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TTIE SCOTCH MOORS ropean 0 adopt N". 24,492• This day is published, W HAT I SAW OF TIIE WAR AT TIIE BATTLE S OF The grouse, ptarmigan, and blackcock shooting season closed in Perthshiro. on Saturday. The sport enjoyed on the Perthshire rimers during the past season has, generally speaking, not.been equalled for at least the last five years.- The weather from the 12th August to the end of October was all that could he desired for shooting, and in nearly all the districts of Perthshire grouse were not only found in great abundance, but the birds large and in the best condition. On the moors of Breadal bane and Athole the number of grouse bagged has not boon exceeded for a long series of years. In the district between Aberfoldy and Crieff the' success of sportsmen was unprecedented. In the Oomrie and Callander dis tricts of the county the bags of grouse wore, as a general rule, unusually heavy. On the Ochils, the sport was far better than was anticipated. At Carim, two guns shot upwards of two thousand head of game, principally grouse. Notwithstanding the large number of grouse killed in all parts of the county, an abundant stock of strong, healthy birds has been left for breeding next season. Ptarmigan were found to be unusually plentiful, and in many instances excellent bags were secured. Blackcock shooting also proved a great success, and in several places the number of birds killed was larger than has ever been recorded. The fine open weather which prevailed till within the ,last few days allowed mountain-hare shooting to be prose cuted without interruption, and upon the' whole twice as many hares have been shot as in any previous season. The Earl of Mansfield and party shot in a single day, r-cir the Logiealmond. hills, no fewer than 1,100 rnoun thin hares. In all the forests of the county deer-stalkers enjoyed excellent sport. In Glenartney forest alone, 35 head of deer were shot, and a number of the animals were of large size, and with splendidly-developed heads. Scotsman. NEWS FRO3I INDIA The Overland Mail has brought news from Bombay to the 16th of November. The Calcutta papers state that the public reception of Lord Mayo on his arrival at Cal cutta on the Sth of November was "singularly cold." The fears entertained for the crops in Orissa, owing to the continued dry weather, had been somewhat dispelled by the latest accounts. A surveying party under Lieut. Nor man, Ist Sikh Infantry, had had a brush with a band of Waziris in the Girnee Valley, but Lieutenant Norman's Henry-Martini is said to have made them " effect a hasty disappearance." A severe cyclone bad passed over the Bay of Bengal. No loss to shipping is, however, reported. Along the Madras coast the storm was particularly severe. Upwards of 16,000 heads of families of different castes in the North-Western Provinces had signed an agreement to re duce their expenditure on marriage ceremonies. The war in Europe had impoverished the shawl-weavers of the Punjab. The Maharajah of Jummoo and Cashmere is said to have given peremptory orders for the apprehensions of the murderers of Mr, Hayward, in order to punish them. The Maharajah of Travancore, has, it is stated, made up his mind to pay a visit to England during next year. The deaths are announced of Captain Burnett, Royal Artillery, of cholera, on the first march from Mhow to Nusseerabad, and of Captain Ducat, of the Bengal Army. RYSTAL PALACE. - THE - WINTER vv GABDEN.—SPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE. Delightfully "arm. Wet or Dry. All approaches under cover. Admission .... 10.0 to 5. 0 F es tival Organ .......... 5 . 0 Orchestral Band. 4. 0 I Admission, Is., or by Guinea Season Tickets. Present 'saue, dating Twelve -.Sleuths from • ' Ist December , at all zadrances. 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Be- Lnd took alry, rapidly Mobiles to 8,000. h about icamped ry shorb writing: animals; ept the ne and he cellar ever did we lamb at them a smell n extra- Mobile s money Italians fighting, pture or Mobiles 3 genera/ r the re ferees at accessful 6zaine on 3 appear ory has Marshal r, that emain 1 0 ortnight, g France retreat ;ral deg' there is DSO Nag• le nerVeo e spirits, ind most ma y be it famllY seaciousr night be hey on ions sub landau blessing' Nickans , in 3oileo, )rge Salis Jai:flie d Justice 1, W. C. ) Louisa. ser,Esq., urge Ogg-, on, Mrs• - f' FoE, of him a/ ct of the The C. 11. CLARKE, l'it, PATERNOSTER ROW And all Booksellers and Ilewsmen. Now Published, WINTER JOURNEY TO ROME AND BACK, WM AN ACCOUNT OF TDB OPENING OP FUR (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, AND GLANCES AT MILAN, FLORENCE, NAPLES, POMPEII, AND VENICE. BY WILLIAM EVILL. STANFORD, Charing Cross. Price 4g. ed. " Mr. W. Evil has written a lively and agreeable account of ' A Winter Journey to Rome.' Ills descriptions of scenery in the Alps and of the Italian cities are exceedingly graphic, shewing much sympathy with nature, and a refined intelligence, Though the style of the book is somewhat sketchy, it is thoroughly readable, especially in the passages referring to the Council, which have in some degree the value of contemporary history."— Daily Telegraph. " Those who,have followed the well-known route, and visited the spots described by Mr. Evill, are scarcely likely to add much to their fund of information by reading his lively sketches yet we are far from saying that the publication is superfluous. To gain knowledge is not the only object which induces a man or woman to take ap a new volume ; and if Mr. Evill does not add distinctly to our stock, he has the art—a rare ono—of placing familiar scenes in a fresh and agreeable light. book has the merit of being thoroughly readable."