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OD erve the Red Seal, Pink Labe., and work Branded "Kina han This celebrated OLD IRISH 'WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize AlO , lBl. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sol4,in Bates, 3s. 3d., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in tau principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ISSUE of -£.!300,000 STERLIN G,- equal to $4,000,000 in GOLD, SEVEN PER CENT. FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS tne depression or trade- throughout tne country since:lB66, the use of spirits, wine, beer, and tobacco has not received the ch e ck hich might have been deethed natural. Perhaps the depression existing* in the minds of the working classes as well as in the books of the merchants, led them to drown dull care with more energy than usual. At any rate, the money has been forthcoming,for it has been spent. Evidence of a tolerable well-being of the masses is also adduced by parliamentary returns relating totea, sugar, coffee, and currants. A very large quantity of these articles has been lately consumed, as the customs clearly shew. At the same time these articles generally have been cheaper latterly, which has no doubt aided very much the increase of demand. This increase has assumed larger proportions yearly. In 1862 the annual average con sumption of sugar was 36 lbs. by each person. In 1869 it was nearly 43 lbs., or 7 lbs. more. In 1862 the consumption of tea was 21b. H oz. per head, and in 1869 3 lb. 11 oz., a rise of nearly one pound for each individual:- These figures should in some man- ner allay any apprehension of a general starvation of the working classes. TO BEARER of the ILLINOIS AND ST. LOUIS BRIDGE COMPANY. Messrs. J. S. MORGAN and Co. OFFER for PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION the above BONDS at the price of £lBO per Bond of £2OO, payable by Instalments as under: £5 per cent. on Application. £l5 „ „ Allotment. £2O „ „ ICtl May. £25 „ „ 10th Juno. £25 „ „ 11th July. M UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), t 4, RUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON. ADVANCES MONEY upon personal sectulty, Bills of Sale, rree h Id or Leasehold Property, for ono, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. /:o ms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OP " RAYMOND'S HEROINE." Just ready, in 3 vols , THE HEIR EXPECTANT. By the Author of "Raymond's Heroine'," &C. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13,,Great Marlborough-street. money, Stock consols to 93g to 92. t=. ~ 41 Just published, price is 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition, with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review. Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. £9O per cent. Allottees may.pay the full amount in advance upon A ment, or on either of the above dates, and upon such p inents discount af the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will allowed. ye-per ,nds at MR W WOODIN'S NINE (TENTH WEEK " AT HOME," The Bonds will - be 'to bearer for £2OO sterling or I,CIOO dollars each, with interest Coupons attached. Both prinici, pal and interest will be payable, at the option of the hold Ors, in gold in New York, or in sterling in London, free fripin all Federal or State Taxes. firmly, subse- -WITH his Famou s iind Original CARPET-BAG and SKETCH- BOOK ENTERTAINMENT in the Large Room EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except Saturday) at 8 ; Saturday Mornings at 3. " Mr. Woodier has spared no expense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously furnishing his salon for the comfort of his patrons." Seats may be secured in advance, at the Box-office, open from 10 till 5 also at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal music-sellers. Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 25.; Balcony, ls. Family Private Box, One, Two, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. • R OYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Late WESTON'S. Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Sweasey. Continued success of the Great VANCE. Mr J. H. MILLBURN received nightly with unbounded applause. • Miss EMMA DAY, the accomplished Serio-Comic. The MATHEWS FAMILY (Nine in number), with"their varied Entertainment. Mr. and Mrs. RANDALL, the celebrated Burlesque Duettists. Return of the inimitable Stump Orator, W. WEST, and EMMA WEST. Engagement for six nights only of DUGWAR, Juggler and Equilibrist. Miss KATE PALMER, the Royal Umbrella Belle, is engaged for a limited period at this Hall only. New Overtures.—Full Orchestra. Balcony, 6d ; Stalls, ls. ; Orchestra Stalls, is 6d; Private Boxes, lOs 6d. Box-office open from 10 to 5. Grand Anniversary Night THURSDAY, April 28. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street.—A PORTRAIT MODEL of TROPAIA is now added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the original Lunette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the decapitation of Louis XVL, Marie Antoinette, and upwards of 22,000 persons of the best rand worst blood in France. Also an exact copy of the guillotine as in use. Admission, is.; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 5.30, and from 7 till 10 p.m. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the r. sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of ail distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other Able artistes. Manager, Mr. Thomas Pitts. Professor Hallman, M.C. _ Admission, ls.; Reamed Seats, 2s. R. R. BI CELL, Proprietor. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNA3IENDIAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort went of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Maje§ty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will' greatly facilitate the inte resting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 50 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERA LOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. CAUTION.-P OPU LAR ERROR.