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STRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds, Sir George and a Dragon. A Fish Out of Water. VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos. ST. JAmEs's—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage. GLOBE—At Seven, The Man o' Airlie. Robert Macaire. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH Bona. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every Evening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn ings at 3. Admission ls, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturda3s, at 3 and 8 W 1 the year round. MADAME TIISSAIID'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 5.30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls.; extra rooms, .6d. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun day s). Admission, is. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. BANK OF ROUMANIA, Established as a Socidte Anonyme, in accordance with the Law of Roumania. The IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANK is authorised by the present owners to offer 35,000 of the 50,000 shares of the Bank of Roumania for public subscription on the terms undermentioned. The capital of the Bank of Roumania is £1,000,000, or 25,000,000 francs, in 50,000 shares of £2O or 500 francs each. The capital paid up £400,000, or 10,000,000 francs, being £B, or 200 francs per share. The shares are to bearer, and transferable by simple delivery. The liability of the shareholders is limited to the nominal amount of their shares. CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE BANK OF ROUMANIA. James Alexander, Esq., London, Sir William R. Drake, London, Pascoe Du Pre Grenfell, Esq., London, L. M. Rate, Esq., London, Directors of the Im perial Ottoman Bank. Lord Hobart, Constantinople, M. Charles Mallet Paris, M. Casimir Salvador, Baron Herman de Stern, London. Count Eugene Kinsky, Vienna, I Directors of the Anglo- Charles De Meyer, Vienna, f Austrian Bank. DIRECTOR-GENERAL AT BUCHAREST. Adolphus De Herz, Esq. Terms of Subscription : For each Share of £2O, with £8 paid thereon, the sum of £9los. (being £1 10s. premium), such sum to be payable one month after allotment. Share Certificates to bearer will be issued to the Allottees, in exchange for their allotment letters and the bankers' receipts for £9los. per share allotted. The shares now offered are entitled to dividend in respect of profits made from Ist January, 1870. The Bank of Roumania, originally established by virtue of 'a concession from the Roumanian Government, com menced operations in March, 1866, and has carried on business continuously since that period. By arrangement with the Roumanian Government that concession was an nulled, and the Bank reconstituted in 1869, under statutes approved by the Government. The Bank is in perfect working order, carrying on an important and lucrative business, as will be seen by the subjoined statement of the profit for the three past years, viz..— Net profits, 1867. fl 1868 . 71 3, 1869. £42,000 41,200 48,177 These results have been obtained after providing for all preliminary expenses. Out of the above net profits a sum of £20,000 has been paid for the good-will of the branches and agencies of the Imperial Ottoman Bank in Roumania, which were taken over by this Bank, and it is to be re marked that the profits have arisen from the active em ployment of a sum far inferior to the actual .paid-up capital. Pending the discussions with the Roumanian Government as to the re-constitution of the Bank, the directors deemed it wise to limit the use of capital to about one-half (2200,000) of that paid up, the remainder being held in reserve in England, and bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent. The arrangements with the Govern ment having now been definitively settled, the whole of the paid-up capital can be employed, and it may be fairly assumed that the profits will be proportionate to those which have been realised on the smaller sum. The annexed balance-sheet for the year ending 31st De cember, 1869, shows the state of the assets and liabilities of the bank at that date. In making it up every doubt ful debt was carefully eliminated, and by far the largest proportion of the assets has, since the • said period, been realised in regular course. The balance of profit and loss, as well as the reserve fund, shown on that account will belong to the 'present shareholders. The shares now of fered will, however, be entitled to the profits arising from the business transacted by the Bank of Roumania from Ist January, 1870. In the allotment a preference will be given to holders of shares in the Imperial Ottoman Bank. Letters of application in the annexed form must be ad dressed to the Imperial Ottoman Bank ; but no applica tion will be entertained unless a previous deposit of £2 per share applied for has been made with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. A copy of the statutes of the Bank of Roumania can be inspected at the offices of its London agency, 13, King's Arms-yard, E.C. If no allotment is made the deposit will be returned to the applicant without deduction. In cases of allotment the deposit money will be applied in whole or part, as the case may be, to the payment of the subscription price of £9 10s. per share. If the sum necessary, with the deposit, to make up £9 10s. per share allotted, is not paid at the date specified (viz., one month after allotment), the allotment may be cancelled, and the deposit paid on application will be liable to forfeiture. Imperial Ottoman Bank, London Agency. 