified course he has pursued in replying to the recent protest. They also express regret that consecrated priests of ,the . Church should-hay# been so unmindful of their:duty as guardians of tht catholic truths as not only to appear to abandon those truths, but to censure those who conscien tiously endeavour to fulfil their ordination vows. LONDON BURGLARIES. When the public who find the enormous police rates levied for the protection of their property, feel it necessary to express an opinion that they do not get that which they pay for, the authorities at Whitehall become unduly sensitive. The numerous burglaries that have lately remained undetected by cne metropolitan police force have naturally drawn ' forth strong strictures both on the part 'of the press and the ratepayers. The prin cipal of these robberies have been com mitted, not ia back and out-of-the-way places, but on large premises and in open thoroughfares. For instance, the daring attenibpt at Mr. Atten borough's, jeweller, in Fleet-street, the robbery on Wednesday, at Lady Margaret Beaumont's, in Piccadilly, of goods to the trifling amount of £lO,OOO, the recent robberies at Lady Napier's and the American Minister's—but need we multiply cases ? It appears that the Daily Telegraph published an account of a burglary at Mr. \Voodgate's well known curiosity shop, which was erroneous. Upon this Colonel Henderson builds the oppor tunity of informing that paper that during the six months ending 31st Deoember, 1869, compared with the previous six months, there was a diminution of serious crimes to the amount of 13 per cent. Of course the Whitehall authorities cannot be expected to say what diminution there will be in the ensuing six months; but a few more " hauls" such as that at Lady Margaret Beau mont's will soon make up in the quantity of property stolen for a diminution in the number of cases, tolerably large though the percentage may be. ANOTHER ASIAN MYSTERY. If there be as much meaning concealed under the names of the characters in Lothair as com mon rumour says there is, we have looming in the imminent future a trash gunpowder plot. One of the most interesting characters is named Catesby—Monsignor Catesby. If all the names of his characters have a hidden meaning, can we avoid the con clusion that while calling one of them Catesby, Mr. Disraeli smelt gunpowder ? else why so peculiar and yet so well known a name ? But this conclusion involves us in a further and very serious difficulty. People will say that all the more prominent characters in "Lothair" are intended to be taken as personifying living - persons, and that Monsignor Catesby is intended as a pour trayal of a well known and no lass admired priest in London, Monsignor Capel, and in one place in the novel this mysterious name is actually printed Capel instead of Catesby. Surely the ex- Premier does not intend his readers to adopt both the conclusion of which we first spoke and its sequence—that there is a coming gunpowder plot and that Monsignor Capel is to take part in the conspiracy. THE SUEZ CANAL. A. very important improvement is to be made in connection with the Suez Canal. Thanks to the public spirit of the Khddive , the coasts of the Red Sea are to be provided with lighthouses similar to those already ere cted at Damietta, Burloo, and Rosetta in the Mediterranean at the approaches at Port Said. The Viceroy has given orders for the immediate construc tion of two first-class lighthouses, one of which, 180 feet high, will be placed at Saouakin, and furnished with a revolving light, having a range of thirty miles. The other will be at'll . _asgarib, one day's sail from Suez, being 150 ft. in height, and having a fixed light of the first order. It is at once app aren t th at this will confer an immense advantage on ship owners, and greatly facilitate the navigation of the canal, which has already exceeded exp ec t a ti on. T he change which it islikelyto make by th e su b st i tu ti on of steamers for sailing ships is being felt in the ship ping trade. A steamer can make three round voyages from Calcutta or Bombay in twelve months, and thus each steamer will displace three sailing ships of equal tonnage. All the steamers lying up unsold have passed from the build ers ' h an d s, and those that were built on speculation were sold before finished. NAPOLEON 111. ON PLEBISCITES. Napoleon the Third is not the first great man who has found his written words rise up in judgment against him. Rulers of States ; whether on thrones or in cabinets, should certainly possess either very keen foresight or very long memories, if they are in the habit of committing their views to paper. Unluckily, the prisoner of Ham did not forme the Imperial necessities of 1870, or he "DAM The Memorial