--PRICE'S 'BENZODYNE, the mwly-discovered Cure for Cough, Bron , Consumption, and all wasting diseases, Cholera, Dysentery, &c., has nothing whateVer to :do with petroleum spirit, falsely called Benzoline, &c. This unique remedy may be obtained of all Chem , sts, and through the Proprietor, Mr. PRICE., Analytical Chemist, 2, Lower Seymour-stteet, London, W. Prices—ls. l d., 28.2 d., and 4s. 6d per bottle. INNEF olt D'S FLUID MAGNESIA. - ..iv , The medical profession for Thirty Years have approved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion; and as the best mild a,perien for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Children, and Infants. DINNE FORD and CO.. Chemists, 172, New 116nd-street, London; and of all other chemists throughout the world. D R. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVI. R PILLS (Without Mercury:. The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, &c., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at 13.11 d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. LAINIBERT': ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN L -EFF ECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best 'medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient consumption. It fre quently cures persons whom the Faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably all%ys the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Per sons deprived d sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation. may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT. Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, Ind., and three quantities in one, 25. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. RIIPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. MOC-MAIN .LEVER TRUSS (Perfected . and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1824 is allowed by upwards of Five 'Hundred 'Medical Men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of iIERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe- Main Pad and Patent Lever,•fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, f3rwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. Single . Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 4 , s., and 525. Gd. Postage, Is. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 525. Gd. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ipL•ASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE,CAP S, tc.,, for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c, They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. Od., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 223, Piccadilly. HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU B4RRY'S delicious health-restoring Invalids • - and Infants' Food. _ 'THE REVALENTA ARABIC A. saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dyspep- Ida), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, hremorrhoids, liver complaints, flatu lency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eraptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleep essness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, and bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, Pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for nvalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAUTION.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slopfimitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been Perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the " Gazette du Midi," July 25th (Cure No. 48,413) :—" Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has 'produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 5',216 of the Marchioness de Brehan of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleep lessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Waterford; "I have derived much benefit from your excellent food.—SrnanT DE DE CIEB, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 49,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony from dYspepsia,"nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No: 47,121.—M iss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervous ness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 56,8 4.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. The Food is sold in Canisters, at Is. lid.; 11b., 2s. 9d., 21b., 4s. 6 d.; 121 b, 225.; Nib., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, carriage free on receipt of P. 0. Order Also Du Barry's Revalenta. Arabica Chocolate Powder is packed in tin canisters : For 12 cups at 25., for 24 cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 68., for 288 cups at 30t., for 576 _cups at 555. Being about one penny per cup. The 30 s. and 55 5. tins are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of Post Office Drder. BA IfRY DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street. London, 11 L -0 at Fortnum and Mason's; also at 4, Cheapside ; 61, Grace church-street; 63 and 15 t xford-street; and 121, New North road, Lond on; and all Grocers and Chemists. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN OHH.DREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. OHABLES WALKER, Secretary. Office, 04, Cheapelde, London, FA,Q INTATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of °Awnings:, E.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, end laundry, to lit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain ;liftable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity Is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY HINGBCOTIC, Treasurer W H. WARWICK, Secretary. Office, 121, Fall mall, S. W; 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 • ~;,T, - N•TE, OF ALABAMA.--Llssu Of • 2,000,000 Dollars 8 per Cent. Gold Bonds: Authorised by Act of the Legislature under date of 'llth of February, 1870, for Railway Purposes. 111.;ssrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. are authorised to re ceive Subt-•criptions for the above Bonds on the following conditions :- 1. The Bonds are to bearer of the nominal amount of $l,OOO (Ono 'l' housand Dollars) each, bearing interest from the Ist of April, 1870, at the rate of eight per cent. per tinLum, payable iu gold at the Agency of the State of AlaLaraa ' in the City of New York, on the Ist of January and Ist of July in each year; and will be paid off at par in gold on the Ist January, 1900. 2. The revenues of the State of Alabama ale pledged for the interest and re-payment of the Bonds, and the Act of Legislature by ,which the issue is sanctioned specially guarantees that poth interest - and capital shall be paid in ' , gold. A copy of the Bona and of the Act are appended. 3.