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.., '' • r - • " t r 1111* Y 7 : :,-.1 • • • • r • . • , • (-•1 i ca # • 14, • v; M • I • - , ° - • via' c o •se,A • -DIE •,-; • ! nil - ODROI ~~ N°. 24,294. THE SUN, FRIDAY EVEgING, APRIL 15, 1870. PRICE STAMPED. ---_, --. 1(i-NA11AN'S LL Wll t -i-, Y DLl3Ltti. E - tIiBITION, 1.6C5. 0 . ery , ha ti tat, ate d Seal, Pink Labe,, and vor4 Branded "Milt.- ` 1 LL. WI • ~..„ ;,,, , i 1,. ., 112:3. ee.ebrated OLD IRISH 'A lIISKY gained the Dublin - , ze 1.,, iu i. Roo I! tiro, 31 Id, Mellow, Deleloua, and very Wholesome. th e A ' o ,in b. tt es, as. 31, at the Emil Honoei in Lor.don;" by -.. , nts in %Lio prine4altowna in England; or wholesale at ~_ GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. k - NOW ready, in in 2 vo's., Svo., wll - 4 Coloured Illustrations, :Wk., FREE RUSSIA. By W. HEPWORTH DIXON, Author of " New America," " Her tlajesty's Tower," &c. • - - 6 0 - Lilt OCEAN lIIGHWAYS' AND Irs MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT, VAS . TER EGGS.—The coptipent.tl custom of offering Eggs to Friends at Easter having ben recently introduced in fashionable circles in k ngland, E. RIMMEi, has prepared a series of FANCY .EGG 4, containing I erfumery, at prices 7Varying from One Shilling to One Guinea. Incorporated with EVICTION OF AN IRISH CLERGYMAN. The L'ullin Evening Post publishes some corres pondence which has passed between the Rev. John M'Dermott, P.P., of Sligo, and his landlord, Mr. Burton Irwin, of Dublin, on the subject of the. proposed eviction of Mr. M'Dermott from a farm of which he is at present in the occupation. The latter states that imme diately on entering the farm he set about improving, it, besides which he allowed the date of hi s occu pancy to run i'rom a period of four months anterior to the time at which the farm passed into his hands. Towards the close of last month he was served with a notice to quit. He wrote to Mr. In , . win for an explanation describing the improvements he had effected, and requesting that gentleman to say whether he intended to appropriate these im provements without compensation. Mr. Irwin, in reply, declined to enter into a letter contest and informed Mr. M'Dermott that if he has valid grounds for claiming compensation, he should state them to his agent. To a second letter, he says Mr. Irwin has not replied. 'The Post adds that at the last elec tion fAr. Irwin's tenants were cautioned against voting for .a supporter of Mr. Gladstone ; but that the Rev. Mr, M'Dermott disreggcled the caution. salve of humanity r Tins appeal trthe beuer feelings had, however, no effect - onbie inhumane magistrates, who, finding that Anderson hadreceiyed. money for the drink, pr,,bably thought he - vended his whiskey more for the sake of profit than humanity. The Dundee justices ,hold that these backways ought to be wal:ed up. " A book which is at once highly valuable an i eminently read able. It is, in our judgment, super Tor to any work that has pro ceeded from 3lr. Dixon's pen, and we cordially recommend it to our readers. The information Mr. Dixon conveys is verv - great, and his style is singul r y forcible and picturesque."—Standari. Burst and Blackett, Publishers, it, Great Marlborou,,street. "THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES." 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 tt guarantee for the future • The whole British Press have applauded the entervise ; ,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. E. RIMM ETA., 9.6, Strand; '2B, Ilegent-streot; and 24, Cornhill, E.C. Ls pal !Now realy, at all the Libraries, in 3 v.OlOl tockt con litriliAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (incorporated by Act of Parliament:lBW, 14, RU SSELL -STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, by And 38, QIIRRN'S-RO AD, BRIGHTON. h MONEY upon personal secur.;ty, Bills o e a r s, e,- or Leasehold Property, for ono, two, or three y repay- P 0 — we eklY, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. wa free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. A.D. 1720. P 0 YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE -111-) CORPORATION. (Established by Charter of his Xajesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London. Branch Office-29, rail Mall, S.W. VACCINATION IN SCOTLAND.. Dr. Stack, of the General Registry Office of Scotland, has presented a report of the operation-of the Vaccination Act in - Scotland, showing that-the mor tality nom smart-pox Litta amount in that country. In 1864, hO 'Says, the first year when the Vaccination ,Act came into operation, small pox was epidemic in Scotland, and caused the large number of 1,741 deaths. Bh:ice .-then the number has become fewer and fewer, falling to 383 in 1865, then to 200 and 104 in a year, and in 1868 only 25 deaths Occurred. 