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Mire e,'",_ ° ,',2. 6 of the Marchioness de Brehan of • seven years a -eieait, wasting away, debty, nervousness, irritability, 4eskleenerTous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleep'- de the most intolerable nervous agitation. de N e i': °. 7 8, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart deri v a, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Waterford; "I have 0 4 , ljellalch benefit from your excellent food.—STUIRT DE DE ., Cu re °,,,raana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." m9spe,„".lo. 49832. —Of fifty years' indescribable agony from 5pa,14,11, net vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, r, e ars lek , ne sa, and vomiting —Maria Jolly of Lynn, Norfolk. - ergs, hadr• '.72121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme irrvous neare Nr.,...,ii, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. . 'rrhe,. ", 5 4.-- Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' Th e 7,- r ,,(1 2 .• 1211,°°d i s sold in Canisters, at ls. lid.; 11b., 2s. 9d., 21b., 4s. el i ,"" on r'„ 2 ? a '; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, carriage - "oerbi et e- .,,1Pt of P. 0. Order Also Du Barry's Revalenta Ara t la for 2 4 eu .owcier is packed in tin canisters : For 12 cups a 2 5.. ., tineat Pa a t 3 a. 6 d., for 48 cups at 6s for 288 cups at Set., for , 6 t,iz'a art 5 5a ,rd er e Writ fri3eeeingr about penny "per cup. The 30s. and 555. 41, 0 at I,ltity DijeaßrArißagoßenYe.nanEdngCloa.n, d 7 Reg7o,n e e n i t p - s t t r e o e P t o , s L t o O n d f H o e n e , at or and 's; rd-s also at 4sie ; 81race rpm, London: 6 3 Mason and 150, t xfotreet, Chea an ; d p 121 d, New , g North ; and all Grocers and Chemists. ON FITJXDMTEI3BY DESTITUTE in the 4 0 Ys y?liP-I:l2iN CHILDREN are being maintained of AIcHICRT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at Der annum eaeh, Funds greatly neededthe moderate rate . Paive 41 IN, eaPold el Lu ton, I CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. v_nC,o in the Value of er part of /,4,6 a bl e strengbim an incre ase , o ted 3 10 . firea t place 111 u mprOVereen. t h e quotst le t to 12 6 i, 12 „ 1 ' latter at 7 Olen 1; Gr eA rn L °l3(l° : ' on a nd Snut and Linc°lll. D (Leeds), 1. t. Canadia Lent. transacti°l' rdo . y e netia ti f t ov ered to 14 in the:nark!: arehases aities, and then Pla ce 11 870 Zussian Virginia' anJ ed MortgAi° and w ithou t -n wines, I)°° at 2 9-16t1151 ; 11 a moderate 3ry m odera te ; UPWa rdS o ° : COILSI 0 into th 'way for t ,, x . " U 5,2 6 3, be-7 _ Period of tio Railway for , n increas e ° ;IP uS Ye t h at ' ,y sheW S a of 6° ' ividen Indian S ub' a have fa ti 4x 'll dull, at 16 and Prices to-ii both the gen er it2Eito3Per s have beeil ' rm at 591' -At 31814 ' -i b an el d i thin as hav e - thin as been a lou t late rq; e ipplied• have prices has beo n ey buy active quiet, at been te, have v e Ind Peas ha prices. ow IloW has l Od. sellersdo ast po I. 6d. Loud e, 42s 3s. u Iln nornO bit t ed quiet. j a, e steady, ' W •es. cartencl ach quietness 'es' the in „ ons have 11 4 e, of 25.: W el ts es. • a rians, 1. to 4° ; _The sq; weatherUtlo 2. 10cL ad • to t i l it L: 811 m '47 7, ; , : - otch 1)-g w iJ E6B Ca ° 35 • block, 41 Afaire t 000 on sr' 4 sf ax icet Orr°. A 1. Bl e 341; 1, sPoi, Septen►ber. June' 61. s 'a 2o2. " SPirl 10k. 38i. Edo, 7t• ) ig Irgh v jCO gra vitatl unto of O a mpson, positio n ' 7esh euel exhaust e 6ge by agli nci : Ad a flail i on that 1 eg grs;l 4 o l lth-resto the no un es, ker rerae erves, 5 0 7, mctioSil bled. W e e ed fi lth res t i e s r 66, ly 21, ,„ e e, 3ially self ett''' . "6o fe t b tie , cous [sir 09 beel se ads e& r e aly 21., aye/ years 0 0 tier? li . sn ess, • r 1 1.77 1, 0 many I B, to ° ago. O ; —Cure_ a ris )f 30 Y. - 0 ement, the In s [eh, It attach e eis: T o eHOCODAI9 for 2 4 t el ib's cups s „' e ct i ns are Ice Order. a ondo,i; _.._,_ wife. f 91'. 0, the 13(71j. t ritti l9o, D iq Dior, . 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The annual income from premiums is .. ...£64,000 From interest on investments ... ... 19,000 Ihe invested fund, after payment of all claims, exceeds 415,000 The whole of the profits divided among the members. Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured, amounting to £lOO,OOO. - W. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. No. 15, Moorgate-street, March t, 1870. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. lANUFACTITRING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF OHA.NCER.Y-LANE), LONDON (E. 0.) THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES. CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Per ream. e. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note; mticla approved . 4 0 Supeifine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Snrertine Double Thick Cream Laid Note ... 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing ........ ... 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers. 