—Fall Mali Gazette. "Having read the book through from cover to cover—of itself an eulogium from any reviewer—we could certainly not spare Mr. Evill% always animated, often graphic, and more than once or twice really eloquent descriptions, any more than we could spare his account of the wonderful pageantry of the Papal func tions in Rome, and of the marvellous masterpieces in sculpture and painting scattered among the Palaces ansi Basilicas. . . . As a graphic delineator of the superb scenery and the renowned cities through which he made this winter journey, he has acquitted himself admirably well."—Sun. " The author has evidently a feeling for the beautiful and the ,picturesque, and describes what he saw in forcible and some times eloquent language. . . Notwithstanding his well worn subject, Mr. Evill has produced an agreeable little volume, which may not unprofitably detain the reader." —Daily News. " There is no pretension whatever about the book of travels, and though it relates very little of what is new, it tells of nothing that is uninteresting, vapid, or dull. To the truthfulness of its descriptions of places and works of art we can thoroughly testify, and assure our readers that such of them as are meditating an Italian tour could not possibly do better than furnish themselves with a copy:"—Bell's Weekly Messenger. - - - - " Evill's visit to Rome was opportunely timed to enable him to witness the great gathering of prelates' in attendance at tho opening of the Ecumenical Council ; his journey was accomplished with great rapidity, but his hasty en route sketches are lively and amusing."—Record. " In this pleasant little book we have an abundance of inter esting matter, such as a professed bookmaker might extend into the compass of two goodly volumes ln the very first page we are satisfied with the book, and are engrossed with its contents We recommend the entire little volume as well to readers as to intending tourists in search of continental information."—News of the World. _ _ The ground was all new to Mr, Evill, and, in spite of the season of the year, he saw it under peculiarly favourable cir cumstances. Ile has an eye quick to see, and a pen that enables him to tell right pleasantly, and not a little vividly, what he has seen. . . . . Mr. Evill was fortunate enough, in company with his Mend, Mr. Charles Kent, the poet, to see the pro cession in St.. Peter's, on the opening day of the Vatican Council. His description of it is very graphic. Western Morning News. " Italy has been described to the reading world again and again, and, therefore, the charm of Mr. Evill's book is not the charm of novelty, but it has a charm. There is a fresh, inge nuous manner, that appeals to the reader. Tho author records his impressions and describes minutely the beality of tho Italian scenery without a thought of the travellers who have gone before. Some passages, descriptive, are really excellent. The exterior and interior of Milan cathedral are put before us in glowing terms, and the long ceremonies of the opening of the (Ecumenical Council are forcibly described. His description of Venice is excellent. Mr. Evill's word-painting is far above the average of such descriptions. We are sure that readers, after a perusal of this book, will have a vivid impression of the scenery described, and be grateful to Mr. Evil for his pleasant recency,- tions."—Lloyd's Weekly News. "Accuracy of description will cause this little book to be read, and. probably enjoyed, by those Englishmen and English. women whom necessity keeps at home year after year . . . The profits are to be given to a chari t y , and we heartily wish it every success, and think that many untravelled Englishmen will find something to interest them in Mr. Evill's " Winter Journey to Rome."—The Examiner. " This little volume, containing, together with careful descrip tions of places and cities, an account of the opening of the CReumenical.Couneil, It is worthy of notice, is dedicated, not in irony or withot permon, but in friendshi and with full .. authority, by a u Protesta is nt si to a Roman Catholic. There may be many worse preparations for a visit to the city which still is queenlike, if no longer queen, than a perusal of this unpreten tious, but instructive volume ; and the author's remarks touching that Church, the services and worship of which serve to make up the entire life of mode rn Rome may grieve, but will not I affront, a liberal Roman Catholic, and may command the assent, but will not shock the better feelings, of a Liberal Protestant."— Illustrated London News. Best Advertising Paper in the Western Counties. pE WESTERN MORNING NEWS. A. First-Class Daily Paper, the oldest in the district. Inde pendent in opinions. The earliest and fullest in news. Circu lates among all classes and parties and the best medium for Advertisers. Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon appli cation to the Publisher, Edward Ilawkings, 31, George-street, Plymouth. Just published, price Is M., by post Is. 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In bottles 2s. 6d., 45., 45. 6d., 7s. ed., and lls. The old Dr.'s Sarsdparilla Pills are the most popular medicine known for all bilious affections, liver and stomach complaints, and indigestion, as proved by thousands. •Also, Sarsaparilla Ointinent, the bat soother of all sores, Mums, and scalds ; each in boxes, ls. lid., Ls. 9d., and 4s. fid. ;.iby post, 15, 30, and CO stamps. DINNEFOR D' S FLUID MAGNESIA.