1n=1869, Dr. Stark says,_ it is estimated they cannot have exceeded 100 over all Scotland, a very large proportion having occurred in Greenock among per sons unprotected by vaccination. As five years, ho observes, have now elapsed since the last epidemic of smallpox in Scotland, and, so far as any certain re cords extend, it has never before been absent longer than three years, it is inferred that it is the successful working of thd Vaccination ket which has produced this desirable result. nain but ABRAVE _L . ' A D Y. 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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 Shipping Agents, Lloyd's Agents, News papers and Editois, Hotels and Proprietors ; in short, no labour or expense is being 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 his way and ensuring his comfort at the most eligible hotels. These Supplements accompany the passengers in the homowaid 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 corrections are earnestly solicited from all Travellers, either by letter to the Editor, or personal interview, at the Bucki ng h am Palace Hotel, London. (ABRIDGED CIRCULAR.] EIGHT PER CENT. DES MOIN - ES VALLEY RA' LRO AD BONDS, Secured on 247 miles of Railroad, Plant, and Equipment, and on 465,000 Acres of Land in the State of lowa. Or, at the option of Applicant, i 3 por cent., payable in Gold in London, on amount of purchase. PRESIDENT. D. W. Kilbourne, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT. C. H. Perry, Esq. TRUSTEES. W. S. Gilman, Esq. (Messrs. Gilman, Son, and Co.), Banker, New York. N. A. Cowdrey, Esq., Barrister, Now York. Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co. beg to announce that upwards of $3,000,000 having been privately subscribed, they are authorised to offer to the public $1,300,000, the balance of these Bonds, bearing 8 per cent. interest at the price of 95 in American currency, and have arranged to secure the payment of the interest in cash in London, to all who on purchasing now prefer it, at the rate of 7i per cent. per annum on the purchase price. Each Bond of $l,OOO bearing 8 per cent. interest in American currency will be sold for £l7B 2s. 6d., and if specified in the application the interest will be made payable in cash in London, at the rate of £6 13s. Bd. every half year, being at the rate of 71- per cent, per annum. These Bonds are thus made a First Class Land Secured Railway Bond, bearing 7-} per cent. interest on the cost price payable in Loudon free of all charges and free of American Income Tax. The BondS aro a First Mortgage on 85 miles of Railroad, from Des Moines to Fort Dodge, of which 77 are already completed ; on 365,000 acres of und or thereabouts in the State of lowa, already parcelled out and granted by the State to the Railway Company, and on 100,000 acres of laud granted by the State to the Rail way Company, on condi tion of the completion of the Railway by the running of trains into Fort Dodge before the end of the year 1870 ; and are a Second Mortgage on 162 miles of railroad from Keokuk to Des Moines. _ The Terms of Repayment are at par on the Ist October, 1898, or at any time by optional purchase by the Company at market value not exceeding 120 per cent., by means of the proceeds of sale of surplus lands, or, by drawings from time to time at 120 per cent., so often as $50,000 shall be in the hands of the Trustees of the Deed from the same sources. The numbers of the Bonds drawn for payment are to be ad vertised in New York and London Newspapers. The Trustees have power in the event of default being made for six months in payment of the interest to foreclose and sell the property after three months' notice. _ The Bondholaers'are privileged to purchase any of the surplus lands comp ised in the security at a minimum price, fixed by the Company and the Trustees, and the bonds or coupons are receivable in payment at their par value. The title to these lands is derived by direct patent from the United States Government to the ttate of lowa, and conveyance from the State to the Railway Company for railway purposes. The probent value of these lands is estimated to be from $5 to $lO por acre, and their rapid future increase in value is considered certain. The net earnings of the Railroad from its first opening throughout have been sufficient to pay all interest, and the operating expenses have averaged from 50 to 60 per cent. of the gross receipts. The Share Capital of the Company amounts to $3,904,400, which was subscribed for bona fide at par by owners of property and inhabitants of lowa and the adjoining States, and is all paid up. Further information, with full Prospectus, Map, and copy of the Deed of Trust and Land Grant, may be ob tained of Messrs. John Stuart and Co, Bankers, Manches ter; or from Messrs. Chadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co., 65, Moorgate-street, London, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. Applications for these Bonds, in the annexed Form accompanied by a deposit of £lO per Bond, will be received up to Three p.m. on the 15th instant by the London and County Bank, London, or any of its branches • by the Con. solidated Bank (Limited), London and Manchester; or by the National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, London and Branches. The balance of £l6B 2s. 6d. per Bond will be payable within 14 days after allotment. FORM OF APPLICATION. To Messrs. CLadwicks, Adamson, Collier, and Co., 65, Moorgate-street, London, Agents for the Des Moines Valley Railroad Company. I request you to allot me 8 per cent: Des Moines Valley Railroad Bonds of $l,OOO each, issued at 95 per cent., or £l7B 2s. 6d. each. I have paid a Deposit of £lO per Bond to the Bank, and I engage to pay the balance of the amount of issue within 14 days after allotment; and I request that the inte rest thereon may be made payable in London at the rate of £6 13s. Bd. half yearly, or 7i- per cent. per annum. Name Address Description Date G UARDIAN 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. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham- Carter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart J.lnies Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. hobarts, Esq Archibald Hamilton, Esq' Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—Thor ACTUARY Ss The Government Duty is Prospectuses and Forms of Asset. and Liabilities in the Li the Company's Agents,or to the mas Tallemacb, Esq, nal. Brown, Esq. totally abolished. Proposal, with statemen` of the ife Branch, free on application to Secretary. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are ettrnatly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, (heat Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing. 61:••••••• 870 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, J. 0.; and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Linco KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current expenses. Assistance is urgently needed. _ _ _ J. W. 'c'74.LDRON, Secretary Hobert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Edward James Daniell, Esq.-, William Davidson, Esq Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. °harks . Hermann Goschen, Ear . Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Medical Referee - , tiam William Tethow Ribbort, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq. Novile Lubbock, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq. Lord Josceline Wm. Percy. (Tharles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. kilo' Solly, Esq., F.R.S. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on advantageous terms. FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances. FARMING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the use of Steam Thrashing Machines. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Promiums payable by . persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years. Any sum not exceeding X 15,000 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 Offi ce w h o se r es ou rces have been tested by the experience of a CENTURY AND A HAIL ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, i 1 the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, Ring's Cross. --- Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron— His Royal 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.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Bar clay and Co.;• Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners street ; and at the Hospital from 10 to 5. "FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LOND ON r FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN SriTuTION. President—Bev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, ILO.; Francis Nicholls tsq. (of the Committee), J 4, Old Jewry Chambers, L.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W. A QMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women. Sub , criptions and donations are much needed, and will bo received by Messrs. Hat chard. Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Mesas. Barclay, Coutts, (Ilyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary. • PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY, by Mr. B. L. MOSELY, the Dentist by special appointment, 312, REGENT-STREET, exactly opposite the Royal Polytechnic, and 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 imps ovemeuts of the age for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions, can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of forty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as above. The superlative excellence of this system is perfect immunity from pain, no operations, stumps and decayed teeth rendered useful, loose teeth and tender gums protected. Qualities: These teeth never change colour or decay—in fit unerring ease and comfort unsurpassed —detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully studied - and youthful appearance restored—mastication and arti culation guaranteed. The "Times" of March 6 says :—" So good an imitation becomes the next best 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 InSuratiee Once. THE BREAK-UP OF THE OLLIVIER CABINET. Them is now no doubt t h a t the two most important members of the 011ivier Cabinet have resigned, and the Constitutional Ministry is broken up. The retirement of