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11 11111 r i \L I(INAHA.N'S LL. WI-11:-+EY - DUBLIN. E ,1111i1TION, 1865 "44 .erLvL th e e fted Seal, Pink Labe,, and work Branded "Nina ‘k Tkie celebrated OLD IRISH RISKY gained the Dublin Prize VI e(ln I. Pure, Mild Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. th e rl ' i n ,in lit tiles, Is. Bd. at the Retail Houses in London; by Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Illustrations, 30s 1 1IIRD EDITION of FREE RUSSIA. 1. By W. HEPWORTH DIXON, "Mr. Dixon has invented a good title for his volumes on Russia. The chapter on Lomonosoff, the peasant poet, is one of the best in the book, and the chapter on Kief is equally good The descriptions of the peasant villages, and of the habits and manners of the peasantry, are very good; in fact, the descriptions are excellent throughout the work."—Times. durst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. 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Faraily,Private Otte Two, and l'hree Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. P OYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Late WESTON'S. Proprietor—Mr. J. S. Sweasey. ltetu T AT ,rn of the Wondrous Gymnasts, THE BROTHERS VOL -11„;4•E ; their Tremendous Leap for Life and wonderful Ladder Gi:"nosa are without parallel. Mr. HENRY COLLARD, the pat Little Tenor. THE SMALLEST ALAN IN THE WORLD, fi, e s i n t g less than Tom Thumb or Commodore Nutt, will make his ,;alVearance since his late severe indisposition. Mr. ARTHUR WPYI) still ° l t delights the audience with Favourite Songs. Mr. e tAb „GE LEYBOURNE is as versatile as ever. Mr. HENRI the Mad Butcher. Miss LOUISE SHERRINGTON, L'eigning Favourite. Miss KATE GARSTONE nightly annts her favourite songs. Messrs. HOLMES and GANT, the c o U llnY Negro Delineors YOUNGe some extraordinary Burlesques of t o ?Ured Life. 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Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Bed. MTSCELLANEOUS TOPICS. The High Court of Justice Bill. A letter by the Lord Chief Justice of England to the Lord Chancellor embodies the opinions of the judges with respect to the High Court of Justice and Appellate Jurisdiction Bill. Their lordships recommend a careful collation of the common and equity laws, and an express provision as to what the law shall be in each particular instance. They con sider the names and titles of the judges should remain as at present, and that . questions of procedure in court, especially the system of pleading, trial by jury, and the examination of witnesses, should form part of the bill. In their opinion the making of rules should be left to the common law judges, with a power vested in the High Court of altering and modifying the procedure from time to time. They think that the powers given by the bill to Ministers of the Crown are unconsitutional, and they deprecate any other power than that vested in the High Court of Justice. Their lordships express their readiness to concur in the combination of all courts of common law and equity into one common court, but think that if such courts are to be held and transferred elsewhere, as proposed by the bill, this course is unne cessary. Mr. Justice Willes, who did not attend the meeting of the judges, expresses his opinion in a separate memorandum, that the general scope of the measure is highly beneficial, as bringing the judges of all the superior courts together into one great body for the administration of justice. The Prosecutions at Beverley. The statement of the Attorney-General a few nights ago, that a Statute existed which prevented him from deferring the prosecution against Sir Henry Edwards, inasmuch as no application for a certificate of indemnity • had been made to Mr. Baron Martin, is reviewed by the Standard. That paper says one cannot but regret that the learned gentleman, while clearly defining his own helpless position, created by the technical requirements of an Act of Parliament, whereby he felt he had no alternative but to commence a prosecution, forgot, as he evidently , did, that Mr. Baron Martin had at the election peti tion tried in 1869 exculpated Sir Henry. In clear and and unambiguous language the judge said "he believed that the corruption at the election had been purposely kept back from Sir Henry Edwards and Captain Kennard, and he should have great plea sure in reporting that no corrupt practices had been proved to have been committed with the knowledge of those gentlemen." After so full and honourable an exculpation from even the knowledge of corrupt prac tices by so high an authority as Mr. Baron Martin, what would Sir Henry Edwards's friends have thought of him, had he applied to the judge for a certificate of indemnity from a criminal prosecution ? Adopting, then, the test which the Attorney-General described as the proper one, namely, the opinion of Mr. Baron Martin, the Standard contends that the prosecution ought not to be kept alive for another day. Now Ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole , N OR A. By LADY EMILY PONSONBY, Author of "The Discipline of Life," &c. "A story of very superior merit. The style is easy, graceful, and eloquent The author possesses an extensive knowledge of human nature.