Diplomatique refers to the dispatch of the Marquis de Bonneville, in which he brought under the notice of the French Government the desire of the French prelates at Rome to take part in the Plebiscite, and re quested permission to collect their votes at the Embassy. The Memorial has been informed that the Emperor's Government has fully appreciated the patriotic sentiments of the Episcopate, but at the same time has not deemed it expedient to establish a precedent which, by making an exception in favour of the clergy, might give rise to erroneous interpretations. French laymen residing abroad are not authorised to participate in the Pl6biscite by recording their votes at the legaaons and consulates of France. ANNEXATION. It has generally been thought that the Senate of the United States would not pass the treaty for the annexation of San Domingo. The Washington cor respondent of the Philadelphia Ledger is, however, of a diffbrent opinion. He believes that, after all, the acquisition will be made. "In a conversation be tween the President and others, it is given out that the President stated there can be no doubt of the annexation of St. Domingo to the United States; that in the last week some seven or eight Senators had concluded to vote for annexation; and, were it put to a rote at once, a two thirds vote would be had in its favour, with one or two votes to spare." This intelligence is very different from previous reports; but it is thought in other quarters that there is some prospect of tho bargain being .struck. MORE WHOLESALE MURDER. The New York papers give the details of a horrible tragedy which took place at Baltimore on the 21st ult. A. woman named Catherine Marsh lived with her mother and four children in a house near Belair Market. On the afternoon of the day named Mrs. Marsh asked her mother if she had ten cents, and on her answering in the negative, she said she had the money herself. She then put on her bonnet and left the house. She went a few doors and borrowed a butcher's knife. She then proceeded to District School No. 13, and calling out her son James, eight years, cut his throat from ear to ear, nearly severing his head from his body. A little boy named Burnett came out of school with James and witnessed the murder. Mrs. Marsh also attempted to murder the boy Burnett, but he ran and escaped. She then returned to her home and we.n k t in the back yard, where another son, William, aged seven years, was swinging, his little sister Mary Jane, aged four years, being at play near by. She seized William and cut his throat, causing instant death, and immediately grasped her little girl, and applying her weapon, cut off her head. She then went into the house and cut the throat of her youngest child, George, aged 2 years and 5 months. The head was nearly severed from the body. She next assaulted her mother . aged about 54, and very feeble, cutting her throat so terribly that it was impossible for her to survive. Mrs. Marsh was about 27 years of age, and was undoubtedly temporarily insane when commiting the murders. An Indian came to an agent in lowa to get some whisky for a young warrior who had been bitten by a rattlesnake. At first the agent did not credit the story, but the earnestness of the Indian overcame his scruples. He asked him how much he wanted, "Four quarts," was the reply. "Four quarts ?" repeated the agent, with surprise , ;.: l4 as'' ' ouch as that ?' " Yes," replied the Indian, fro*ning as savagely. as though about to exterminate the whole tribe, " Four quarts—snake very big." - - - THE FRESHETS IN AMERICA.—The spring freshats in America have occasioned great damage to property. Reusselaerville, a town in Albany, was under water, and the inhabitants escaped with great difficulty. Several dwellings were carried off, and mills and machinery swept down the flood. The Saco river at Fortland rose three feet and the bridge, some small buildings, and some mills were swept away. Villages have been inundated by the freshet in Canada. and most of the bridges on the Mis sissquoi and Clyde rivers have been carried away. At Hastings the water was several feet higher than ever before known. In some parts business has been suspended, and the damage to property has been very great. TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO.—The people of Albania are dissatisfied with the new measures of the Turkish Government. The Governor-General has refused to receive the deputations from the mountain tribes, be cause he is so alarmed at their menacing attitude. A general rising is anticipated. The country populations are shewing pretty plainly that they desire to put them selves under the protection of the Prince of Montenegro, and declare themselves independent of the Porte. Mon tenegrin emissaries have of late been plentiful in the country districts, and three of them were very busy during the absence of the Governor on his last tour of in spection. RAILWAY AcCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning an alarming accident occurred at Cinderella Bank, two miles from Carnforth, on the Leicester and Carlisle sec tion of the London and North-Western Railway. About three o'clock a goods train from Carlisle to the south was proceeding at the usual speed past the bank, when tho axle of one of the luggage vans snapped. Before the cause of the mishap was found out the van was thrown off the rails, dragging several other vans along with it, some of which got partially upon the up-line. Imme diately afterwards a luggage train from Preston for the north came up and dashed into the misplaced van and waggons which were across the road smashing several of them, ann causing other damage. The engine of the train for the north also sustained considerable injury, but for tunately no persons were hurt. Considerable delay was involved by the disaster. BURYING A CHILD ALIVE. —The body of a child, which hail been buried alive, was found on Tuesday, close to the village of Greatham, near West Hartlepool, by one of the brethren of the hospital established in that place. This man, whose name is Davison, went into a field to cut a stick from a hedge, when, in the act of so doing, he stepped upon a small mound of newly turned earth at the foot of the hedge. Immediately he heard the feeble cry of an infant. He instantly removed a few inches of earth and straw composing the mound, and there discovered the body of a healthy-looking female child, a few weeks old, decently dressed, with its mouth and nose swollen and bleeding. Davison conveyed it with all speed into the village, where a doctor was sent for just in time to save its life. Information was forth with conveyed to the police, who at the present moment are busily engaged endeavouring to detect the would-be murderer. It is supposed that the culprit is a person of somewhat respectable condition of life, owing to the ap pearance of the clothing, and from the fact that the child seems to have'been well nourished. WATER SUPPLY TO VIENNA.—The solemn inau guration of the Vienna high-spring waterworks has just taken place. By this means water will be brought to Am) city from the Alps. The ceremony took place at the Rosenburgel, situated near the villages of Laing and Speising, aii,d hundreds of people from Vienna and the suburbs assembled to witness a celebra• tion of so much importance and interest. The Emperor took part in th e ceremon y. I n a circle round the spot fixed on for the important ceremony of throwing up th e fi rs t spa d e f u l o f ear th by his Imperial Majesty, stood the workmen engaged on this section of the work, numbering between 400 and 500, all Italians, dressed in blouses and straw hats, holding in their hands th e i r wor ki ng i mp l emen t s . Th e Emperor was received by the burgomaster, and was loudly cheered by the Italians as well as by the native population He expressed the great satisfaction he felt in the work, Which was to provide Vienna with an abundant supply of water flowing from the high springs of the Alps. He anticipated the most benefiCial results to the whole popu lation in consequence. His Majesty proceeded to the spot whence the pipes are destined to discharge their contents into the chief reservoirs, where he was received by Signor Antonio Gabrielli, the contractor of the whole of the gigantic world. Signor Gabrielli then handed the Emperor a silver spade of classic design, and his Majesty, returnedstepping forward, raised spade a t se o st the first Signor Gabriella, tobe of p r e e s a e r n t t h e d and him to the Austrian Museum as a lasting memorial of the auspicious event. SOCIAL SLAVERY.—It is sometimes complained that we are civil to a sordid and ungrateful scoundrel, with just soul enough to save the expense of salt, whilst we are pitiless to a person who has committed a petty breach of social decorum. That we are often too harsh is undeniable ; but such contrasts are just as necessary asit is that the law should punish a man for hitting a cab-horse too hard, whilst it cannot touch him for gross ingratitude to his mother. If social conventions and legislation tried to cover the whole field of morality, we should have an inquisition which would be not only intolerably vexatious, but in the highest degree immoral. I may forbid a man to come to dinner in his shirt-sleeves, because it is a breach of the rules which are only to be maintained by common consent ; Ican't punish him for being penurious or even vicious in private, because I have no right to con stitute myself his censor.—The Combat. _ _ _