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Full particulars and the necessary forms may b procured from the Secretary. Donations and annual subscriptions are earnestly ., solicited. BANKERS. - _ _ _ Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.. Lombard-street, B.C. ; and Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W. EDWD. WEAVER, Secretary. Offices, 73, Cheapside. SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. Subscriptions and donations are much needed, and will be received by Mesons. Hat chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs._ Barclay, Contts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. K 'G's COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current expenses. Assistance is urgently needed. • J. W. WALDRON, Secretary ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, is the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Rcyal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828; the first to establish the principle of fr,e admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance'of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co .; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Bar clay aqd Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners street ; and at the Hospital from 10 to 5. NA'rIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond,' Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861. Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of OAXBAIDGIII, E.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of :he kingdom. Ti.e object of e Charity Is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, ani practical instruction in the kitchen, house, Ind laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain lb years of ago, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The CJltarity le entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY ICINGSOOTB, Treasurer W 11. WAR WIOIC, _Secretary. Office, 121, Pall mall, S. W; Earl:Russell paid a visit to the French Senate on Monday, and was present during the debate on the second reading of the Senatus-Consultum. According to a medical report of the Wilts County Asylum, just issued, there are a greater number of insane paupers in that county than in any other in England. Major Knox and Mr. Waters are actively contest ing the representation of Mallow. Both gentlemen addressed the electors yesterday. It is stated that Mr. Mathew, of the English bar, will also become a candidate. The mission which "Our Ocean Highways" has to achieve is to afford Travellers OF ALL NATIONS a means, in the simplest and readiest of forms, that of the alphabet, to find their way, safely and easily; over the whole world. The success already obtained by the first annual, for 1870, is a guarantee for the future. The whole British Press have applauded the enterprise ; many American and Continental Journals have encouraged and sympathized with the move ment, which is international, and made in the best interests of all countries. The host of elaborate special Handbooks and Guides which abound at the Railway Stations give many minute details to which a condensed Gazetteer of the World, in a moderate-sized volume, cannot lay claim. But what it does claim is, that it contains every necessary particle of Tra velling and Commercial information, derived from the best and original sources. It is a matter of just pride and congratulation that all the great Ocean Steamship Companies, and many eminent Com mercial Shipping Firms, have 'cheerfully acceded to the E litor 7 s application to forward Printed Forms of Ques tions to their Correspondents and Agents all over the globe for reply. Many of the home and continental ports have already sent in the requisite information ; those more remote will all be in time to have the latest authentic intelligence inserted in the next annual volume, which will be published on the Ist of December next, so as to be received and utilised by the Ist day of the New-year in almost every part and city of the globe. It will embody an amount of topographical, statistical, commercial, railway, and shipping intelligence, such as can not be found in any other publication. A valuable addition will be a FOREIGN PORTS' DIRECTORY, containing the names of British and American Ministers, Consuls and Vice-Con suls, Clergymen of all denominations, Physicians, Banks, Managers and London Correspondents, Chief Merchants, Ship Brokers and Ship!ptrrz A gen tfr,. klOycrs Agents, - Ne ws papers and Editors, Hotels and Proprietors; in short, no labour or expense is beinc , spared to render the work of paramount universal utility. Our Ocean Highways" Monthly Supplement, incorpo rated with the "Anglo-American Times," the leading organ of America in Europe, is essentially for the use of passengers by our great Ocean Steamship Companies. Each number of the Supplement and each bi-monthly number of "The Anglo- American Times " will contain, in addition to a Ports' Rail way and Steamers Summary, a Skeleton Tour, taking the traveller from the steamer, on his arrival in port, to some one of the great European centres, guiding him on hie way and ensuring his comfort at the most eligible hotels. These Supplements accompany the passengers in the homewaid.