—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now Ready, in 1 vol., Bvo., with Illustrations, 15s„ EASTERN PILGRIMS; THE TRAVELS OF THREE LADIES. By AGNES SMITH. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 45 Gd., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. S AL T and C O.'S EAST INDIA PALE and BURTON ALES. Brewery—Burton-on-Trent. STORES : London—St. Pancras Station, Old St. Pancras-road, N.W. Liverpool--72, Henry-street. Manchester—Bridgewater-chambers, Brown-street. Birmingham—Old Court House, High-street. Wolverhampton-15, Snow-hill. Bristol-16, Small-street. Nottingham-44, Greyhound-street. SALT and CO.'S ALES may be obtained in casks of 18 gallons and upwards, and in glass from the principal bottlers. H OSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—the Right Hon. the Earl of STRAFFORD, F.R.S. This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24,000 patients since its foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet the heavy current expenses. EDMUND WYLD, Secretary. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).— Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is , now RE MOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green wich, where any seaman, needing medical or surgical care, will be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re moved from the City to the same building. KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian road, N.—FUNDS urgently NEEDED. Accidents often refused for want of beds. F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary. GEORGE REID, Secretary. WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on their useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILEREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. Patroness—H.A.H. the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE . . . _ This Hospital represents the female surgical department of a large hospital. Daily average number of patients 140. SUBSCRIPTIONS, which are much needed, will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Piccadilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart, and Co. ; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary. Q MALL-PDXandVACCINATION HOSPITAL, ►, Highgate-hill, Upper Holloway.—FUNDS are requested in support of this Institution, which is the only one in or near the metropolis for the exclusive treatment of this disease. Number of admissions in 1869, 493. Donations will be thankfully re ceived by the bankers, Messrs. Barnett, Hoare and Co., Lombard street ; J. F. Masson, Esq., Resident Surgeon, at the Hospital ; or by R. H. Wilkins, Esq., Secretary, 19, King's Arm's-yard, E. C. NATIONAL HOSPITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC, Queen-square, Bloomsbury.—The Board earnestly entreat AID for the only Hospital in Europe devoted to the gratuitous treatment of paralysis, epilepsy, and kindred nervous diseases. The Institution comprises the Hospital or In and Out Patients, with a country branch, the Samaritan Society, and the Pension Fund for the incurable. E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Secretary. GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL, York-road, Lambeth.—From the year 1765 this Hospital (not in administration confined to locality ) . has been an Asylum for wives of necessitous tradesmen, mechamcs, soldiers, and sailors, as in door patients ; poor women are also attended at home by com petent midwives, getting, in cases of difficulty, physicians' assist ance. Total in and out patients in seven years, 9,393. The annual expenditure is more than the reliable income. Deaths of subscribers, and the increased cost of provisions, &c., have affected the power of the Weekly Board to continue the relief hitherto afforded, and they are compelled to make this SPECIAL APPEAL for AID. THOMAS HENRY SMITH, Secretary. Cheques crossed Messrs. Drummond, or Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., the bankers, will be thankfully received. NATIONAL INSTITUTION for DISEASES of the SKIN, Gray's-inn-road and Mitre-street. Physi cian, Dr. BARR MEADOWS, 49, Dover-street, Piccadilly. Ave rage number of Patients under treatment, 1,000 weekly. Free letters are available for necessitous applicants, THOMAS ROBINSON, Hon. Sec. earl i Lords ha ye d b ( D ose cellor sol e cretarY ' 9l to ) decree deo.. to b e en (hi Madras surplus ep. or iginally r ibe o Lt the subc the f. hal tore ler rt the su bs he' le value estio6 3. T he A qu tO ere spon—e a ,tpa efore 1853,wuroi te, it beiu , , the forced 11 ,P"belo f rhe clisE the -b or red o ed O lj Westbl'o t h e deeis l° 2 P s° ) describ!sl, ih e Lorc l ,4' f x l.o £9 Os' v " ker s ' "o ,stoekbr° 'defraud. sled Tb 'l ° d bad c So ce f f t : possess lec ' th e ) mentionb er tificate ' t o t accept 9d L on v scain t i b a lance e ri olf . to t loner 11° he pr isol, l le fore nd they' to se eir Unde resent pro, the Pove io n the 1i o wed ,te nom ll for w or th eraitbt:iii o,yor C O u to sureties o f ° 015 131 Y , lory , Dr, 0a , Colt ) l'n A' ''illit'l lame i, liter . ° ll ° lllll , .1 8 rol'rrit $ judhio LI a' "14 , e rt S IJI3 vet' ry N'boiietf T HE GLOBE MARINE INSURANCE COM PANY (LIMITED), Capital, £500,000, with power to increase, of which it is pro posed to call up only £lOO,OOO, or £4 per share.. £1 per share will be payable on application. £3 „ 11 allotment. BANKERS : The London Joint Stock Bank. The Manchester and County Bank. __ _ The List of Applications for Shares will be closed on Wednes day, the 25th instant, and the allotment will be made on Friday, the 27th instant. Copies of the Prospectus Circular can be obtained, and copies of the Articles of Association can be inspected, on application to Mr. Edward Carey, at Lloyds ; Messrs. G. and A—Lindo, Solici tors, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street, E.C. ; Messrs. Chad wick, Adamson, Collier, and Co., 65, Moorgate-street, E.C., and 64, Cross-street, Manchester ; and Messrs. Shepherd and Grieve son, 10, Old Broad-street, E.C. THE NEW ROSARIO SILVER MINING COMPANY (Limited) —Capital £50,000, in 50,000 Shares of Z 1 each. 'Deposit oa application 55. per share, and no pay ment on allotment- No subsequent call to exceed ss. per share, or at less intervals than four months. If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full. Deposit for (Scrip) Share Warrants ss. per share on application, the balance, 155., on allotment. DIRECTORS. Alfred Bryant, Esq., Mincing-lane, merchant. -- James Davis, Esq. (late of Ulverston), Harley-road West, Brompton. J. Goodson, Esq., Kensington-gardens-square. Esq., colliery proprietor, Leeds. _ Charles Morris, Esq., chairman of the FortuuaMining Company, and director of the Economic Life Association. - John Potts, Esq., merchant, city of Mexico. Bankers 'in London—The Consolidated Bank, Threadneedle- street,. London, E.C. Solicitors Messrs. Nokes and Carlisle, 8, Finch-lane, E.C. Brokers.—Messrs. Woodall & Allen, 1, Cushion-court, Old Broad-street. Secretary.-11. W. Mathias, Esq. Temporary Offices.— No. 174, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, E.C. The large and valuable range of Silver Mines which this com pany is formed to work is situated in the same rich district, and in close proximity to the profitable Mines of the celebrated Real del Monte Company, which, since its establishment in 1849, has yielded Dividends to the Shareholders amounting to nearly £3,000,000 sterling. No drainage is now required as the shafts have all become dry since the completion of the great Aviadero adit of the Real del Monte Company. , . Ore yielding only £6 9s. per ton pays all expenses. The result therefore of numerous assays of ores taken from various parts of these mines, and giving an average value of £45 10s. per ton, cannot but be considered as highly satisfactory, more espe cially as the average produce of the 525,978 tons of ore, reduced by the Real del Monte Company up to 1865, was only £l3 4s. per ton, from which, notwithstanding the great cost incurred by that company for drainage, a profit of £2,411,500 to that period was made. Prospectuses, reports, and forms of application for shares, may be obtained at the Offices of the Company, and of the Bankers, Solicitors, and Brokers. THE NEW ROSARIO SILVER MINING COMPANY (Limited). The Share List of thi Company will be closed on Saturday next, 28th inst., for London ; and, on Monday, 30th, for the country. By order, H. W, MATHIAS, Secretary. 174, Gresham House, May 24th, 1870. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.—The Proprietor of the CENTRAL PRESS furnishes Telegraphic News to Newspap( r Proprietors, to the Managers of Clubs, Exchanges, News Rooms, Reading Rooms, and Hotels. GENERAL 'NEWS.—Four services are supplied daily. The first service will nive all the news becoming known between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m., including extracts from the London rning Journals. The second service will include all news from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The third service all news from 2 p.m. to 8 p,m. The fourth all news from 8 p.m. to 2a. in. 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His lordship adds that an alteration in the Game Laws to prevent the over-preservation of ground game seems abso lutely necessary, and he shall carefully consider the provisions of any bill introduced into Parliament on the subject. While ready to allow the fullest religious equality to all classes, he avows himself a devoted son of the Established Church, and is strongly opposed to any measure which may tend to its disestablish ment. On the education question Earl Mahon speaks in general terms. Education. Mr. Henry Winterbotham having within the past few days represented the views of the Education League and Mr. Baines those of the Edu cation Union, Mr. Hubbard, M.P., comes forward to give his opinion as a mem ber of the " National Society," which is stated to have been in existence sixty years, and which has 1,500,000 children on its school registers. Mr. Hubbard says he fully concurs with the spirit of Mr. Baines's letter, inasmuch as he believes that most men concede that moral and religious training is advantageous directly to the child and indirectly to society. He, however, dis believes that any attempt to contrive an undenomina tional religious system of education can be successful or satisfactory. Mr. Hubbard thinks that wisdom and charity alike dictate forbearance in the training of children rendered exceptional by their parents' wishes or their own