4, New Bank-buildings, E.C., May, 1870. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE BANK OF ROUMANIA, DECEMBER Dr. 31, 1869. Capital paid up £400,000 0 0 Bills payable Deposits for fixed terms Current Accounts Reserve 5,830 3 8 Profit and Loss £807,820 ' 2 3 Cr. Cash on Deposit Cash in hand ... Bills in Portfolio £200,000 0 0 66,612 18 2 158,176 0 10 Investments and Advances Current Accounts Bank Premises and Furniture £807,820 2 Correct. DE HERZ, Director-General. FORM OF APPLICATION. (To be retained by Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co No. To the Imperial Ottoman Bank. Gentlemen,—Having paid to Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co., the sum of £ , beir ' , £2 per share on shares, I request you to allot me, upon the terms of the prospectus issued by you, shares of £2O each in the Bank of Roumania, and I hereby agree to become a member of that society, and to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and I agree to pay, within one month after allotment, such further sum as, with the deposit paid, will make £9 10s. in respect of each share allotted to me.—l am gen tlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full Address in full Reference Date If the applicant is a shareholder in the Imperial Otto man Bank, he will here state the number of shares which he holds. I, ( ,; 7: .1 • 313/ Jr ‘g • I EVENING EDITION. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1870 Approved by seven million and a half electors, the Ruler of France has now reorganized his Cabinet under the Premiership of M. EMILE OLLIVIER, in the midst of the congratulations of the Sovereigns of Europe. It was only the other day, nevertheless, that a learned Professor, here amongst our selves, was bewildering his hearers by en deavouring to explain an anomaly of his own perverse suggestion in regard to NAPOLEON namely, as to how it could possibly be accounte I for that, during so many years, the Government of France has been successfully conducted, through peace and war alternately, by a man of the most mediocre intellect, and of the very lowest type of moral character. The statement of the argument contained within it, its own instant refutation. The persistency and the consistency with which the Chief of the State in France has triumphed over all oponents and over every emergency during upwards of a score of years, is demonstrative, quite conclusively, of the fact thathis intellect cannot; by possibility be marked by anything like mediocrity. Statesmen, soldiers, orators, men of genius—a CHANGARNIER, a VICTOR HUGO, a TRIERS —have all had to succumb before this contemned and depreciated theme and source at once of the learned Professor's political hallucination—all have been swept aside, and reduced to insignificance and powerlessness, when brought into momentary but crushing colision with this one dominant and authoritative will. At the commencement of the career of NAPOLEON 111., first of all at the Elysee and afterwards at the Tuileries, it was said succes sively of the President, of the Prince President, of his Imperial Highness, of his Majesty the Emperor, that he was a mere puppet in the hands of a group of men who were themselves, on the con trary, consummate administrators and organisers, men like the Count DE MORNY, or the Count WALEWSKI, men of unscrupulous genius and of resplendent audacity. It has so happened, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAI , MAY 17, 1870. nevertheless, that, during these last few years, one by one, those very men have passed out of existence, until the last of them has disappeared. Notwithstanding which—the wire-pullers having every one of diem, vanished—the supposed puppet has still contrived somehow to remain Master of the Situation. For one and twenty years the man thus spitefully depreciated by the more malignant of his enemies as little better than a cretin, has remained ur shaken upon the apex of the great pyramidal government of France, the broad foundation of which is mocrady. Time after time the sinister prophecies put forth in his regard have been very conspicuously, we might even say, very flagrantly falsified. It was declared, for example, that he could never, with impunity, quit the scene of his Government. Yet he visited Algeria, France being still maintained in tran quillity during his alence, while he was ti aversing the Algerian provinces, while he was crossing and recross ing the Mediterranean. It was afterwards in sisted, when he undertook the responsibility of being the Comman , ler-in-Chief of the French army in Italy, th it he would be in evitably doomed t'r discomfitur, as a most ra-h and a most insensate aspirer after military distinc- Yet, in rapid sequence, after this, he 3itnself, as leader on the field of battle, won the two great victories of Magenta aril Solferino. Those who least understood him, here, amongst ourselves, insinuated for a long while that his de