• bound steamers, provision having been made for the Agents of the respective Steamship Companies regularly receiving them for distribution at all foreign ports. Communications, suggestions, and correctionsare earnestly solicited from all Travellers, either by letter to the Editor, or personal interview, at the Bucki ng h am Palace Hotel, London. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a Vacancy has occurred in the Direction of this Bank by the death of John Ranking, Esq., which will be filled up at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. By the terms of the Deed of Settlement it is required as follows: "That every Proprietor intending to become a Candidate, or to pro pose some other Proprietor as a Candidate for the office of Direc tor, must, within Ten days from the time when the advertisement shall have been inserted, signify by some writing under his or her hand, to be left within the said Ten days at the Office of the Cor poration, either his intention to become a Candidate, or the name and place of abode of the Candidate intended to lad proposed by Lim or her." . _ _ Names of Candidates cannot, therefore, be received after the 30th instant. By order of the Court. R. W. BRADFORD, Secretary. 124, Bishopsgate-street within, London, E.C., April 20, 187 u. A.D. 1720. It 0Y A L EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W. OOTAVIIIS WIGRAM, Esq Governor. JAMES STEWART lI9DGSON, Esq Sub-Governor, OHARTYS JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor. DIREOTORS. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Gattloy, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq. Davidson, Esq Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Charles Hermann Goschen, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee, Sami Tetlow Hibbort, E Wilmo sq. t Holland, Esq. Bpi-ton Hubbard, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord Josceline Wm. Percy. Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. mei Solly, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANOES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. FARMING STOOK.—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding X 15,600 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part nership. The advantages of modern practice, with the secu rity of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of a CENTURY AND A HALE. ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL Excx.►NGE, LONDON. Cl* UARD lAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. - Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.O. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Richard M. Harvey, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P John Martin, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq :Tames Morris, Esq Abraham J. Hobarts, Esq Henry Vigne, Esq Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Hy. Bonham-carter, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq Charles F. Devas, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Goodson, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Thomson Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—Thoi ACTUARY—Si The Government Duty is mas Tallemach, Esq, aml. Brown, Esq. totally abolished. Proposal, with statement - of the ife Branch, free on application to Secretary. Prospectuses and Forms of Assets and Liabilities in the Li the Company's Agents,or to the FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMA.I7OBY W STITUTION. Preaident—Bev. °ANON DATA 00WrItIBUTIONEI for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, E.C. ; Francis Nicholls Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E. W. THOMAS, See., 200, Euston-road, N.W. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Baling. 870 children. £l6 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 114, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSELY, the Dentist by special appointment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic, and 23, MoORGATE-STREET, CITY. Established 1820. This, the most perfected system of painless dentistry, originated and invented by Mr. B. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted by the profession as one of the greatest improvements of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as above. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity fi om pain, no operations, stumps and decayed teeth rendered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected. Qualities: These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring ease and comfort unsurpassed -detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied - and youthful appearance restored—mastication and arti culation guaranteed. The " Times" of March 6 says :—" So good an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth from 55.; sets, sto 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only addresses, 312, Regent-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic; and 23, Moorgate-street, E. C., opposite the Star Insurance Office. THE LATE MR. ucronß. Another Irish election must be undergore. The death of Mr. G. H. Moore from serous apoplexy leaves a vacancy in the representation of Mayo. The deceased member was a politician of some