disqualifications, but he holds that the teacher must belong to some denomination, and, if conscientious, must teach what he himself knows and believes. Agreeing with Mr. Baines in the indispensable necessity for religious teaching, Mr. Hubbard therefore refuses to imagine that differing denominations can merge their differences in any compromise which would retain the power of supplying the principles and motives which constitute a religious life. To meet all objections Mr. Hubbard would let the de nominational system have fair play, and he would institute a "liberty clause," which, not ambiguously worded, would secure the teachers right of teaching, and the parents right of withdrawal. Mr. Hubbard, moreover, is in favour of encouraging all voluntary effOrts, whether denomina tion or purely . secular, for providing a means of educating the ignorant, and he would only ask the State to interfere in the last resort, and by its strong hand gather up the waifs and strays. The Indian Budget. - - Mr. Laing's opinion as to the present dis content in India, in consequence of the increased income tax, is worthy of consi deration. When Finance Minister of that country, Mr. Laing says he had an opportunity of learning that the radical complaint arose from a large portion of the expenditure of India being withdrawn by the Government in Downing-street from her control. This compels the Indian authorities to frame budgets on different principles from those acted upon in England. India not being an independent country, is not able to raise money by terminable loans to pay for extraordinary public works, and she there fore has to pay ror them by oppressive and unpopular taxation. Mr. Laing considers the people of India have suffered from Home inter ference in the matter of economy, and he instances the amalgamation of the local European with the Queen's army, carried out in direct opposition to the will of the Governor of India. He thinks that in spite of all drawbacks, India is financially one of the most prosperous States in the civilised world. No other State has done so much out of revenue, and there has always been a surplus. The national debt is extremely moderate, and the country is progressing with unexampled rapidity. All that is wanted is to recognise the fact that there is a great public opinion which cannot safely be disregarded, and therefore the more , matters are left to the Government in India, upon " which such public opinion acts, and the less they are interfered with by distant authorities, the better. IIIL The Outrages at Christ Church. The wilful destruction of six- or seven pieces of valuable sculpture, although considered a serious and unbecoming offence, is not meeting with that con demnation at the hands of the undergraduates at Christ Church which the public might have expected. On the contrary, general commiseration for the sen tenced Housemen, and justification for their crime, seem to prevail. The resident Christ Church undergraduates at a meeting unani mously passed a vote of sympathy with the Dean and other authorities in the matter, but they refused to adopt a resolution expressing regret at the occurrence, and advising the culprits to give themselves up. The outrages are spoken of as a " childish " and " thoughtless " freak, and the undergraduate mind altogether banishes the idea of its being wicked. It is, moreover, urged that at the hour of midnight men of twenty are not always cognisant of the full consequences of everything they may do. Some of those who attempt to defend the guilty parties even contend that all " young things do not depend so much upon themselves as upon those that train them," and venture to express an 'opinion that the lads against whom so much outcry is • now raised were not the only ones at fault. It is also thought very hard that college men should not only be publicly expelled, rusticated, gated, and rated, but should be threatened with a felon's dock as well. As public feeling in the matter has been pretty widely ' and severely expressed, it may be well to know how far it coincides with the views of the inmates of the college where the acts were perpetrated. That the feeling of the residents themselves are in accord ance with the statements here made is testified to by more than one Houseman at Oxford. The Sale of Livings. " An Aggrieved Patron " writes to the Times to complain of his wrongs with respect to the sale of ivings. Last year he had an offer of nearly £4,000 for a living in the North of England, which he refused on account of the extreme opinions of the applicant. Like Warren Hastings, the patron evidently "stands amazed at his own moderation," but he more than half re grets it. It he had accepted the offer, and been robbed of the banknotes received for the presentation, it would have been acknowledged that he was robbed. He does not see , the difference between the material pocket-picking of the thief and the legal robbery sanctioned by the new law. The patron does not at all appreciate the merits of the adage, " Virtue is its own reward," and thinks if the nation, has a sudden fit of scrupulosity, it should pay for it. He has "very strong feelings," he tells us, on the respon sibility of a patron, but these .feelings have limits. When they clash