- 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 aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Children, and Infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 172, New Bond-street, London, and of all other Chemists throughout the world. Q SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE , ki• Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin, especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. Bankers, ndon and South Western (Holloway Branch), HUGH B.GOUGH, Hon, Sec. THE WAR.—TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. All im portant events telegraphed DAILY, from 8 a.m. to 6 pan.; to Newspapers, Clubs, Exohanges, and Reading Booms, for THIRTY-NINE SHILLINGS per QUARTER prepaid. Two Or more telegrams sent every day. Commercial News and Markets on moderate terms. CENTRAL PRESS, 112, Strand, W.C.. and 2, Telegraph-street, B.C. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA. is un equalled in its effect hi producing Luxuriant Whiskers and 31oustachios. It is en infallible remedy for Baldness, and con tains the essential requisites for Cleansing, Bcautifying, and Restoring the Hair. 22, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE RELIEF and REPRESSING AIENDICITY. President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD. Treasurer —II. B. Praed, Esq, Hon. Secs.—Alsager Hay Hill and George M. Hicks, Esqs. Object of the Society.—The establishment of a Charity Office in every Poor Law District in the metropolis, such office to be the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district. DISTRICT COMMITTEES in union with the Society ; ST. MARYLEBONE.—Office, 161, Marylebone-roacl, N.W. ST. GEORGE'S, Hapovr-squaro.—Oflice, 28, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, W. WESTMINSTER.—Office, 38, James's-street S.W. PADDINGTON.—OftIee, 3, Leinster-street, W. MILE-END OLD-TOWN.—ollice, Vestry-hall, tancroft-road, • Mile-end-road, E. BATTERSEA.—Office, 3, Verona-street, York-road, S.W. LAMBETH.—Office, 49, Upper Kennington-lane, S.E. CLAPHAM.—Office, 11, Polygon, S.W. CHELSEA.—Office, 57, Flood-street, S.W. KENSINGTON. — Office, 39, Holland-street, W. HAMPSTEAD.--Office, corner of Church-land, High-street, N.W. DEPTFORD.—Office, St. John's Mission-hall, King-street, Broad way, S.E. ST. MARY, NEWINGTON.—OfiIco, 188, Walworth-road, S.E. ST. GILES'S-IN-THE-FIELDS.-oflice, 7 High-street, St. Ciles's ST. PANCRAS.—Office, 17, NN oburn-buildings, W.C. CONTRIBUTIONS towards the extension of this organisation throughout the metropolis may be paid at the office of the Society, or to Messrs.' Coutts and Co., 50, Strand, W.C. The funds of the central office are for purposes of organisa. ' tion only, not for relief. C. B. P. BOSANQUET, Secretary C. J. RIBTON-TURNER, Orgaulsing Secretary. Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand, W.O. OHWEPPE'S MINERAL WATERS. SOIIWEPPE'S SODA WATER, Bo celebrated now for upwards of a century, SCHWEPPE'S LEMONADE, A most gratehil and refreshing beverage, so useful in cases of Fever. SCHWEPPE'S POT k.SS WATER, Strongly recommended by the Faculty in oases of Gout, &o. SOHWEPPE'S MALVEIN SELTZER; ---- Prepared from the Malvern Water, so renowned for ita purity. HA RR 00 ATE MINERAL WATERS The. Publis eon now be supplied wfth these world-renowned and invaluable Waters, which annually give relief to thousands of sufferers from GOUT, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, DERANGEMENT of the LIVER, DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, &O. Till AERATED NATURAL IRON WATER is distinctly Tonic, and is a delicious beverage for giving strength and vigour to tho system. See Medical Certificates, vide Press. Price as. per dozen. Of all Chemists and Family Grocerft. ----------- Hampers containing 4 dozen 225., delivered free within twelve Miles of London ; 9d. per dozen allowed on returned Empties. C,onvaleseent Homes and Sehools supplied at wholesale prices. For further particulars apply to W. WHITTLE AND CO. 63, GREAT TOWER-STREET, LONDON, E. C. " The Aerated Natural Iron Water Is a very pleasant and invigorating effervescent Chalybeate, and may be taken -as an oa,dinary beverage with great advantage."---Queen. Six dozen hamper, 365. is. per dozen allowed on returned empties, and 6s. on hamper. Of all chemists and family grocers; or Richard Davis, 20, Maddox-street, Regent-street. W. Whole. sale only of William Whittle and Co., 63, Great Tower-street, E. C. ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR. (CHAPMAN and Co.'s PATENT:) Is recommended by the Faculty as the best feed for INFANTS, as it Is very easy of digestion, and contains in due proportion all .the. sub stances required for a healthy growth. ENTIRE IN HEAT FLOUR (CHAPMAN and Co.'s PATENT.) Is acknowledged to be the most wholesom6 and nutritious diet for CHILDREN, its richnekis in earthy phosphates ensuring healthy develop moat of the teeth and bony frame. ENTIRE WHEAT OU AN R. e F II L APM and Co.'s PATENT.) Is recommended for the use of Invalids, as far more sustaining than krrowroot, Corn Flour, &c., which are often rejected, when the Entire Wheat Flour is taken with relish. Retail of Family Grocers, &0., in h ail., Od., and is. packets, and Is. tins. V, olesale of ORLANDO JONES and Co., 18 Billiter-strcet, R IC Manufact STARurers of the GOLD MEDAL E CH. QOUSCRIPTION FRANCAISE.-FRENCH )...j 'SUBSCRIPTION for the VICTIMS of the WAR.