standing. Born in 1811, ho was elected for Mayo in 1847, after a somewhat disastrous racing career. He re presented the county Until July 1857, when he was unseated on petition. After some ten years banishment from political life, Mr. Moore was once more elected in 34468, no opposition being offered. Mr. Moore's death will be a great blow to tl.e Nationalist party. He was one of its most en thusiastic members. His ultra-Liberalism pro nounced for a repeal of the union, of tenant right, the ballot, and some legislative restraint upon absenteeism. which he regarded as one of the most disastrous con sequences of the union, Ile was a fluent and able speaker, but ;extravagant and crotchetty. His last feat was his correspondence with Mr. Bolster, chair man of the Limerick Farmers' Club. Between these two passed a series of letters which did neither of them credit, Mr. Moore taking advantage of his adversary's name to make divers facetious remarks upori Mr. Bolster's capacity. DUBLIN. The electors of-Dublin are not at all satisfied with their position. Since the unseating of Sir Arthur Guinness last year the city has . remained with only one representative in Parliament, Mr. Pim, a state of things which is viewed as a grievance by Liberals and Conservatives alike. Nor is this all. The electors represent that under the English and Scotch Re form Acts 41,11 the cities in England. and iiiore than 200,00 Q inhabitants„ had their number of members increased to three. The population .of Dublin is 258,000, and it received no similar increase. Thus, instead of having three mem bars, Dublin returns but one. A petition, praying for the speedy issue of a writ, is receiving many signatures. THE RAILWAY TAX. Mr. Lowe's scheme for changing the tax upon the number of passengers carried by railways to a per centage upon the gross receipts is being severely criticised. The Pall Mall Gazette fears that the Chancellox of the Exchequer has this time betrayed an uncommon obscurity of apprehension. It is notorious that many railways do not exist at all for purposes of special taxation, or, in other words, are not possessed of any fund which can, upon any known principle, be made subject to deduction on the part of the Slate. In the case of the railways which pay n o dividend t o th e i r s h are h o ld ers , th e t ax will come either out of the sum devoted to working expenses, and will thus be obtained at a distinct risk to human life, or it will be taken from the fund set apart for the payment of th e d e b en t ure -h o ld ers o r other creditors of the company. The only rational tax of the kind would be a percentage on the net earnings, but Mr. Lowe does not impose this because it would be a clear addition to the income-tax. 'WHAT WILL BE THE BESITLT The effect of this change in England and Scotland are set forth in a Parliamentary paper. The present duty of 5 per cent. upon passenger traffic produces £450,279 in England, and £39,209 in Scotland. The new duty of one per cent. on the gross receipts from goods and passengers will yield £344,944 in England and £43,323 in Scot land. Thus the richer country gains and the poorer loses. Everything depends upon the proportion which the goods' traffic bears to the passenger traffic on the different railways. Those which carry the largest per tentage of passengers of course paid the greatest amount of duty, and will gain by the transfer. The South- Eastern, for example, had. a total traffic of £1,433,503 in 1869, of which £1,623,244 was from passengers. It is obvious that it will be better for this line to pay 1 per cent. on the whole,'than 6 per cent. upon the passenger receipts. In fact, whereas it formerly yielded £30,349 in duty, it will now return only £14,335. The North- Eastern, on the other hand, has a passenger traffic of £982,031, and a goods traffic of £3,081,000. It is better for this railway to pay 5 per cent. upon the former sum than 1 per cent. upon the two put together. Its duty will be increased from £30,231 to £40,042. Most of the great railways will gain. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. The North Staffordshire. Provident Association—a large and well-conducted friendly society—strongly condemns Mr. Lowe's proposal to abolish the office of registrar of friendly societies. No doubt the powers of the registrar were very weak. But the proper course, in the opinion of this body, would be to make more stringent laws. The registrar should be armed with powers to prevent the formation of, and to com pulsorily wind up, any society whose table of sub scriptions or rules seems inadequate to the objects for which it is established, or whose management is of such a nature as to involve it in difficulties. COLLEGE ARMS. A. correspondent writes to the Times to ease the minds of those who imagine they are liable to armorial bearings duty for using College Arms. " The Principal of a Diocesan College" has, it seems, extracted from Somerset House an opinion that " individuals using paper bearing college arms in their private cor respondence are separately liable to tho duty in question." The Times correspondent says that calling on a friend in Lincoln's Inn whose table