with pecuniary interests they col lapse, leaving nought behind but virtuous indignation at "the confiscation of property hitherto considered as secure and as saleable as Bank stock," and to be bartered of course on the same principles. Dissenters' Places of Worship. An official return shews the total number of Dis senters' places of worship in England and Wales cer tified to the Registrar General. The Methodists are divided as follows—Calvinistic and Welsh Calvanis tic, 756 ; Countess of Huntingdon's connection, 36 New Connection, 267 ; Primitive, 3,126 ; Wes leyan original connection, 5,750 ; Wesleyan Methodist Association, and Wesleyan Reformers, generally forming the United Methodist Free Church, 897. This gives the whole Methodist body a total of 10,898 places of worship. The remainder are enumerated as follows :—Baptists 1,818, Bible Christians 437, Friends or Quakers 372, Indepen dents or Congregationahsts,2,2s2; Jews, 20; Latter-day Saints or Mormons, 86 ; Moravian or United Brethren, 27 ; New Church or New Jerusalem Church, 23; one Catholic Apostolic Church, 24 ; Presbyterians— (Church of Scotland), 9 ; United Presbyterians, 58 ; Presbyterian Church in England 57), 124 ; Roman Catholics, 639; Unitarians, 108. All others (consisting principally of Christian Brethren, Protestants, Protes tant Dissenters, and those who object to be designated by any distinctive appellation), 761; making a grand total of 17,589. Eton College. It is to be hoped that the "Eton Boy" who writes to the Times about the extra week's holiday which has been granted at the request of the Prince of Wales, is not a very big boy. If he is, his production is not flattering to the style of reasoning or the good manners taught at tl.e great public school. The other day the father of an Eton scholar complained that though thirteen full weeks' holiday were allowed in the course of a year, yet the Prince of Wales had thought fit to ask fbr another week this year, and the authorities had granted it. up on which complaint the Eton boy proceeds to polish off the father. His letter is "utterly unworthy of an English gentleman an t a British subject." " I suppose his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales knew perfectly well what he was about in asking for an extra week, and it was the duty of the authorities of Eton to decide whether it was right or not to accept it for the boys. In any case, Sir, I do not think that such a person as your correspondent should interfere or trouble himself about the extra £2 he may be called upon to pay. I would rather pay the £2 myself than hear the tutors and dames of Eton libelled." As a specimen of Eton imperti nence, this remarkable production does the school credit. The fact is that there is already far too much play at Eton. The expenses are heavy, the holidays are long, and the bo3s do no over powering amount of work when they attend. If a complaint against thirteen weeks' holiday being lengthened out to fourteen is not reasonable, what is? Development of Irish Industry. Condensed milk, the making of which has hitherto been confined to America and Switzerland, is now manufactured in large quantities at Mallow, where rich grazing grounds enable the cattle to supply a peculiarly nutritive kind of milk. The great success of the butter merchants in the south of Ireland, tempted an enterprising gentleman, Mr. J. H. Newnham, to try what could be done with dairy produce in another direction. Mr. Newnham's scheme has met with unexpected encouragement, and he now employs permanently sixty pairs of hands in condensing over 200,000 gallons of milk, the quantity which he sends away annually in tins to all parts of the world. In order to ensure superiority and genuineness in his milk, Mr. Newn ham has it all tested before it leaves Mallow by the Professor of Chymistry at Queen's College, Cork. Getting up Evidence. Our law reports are not yet free of the tedious Wicklow peerage case, though its last appearanae was not to settle the possession of a peerage, but the fees of a solicitor's clerk ! Mr. Samuel Brown sued Mr. Octavius O'Brien, by whom he was formerly employed, to recover £42 48. for work per formed and services rendered. Mr. Brown, who en joyed a salary of 30s. a week, with scrivenery allow ance, was informed by Mr. O'Brien that the Wicklow Peerage would be disputed, , and that he would make something nand some out of the case. Mr. O'Brien was concerned for the Earl of Wicklow. In 1869 Mr. Brown was numbered among the fashionable arrivals of the London season, and in 1870 he returned faithfully to the metropolis, after a short absence. In both cases he was paid a pound a day, and in 1870 he was also to be paid for overwork. His office included some diversion among its labour, for he was engaged in getting up the evidence, and he reckoned as part of his wo r k takin g the witnesses to the seaside, so that no one should get at them. The pleasures of these trips seem in the minds of the jury to have almost entirely out weighed any other consideration, for they were cruel enough, while recognising the plaintiff's claim to re duce his demand from £42 4s. to one tenth, £4 Bs. 9d. Chloroform as an Anaasthetio. It appears that Mr. Waldie, who gave Sir James Simpson the hint about chloroform, which