--The Committee will be thankful to RECEIVE further DONATIONS; and, without any unnecessary expenses, to undertake their safe and fair application to the most deserving cases of distress amongst the following : The SICK and WOUNDED SOLDIERS. The STARVING and HOMELESS PEASANTRY and WORK MEN in the invaded provinces. The DESTITUTE PRISONERS in Germany. As heretofore, subscriptions will be thankfully received by the twelve members of the Committee only. Cheques to be made payable to Messrs. Ch. Devatu: and Co. Publication in the news papers will servo as a receipt. Total amount received up to the 7th December, £4,183 Bs. lld. The distributions amount to £3,848 6s. Od. PAUL PIERRARD, lion. Secretary, 44, Coleman-strect,SC. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON REFUGES FOR HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN and CHICHESTER TRAINING SlllP.—Upwarcis of 500 Boysand Girls are now being supported in these Refuges and Ship., Owing to 'the benevolent and praiseworthy exertions which have for several months been made to aid the sick and Wonndod in the present'War, the funds 'for the support of these Refuges And Ship have decreased considerably. An urg ent appeal is therefore made for assistance to su pp ort the inmates. - • 45 will keep a boy or a girl for one year, and £1 ss. for a month. Contributions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 214, High Holborn, W.Ce., and 41, Lot bury E.C., and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C7 CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. special APPEAL for the NEW WING Amount still required, 44,000. • Number of beds now occupied, 120. Number of beds available with proposed addition, 104. 'he Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. . ankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 64, Lombard - street HENRY SEWELL, lion. Sec. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. SCHWEPPB'S BOTTLES Are protected by a Label having Name and 'Trade Mark. Manufactories at London, Liverpool, Derby, Bristol, Glasgow and Malvern. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ashurst, Morris and Co., 9, Old .Jewry, E.C. BROKERS. Messrs. 'Walker and Lumsden, 25, Austin Friars, B.C. SECRETARY.. 4hll FolllBtOn Hunt, Esq. OFFICES. 36, Parliament-street. PROSPECTUS. The object of this Company is to acquire and work as oue con solidated undertaking two separate Metropolitan Tr/11119110, incorporated under special Acta of Parliament passed in the two last sessions, viz., those of 1. The Metropolitan Street Tramways Cioupany (tho first Company which obtained an Act for Tramways in I d eation): 2. The Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich Street Tramways Catipany. The Two Tramway Corppanies before mentioned are, by their present Acts, empowered to construct and work Tr tmways in nearly all the main thoroughfares on the south side, and extending to Victoria Station, Pimlico, on tho north side of the Thames, comprising 25 miles of street, partly single, but principally double lines, making altogether about 45i miles of Tramways. The accompanying map shows the authorised, Tramways• marked red, from which it will be seen that they traverse very populous districts and are important, not only as local, but also as trunk lines. The Metropolitan Company has constructed and opened ftcr traffic the lines from Brixton and Clapham to near the south end of Westminster Bridge,. by direct cash outlay, and these lines are, by the terms of the Amalgtunation Agreement, to be made over to this Company by the exchange of the Shares of the Metropolitan Company for Shares in this Company at par. The Pimlico Company engages to hand over their portion of tho lines completed to this Company in sections free of all ex penses, risks, or contingencies, at the same mileage cost as that of the Metropolitan Company. Tho total estimated out lay on all the authorised lines on this basis, including equip ment,wll! b 0 provided by the share capital of £250,000 and ar ltended issue of debontares £70,000, fraying an tuiiplo margi for working capital. Tho first section of the Greenwich line, viz., from Blackheath 11111 to New Cross„ has been opened for traffic, and the continua ticn of that line to East Greenwich is under construction, and will be in operation by the end of the year (1870). By this and the above arrangements, the capital will 'be remunerative as soon as called up. The returns from the working of the fragmentary portion of the lines from Brixton to Kennington, which alone has been opened for any length of time, have been audited by M. Broom,. of the firm .ef Broom, hen, and Hays, public ac countants, and Mr. Tenaftn,.who are the auditors, and for the Brat three months of the opening were found to yield a not return at the rate of ton Der cent. per annum on the capital expenditure. The subsequent results are equally satisfactory, and the traffic is steadily increasing. The only other experience of Tramway working in London is the line which is now open between Viiiitechapel and Bow, and the result, from the audited accounts, shows 12'per cent. net profit. • Street Tramways, althoug operation little known in this country, have been in verys, profitablp formally years in most nf thef Eu large cities of America t. Pe and Canada, and also on tho Conti ent orope, in Stersburgh , Vienna, Brussels, Copen hagen, Sm., paying dividends generally of not less than 10 per cont. on the Capital invested, and the shares command good premiums. The Capital Account of most of the. American Com panies shows an expenditure per mile greatly exceeding that required by this Company, and with the easy gradients in the Metropolis (a most important item in the economy of working). and by the judicious administration which experience has breeaglit to hear, thera_cau_lai.no doubt that Tramways will prove highly profitable here. By the improvements effected it construction by using the groove rail, the objections previously existingto the American Tramways have been removed. Last Session the whole subject of Tramways was investigated by Select Committees of both Houses of Parliament, and in the result a General Act was passed under which local authorities canpurchase Tramways in their district on a valuation (ex cluding goodwill) at the end of twenty ono years, but in the case of the Companies above mentioned, this period is extended to twenty-eight years, in consideration of their having been as an equitable equivalent for these exceptional privileges, and in consideration of these Companies transferring their interest without goodwill, there is reserved to the original Shareholders one-half of the surplus profits of the Company after payment of a dividend of six per cent. per annum, so that the originators of the scheme continue Interested in the undertaking, and are remunerated according to its' success. , Important extensions of the existing lines are being I for, the benefit of which is made over to this Company. applied I If no allotment be made the Deposita will be returned in full. The Acts of Incorporation and the Agreement for Amalga mation can be inspected tho Offices of the Solicitors of the Company. The Agreement is dated the nth day of December, 1870, and the names of the parties to it are as follows :—The Metropolitan Street Tramways Company and the Pimlico," Peck ham, and Greenwich Stre etTramWa y s Company of the first part, John Foulston liunt on behalf of this Company then intended to be fogned of the second part, and certain Shareholders of the Matto, Peekharn, and Greenwich Street TralllWaYS Com pany of the third part. Application for Shares may be made to the Bankers. Pros pectuses with Forms of Application can be obtained of the Brokers, and at the Offices of the Company. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Estalished by Charter of his Msjesty" George the First.) For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. OMCO, 29, PALL MALT * S.W. JAMES STEWART 1101 CHARLES JOHN MANNIN FRANCIS ALEXANDER HAIIILI DIREC DGSON, Esq., Governor. go, Esq., Sub-Governor TON, Esq., Deputy-Governor. TORS. • . Robert Barclay, Esq• Egerton Hubbard, Esq. John Garrett CattleY, Esq• Nevilo Lubbock, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. George Forbes Ai al colnison, Esq Edward James Daniell, Esq. Lord Josceline William Percy. William Davidson, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Lancelot WillianiDe.nt, Esq. Sir Joint Rose. Alexander Drum, IM7sq• SamuerLeo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Chas. Ifermann Goschen, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Montagu C. Wilkinson, Esq. Wilmot 'Tolland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. .Medical Referee, BA EL SOLLY, Esq., F.B.S. --- NOTICE —The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th of January. FIRE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY.—This ge for t'ax having been INSURANCE abolished, S. the PREMIUM is NOW the only char FIRE FARMING STOCK.—No extra charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing-Machines. LIFE ASSURANCES arc granted with, or without, participa tion in Profits ; in the latter case at reduced rates of Premium. The divisions of Profit take place EVERY FIVE YEARS. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. The Corporation bear the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees. A Libora l par ticipation in Profits, with tho guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption, under Royal Charter, from the liabilities of partnership. Tho advantages of modern practice, with the Security of nn Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of a CENTURY AND A-11Am ROYAL EXeilA.Nafi, LONDON. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL WINTER EXHI BITION of CABINET PTCTURES by British and Foreign Artists is now OPEN, at the FRENCH GALLERY, 120, Pall Mall, from nine till half-past five o'clock. Admission, Is. Cata logues, ad. _ . • The Dublin Evening Mail announces the death of Mr. Charles Shaw, Q.C., who was for a short time law advisor to the Duke of Abercorn, when Lord-Lieutenant. The armies investing Paris are in the midst of a whiter campaign. The air is so cold that we shiver at night in rooms where wood fires hare been blazing all day. Not one green spot is to be seen in this most fertile land, where the vine grows everywhere in l u xuriant , abundance. The leafless trees are like giant Appetres — e very branch, is stiff and hoary ; a thick 'snow covers e v e r y field, 'and road, and housetop, and flakes are "descenilifig with steady deterthination' that discountenances all hope of , milder weather.