signs in regard to England were the most ion. sinister imaginable, that he cherished at heart the. design of pitilessly avenging Waterloo. The historical fact being, to us all, very well known by this time, that this suppposel intliguing Avenger of Waterloo has proved hims..lf to b firough out the whole of these twenty odd years during which he has been at the Head of France, the most faithful of our allies. His unfal tering consistency as our ally he has shown, not merely by Crimean campaigns, during which the soldiers of the two nations fought side by side, "brothers in arms and rivals in renown"—not merely by Conamerci 11 Treaties like that one negoti ated in Paris by our greater Free-Trader, Mr. Con- DEN, a Treaty through the medium of which the Emperor infused some of the subtler principles of Free Trade into the mercantile system of a nation hitherto enamoured of the old-m orld phantasy of Protection—but by ignoring the tem porary infuriation of those among his own more devoted adherent, when, as on a memor ible occasion, the Colonels of his Guard besought hitu passionately to lead them against that " den of assassins" in which NAPOLEON hitinelf only bore in grateful remembrance that, in the days his exile, he for years had found shelter and tranquil lity. During nearly two decades the irresponsible Dic tator of France, wielding the imperial sceptre for eighteen years as her supreme ruler, when he began to speak at length of his ulterior designs as to the Crowning of the Edifice, his intimation was said to be nothing more than a deceptive mot, a fair phrase, full of illusive promise, in reality signifying nothing. Yet Liberty of Speech and Liberty of Writing have since then been conceded, and France at this mo ment is in possession under the rule of the Third NAPOLEON, at one and the same time, of an Imperial and of a Constitutional Govern ment. It is in the remembrance and recognition of all this, that seven and a half millions of the electors of France have deliberately accorded .their approval to the EMPEROR through the recent Plebiscite.. The condition of the - homeless poor has been a kubjcc t of great anxiety to those who are acquainted `pith their prospects, but unfortunately little or no progress has been made in the matter by these who have exerted themselves in their behalf. The House of Commons had to deal with a troublesome part of the question on Friday night, for if not so painful in their details as that section which relates to actual pauperism, the chronicles of vagrancy are most irri tating to peruse and dwell upon. What to do with the actually needy is bad enough, but there seems little or no remedy fcr the determined vagrant. Dr. BREW R, who called the attention of the House to the subject, pointed out the blameable practice of distributing relief indiscriminately to the genuine poor and the impostors. The remedy he proposed for the evil was that the management of vagrant relief should be put into the bands of the police. Mr. G °SCHEN did Lot, however, appros e of this proposal, and he argued •very forcibly that Dr. BREWER'S s.hcine would Lot work in this country as it does abroad, because here the I o'ice are not under central direction as they are abroad. The right hon. gentle man also showed that the suipression of vagrancy was impossible, unless the public would aid the efforts of the Home-office and the Poor-law Board. It is satisfactory, at any rate, to learn from the speech of the right hon. gentleman that the Government have taken the matter under their consideration. Mr. GOSCHEN has acted his part with so much vigour, and been actuated by such an earnest desire to learn the truth of the condition of the poor, that far more confidence may be placed in him than in many of 11. 1 s predecessors in office. Among the many suggestions that were made on the subject that of Mr. WHEELHOUSE iS deserving of considera tion. He proposed that a general test should be applied in all the workhouses, so that a .line of demarcation might be drawn between the criminal classes and the pauper population. Another plan to adopt would be to apply a labour test, for all who know anything of the habits of vagrants are aware how much they dislike work, that is to say, steady hard labour, which enforces the exercise of strength and the endurance of fatigue. Unfortunately the authorities do not act with suffi cient alacrity in the matter, and thus valuable op portunities are lost, and the means of discovery cast aside with recklessness. Sometimes the adoption of an apparently bimple method may serve as an effec tual cure when more elaborate schemes have failed, and grand purposes are powerless. A remark made by Mr. GOSCHEN may be applied with advantage by many well-meaning but thoughtless persons. He said that while the pub lic persisted in giving alms in the streets it would be impossible to check vagrants. It is important to b( ar this in mind, for the class which benefits by this dangerous practice is the last that is deserving of help. A very little exercise of time and trouble could not fail to discover many more worthy objects of assiztance than those who follow the role of street beggars. The subject is an unsatisfactory one to dwell upon, for difficulties start up at every turn, and the more it is