- These Bonds, being a direct State issue, are exempt from the United States Government Tax. '4. The price of issue is 944 per cent. (the dollars cal culated at 4s. 6d.), including interest from the Ist April; or £212 13s. od.per Bond of 1,000 dcls., payable in the follow ing instalments. £lO Os. Od. on application; • £3O Os. Od. on allotment; £75 Os. Od. on the 10th May; £97 13s. bd. on the 10th June £213 13s. sd. Subscribers may anticipate the instalments at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Taking into account the accrued interest and rebate of discbiint, the price is reduCed to 93 per cent. In default of payment of any instalment all previous pay ments will bo liable to forfeiture. Scrip Certificates will. be delivered and exchanged after payment in full, against the definitive Bonds as soon as possible. `. In cases were no allotment is made, the deposit will be returned without deduction, and where an allotment is ax aiaLTuut smaller than that applied for, the sur plus will be. applied towards the sum payable un allot ment. Applicatiods should be made in the annexed form to Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and Co. The subscrip tion list will Close at 3 o'clock on Saturday, the 9th inst., for London, and at 12 o'clock on Monday, the 11th inst., for the country. 115, Leadeuhall-street, E.C., April 6, 1870. (To be retained by the Bankers.) STATE OF ALABAMA. ISSUE OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS EIGHT PER CENT. GOLD BONDS. No To Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. London. GENTLEMEN, —Having paid to the London and Westmin ster Batik, Lothbury; tho sum of .£ , being the re quired deposit of £lO per Bond, request that you will allot to • Bonds of 1,000 dols. each nominal of the, above issue, and engage to accept that number, or any less number, which may be allotted, and to pay its instalments thereon in conformity with your cir cular of the 6th of April, 1870. Name Address . Date .... (To be retained by the Applicant.) No.. Received of the sum of £ being deposit of £lO per Bond upon application for Eight per Cent. Gold Bonds of 1,000 dols. each nominal of the State of Alabama. For the London and Westminster Bank. f sales• North- !Intern and for extent. 1 Lom- missed. ie un- ave re- on the Lt, at a Aerate rather s tran , mode- ish In oraltar, silver's :e of 2. ;tly, at tdrawn s have 1y im- nexion nay be s by no a large ie pay , New Dn may value adly be Is been e, with 3 taken try in- e made 3 take 7easin7 lane to- Lotwith ices no supply 'ly, ou n offer Malt ply and nd peas Lere has The been on limited. re been Las been td has wool : he top litto in uiet, on al dull. lambs, ?er Sibs, :ep and ta, 928 ; mpplies follows: ; lamb, ss. Bd. is been les have scarcely en inde ull, and ady, at at three casks in . ; Hull, (et very ulation. steady, business uaterts/ Ma MjV 4 i4ead7 depu forma- iers to UTTA. had a tnding acutta butler queur. d tiva •gravate ,storing iourish medies, , soun d , nal re- We ex 'estored 1, 1866. many without ehed. lb 220 iCOLAIS 24 cups s at 550 ire sent )12; and 9 Lady )Mary bridge, K e nt, SA' ✓W i ng . bshire , .. . ' . ' . ' . . . " . . ' w . ' . . WS, ° I ;trand; ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES, AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGE]) to 24 PA GES. Reports of Congress, Personal, Financial, .Mining, Railroad, &c. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an . interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d., 15, Catherine-street, Strand. 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. C LERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURAINICE ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing £227,000 ASSURANCE FITS D, safely invested £1 ,649,000 SPECIAL. NOTICE. The NINTH BONUS will be declared in January, 1872, and all With-Profit Policies in force on the 3uth 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 infbrmation, 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. SHARE DEPARTMENT.-THE CONSERVA- TiVE LAND SOCIETY.—Shares may be taken out daily at the offices, or investors at a distance can be enrolled as members by correspondence. Present rate of interest, five per cent. per annum, payable in half-yearly warrants. No partnership liability, and power of withdrawal of subscriptions on shares at twenty eight days' notice. CHARLES LEWIS GIIUNEISEN, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. NEW ORLEANS, JACKSON, AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. SECOND MORTGAGE CONSTRUCTION BONDS, endorsed Payable in Sterling in London.—The HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on the above Bonds, due on the Ist April next, will be PAID on that day, and any succeeding day, at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Lea .!enhall-street, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. The Coupons must be left for examination two clear days before applying for payment. London, March 16, 1870. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION (Established 18i0). TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Thomas Hankey, Esq. R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. 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 .. ...£64,000 From interest on investments ... ... 19,000 the invested fund, after pay= ent 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 , IS7O. p - ARTRIDGE AND COOPER. - • MANUFACTURING STATIONK3S, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LINE), LONDON (E. 0.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper . 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved ... . . 4 0 Supeifine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Stir erline Double Thick Cream Laid Note .... 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;' adapted for rapid writing ........ - ... 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers as., 4 5., lis., 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 "louse" rote, five quires for Qs. 6d, Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 45 6d, 55 Gd, & Gs ed Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d . per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 35. 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 tho 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 UNRIVALLED SPECULATIONS SPLENDID SUCCESS. With a Single Stake of Twelve Shillings you can realise .