the latter turned to such noble account, was a chemist and bookseller at Linlithgow. It is related that some chloroform in a saucer was accidentally placed on the ground by the side of a dog which was pre sently discovered lying unconscious. After a time, however, the animal moved his limbs, and gra dually regained consciousness. Mr. VValdie began to think that he had made a discovery, and operated on a number of cats with success. Thus confirmed in his belief, at the suggestion of a friend, he called. on Professor Simpson, who tried a number of experi ments, and proved, beyond all doubt, the virtues of chloroform as an anaesthetic. Chloroform, it will be remembered, was discovered by Soubeiran in 1831, but it is owing to the intelligence of Mr. Waldie that the inestimable boon conferred by Dr. Simpson on society was not delayed. Enclosure of the New Forest. A meeting has been held at Southampton to con sider the proposal to enclose and cultivate the New Forest. Captain Maxe, RN., prOposed the first resolution in favour of the object, and urged the desirability of carrying it out under such conditions as would be best calculated to give profitable employment to the people, increase the pro duce of the soil, and promote the comfort and independence of the labouring poor. He stated that a farmer living in the forest had estimated that nearly the whole of the 60,000 acres would bear profitable cultivation, while another gentleman had spoken to the effect that 30,000 acres might be regarded as simply corn-growing land. The resolution was carried, being supported by, among others, Mr. William Warner, of Botley, a large land owner and farmer, who expressed his belief that there were thousands of acres in the New Forest that would well pay for cultivation, and which for years had yielded no return. Capital Punishment in Holland. The abolition of a death penalty has been voted by a large majority of the Legislature of Holland. Before the third reading of the new penal code was assented to, however, th House adjourned to consider a question of exception. It was proposed that where the victim of the assassin or assassins was the chief of the Bund, or a Prince of any one of the different' countries comprising the Confederation, the old rule of capital punishment should not be de parted from. The upholders of the " Divine right" who seek to have one law for the patrician and another for the plebeian, have shewn a feeling which will be reciprocated by the Imperialist section of the German people, although the logical and practical will laugh at the idea of making the murder of a crowned person an essentially worse act than the murder of an ordinary man. Progress in Japan. No longer content to remain a secluded and almost unknown island, Niphon is gradually pushing itself forward into the "highway of nations" as a country in which commercial interests may flourish, enlightened laws be administered and social relations fostered. The sacred barriers which for ages have been allowed to surround the Mikado and his Court have within the past few years been broken down, and Foreign Ministers may now visit him at his capi tal as they will. The . young Prince, himself appreciating the wisdom and value of intercourse with his people as well as with visitors from foreign countries has latterly issued decrees in which he calls the old practice " a foolish one," fraught with possible danger to the " God country." He desires that the " nine walls " surrounding Japan may no longer be considered as the boundaries without which thename and influence of his nation are not to pass. and he repeatedly warns the Japanese that one day's neglect in improving their land and in opening com munication with the great world round them may cause hereafter one hundred years of sorrow and dis grace. PACIFIC RAILROADS. The joint resolution concerning the Northern Pacific Railroad, having passed the ordeal of the Senate in spite of a vigorous opposition, is now upon its journey through the House. It is a rather startling piece of legislation. Of the wisdom of aiding railroad enterprise in the West by land grants there can be but one sound opinion. Within reasonable limits it is the most effectual stimulant to rapid settlement that can be devised. But there is a line of moderation at which it is the duty of the government to pause. Whatever may be said of past transactions, the present demand runs beyond them to an extravagant degree, and is altogether unprecedented and excessive. The road asks for a belt of territory several hundred miles in length and one hundred miles in width,—an area large enough to carve up into States. It further wants power to mortgage the road, the franchise, all this land, and all other property of the corporation, of what description soever, and to do this before the actual task of construction has been so much as even begun. It is an old maxim that there is no harm in asking, a,nd the managers of this corporation have evidently laid the doctrine to heart. There has been no want of liberality in previous grants, but this one shews an extraordinary dis proportion between it and any of its predecessors. It ap pears that the amount of land asked for within the limits of Minnesota is twice as great as that ever given to