studied the more complex does it appear. The only consolation is, that we are be ginning to realise our own ignorance and mismanage ment, and that is a step on the right road after having taken so many that are in the wrong direction. The curtain has just fallen on a very varied poll- tical drama in the antipodes. It is, now some years since the whole political machinery of Victoria came to a deadlock. A difference arose between the two branches of the Legislature, and the Governor of the colony, Sir CHARLES DARLING, espoased the cause of tl e Lower House. He was recalled by the Home Government, who considered that he had p'aye 1 an unconstituvonal past, and there upon the members of the Lower House, who naturally resented his removal, were determined to show him some mark of favour. As Sir CHARLES, from his position under the Crown could not accept any donation, it was resolved to n ake a grant of £20,000 to his wife. Upon this grant the storm bt tween the Housesbroke out afresh, and the whole colony was in commotion. Every time the bill went to the Upper House it was rejected in whatever form it presented itself, and the House of Representatives at last resorted to the expedient of tacking it on to the Appropriation Rill. The Coun cil were not to Le so entrapped, and again they re fused to pass it—refusing of course at, the same time the necessary yearly app opriation of the public funds. Neither House would yield, and the whole political system came to a deadlock, which seriously affected the business of the colony. The public ser vants were not paid, the Ministry had to act on their own authority to carry on the simplest transaction, money lenders reaped enormous profits, and general confusion prevailed. SO matters went on until the cause of colonial self-government was seriously im perilled, and had not a compromise been arrived at the representative and constitutional principle might have come to an abrupt conclusion in Victoria. The whole transaction has become a matter of history, and had prob ably been welluigh forgotten by many to whom it was recalled a few weeks since by the death of Sir CHARLES DARLING. That news was received in Melbourne by telegraph, and the assembly immediately adjourned as a mark of respect. On the next d.:y letters were read st iting that Lady DARLING and her children bad been left totally unprovided for, and a mo tion was immediately trade to grant Lady DARLING a pension of £l,OOO. Mr. M'CULLOCH thereupon suggested that, as in case of such a grant Lady DARLING'S sons would be left unprovided for in the event of her death, it would be better to give one large sum, which could be divided among them. This was now the only suggestion made on this once much-vexe 1 subject, and during the next two days the bia slightly altered was passed by general assent through all its stages in both Houses, and on the third day the Governor came down and gave the Royal assent to it. The two great peacemakers, Time and Death, had done their work effectually and the famous DARLING grant was no longer a fit j ting subject for party dispute. We are afraid that legislators on either side of the Equator will be slow to profit by the moral, yet they might learn from it conclusively the folly and shortsightedness of that party strife which would sacrifice permanent interests to temporary irritation or personal antagonism. We, iu this older country, have learned on all great national occasions to su borainate the political differences of the hour to those fundamental principles of honour and patriotism on which all agree. Our younger dependencies have yet to learn the lesson taught to us by many a cen tury of struggle and of trial. LA us hope the moral of the Legislative dispute in the Southern seas n.ay serve, at least, as a sign-post for the future. Apart from the Irish Land Bill the business trans actions iu the House of Commons last night possessed so feature of general interest. The forty- first clause was vehemently dvnounce.l by several members of the Opposition, as introducing an entirely new principle, and as one calculated to pro duce socialism. The Government urged that the scheme as embodied in the clause was tentative, and subject to the control of Parliament. The clause on a division was agreed to. Several new clauses were discussed, and the House adjourned at 12 o'clock. -) c-t /1573.. t • • at . tnt sl) effurt HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 16. The Queen went out this morning, accompanied by Princess Beatric:. Prince Leopold also went out. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, attended by Comte Van der Straten, visited the Queen to-day, and remained to luncheon. His Majesty afterwards visited his Royal Highness Prince Christian at Frog more, and then returned to London. The Prince of Wales drove out. The King of the Belgians visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough Home. His Royal Highness the Prince of W les after wards visited the King of the Belgians at Claridge's Hotel. _ _ _ _ The Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton and Mr. Holzmann, went to the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. M. J. T. Boyes has had the honour of submitting the autotype reproductions of the Sextine Chapel frescoes to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. AN APPEAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Would you kindly allow me space for a few lines to the charitable, whom I earnestly entreat to aid, in votes or money, a most afflicted and de serving young man, a candidate for the benefits given by the Royal Hospital for Incurables, at the election on the 27th instant. Ile is blind, helpless, and almost penniless ; and unless speedily assisted will be compelled to seek parish relief, which wilt render him ineligible for what he seeks. Contributions gratefully received by Messrs. Bosanquet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street ; Mr. Shirley, chemist, 2, Westbourne• grove ; and Mr. Pell, stationer, 28, Alexander-street, Bayswater.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, PHILANTHROPOS FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. EDWARD HERBERT. The remains of Mr. Edward 11. 0. Herbert wore yester day afternoon laid in the vault of the Oarnarvon family in the old parish church of Burghclere, Hants. The church was densely crowded. Shortly after two o'clock the fune ral college arrived, and was met by the clergy. The funeral was attended by many of the relatives and friends of Mr. Herbert, among whom were Mr. G. H. Escott and the Rev. H. Sweet Escott, his uncles; the Earl of Carnarvon the Hon. Auberon Herbert, M.P., Mr. Robert Herbert, the Earl of Portsmouth, the Rev. R. B. Barter, Mr. S. Bouverie Pusey, the Earl of Ducie, Mr. T. D. Aclaud, 31. P., Mr. H. Jenkinson, cousins of Mr. Herbert ; the - United States Minister ; Lord Muncaster, Mr. W. H. Gladstone, &c. The weather being fine, a large number of persons drove long distances to attend the funeral. THE WIMBLEDON MEETING The Council of the National Rifle Associa tion have issued the prize list for the forthcoming rifle meeting at Wimbledon. The general regula tions were issued last week, and have appeared in The Son. The l rhicipal prizes to lie shot for this year are as 1. Her Majesty the Queen's Prize.—To'al aggre gate value, £1,313, exclusive of medals and badges. First stage, £1,065. To the best thor, the silver medal of the AFsociation, the Asv;ciation's silver badge, and £6O in money ; to each of the next 29 bust shots in order of merit, the Association's bad;ze; to the next 30, £lO in money, and next 90, £3. The latter 90 will not be allowed to compete in the s cond stage. Ranges, 200, 500, and 600 yards; five shots. There will be a battalio❑ sweepstakes in connection with the first stage. Second Stage.—g.2so, the gift of her Majezty the Queen, together with the gold medal and badge of the As.,:ociation. Open to the first 60 winners in the first stige. Ranges 800, 900, and 1,000 yards ; seven shots. with Government Whitworth rifles. . 2. Ilis Royal highness the Prince of Wales's Prize.—A cup value £lOO, or £lOO in money, the gift of the Prince of Wales, with £lOO added by the A•sociation and divided into 20 prizes. To the best shot the Prince of Wales's prize, and to the next. best 20 £5 each. Ranges 200, 500, and 600 yards ; five shots. 3. The St. George's Challenge Vase.—Total gregate value, £623. First stage. The vase. and 60 I:riz s; value, £573, exclusive of badges and jewels. Range, 500 yards; five shots. 4. (Second Stage) Dr.igon Cup; value. £so.—To be shot for by GO in the first stage. 600 yards ; seven shots. 5. The International Challengo Trophy, value £l,OOO, to which is added a cup, value £5O, with £lO in money given by the Guntnakers' Company, of London, and £lO by the National Rifle Association. 200, 500, and 600 yards ; seven shots. 6 The International Irish Challenge Trophy, value £5OO, atud a cup, value £5, or money, to the best shot ; 200, 500, and 600 yards ; seven shots. 7. The Oxford and Cambridge Match, for the Chancellor's Challenge Plate, value £lOO, presented by the Duke of Devon-hire, K.G., and by the Earl of Derby, K.G., for annual competition by the Vo lunteers of the Oxford and Cambridge University Rifle Corps. 200, 500, and 600 yards; seven shots. 8. The China Challenge Cup, value £525, pre sented by the Volunteers in China for competition by the Home Volunteers, to which is added £5O by the National Rifle Association. 200 and 500 yards ; five shots. 9. The Enfield Nursery Prizes.—£Bo presented by the National Rifle Association, and divided into 25 prizes. 500 yards ; five shots. 10. The Martins' Challenge Cup, value £5O, pre sented by the National Rifle Association, with £5O in money, divided into 13 prizes. 600 yards ; five shots. 11. The Belgian Challenge Cup, value £lOO, pre sented by the Chasseurs Eclaireurs of Brussels, and the Belgians who visited Wimbledon in 1866, to which is added £75 by the National Rifle Associa tion. Volley firing, 400 yards ; five shots. 12. The Consolidation Prizes, aggregate value £so—£2s from the Ladies' Prize Fund, and £25 added by the National Rifle Association, divided into 30 prizes ; SCO yards, 5 shots. ALL COMERS' PRIZES, OPEN TO ALL NATIONS. 13. The Albert, total aggregate value, £598. First stage, 40 prizes, value £498. 200, 600, and 800 yards, 7 shots. 14. Second stage, £lOO (cup or money), and the silver medal of the Western India Rifle Association, 1,000 yards, 15 shots. 