£3,000 ! —with £l, .£22,oool!—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 1361. PATRONESS. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALE?. TREASURERS. George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman G.bbons. This Institutiou, extending its operations, to all parts of the king om, provides for those afflicted with incurable diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical att ndance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £l' obtained by election. No person under '4O ) ears of k,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.". ; and • Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAVER, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside. _ OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, ii the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. - Vice-Patron— _ His Rcyal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCTI, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 184 the first to establigh the principle of frc e 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. ; Lrummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Herrics 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. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 160 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen -street. 94 girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Ealing. 870 children. .Al 5 will keep 3 boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, KC.• and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALC PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. • President—Rev. CANON DAM CONTRIBUTIONB for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, N.C.; Francis Nicholls Zsq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, b;.C. E. W. THOMAS, See., 200, Euston-road, N.W. The,Bonds will 'carry interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, from the -Ist of April, 1870; half yearly on Ist (Jo- tober and Ist April in each year, - payable at the option of the holders, as under:-- In New York, 35 dollars in gold, at the National Bank of Commerce; In London, ' £7 ss. sterling, at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. A Sinking Fund of 55,000 dollars in gold, or £ll,OOO (being li per cent.), will be applied, together with the into,. rest on the Bonds redeemed, to the reimbursement of t * loan at par• within 30 years, by annual drawings, in t • month of November in each year, the first drawing to place in November,lB73. . The Bonds drawn will be on Ist,Atril next following each drawing, either in gold vi," lir New York, or in sterling in London, at the option of this" holder: The Bonds now offered are issued by the Illinois and SL Louis Bridge Company, incorporated by Acts of the States of Missouri and. Illinois, and consolidated by an Act of the Congress of the United States, 20th July, 1868. They are a first charge, under a Mortgage duly registered, upon the entire property, franchises, and charter privileges of the . Company. By the special Act of the Congress of the United States, the Bridge and its approaches are declared to be a national post road, thus placing the affairs of the Company directly under the control and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the nation. The same Act makes the principal and interest of these Bonds payable in gold coin legal and imperative, this being the only instance in which Congress has provided for the payment in gold of Bonds issued by a private corporation. The object of the company is the connexion, by means of a permanent Bridge, of the railway system of the south west of the United thates, which centres in the city of St. Louis; on the west side of the Mississippi River, with the important lines on the east side of that r iv e r. By his- means the present uncertain and unsatisfactory transfer of passen gers and traffic by means of a Ferry (now frequently inter fered with, and at times totally suspended for several days) will be avoided, and an uninterrupted communica tion between the railroads on the east and west sides of the river secured. The Bridge Company have the exclusive right to bridge the river at St. Louis for 25 years, during which period no other Bridge can be erected within a river line of eight miles. The construction of the Bridge, which is designed also to accommodate ordinary road traffic, is being actively pro ceeded with ; the piers of solid masonry, tounded on the rock, have been successtully built ; and a contract has been entered into with the Keystone Bridge Company at Pitts burgh (the Company by whom most of the large Railway Bridges in the United States have been built) for the superstructure, which will consist of steel and wrought iroh throughout, resting upon the piers of solid masonry before mentioned. The Contractors assume all risk of manufacture and erec tion, and are under agreement to complete the Bridge ready . for traffic by the Ist December, 1871. Six Railway Companies having their termini at St. Louis (including the two lines owned or controlled by the Penn sylvania Railroad, forming part of its system for through traffic between the Atlantic and Pacific seaboard) have already ratified contracts binding themselves to pass their entire traffic over the Bridge at fixed rates of tolls in per petuity. _ •At the time the construction of the Bridge was determined oti in 1868, data were obtained from the books of the three Railway Companies whose lines at that time reached East St. Louis, and it then appeared that in the year 1867 the tcnnage to and from East St. Louis, based upon the tolls which the Bridge Company is authorised to levy, and which it may be mentioned are very considerably in reduction of the Ferry charges, would have yielded to the Bridge a re venue of 768,683 dollars. Since then, such - has been the rapil development 6f - the country tributary to St. Louis, that it has been necessary to construct the additional lines eastward; while ou the west side the railway mileage has more than doubled, It is safe to estimate that the revenue of the Bridge iron the lines which have already contracted to use it cannot be less than 1,000,000 dollars per annum, which must increase at a rapid rate. The requirement of the Bonded Debt • 'tivill be • $4410300 Interest Sinking Fund 55,000 $335,000 The amount already paid up upon the Share Capital, in addition to the proceeds