was not overburdened with briefs, he put the ques tion to him. His reply was that he did not know whether the " Principal of a Diocesan College " or the lawyer of Somerset House was more ridiculous, and that no one was liable to the armorial duty who did not use a distinct family coat-of-arms. THE SCOTCH SOLICITORSHIP. - - Mr. Maclaurin, who holds the position of Scotch Solicitor in London, has suffered injury at the hands of his countryman, Mr. M'Laren, M.P. It seems that. Mr. 3PLaren wrote a letter to Mr. Gladstone alleging that the office of Scotch Solicitor in London had been instituted after the passing of the Reform Act of 1832; that the salary was £1,000; and that the fees charged were £1,400. In his evidence before the Campe r d own Commission, he repeated th e s t a tement, with the variation that the salary was £1,400, and the fees £l,OOO, adding that "it was a fearful waste of public money." Mr. Maclaurin affirms that the office was established long before 1832. No salary whatever is attached to it, and on a ten years' ave rage the fees amount to barely £4OO for hard work moderately charged and sharply audited. With these trifling exceptions, doubtless, as the French say, the rest of Mr. - 3PLaren's story is exact. But it is really too bad to unsettle the public by economical projects which have no foundation, TIM NONCONFORMISTS AND FDITCATIGN, The Rev. J. W. Dale, President of the Congrega. tional Union, made a very vigorous speech a ga i ns t d eno minational education at the Newcastle meeting of Nonconformists. He contended that unless town councils and local boards investigated the spiritual cha racter of the schoolmaster ; it was impossible to teach religion in the school, because it was acknowledged that an irreligious man could not teach religion. Aga i n , the children who - it was intended should be benefited by teaching religion in the schools would never be affected by it. These children were not found in the rural districts, but in the large towns, where the great diversity of opinion would prevent the teaching. He believed that the Bible might not only be read, but might be ex plained and enforced, under such co n diti ons th a t ad vantage should not be taken by people for the pur pose of inculcating the characteristic tenets of any particular Church. This, in his opinion, was the best resource. AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS' EARNINGS. The return of the average rate of weekly earnings of agricultural labourers, in respect of the Michaelmas and Christmas Quarters, 1869, and the Lady Day and Midsummer quarterslB7o gives some interesting statis tics. In the South-Eastern Division the wages of men average from 10s. to 1.55. ; women, ss. ; and children under 16, 3s. 6d. In the South Midland, men, from 10s. to 12s. 6d. ; women, 28. Gd. to 4s. 6d. ; and children under 16, 2s. Gd. to ss. In the Eastern Division the men earn from 9s. to 12s. 6d. ; women, 2s. 6d. to 4s. Gd., and children under 16, 2s. to ss. In the South-Western Division meu gel frplA 89. Gd. tQ.lls, omp, 4a l ts?._ Off.; The fine weather which is doing the country so much good is remarkably favourable to the spring crop of emigrants. At present the exodus from Liverpool is in excess of anything known before. On Tuesday 2,300 people left the Mersey for the. States and Canada ; on Wednesday, 2,325 followed their example ; 1,500 were set down for Thursday ; and three steamship loads for Saturday. THE MINER'S CONFERENCE. A meeting of the miners' delegates has been held at Wrexham for the reception of reports from various districts as to the eight hours' principle. It appeared that in the Wigan district the eight hours' system had been adopted, and that it was about to be at Farnworth and Kearsley. In the neighbour hood of Bolton the men had been working nine hours, but a resolution had been passed at a meeting in favour of the eight hours' system. In Roch dale the system has been partially adopted, but in Woraley it had not been commenced. The same was the case with St. Helens. The report from Oldham and Ashton was that there was a strong feeling in favour of the eight hours' movement, and it was expected that an effort would be made to adopt it in a fortnight. The delegate from Staffordshire stated that any attempt to enforce the eight hours' principle in the places which he represented would result in a severe struggle between the men and masters. The chairman stated that in Lancashire there were about 40,000 miners, 12,000 of whom were in the Wigan district, where the system of eight hours' daily work was now being carried out. Resolutions were carried in favour of the movement, and a " permanent agitator " was appointed. LIBELLING THE EARL OF SEFTON. The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, against the editor and managing proprietor of which paper Sir John Karslake on Wednesday obtained leave in the Court of Queen's Bench to file a criminal information for a libel on the Earl and Countess of Sefton and the Prince of Wales, has an article in explanation of the offence. The article states that the telegram came to hand and was, without the editor's knowledge, supplemented by a line which