15. The " Alexandra" prize; total aggregate value, £l,OOO. First stage, 156 prizes, £825, and 34 prizes, value £125, for the highest aggregate scores at 200, 500, and 600 yards, five shots. 16. Second stage, £5O (cup or money), 600 yards, seven shots. 17. The " Windmill" prizes, value £375. First stage, 104 prizes, value £350. £2OO and 500 yards five hots. 18. Second Stage, £25 (cup or money), 600 yards, seven shots. 19. The " Any Rifle " Association Cup, value £5O 200 and 600 yards, seven shots. 20. The " Enfield" -Association Cup, value £5O, 200 and 500 yards, five shots. 21. The "Any Rifle" Wimbledon Cup, value £lOO, 600 and 1,000 yards, seven shots. 22: The " Enfield" Wimbledon Cup, value £lOO 200 and 600 yards, five snots. 23. The Any Rifle " Nursery" Prizes, value £BO, First stage, 20 prizes, value £BO, 500 and 600 yards seven shots. 24. Ladies' Prizes, value £5O, at 1,000 yards, s3ven shots, with any rifle, five prizes of £5 each ; and with Enfield rifles, at 500 yards, five shots, five prizes of £5 each. . . '25. Carlton Prizes, value £9OO, divided into three series for " any rifle" and the Enfield. " Any rifle" prizes, value £415, and Enfield rifle prizes, value value £485. 26. The Army and Navy Challenge Cup, va!ue £265, presented by the National Rifle Association, to be competed for by non-commissioned office's and privates in the Army and Royal Marines, and by sailors in the Navy. First stage, £155, divided into 50 prizes, 500 and 600 yards, five shots. 27. Second Stage, a cup, value £lOO, and a prize of £lO to the best shot. 28. The Army Prize, value £lOO, presented by an officer in the Army to any battalion of the Guards or of the Line, to the Corps of Royal Engineers, or Royal Marines who shall win it either two years con secutively or three years at intervals ; 500 yards, 15 shots to be fired in two minutes. 29. Breech-loading Prizes—£so, by the Duke of Cambridge, £5O by the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, Secret.try of State for War, £25 by Lord Northbrook, Under Secretary for War, £5O by Mr. Bass, M.P., £5O in guns a .d rifles by Mr. Henry, of Edinburgh, £2l in rifles and a revolver by Messrs. heir and Co., and £lOO by Messrs. Eley Brothers. 30. The Elcho Challenge Shield, valu d at £l,OOO, 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, 15 shots. 31. The Daily Telegraph Prize, a cup, valued £52 10s , 500 yards, five shots. 32. The Challenge Shield, value £l4O. to be competed for by the public schools, 200 and 500 yards, five shots. 33. The Spencer Cup, value £l5, 500 yards seven shots. 34. The " Henry Peek" Prize, value £52 10s., 500 and 600 yards, 5 shots at the former and 7 at the latter range. 35. The Dudley Prize, value £5O, 800 and 1,000 yards, five shots at 800 and seven shots at 1,000 yards. 36. The Rifle Oaks, 500 yards, five shots. 37. The " Earwig" Prize, value £2O, presented by the Victoria Rifles, 500 yards, five shots. Besides the above there are numerous " extra prizes." THE KNlFE.—Daring some bargaining for guano between some farmers at Kilkenny on Saturday, a quarrel ensued, when one of them nemed Harper, who was under the influence of drink, struck at another named Mengrath with a knife with which he was cutting tobacco, inflicting a severe wound in the side. He was at once arrested. It is not known whether the injury will prove fatal or not. FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.—Disastrous floods have taken place in New South Wales, and there has been great destruction of property in the dis trict by the Hunter river. The river rose twenty feet above its ordinary level, and near the towns of East and West Maitland, about ninety-eight miles from Sydney the walls were carried away by the force of the torrent, and the greatest damage was done. West Maitland was partially inundated. The river Hawkes bury also rose, and partly submerged the town of Windsor Serious floods have occurred in Queensland, and business has been interrupted through the colony. LOUIS BLANC ON THE PLEBISCITE.—Louis Blanc writes a long letter to the Temps on the pldbiscite, quot ing the opinions of the English press and of English politi cians generally, who he declares were almost unanimous against the vote, as a needless cause of irritation to the Liberal party. It threw doubt on the sincerity of recent professions and revived the remem brance of the coups d'etat. It called the legitimacy of the Empire in question by admitting that it required a fresh recognition from universal suffrage. Bonapartists in England were, says M. Blanc, much grieved at the result of the vote of the Bth, which in the eyes of English men instead of signifying, " We prefer the empire," meant "We fear chaos." With regard to English opinion the Pldbiscite was a mistake. Englishmen are profoundly impressed by the fact that 50,000 civilians protested against the existence of a regime created and supported by the sword. In conclusion, Louis Blanc regrets that the opponents of the vote did not more generally abstain from voting as it is never good policy to fight an enemy at the time and place he has himself chosen, with weapons selected by himself. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Tins DAY BRUTAL ASSAI LT OX A FE VALE.