of the sale of the above Bonds, will be amply sufficient for completing the Bridge and its ap proaches ; but, as an additional guarantee, there is an uncalled Capital of 1,800,000 dollars, and a reserve of Shares amount ing to 1,000,000 &liars. Upon the unpaid Capital a call has been made of 600,000 dollars to provide for the payment of interest during con struction. Applications for Allotments must be made in the annexed form, but no application will be entertained unless accom panied by a deposit of £5 per cent. on the nominal amount of the Bonds applied for. . . . . In case default is made in payment on allotment, or of any of the instalments on the days named, the allotment will be liable to be cancelled, and the amounts then already paid forfeited. In cases in which no allotment is made the amount deposited will be returned to the applicant, without deduc tion. Upon payment of the allotment money, Scrip Certi ficates to bearer will be issued to the Subscribers, which will be exchanged for the definitive Bends as soon as pos Bible after payment of the whole amount of the sub scription. 22, Old Broad-street, Ist April, 1870. No FIRST MORTGAGE SEVEN PER CENT. BONDS OF THE ILLINOIS AND ST. LOUIS BRIDGE COM PANY. FORM OF APPLICATION. To Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. Gentlemen,—Having paid to you the sum of X I hereby request that you will allot me £2OO (1,000 doll.) Bonds of the above-named. Company, and I hereby agree to accept such Bonds, or any smaller num ber that may be allotted to me, and to pay the further sums due thereon according to the terms of the Prospectus issued by you. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Signature Address in full Date.. .....1870 ISSUE OF £BOO,OOO STERLING ($4,000,000 I in GOLD), ' 7 per Cent., First Mortgage Bonds to Bearer of the ILLINOIS and ST. LOUIS BRIDGE COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the LIST of APPLICATIONS for these BONDS will CLOSE TO DAY (Wednesday), at Four o'clock, f or T own ; and on THURSDAY MORNING for the Country. J. 8. MORGAN AND CO. 22, Old Broad-street, sth April, 1870. GUILDHALL, 24th MARCH, 1870.—The Com mittee for Letting the City's Lands will meet at Guild hall, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th April next, at half-past One o'clock precisely, to receive proposals for Leases in Lots of the several Houses, Nos. 8,9, 10, 12, 13, and 14, Butcher-row, and Nos. 2,4, 6' 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, and 36, Whitehorse-street, Ratcliff. A Plan of the Property may be seen, and further particulars and Forms of Tender obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FEED.. BRAND, Comptroller. PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. LOOSELY, the Dentist by special appointment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic, and 23, MOORGATE-STREET, CITY. Established 1820. This, the most perfected system of painless dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as above. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps and decayed teeth rendered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected. Qualities: These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring ease and comfort unsurpassed —detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied • and youthful appearance restored—mastication and arti culation guaranteed. The " Times" of March 6 says :—" So good an imitation becomes the next best thiag to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only addresses, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic; and 23, Moorgate-street, E. C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. SAMARI'T'AN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. Subzeriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hat chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Mess's. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. A.D. 1720. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 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. OOTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. Dams STISWART-111DGE3ON, Esq Sub-Governor. CHAULES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-uovernor. DIREOTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, William Davidson, Esq Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druc,P, Esq. Frodk. JosephEdlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton; Esq. Robert Amadous IleatMq. Medical Referee, bami William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Novile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord J oseeline Wm. Percy. Charles - Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Youug, Esq. 110 Solly, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady-day will expire on the 9th of April. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantagebus terms. FIRE DUTY. This Tax having been abolished, -the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. FARMING STOOL—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding .£15,600 may be insured on one Life. . This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Oapi(al 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 Omixtrux A/CD A HALF. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. MR. DISRAELI'S AMENDMENT. A. defeat by 290 to 220 must have appeared quite cheering to a party which is accustomed to see itself in a minority of 100. The division, to abolish compensation for loss of occupation, was of course a strict in party fight. The Government, who were not such strong force as usual, gained the support of only one Conservative—Mr. Butler- Johnstone. The Conservatives had a very strong mus ter, and shared in addition the support of eight Liberals who voted against the Government. Their names are :—Messrs. R. S. Aytoun, C. VT. Ficz william, 11. Fitzwilliam, Viscount Burke, Sir A. C. Maitland, Lord Elcho, Sir J. C. Sinclair, and Mr. Whalley. - TILE MALT DUTIES. A correspondence is published between Mr. Thomas Smith, of Bungay, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of the Malt duties. Mr. Smith sets forth that malt pays from ls. to 2s. per quarter more duty in sum mer than in winter. This fact Mr. Lowe acknow ledges,and says that the maltster is benefited thereby. " Suppose he were," says Mr. Smith, " the absurdity would be just as great." At one malting in September he made 71 quarters of malt, and paid duty £79 13s. 80. or 225. 