any other line within that State. Yet the other lines have found builders who have had no occa sion to repent of the undertaking. Neither are there any exceptional circumstances alleged or maintained concern ing the Northern Pacific. Passing beyond the limits of the State, it appears that the desired appropriation in the territories is four times as great as has yet been made to any other single enterprise. If the facts are true, and they do not appear to have been questioned, they shew greediness and rapacity on the part of this ambitious enterpsise which it would do no harm to put on short rations fora few years. In an able speech against the proposed grant, Senator Thurman exposed the intended mortgage as the first false step in the scheme which, if it were seri ously examined, could not be justified. He averred that the next thing would be a sale under the mortgage and the buying in at a cheap price of the franchise and the whole property by a " ring" in the company itself. This is, of course, only his prophecy. It may never come to pass, though it is certain that if it should come to pass it would by no means be the first event of the kind in the railway history of the country. But the mortgage itself is so unusual and so objectionable in many respects that nothing but an overbearing necessity could justify it. The existence of that overbearing; necessity its friends have failed to prove. Other roads have got along without encountering a like need in times infinitely less favourable to railway enterprises than the present, when capital does not seem able to find enough investments of this description to absorb its exuberant abundance. It seems strange that a resolution that has been so powerfully assailed and so feebly defended should have had such an unqualified success in the Senate. One grave objection to it is, that it creates a dangerous pre cedent. It was the ground selected by the opponents of blind liberality and extravagant grants as the best upon which they could do battle. If they are beaten here, after such conclusive argument and in so extreme a case, they will have no prospect of again resisting the same restless spirit. Other bills, without num ber, will come pouring in ; many are know to be now only waiting with the intention of passing easily through the great breach which this mighty forerunner is expected to make for them. There must be a limit to such donations, and if it is not found at this point it seems as though it might never be found until the pub lic lands are actually exhausted. That such exhaustion is a possibility has not heretofore been appreciated by many persons. But when we hear that the grants already made to the four Pacific Railroads contain a superficial area equivalent to that of five large States, it becomes evident that at this rate of depletion the end of the sup ply is a quite conceivable event at no very distant date in the future. —Boston Advertiser. The correspondent of a Manchester paper says : An unfortunate turn seems likely to be given to things in Ireland by the language of the Times and Tele graph with reference to the discussions of last week on the Land Bill. I hear for certain that the Lords do not meditate making any essential changes in the bill, but they will be content to let it pass pretty much as it stands. They will ; however,it is said, compen sate themselves for this concession by throwing out the Ballot Bill, adhering to the principle that nothing which is right ought to be yielded on the first time of asking. TliE CAPITOL—We now know the actual loss of life produced by the " accident "—if the direct result of shameless carelessness can properly be called an accident at the Capitol in Richmond. Fifty-eight persons are already dead, of whom fifty-five were white and three coloured. Many of the wounded are in a condition to give rise to serious anxiety on the part of their friends. Over two score families are plunged in great poverty and distress, and an appeal has been made to the public here on their behalf. We would rather say no more m reference to that appeal, for a sum has been subscribed which, for the credit of New York, we refrain from mentioning. Has the virtue of charity really taken a long farewell of the community ? —New York Times. COMPANIES AND FREIGHT LINES.—The legisla— ture of Ohio has under consideration a bill to regulate express companies and fast freight lines, requiring all such corporations doing business within the limits of the State to publish from time to time a statement of their business and financial condition. The actual condition of the three large express companies in the country, operating under special State charters, is never accu rately known to their stockholders. They are close cor porations and the stockholders and the public have to be content what information the trustees not elected nor re movable by the stockholders, may choose to give them. The purpose of the Ohio legislature is to dispel the mys tery, if possible, and give the public some safeguard, not against these companies particularly, but against all similar companies which take advantage of their example to impose uponthe community— Boston Advertiser. No. 24,327 LONDON TUESDAY, EVENING EDITION. MAY 24, 1870. PRICE 1 d STAMPED 2d.