men tioned names. It was not until the next morning, adds the writer, that the editor saw the imprudent addition. That line excited his disappro bation, and the danger of adopting such floating statements was gravely pointed out to the person who did it. Tho absence of the editor at the time was, the article states, owing to illness. NEW ZEALAND. Sir ,George Grey, late Governor General of New Zealand, points out in a letter to the Standard the critical position of that colony consequent on the &scharge of the native levies. We know by the last telegrams, he says, that the expeditions against the rebels having failed, the discharge in question must before now have taken place. A large party of rebels still remain in arms unconquered. A considerable body of their countrymen sympathise with them, including the King party, and these hostile people occupy central positions of strength which threaten our weakest out-settlements. At this moment the last British regiment, the total cost of which the Colony had offered to re-pay, is withdrawn from New Zealand under circum stances that must create among the natives the belief that the British Government is angry with the European settlers, and believes that the natives have wrongs to avenge. Each man, Sir George says, raised by the colony for its own forces costs £l5O, against about £B3 for a British soldier. Anyone, therefore, he observes, who can at this moment induce the British Government to aid New Zealand by a wise system of emigration, or in any other manner, will earn the lasting gratitude of that country. FREE DINNERS. A very interesting experiment has been made in Edinburgh during the past winter, the results of which have just been made public. In the course of 17 weeks 75,168 free daily dinners were given to the neglected children of the Scottish capital. A surplus of two hundred pounds remained in hand, the balance of the subscriptions, and this has been put in the Bank by the Executive Committee, to be devoted to a similar purpose next year. At first sight nothing can appear more gratifying than such a report, but there are not wanting criticisms and even strictures on the move ment. It is said to be a discreditable fact that so many little ones should be neglected in a prosperous and populous city, and it is argued that the free dinner system only enables dissipated and vicious parents to spend that money in drink which should have gone towards their children's support. In answer to these objections it may very readily be admitted that, however discreditable the fact, we have, and are likely to have, a large proportion of neglected children in our great cities for some time to come. These little ones suffer heavily enough for the sins of their parents. We need not fear they will not bear their share of the burden. Such a father or mother does not restrain himself or herself to feed the hungry child. The drink is got first, the child must be fed as it can. We have too many painful instances of this kind before us to justify us in carrying out the strict theories of justice and political economy at the expense of hungry little things who cannot help themselves. LETTERS AND LETTER WRITING. The Pall Mall Gazette discusses at some length a thing which everybody does, but comparatively few do well. Letter writing has, indeed, become less of a special talent since it has become a uni versal accomplishment, and though Rowland llill has multiplied our correspondents a thousandfold, he has not increased the number of our Chesterfields and De Savi , n6s. The Pall Mall Gazette thinks that the decay of the art is not surprising, since it requires leisure, and we are always in a hurry. It is not worth while to spend much time on that which is to be sent at once and for a penny. It is only when we are writing from a foreign land, and the stamp is more valuable than the time spent on the epistle, that letters worth reading are likely to be written. Even in our ordinary correspondence, however, we get letters of very various characters, though too often they have one point of family re semblance—their illegibility. Medical and literary men are proverbial ofienders in this respect, but they find a good many to follow their example. Lawyers and commercial men, on the other hand, usually write as if they meant their letters to be read. It is a curious fact that some habitually cautious men lose head as soon as they take pen in hand, and commit them selves to the wildest promises and statements. Women, who are constantly doing the same thing, are naturally less wary, and their imprudence is, there fore, less surprising. Our critic concludes his analysis by the assertion that the best letters read in recent days before legal tribunals have been written by a, woman, though he qualifies the compliment at a few lines distance by the suggestion that women writers should habitually use ink which fades out after a. given time, and thus obliterate their epistolary ilk. discretions. THE SPELLING DIFFICULTY. We have often been told that the most formidable difficulty in competitive examinations is not to be found among the higher branches of science, or the more recondite departments