—Times Correspondent. The Lord Mayor of London has refused a request made by Mr. Merriman and his friends to grant the Guildhall for a public meeting on the war. Looking at the requisition presented, his lordship rema rked that he a did not see the name of single banker to it, nor of any of the gentlemen in the City who usually took a conspi cuous part on great public occasions, nor.of any of the magistrates of the City except one. The Carlist newspapers announce that the Infante Don Alfonso will marry Dona Maria das Neves, eldest daughter of Don Miguel, the late King of Portugal. A Papal dispensation will be abtained to set aside the bar of consanguinity. Dong Maria is described as a princess of ' distinguished person, amiable character, and very superior culture. Her husband will be her junior by about live years. THE LATE GALE. The smack Arbitrator, of Wexford, while proceeding to the Lucifer lightship, Wexford, with stores, on Satur day, was seen to hoist signals of distress. Accordingly the Civil Service Lifeboat of the National Life Boat Institution proceeded out to her, and found the vessel stranded. She then took off the crew of five men and the captain, and two of the crew of the light ship. The master of the smack, however, remained on board, and while the lifeboat was waiting for him his vessel began to move. Thereupon some of the crew of the lifeboat boarded her, hoisted sail, and remained with her until she was in safety. A vessel was seen with signals of distress flying close to the breakers on the north-east Cockle Sand, near Great Yarmouth,. on Sunday, during bad weather. The Caister large lifeboat belonging to the Lifeboat Society quickly went off to her, and with the aid of a steamer, rescued her and her crow from imminent peril. In boarding the vessel—which was the brig Wanderer, of Whitby—one of the lifeboat men fell between the ship and the lifeboat, and was with difficulty rescued, another man was also badly bruised in a similar manner. The Ramsgate lifeboat Bradford, and steam-tug Vulcan, went out on Sunday night, during a strong S.S.E. in reply to signals front the Gull Light Ship. On speaking the vessel the lifeboatmen were informed that a largo flare light had been seen from a ship on shore on tho Goodwin Sands, and after proceeding round the back of the Sands, the lifeboat found the schooner Marinj, of Terno, bound from Hamburgh to Port Legro, with a general cargo, stranded there. The sea was break ing heavily over her, but fortunately, as the tide flowed, the steamer and lifeboatjwere enabled to extricate her, and bring her safely into harbour. Mr. Lupton, a member of the English bar, Registrar to the Queen's College, Galway, has been ap pointed to the Professorship of Jurisprudence and Political Economy in that College, vacant by the re tirement of Professor Cairnes. Mr. Moffat, Professor of English Literature and Mental Science, becomes registrar. The will of the late General It. E. Lee has been admitted to probate. It is in the handwritinc , of the de ceased, and was written in 184 G. G. W. C. Lee and Mrs. Lee are the executors. Colonel Charles Marshall, of Baltimore, has been selected to write the biography of the Aato General Leo. Under the title of " Found Drowned," a dramatised version of Mr. Charles Dickens's " Our Mui ual Friend" nnEniill2._. Night at the,Oira pomique. The scenery will be paiiigirTita--zne cast includes the names of Mr. G. F. Rowe (who has dramatised the novel), Mr. John Nelson, and Mr. Sam Emery. Mr. Rowe will sustain two charaters, one being that of Mr. Wegg. A. Norwegian seaman, named Thorstensen, is in custody at Hartlepool, charged with murdering a sailor named Brown, with whom he had quarrelled on Sunday night, outside a public house in which they had been drinking together. It appears that the men came to blows, when Thorstensen suddenly d rew his knife and in flicted a wound on Brown, which proved fatal in the course of a few minutes. The Freeman's Journal announces the death, at Cork, of Archdeacon She. The Archdeacon was ac counted ono of the most eminent divines in the Irish (Catholic) Church, a profound and brilliant scholar, as well as an erudite theologian and e lo q uent preacher. He was last survivor of the coterie of wits and scholars who made Cork famous forty years ago, and at that time was froc - uent contributor to E' nglish magazines. TUR RRPRESENTATION OF MEATH.—It is ru moured that a repeal, or home government, candidate will he started for Meath. The question so prominently put forward in the late Irish elections, at Longford, Waterford. and Dublin, is not alluded to in the address of the only candidate now soliciting the votes of the Meath electors, nor was it mentioned in the address of Mr. Panes, Q.C., who has retired. The party, although every where in a minority, are energetic enough to push the question. SIIEBEEN PROSECUTIONS IN GLASGOW.—Three very important and extensive captures of shebeeners were made in Glasgow on Sunday; The shebeens are situated in Trongate and London-streets, and no less than 120 perso ns were found in these dens and taken to the Ceneral 'Police-office. For porno time this evil has been gaining ground in the city, and the open manner in which the law was violated has been the subject of com ment. The police authorities bestirred themselves in the matter with creditable energy, and the present seizures *ere offe,cted with great skill and success.—'North British Mail. SUPPOSED, FOUNDERING OF THE SHIP SWIFT SURE, AND Loss or ALL ON BOARD.—Great fears are entertained for the safety of the new ship Swiftsure which sailed from Leith for New York on the :3rd of September. Up to the latest despatches from New York, nothing had been heard of her, but it is supposed that she must have encountered some of the fearful gales which prevailed shortly after she left Inverkeithing Roads. The Swiftsure was a new vessel of about 800 tons burden, built by Messrs. Scott and Sons, of Inverkeithing, and was a full-rigged ship. When she left Leith she had on board a full cargo of gas coal, and was commanded by Captain Robert Scott, and had a crow of twenty men —all natives of Fife, and had only one gentleman passenger on boardl THE EDUCATION ACT.