50. per quarter on malt. In December and January at one malting he made 4881 quarters of malt, and paid only £484195. Gd. duty, or about 19s. 11d. per quarter. The arrangement, Mr. Lowe replies, gives general satis faction to the trade. The assertion that more duty is incurred by steeping in warm than in cold weather is true, no doubt, as the grain swells more in warm weather ; but, as maltsters work very little in warm weather, the balance of gain is in their favour. MR. MILL ON EDUCATION. At a meeting of the National Associati on f or the Promotion of Social Science, Mr. J. S. Mill offered some remarks on the subject of edu cation. He said the most important part of the whole question was the quality of the instruction. In that meeting they had go t b ac k to the question of denominational teaching, which really could not be helped, and would continually recur until the matter was settled. One of the strongest arguments, he said, against denominational education was that any school sy s t em , t o b e econo mical and efficient, must allow of the formation of large schools. A denominational school could not be a large school, and he was very anxious that the League should take that point into consideration. He expressed his opinion that in a district ever so wide the local board could not be entrusted with the education of the poor. Take the rural districts for instance. They might as well do nothing for'the education of the poor agricultural labourer as to leave it to the farmers to say what that education should be. Then in towns what did they find? What did any body think of leaving anything which must be done for the good of the people to such a board as that of St. Pancras What was wanted most, he thought, was some more competent power to take the initia tive in education. He recommended the appoint ment of a Minister of Education, or a permanent board, with emissaries going about the country pro moting the best ideas and best methods of education. CONSUMPTION OF FOOD AND DRINK. _QinciaLrdwal show thg.whatgya nos,lattion KNIGHTSBRIDGE BARRACKS. Knightsbridge and its surrounding neighbour hood has taken fright at the inclusion in the esti mates of £5,000, and the intention of devoting £7,000 more next year towards the repair of what is considered a nuisance to the locality—the Knightsbridge Barracks. A deputation has waited upon Mr. Cardwell, whose heart must have been touched at the grievances set forth. Lord A. Churchill described the barracks and the streets in the immediate neigbourlwod as an " isthmus of barbarism." On either side he said there mrenosplendid mansions and a road.capable of accom modating any amount of traffic likely to be brought on it, but when they came to the barracks not only seas the road narrowed, but there was a bend in it. According to his lordship's further account this bend was not wholly physical, for adjacent was a neighbourhood that administered to a large amount of vice and immorality. Mr. Ward. Hunt stated that the barracks had been described as very much in the position of a dustbin interposed by an architect between the dining-room and drawing rooms in a large mansion. Mr. Cardwell intimated the impossibility of his promising to remove the barracks until a more convenient spot could be ob tained, THE LOSS OF THE ONEIDA. The Oneida collision has come before Congress. The Secretary of the Navy has furnished the infor mation he has been able to collect relative to the disaster. He finds that no blame could be attached to the officers or crew of the American war-ship; she was steering the proper course, and all necessary precautions had been taken. But the captain of the Bombay comes in for very severe censure. The Navy Department arrives at the conclusion, notwithstanding assertions on the English side that the collision was due to the bad navigation of the mail-steamer. No means, says the secretary, appear to have been taken by the captain of the Bombay to render any assistance to the Oneida, although it seems inevitable that he should have had reason to suppose that damage had been done which was serious and dangerous. Whatever doubt might exist as to the responsibility for the collision, there could hardly , be a question as to the conduct of the captain of the Bombay after the collision, and the United States Navy Department therefore feels it self constrained to say that it appears to have been the result of reckless disregard for human life and of the common obligations of humanity. This decisive report has moved the House of Representatives,to action. It has passed a resolution ordering an inquiry, and this resolution has gone to the Senate. The latter is a more prudent and cautious body than the House ; but whatever conclusion it may come to, it is clear that the unfor tunate occurrence has awakened the bitterest feeling in the United States. THE LOSS OF THE NORMANDY. The official inquiry into the circumstances attend ing the loss of the Normandy through collision with the Mary, has commenced at. Greenwich. The second mate and a seaman of the Normandy gave evidence which sheaved that the collision took place during a very dense fog. An allegation was also made that is of importance in considering the case. It was said that the Mary, was not carrying the masthead light which is required by law to be carried by all steamers when at sea. The second mite repeated the statement previously published with regard to one of the officers of the Mary refusing to go to the sinking steamer at a time when most of those who were lost might have been saved. ATLANTIC CABLES. The difficulty about submarine cables between France and the United States has been settled. Much discontent was awakened in the latter country by the French Government granting an exclusive concession to a French company to land a •cable from the United States in France. The Americans urged that if they allowed a French cable to be landed in the United States, the indulgence ought to Le reciprocal. The ques tion has been settled at last by the cancelling of the exclusive concession granted to the French company. WOMEN ' S INTEREST IN EMIGRATION. Miss Emily Faithfull, in speaking at the monthly meeting of the Victoria Discussion Society, has given us her ideas as to whether the subject of emigration is one in which women may take an interest. She said their interests were very deeply involved in it, Mr. Greg and other able writers had prescribed emi gration, and emigration alone, as the panacea foz the sufferings endured by what they were pleased to term " redundant " women. This she considered to be little less than transportation in a bene volent disguise. She thought that remunerative owpioyment should bs given to women at home but she would heartily advocate any plan of enii&ra: Lion for those who could not obtain a livelihood here and preferred to seek it elsewhere. She had beer: assured that if ladies would only learn to make butter, fatten poultry, and rear calves, they would find no lack of employment abroad. A LADY'S GRIEVANCE.