of study, but in the every day orthography of ordi nary life. , Mr. Alexander Ellis, who has just been reading a paper on " The Spelling Difficulty " at the Society of Arts, seems to share this ouinion. Ile says that when we find out of 16,000 pupils in inspected schools, only 256, or less than one in 60, can read a simple narrative or write a simple paragraph correctly, we cannot but feel that something must be due to bad material as well as to bad brains, bad teaching, and bad attendance. For himself he has been able to read and write for fifty years, but cannot venture to read a page of the " London Directory with any certainty, while as for the names of history and geography, and the foreign correspondence of the daily press, he gives them up as honelem. Aloot of the reeepihk_ the_ lame of A SINISTER. RUMOUR. The somewhat sudden and untimely death Anson Burlingame in St. Petersburg has given rise, it would seem, to a rumour which the Boston Advertiser denounces as cruel and absurd. It is that the American diploinatist was poisoned by his jealous associates in the Chinese Embassy. The Advertiser points , out that the nature of Mr. Burlingame'a disease is sufficient to confute the story, and, in fact, it needs no further explanation than a Russian, winter to account for an attack of inflammation in the lungs, when the sufferer has been for years a resident in warmer zones. There is ne reason, says the American paper, to sup pose that the relations of the members of the Embassy were otherwise than cordial. It may well be askeo what possible profit the Mandarins could hope to gait by the death of their able representative. The success of the mission was entirely due to Mr. Bur linghame's personal character and influence, and half the prestige of the Embassy would be lost if it were merely presided over by a Chinaman, however able. A PLEA FOR LOPEZ. A. " Commander It•. ) " writes to-i Paraguayan struggle, desiring as " one who has seen something of both belligerents" to give his version of the story. Brazil was, he says, the aggressor at the opening of the war, though the first blow was struck by Lopez, Who merely took the initiative to save himself. Brazil had long wished to "round off" her empire by annexing Paraguay, and induced the Argentine States to join her with that object. As to the question of cruelty we must not measure Indo-Spanish doings by an English stan dard. Lopez was forced by military neces sity and self-preservation to repress conspiracy and treachery with a vigorous hand. He did not hold human life more cheaply than his neighbours of the Argentine Republic, neither was he more ambitious than the Brazilians. The principal charges against him are that he was unscrupulous, selfish, and cowardly. The first may be admitted, the two last are wholly false, and those who came in contact with him—especially his foes—were forced to recog nise him as a great man. The " Commander" hopes the civilised world will one day look at the whole question fairly, not through a Brazilian fog. When that is done he believes the extermination of the Paraguayan race will be regarded as one of the greatest crimes in modern history. THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROSECUTIONS. The case of the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett, M.A., vicar of Frome, charged with heresy on the subject of the Holy Eucharist, will come before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, on an appeal from a decision of Sir Robert Phillimore, the Dean of Arches, in June. At the same time the appeal izf"the case of Elphinstone v. the Rev. J. Purchas, incumbent of St. James's Chapel, Brighton, will be heard by the Judicial committee, also on appeal from the decision of the Dean of Arches. In the event of the Archbishop of Canterbury being sufficiently recovered to take his seat at the Council in June, the case of Noble (Secretary to the Archbishop of York) against the Rev. C. Voysey, Vicar of Healaugh, on an appeal from a decision of the Worshipful Granville Harcourt Vernon, Chancellor of York, will be heard. The Act of Parliament provides that one of the Arch bishops or the Bishop of London (wITo alone of the Episcopal Bench are Privy Councillors) must sit in such and such a case, and as the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London have acted as quasi-prosecutors in previous stages of the case, they are precluded from hearing the appeal. It seems at present uncertain what will be done in the case of Mr. Mackonochie, the Vicar of St. Alban's, Holborn. 8i: James Elphinstone and Sir John Hay, a con temporary is informed, propose to bring before the House the desirability of converting Greenwich Hospital into residences for the relatives of naval officers, to be con ducted on a similar basis as Hampton Court Palace. A meeting in opposition to the Contagious Diseases Acts has been held in Birmingham. The mayor presided, and the meeting was addressed at great length by Mrs. Butler, of Liverpool, and by several clergymen and others in favour of petitioning against the Acts. The death is announced of the Rev. Prebendary Havergal, who has for many years been a prominent member of the Evangelical party in the Church of Eng land. He was the author of many musical works, and above fifty of his coranoaitiims have been published by No vello. AN UNSEAWORTHY VESSEL.