—A meeting wtts held in Newport, Monmouthshire, on Monday night, convened by the Mayor, to consider what steps should' be taken in reference to the Education Act. The speakers included Mr. Octavius Morgan, M.P. for the county, and the local clergy and ministers of various denominations. The Roman Catholics and a section of. the Churchmen were opposed to the formation of a school board. A resolution in favour of school boards was proposed and seconded by Churchmen an d supported by Nonconformists. A spirited debate took place, which lasted from eight o'clock un til nearly midnight. U ltimatel y an amendment was affirmed, to tho effect that, as the existing schools and those intended to be provided and maintained by volun tary efforts would furnish sufficient elementary education for the town, as required by the Act, it was unnecessary and inexpedient to form a school board, or impose further taxation on the ratepayers. In consequence of a strong feeling prevailing, on the education question, it is believed that further steps will be taken to secure the formation of a school board for the town. Trnt GROWTH OF NEW YORK,—In the year 1820 New York had a population of 123,706. A table has been constructed which spews the numbers for every succeed ing fifth year, and from this it appears that the yearly rate of increase is subject to wide fluctuation, and the margin of the extremes is no less than twenty-three per cent. in different lustrums. The year 1865 shows a de creaffe, from the effects of the war, while the increase of 1870 is at the rate of ten years instead 'of five. An in- Crease of sixty-..five per cent. took :place .between. 'lB4O and 1850, while between 1860'" and 1870 it was no more than fourteen. Should the increase in future decades be equivalent to that of the last the esti mates of sanguine statisticians will be falsified. Taking the last census at thousands, it has been estimated that in 1900 the population of New York will be 1,371,909. As it has been computed that the island can accommodate two and a half millions, these figures will allow room for expansion during the next fifty years. New York shot up with surprising rapidity to the proportion of a; great city, but after attaining a certain point all great cities skew a tendency to increase slowly, and sometimes even to decline. There are, it must be remembered, political and social considerations which render it a matter of doubt if benefits accrue to the citizens themselves or the nation at large from the existence of overcrowded towns, and advancing numbers do not always secure additional prosperity. There is something infinitely shocking in the announce ment that an Englishman—a Mr. Noel, who appears to have settled in Nogroponte-13, Among _the >Ltrstins who have been arrested on the charge of complicity with the brigands who massacred Mr. Herbert and his companions at Marathon. Upon Mr. Noel's guilt or inno cence it is impossible for us to form even the most preca rious of conjectural opinions. We have absolutely no evidence to guide us in the matter ; and we must await the elucidation of the indictment in which he ' is classed with the sixty. shepherds who are his alleged companions in guilt. A telegram from Athens in forms us that "at the inquiry into the massacre no proof was adduced that any Greek political or important person was implicated in the affair." We are glad to have this statement : but nevertheless we may be per mitted to remark that it causes us scarcely less astonish ment than the intelligence that one of our own country men is accused of association with the professional cut throats of Greece.—Manchester Guardian. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The ceremony of launching the new paddle-wheel despatch vessel Lively from the building slip in Sheerness Dockyard was performed in a successful manner on Satur day, in the presence of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Charles G. J. B. Elliot, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, and the principal officers of the navy, army, and dock yard. In the four years which have elapsed since the esta blishment of the Chichester training-ship over 700 boys have been rescued from the streets and received onboard ; 465 have been trained and sent to sea, employment has been found in other ways for from 50 to 60, and the present crew numbers about 170 ; 204 boys have returned from their first voyage, 30 or 40 have found occupation abroad, and the remainder aro believed to be still at sea. The managers of this institution ask for help to carry on their excellent work. A circular has been issued from the War-office, direct ing that whenever a clergyman who has not been regu larly authorised to officiate for the troops, is desirous of undertaking the duty, the necessary authority for his ap pointment is to be obtained from the War-office through the officer commanding the troops at the station ; and any clergyman who voluntarily commences duty to the troops without having received the approval of the Secretary of State for War is to be informed that payment cannot be guaranteed to him until such approval shall have been officially notified to him. The officers appointed to the ships belonging to the new flying squadron were strictly enjoined to be on board their respective ships by nine a.m. on the Ist instant. This order from the Admiralty was strictly carried out, but we hear that up to Saturday last most of the vessels had not been supplied with mess traps, and the officers had, therefore, to live ashore, and bear