- • Letters to the -Times have called attention to the fact of a Miss Mary Pechey having competed success fully at Edinburgh for a Hope scholarship, and yet having been refused the honour which she had gained. "A Bystander," writing from Edinburgh, says that a strong feeling of indignation is occasioned by this affair in that city. Dr. Crum Brown's refusal to award the scholar ship, he says, was " founded on the assumption that the women now studying in the University class do not form a part of the University class, on account of their meeting at a different hour." At the same time time the Professor awards the lady the bronze medal to which members of the university class are alone entitled. Miss Pechey is entitled to a Hope scholarship, being one of the first four at the close of a written examination. The question has been referred to the Senatus, who will decide whether the authorities who allowed a lady to compete in an examination with a full understanding that she was trying for a scholarship, will be justified in putting aside her claims with a pretty medal. BURGLARS' PARADISE. The facilities for committing burglary in the City of London are worth notice. The other night a party of cracksmen made an assault upon a jeweller's shop in one of the most public places in the metro polis—Fleet-street. According to the account given by the jeweller himself, the robbers had to bore through a ponderous iron shutter, of great weight and strength, and enclosing the whole street-front of the shop in an armour plate. The robbers succeeded in drilling a hole through this defence, the operation, which was conducted in an open street, lasting a con siderable time. The, second line of defence, a plate-glass window of great thickness, and presenting an arched front to the instruments, was even more formidable, but the attack prevailed after two hours' operations. Then the cracksmen commenced fishing for necklaces and jewellery, of which some £6,000 worth was kept in the window; and according to Mr. Attenborough, the jeweller, they failed only because the aperture in the shutter was too small to admit both fishing tackle and a light. The daring of the attempt in such a place as Fleet street is wonderful; but more wonderful still is the behaviour of the police, who allowed a gang of skilled burglars to carry on this lengthy performance without interruption. Two other jewellers shops have jmn plunde;ed • - • • - A little volume just published by Mr. Mach michael, late secretary of the Cambridge Club, gives the following results of the races between Oxford. and Cambridge from 1829 to 1869:—1n 1829 the race from llambledon Lock to Henley Bridge, a dis tance of 2+ miles, was won easily by Oxford. The next challenge was in 1834, when it was declined. by Oxford on the ground of the course selected. In 1.836 the race from Westminster Bridge to Putney was won easily by Cambridge. In 1837 no race was arranged in consequence of a dispute about the course. In 1839, from Westminster to Putney, Cambridge won easily. In 1840 Oxford was defeated over the same course after a prolonged struggle. In 1841 Cambridge won easily from Westminster to Putney. In 1842 Ox ford won over the same course by 13 seconds only. In 1843 and 1844 there was no match. In 1845 from Putney to Mortlake, Cambridge won easily. In 1846 Oxford was beaten with almost ridiculous ease. In 1847-8 no match was arranged. In 1849 Cambridge won easily. In 1850 and 1851 there was no race. In 1852 Oxford won. No race in 1853. In 1854 Oxford won again. In 1855 there was no University race. In 1856, in a down-stream race from Mortlake to Putney, Cambridge won. In 1857 Oxford retrieved. Cambridge did the same in 1858. From that date the good fortune of Cambridge rapidly waned. In 1860 Cambridge won, after a very hard contest, their last victory. The account stands that, out of 26 races in all, Oxford has won 10 and Cambridge only 10. MARRIAGE IN PRUSSIA. The average age for marrying in the department of Wetzlar is twenty-seven, we are told by Mr. J. P. Harriss-Gastrell in his report re specting the tenure of land in Prussia. The well-to-do peasants in some of the villages, however, marry later, and it is seldom that more than two or three children adorn their homes. Marrying for love is by no means the custom, and the affair is a strict matter of contract. The parents, in accordance with a custom not altogether restricted to the French, usually negotiate the marriage. Weddings seldom occur bet Ween . persons of different villages. The people living in tnem are practically as much separated as if they were hundreds of miles apart. It is said that the Jews take advantage of a ball at which the matrons arrange their daughters' marriages, and bargains differing in no respect, except in the article of traffic, from the sale of an ox, are shrewdly closed to the sounds of gay music and the dancing feet of generous youth; "from which account," the Pall Mall Gazette remarks, "there would appear to be a great resemblance between London and Wetzlai after all." FRANCE. The political news from France is important. The army contingent, .which was fixed by the law of 1867 at 100,000 men, will be reduced this year to 00,000—one step in the right direc tion at all events. The new constitution is, it seems, to be submitted to the approbation of a plebiscitum, which the Government guarantees will be carried out with perfect freedom. This experiment excites great discontent amongst the advanced Liberals. DISTURBANCES LN SPAIN. A telegram from Madrid, dated yesterday, says := A riotous resistance to the conscription was made yesterday in the neighbourhood of Barcelona, and barricades were erected at Sauz, which, however, were easily taken