—The Judicial Committe of the Privy Council, has heard an appeal from a judge ment of the Court of Queen's Bench, for the Province of Quebec. The Commercial Bank of Canada, brought an action to recover 6,000 dollars, under a policy of in surance an the propeller " West," for a voyage from Montreal to Halifax, in which the vessel was lost. The question was whether she was seaworthy at the time of leaving Montreal, and it was decided in favour of the owners, by the court below. After hearing evidence, however, the Judicial Committee decided that the boiler was defective at the commencement of the voyage, and that the defect was aggravated by the incompetency of thc,engineer. The judgment was th e ref ore reserve d , with costs. SIR ROBERT PEEL AND TIIE METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WoaKs.—An action has been brought by Sir Robert Peel in the Court of Exchequer against the Me tropolitan Board of Works. Sir Robert contends that injury has been clone to his residence in Whitehall Gardens by the works of the Thames Embankment. The case was heard during the last sittings in Guildhall, when a verdict was entered for the plaintiff, leave being given to the defendants to move that it be set aside. A rule has now been granted, the judges suggesting that the parties should agree upon a special case. The Duke of Buccleuch has a similar case now pending in the Court of Exchequer Chamber. MARKET Tor,Ls,—The right of the Duke of Manchester to claim tolls in the market of St. Ives has been tried. in the Court of Exchequer. The Duke claims a toll of one penny per head on beasts sold in the market. A verdict had previously been given in his favour, but a rule was obtained to set it aside. The defendants, however, concluded not to go on with the case, as they co ns id ere d the Duke had established his title. THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY.—The Master of the Rolls has delivered judgment in the case of the Grand Junction Canal Company v. Shugar. The company sought an injunction to restrain the defendants from diverting a stream iii Herefordshire from flowing into their canal. The, stream formerly flowed at high level into the canal, but" the defendants, under the Public Health Act, diverted' it to a low level, to cleanse the sewers of the neighbour. hood. The Master of the Rolls held that tho defendants were perfectly justified, in their corporate character, in' diverting the stream for the public benefit. The bill must therefore be dismissed, with costs, but the plaintiffs could sue the defendants for compensation if they thourht fit. THE CASE OF DECOYING YOUNG WOMEN.—William Leaver, alias Love, aged 38, and Amy Lowe, aged 17, have been brought up at the Clerkenwell Police Court on remand, for stealing a box and other articles from Miss Mary Ann Fanny Williams. The circumstances of this case have already appeared. There was another charge of obtaining some gold rings, a gold watch, and' over £5OO in money from Mrs. Mary Redfern, of Preston. She met the prisoner at a public-house in Preston, and the same evening he seduced her Under promise of marriage, She came to town with him, and she met the female pri soner . Sh e l e t t h em have £20,, £3O, and £49 at a time. Eventually he sent her off to Leeds, promising to send her boxes, but never did so. The prisoners were committed on both charges. SELLING DISEASED MEAT.—A butcher named Haynes, has been charged at Derby for exposing for sale four quarters of beef unfit for human food. The sanitary officers having proved the state of the meat, the defendant pleaded that it was his first offence, and he hoped the magistrates would be lenient to Lim as he was very poor. The magistrates under these circumstances inflicted a penalty of £1 for each piece, £2O being the maximum penalty. MURDER AT STOURBRID6E.—John Pearson has been charged at Stourbridge with the wilful murder of John Brettle. Deceased and his sweetheart were walking down someelen a t il lt ill erCa w ti h on enthe strucki) prisoner erseovoenrttohoek neck and it a d nd k af ill t e e a r him almost instantaneously. The priso ner was remanded A PECULIAR BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.—In the Court of Exchequer Mr. Powell, Q.C., moved for a new trial in the case of "Frost v. Knight," which was tried at the last Stafford Assizes before Mr. Baron Martin. The plaintTff, who is a young woman about 25 years of age, had been some time in the service of Mr. Knight, a tenant farmer, and in 1808 his son promised to marry her on the death of his father ; and several years having elapsed, plaintiff got tired of her celibate state, and applied to defendant to carry out his promise. He aid his father had not died yet. She, however, brought an action against him at the assizes, and the jury awarded her a verdict for £2OO damages. It was now alleged that the fact of the father boing still alive exone rated the defendant. The court granted a rule for a new trial to determine this ciukstiou,