—At the Marlboroug h " street Folice-court Richard Furniss, a watchmaker, living in Whitcomb-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting Ellen Barry. Mr. Wm. Moore, of th° Associate Institute for the Protection of Womee, watched the case. From the evidence of the complainant it appeared that she had lived with the prisoner as his -Wifo for some years, and had six children by him . Jr ° had done no work for some time, and she worked hard to keep him and the children. At a late hour at eight he cam° home and asked for his supper, and on the corep;ainaut ing him that what money she had she had been obliged t,) pay away, and the' eforo had been unable to get any, P° gave her a violent blow in the eye, cutting it badly, an d it bled a great deal. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the cony plainart said ho was drunk, and had ill-used her beforo' Police-constable 221 0 said the prisoner was drunk ‘‘l lo3 he took him into custody, and that the complainant had very bad cut on her eye. The priaouer was very violent, and threatened to rip her up. The prisoner s Lid the cent" plainant injured herse!f by fa hug on the stabs. 311. " Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was a mean, cowardly and committed him for two mouths' with hard labour , cautioning him it he ever c Mil before hint nob, - lie w , '"l d be committed for six months. CRUEL ROBBERL s. —Richard Ellis, aged 30 years, a p" 'l'" ing case-maker, was charged at the Thames I'olice-pf l ' o with committing several robberies. The sufferers were 811 working men. In the first instance the prisoner sneaked into a house in St. George-in-the East, where a m ott o pawed Thomas Matthews was at work, and stole his white-41 ,11 " ing brush, valued at ss. He was soon a . terwards taken into custody by Gulley, a police-constable, No. 16 tf R, found upon him several 1 awnbrokers' duplicates relatitig to carpenters' tools, and the officers tract d the owner • William Iliggledon, a packing case maker, of Great Bland street, Southwark, was at work in the house No 136, TooloY street, ou the 4th inst, The prisoper came there and said he was a packing case maker. He went out for a shoo ante and left the prisoner in the house. On his return the pri soner was gone, and he missed a plane He identified the property whichpully found in tho possession of a pawl ) " broker, where prisoner had pawned them. A precisely similar charge was made by Geo. Bray brook, a journeyman carpenter, and ho identified his property. Gully said there were seve ral other cases against the prisoner for stealing saws, plane' , and rules belonging to carpenters. Mr. Lushington—Tbr ° cases are sufficient. George Foster, a detective offict rof the H division, said that the prisoner was convicted at the , Middlesex sessions in 1867, and sentenced to two yor 6 imprisonment and hard labour for felony. Since then t" prisoner had been convicted at the Mansioa-House policc court, and sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment and loa d labour. Mr. Lushitigton committed the prisoner for trial 01) three charges. AREA SNEAKING AT THE VICE-CHANCELLOR'S.—T O''• Connor, 16, was charged at the Westminster Police-Cou rt with stealing a brush, value de. 6d., the property of Si' . Richard Malins, the Vice-Chaucellor, at his residence, 5 7 ' Lowndes-square. The I risoner was observe Iby the bark` raking the dust hole, and lie had a bag with him containing eggs. The butler inssted on seeing the contents of bag, and found therein a sheobrush which Lind, been safe in the vault three minutes before. The detective police proved that 'was not the first thou ho had been in alc: ls pretending to pick up rags, but really. to pilfer what was handiest. He was sentenced to three months' hard latai tir under. the Vagrant Act. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. The second reading of the Married Women's Propern Bill is fixed for Wednesday, o n which day Mr. J. Brig ° ' intends to move that the bill.be read a second time that daY six months. Mr. Bentinck will move a similar resoluti on win respect to the Corporation of London Bill, will t will also be brought forward for second reading on t h° day. On Friday Mr. Beresford Hope-intends calling: attention to the delay which has occurred in proceeding with the building of the New National Gallerli and will introduce a motion. Mr. Robert Fowler to also make some observations with reference to the 11 disturbances at Red River, and Sir Roundel Palmer ' 0 '1; ask whether Her Majesty's Government are able to stateto the House what measures have been or will be taken "" obtain from the Greek Government such satisfaction P . the late unprecedented outrage upon English travellers ag Her Majesty is entitled to claim according to the law ° nations, and to ensure the due protection for the futur e ' of the lives of the diplomatic servants, and other subje cts of the British Crown, within the kingdom of Greece. HISTRIONIC CHARITY. ..if The twenty-fifth an n i versar y f es ti va l h e ld on beha lf of the Royal G enera l Th ea t r i ca l F un d was held in St. James's Hall on Monday evening, the Prince of Wales presiding. The company was numerous and dis tinguished. His Royal Highness, in proposing the toast of the eve ll c i ing, said—When I look around me this evening, , 511 , see so numerous an assemblage before me, I feel 1 1 1 - 0 doubt that you all evince the great interest you ta,._ in this excellent charity. What charity could '' e t better than this ? When one thinks how much amusenaeP and pleasure we all of us derive by going to the theatre! does it ever occur to us th a t th e ac t ors an d actresf e have very hard lives to undergo? They may be sick or but still they must appear. Perhaps one of y ou mayi ls ,`,, - to act a comical part, although ; perchance he may. ll9 '7, only recently lost one of his nearest and dearest re lative: After their natural talents have faded, and when they c" l , i , no longer appear on the stage, would you w i ' l.s 3 ' them to starve ? Certainly not, gentlemen; and it is in order to prevent them starving that tl' 3 most excellent charity was instituted, and what makes,,l.o still more meritorious is that it was formed by l u st actors themselves. Now,. gentlemen; although ma n s chairmen who have occupied this position on prel4° lls occasions have brought under your notice the varl, ° l o facts connected with the institution, it may be J,', Die as well that I should recapitulate some of them. -L . a Prince then entered into an able review of the P 9::. and present of the institution, and concluded by saying b e 0 1 4 With these few points connected with the history 01 is! fund I bring this charity before you, and I have now to express in a few words my earnest hope that you make up the deficiency of £3OO, and that I shall n ot e 5/ on you in vain to support liberally this deserving fund. 0 beg to couple with this toast the name of one of our old° and most eminent actors Mr. Buckstone. I have h ie the pleasure of knowing him from my childhood, and hi' often heartily enjoyed his admirable representations. . e Mr. BUCKSTONE, who w as l ou dly c h eere d, said—S l l6, the first dinner of the General Theatrical Fund in 18 r e now 24 years ago, we have been honoured by the prese n t ; of many distinguished chairmen, selected from the rei i t of literature, art, and, I may say politics, But to-illb o l we may say with the chairmanship of the Princ e 05 Wales, wehave " crowned the edifice." That o Royal' Highness is a constant and warm supporter a A t e drama is evident from his frequent visits with - ` e . Princess to all the London theatres, and his ready aPP ciation of every worthy novelty; this taste for the dra! l o o mayin some measure be attributed to his early introdue l he to dramatic art at Windsor Castle, where, on having "„ii honour of appearing there by invitation of her Maj estY the lamented Prince Consort, I have frequently seen his O t l ee t Highness, with his brothers and sisters, seated at the ' h e of their father and mother, witnessing with delight t o i various representations.—Mr. Buckstone concluded bo t eloquent speech by informing the company ,t,„ • her Majesty had again sent her handsome " c) i fa tion of £lOO, and alluding to the Queen, remar' o f i r although unfortunately, she does not now visit, ~ds, theatres, yet she does not forget us ; and so, my for le ladies, and gentlemen, with such a truly Royal exau;li i r, , before you, I can only conclude by hoping that, actor o 0 to your generous feelings and your worldly means, Y will come and do likewise. The subscriptions amounted to upwards of £7OO, eluding £lOO from her Majesty, £lOO from the 01 chairman. and £5O from the Nawab Nazim. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON MRS. BOS S Yesterday afternoon Dr. Diplock resumed. at w Black Lion, Church-street Chelsea, the inquiry re ,; , tive to the murder of Mrs. Ann Bos2, at 15, Paulty" square Chelzea. qvi John Hunter, keeper of the square, said he Boss as late as seven on Monday morning cleawv3-e the steps. He afterwards called twice at the 1 1)1 ' 1 ,y to see if Master Edward had come and was tol(' t' j i g both Mrs. Middleton and her daughter that sr ' fi g thin, dark man had been there. He knew tha t ' tli o not the nephew whom they were expecting froia country. a re, Mr. Stainsby, who resides at 14, Paulton-sq ll , te , in one of Mr. Huelin's houses, volunteered a s'i l if y ment, but was stopped by the Coroner, tba 110 having stated that they could not real% e evidence. tit% The Coroner then summed up, carefully revie' v the evidence. The jury deliberated for half an hour, and a-derd end of that time returned a verdict of wilful n ol ,pe against Walter Miller for killing and slaying I V ! Boss, adding to their finding die following rider 'eso " And the jury approve of the conduct of the Wi til r ae Henry Piper, and consider him deserving of .° reward from the county." 'l l3 , The Right Hon. G. J. Gosehen yesterday rec°,l,ers a deputation at the Poor-law Board, from the 13r-riisc, Association, on the subject of the bill now before -r tt 0; ment for the abolition of the supervision of the C °ll. Aldermen over the brokers of the City of London- THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT.—A large gf meeting was'held at Leeds last night, the Mayor pro°, tl° at which a resolution was passed unanimously tio," so lY Contagious Diseases Act are immoral, degrading, en" mit ver,ive of the liberty of the subject, ineffectual for, ;0' proposed object of lessening disease, and ought to :" ; :loP° pealed. 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