by the troops. The rioters took refuge in the houses, which were attacked by artillery, and order was completely restored by 3 p.m. Several persons were killed and many wounded. Disturbances also occurred at the suburb a San Antonio, which were immediately suppressed. ANOTHER FRENCH TRIAL. The Pierre Bonapaete nine days' wonder has given place In France to another absorbing topic in the shape of a case, less tragic, but more mysterious than the Victor Noir affair, now being tried before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine.' This is an action for " sequestration "—the French for illegal imprisonment—brought by a certain M. Teulat against Prince Raymond de Broglie and a medical man, Dr. Gerard de Cailleux. M. Tetilat r theplaintiff, is WU. a young man ; being - a good scholar;:,- he—hail em braced private tutorship, and in the course of the year 1865 he became private resident tutor to the children of Prince Auguste de Broglie, brother of the defendant, nephew to the late, and cousin to the present duke. For three years he continued on the best terms with the family ; Prince Anguste,,whose health was very bad, breathed his last, but M. Teulat continued to discharge his professional duties, but suddenly he was dismissed by the widowed princess, for what reason did not transpire. A few months later M. Teulat, who had found another berth, was arrested, taken to the Prefecture de Police, where he was detained for several days, and then examined by a Dr. Lassegne, who certified that he was labouring under " partial delirium," and had him confined at the St. Anne Lunatic Asylum. The directorof this establishment, after carefully observing his conduct for about a week, came to the conclusion that he ryas per fectly sane, and offered to release him, provided he under took to leave Paris immediately. M. Teulat refused to, make any such undertaking. He was thereupon trans • - ferred to another madhouse, where, after a little time, a! similar proposal was made him,which he equally persisted' in declining. He remained in this asylum until the 26th' of March, when he was dismissed precisely in the same condition as he was when first kidnapped, and without (according to his own account), having been subjected to any treatment whatever. Such are the facts of the case as the plaintiff puts it. He claims from Prince Raymond de Broglie £4,000 damages. M. Teulat alleges that it was he who had him kidnapped and sequestrated, as described above," without even con sulting the Princess Au gus t e de Broglie, his . former, employer, now deceased, as well as her husband."' But the watchful exponent of French... nip- . teries, the Figaro, assures us that there is much more to be revealed. Though the lively Paris newspaper professes to be chary of dealing with such a subject, the Prince and P r i nce s s A ugus t e de Broglie being both dead, yet it intimates that M. Teulat, as it appears from his own letters, was deeply in love with the Princess„ , and the case will probably turn on the issue whether the violence of his passion had temporarily bereft him of his senses, and driven the young widow's brother-in-law, Prince Raymond, to the strong measure of having M. .Teulat locked up in a mad house 'to (protect her from the amorous tutor's im portunities. The Figaro, notwithstanding its "chariness," treats the public to one very strange scene. In 1807. Prince Auguste de Broglie was labouring under a very dangerous disease of the chest, and required his doctors to tell him the real truth as to his chances of recovery. The physicians recommended his going to Nice, but confessed that the only possible result of the journey would be to prolong his life by a few months. Under these circumstances the Prince declined to leave Paris,: preferring to die in his own house, and have his' wife and children near him to the last. Th e P r i ncess was ' duly informed of the critics) state of her husband, and in', an agony of despair withdrew to her own room to coin mumcate the sad tidings to her family. She was seated! at her desk writing, when she heard the door open ; she' looked up, and seeing it Was only M. Teulat, the tutor, resumed her writing. Suddenly she felt a pair of burning lips pressed to her cheek her children's tutor had embraced her ! The young Princess started angrily from her seat and made for the, bell, but M. Teulat fell on his knees before her, Implored' her forgiveness, and obtained it. The Princess, on the advice of her confessor, acquainted her husband, who also was magnanimous enough to forgive the mad tutor, and to shake hands with him before he died. M. Teulat continued to educate the Prince's sons and it would seem that he renewed his advances as ulti mately Madame Auguste de Broglie had to dismiss him ; and a few weeks later he was kidnapped and immured in a lunatic asylum as described above. Previously to his arrest, it is said he had been summoned to the office of M. Mettetal, the head of the municipal police, and ordered ,o leave Paris, and that it was on his refusal that helves lodged in a lunatic asylum on the strength of a medical certificate. bUICIDE AT DURHAM.—A. shocking case of suicide occurred at Durham on Saturday afternoon. •It seems that in December last a young man, named Josiah Rig - nell, son of a livery stable-keener living at Croydon, left home, taking with him a companion and a sum of £450, the moneys of his father. Since that time the youth was robbed of £3OO of the £l5O by his companion, and he him self had been living in Durham. Having run through his money, he was take n b e f o re the local magistrates on Saturday by the hotel keeper with whom he had been staying, but acquitted of any criminal offence. On the same morning he received a telegram from his father, warning him against returning home, and the two circum stances together so weighed on the young man's mind that he placed himself in front an coming train, near the rail way station, and was literally cut in pieces. Mr. Alexander Richards, a gentleman of independen... property, was returning with his wife and friend from a fishing excursion at Nanteos; near Aberystwith, when the horse bolted, and Mr. and Mrs. Richards were thrown from the carriage. Mr: Richards was picked up senseless, and died on Tuesday morning. His wife is in 5 precarious state, and their friend much injured. 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