the consequent additional expense. The Vanguard, which has just returned from her ex .l:te.4llle4Atal sea-trip, is to have her water-ballast taken out at Devonport, to be replaced with fixed iron ballast and cement, and will probably have some alterations made in her steering gear. A Plymouth correspondent states that the Admiralty are still pursuing a policy of retrenchment at Devonport Dockyard. According to an annual custom returns have been made out by the chiefs of departments and sent by the chief storekeeper to the Admiralty, showing the quantities and values of the stores which will be re quired for the ensuing year, according to the programme of work authorised: The total amount required is about £330,000. These requisitions have been returned to the Devonport offices to be reduced in all departments, the total amount being in excess of what the Admiralty think ought to be sufficient. We learn from the Homeward Mail that the Indian army reductions now recommended from India to the Home Government consist of the reduction of one Bengal Cavalry, two Bengal Infantry, one Madras Cavalry, four Madras Infantry, one Bombay Cavalry, and two Bom bay Infantry regiments ; alsc the reduction of the remain• ing regiments of Bombay Cavalry to the same strength as .ongal Cavalry, and the remaining Madras Infantry .rom 640 to GOO sepoys each regiment. FIRE AT THE MARQUIS OF DONEGAL'S MANSION IN BERKSHlRE.—Hannstead House, near Newbury, the seat of the Marquis of Donegal, narrowly escaped total destruction by fire on Monday afternoon. Lord and Lady Donegal are at present staying at their town house, but were expected to return to Hampstead Park this week, and the mansion was accordingly being prepared for their reception. The fire which heats the flue constructed to warm several of the principal apartments, was lighted yesterday morning and nothing unusual occurred until between one and two o'clock, when flames were seen bursting through a flue in the billiard•room. The servants and the labourers and others on the estate were soon on the spot, and all worked with great energy. They had checked the progress of the fire, when the Newbury Fire Brigade arrived with their engine, which was effectually played, the fire being got under by the early part of the evening. A fatality seems to hang over the Hampstead seat of the Craven family, several fires having occurred there. The repairs needed in consequence of the conflag ration will involve considerable outlay. • • MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY.—The ever active Bishop of Manchester made a somewhat unexpected declaration at the Leeds Young Men's Christian Associa tion. He had rejoiced, he said, at the opinion which Professor Huxley had lately given with respect to religious education, and he believed that if this spirit was to pervade the application of the Educittion Act the Legislature would have passed one of the most beneficent Acts which the history of Parliament had recorded. Ho believed that Christians spent too much time and trouble in fighting about things which were not connected with the vital questions of religion. They fought about opinions on which people might agree to differ. Some time ago a great deal of ex citement prevailed with respect to what was called " Mus cular Christianity." People thought that religion was losing its activity and its real power to deal with the world, and by muscular Christianity it seemed to be understood that there was to be a slap-dash way of getting through the world ; he thought there was a perilous mea sure of falsehood in the term of " muscular Christianity." It was putting themselves into temptation it they went in search of sin and put themselves close to evil because they heard the world talking about it and wanted to see something of it. People ran these risks because they did not like to be told that they were ignorant fools who knew nothing of the world. THE FICTITIOUg CHILD CASE.—Ar the Central Criminal Court, Mary Hill, 41, a married woman, was charged with unlawfully conspiring with one, Angie Augusta, to palm off upon George James Lowe, a certain child as the child of the last-named defendant, with intent to injure and prejudice him. The prisoner was also charged with adminis tering a certain narcotic drug to the infant in Qufstion with intent to do it grievous bodily harm. Mr. G. 3, Lowe, the prosecutor, was severely cross-examined by Mr. Griffiths, the object of the questions that were put to him apparently being to shew that he was a party to the fraud that had been committed by the defendant. He, however, denied most positively that there was any truth in this su gg estion. In re-examination C Mr. Lowe said that his wife was alive when Annie Augusta first became acquainted with him, and he took a hong° for her, and she was under his protec tion till his ife died, when Annie Au g usta came to his own house , and pass ed af t erwards as Mrs. Lowe. The defence that was sought to be established for the prisoner was that the prosecutor, Mr. Lowe, was a party to the transaction, and that he was aware at the time what was intended to be done. The Jury, after a very short deliberation,found the defendant guilty. Superin tendent Gernon informed the Court that property of the value of £BOO was found in the possession of the " i prisoner. A great numT)er of I 0 U's were also found which had been given by ladies who had been confined in her house. She was also an acquaintance of Mrs. Waters, who was recently executed. Mr. Commissioner Kerr sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years.