Count Daru and M. Buffet leaves the whole combination a mere wreck. The Pall Mall Gazette charges M. 011ivier with insincerity. He recently assured the Legislative Body that the Cabinet was in com plete harmony, notwithstanding the retirement of M. Buffet. And yet he must have known at the time that the existence of the Government was in danger, that the retirement of Count Darn, which has actually occurred, was then probable, and that it would virtually dissolve the Cabinet. THE FE NIANS. The Brotherhood is displaying much activity in the United States. Accordi n g to intelligence pub lished in the New York papers just received it appe ars that for several weeks previously an unusual supply of money orders and drafts from Philadelphia and New York had been received at Burlington, payable to men said to be well known as Fenian. It is also stated that of late there has been a mysterious movement of loaded teams from that town to Underhill and West ford, some seventeen miles east, and not on the railroad. On the night of Sunday, March 20, several double teams, loaded with boxes and casks , passed through the village of Fairfield, which lies about ten miles east of St. Alban's. They were going north ward. On the following Sunday night six similar teams, also bound northwards, passed through Fairfax between Westford and Fairfield,vvhich latter place is a great Fenian centre. Here we have some ground for the s uspicions of the Canadians respect ing a speedy Fenian raid across the frontier. The N ew York Tribune is rather derisive in its comments on the Fenian hopes, and asks them to make common cause with the Wmmpeggers. " THE GAME LAWS BILL." The draft of the bill introduced by the Lord Advocate to amend the Game Laws has been issued. Among the provisions it proposes to apply to England is that the lessee of land shall not be liable t o prosecution for taking game on his own land ; nor shall any person be liable who has a lessee's leave to do so, unless the holder has no right to give such permission. t‘ Any lessee who, by himself or others for whom he is responsible, hunts, kills, or takes game or rabbits contrary to the terms of his lease, or of his bargain with the ` lessor, shall be liable in damages for breach o f contrct." It is also provided that in England dailages not exceeding g6O may be sued for win the co unty court. - SAVINGS BANK INTEREST. The Government has introduced a bill for the reduction of the interest to savings banks from 31- to 3 por cent. This proceeding, though Mr. Lowe holds that it is only to redeem the State from a great loss incurred by the higher rate of interest, has excited much dissatisfaction. The Glasgow Chamber of Com merce has pronounced against it. At the last meeting it was maintained that the banks were rendering the most important service to the State in training the people to habits of industry and providence. They had attractqd 1,400,000 depositors from the industrious classes of society, who, by husbanding their spare earnings, were honourably providing for themselves, and also setting before their own order an example which is Featly needed. Mr. Lowe maintains that by paying a rate of interest which results in a loss, the general taxpayer is robbed for tho benefit of the savings-bank investoi. To this it is answered that the taxpayer does not feel so imper ceptible a loss, Nyhereas the depositor distinctly kt2ll4l%.find avusSageatalp The friends of the suggestion that the opinion of the majority of a jury shall be accepted as a verdict, have just had another case in their favour recorded. In the Manchester Court of Record the jury were looked up four mortal hours trying to decide a dispute between landl or d an d t enan t, and being unable to agree, asked the Judge if the conclusion arrived at by the majority m i g ht b e acce pt e d as a ver di c t. His Honour seemed favourable to the suggestion ; but the " gentleman o f th e l ong ro b e " Wh o was retained on what ultimately proved the losing side, strenuously opposed such a compromise, and the "twelve unfortunates " had once more to return to the place of their former deli berations. They had, however, evidently had enough " talkee talkee." The secolid delibera tion was but a short one, and a verdict was soon found. Who shall say how they so soon agreed ? Was it tossing, drawing lots, or a withdrawal of op position on the part of the minority that settled the much vexed question ? Yn most things we are governed by majorities, and why not let the same rule apply to a jury ? at all events, in cases where neither life or liberty are at stake. THE CITY OF BOSTON. Mr. William Inman, acting on behalf of the Livery pool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company, contradicts the statements which have appeared in several of our contemporaries, in reference to the City of Boston. Those statements were that the missing ship was deeply laden with wheat in bags, being eighteen or twenty inches deeper than the insurance allows, and that she left Halifax with a damaged screw. iris. Inman positively denies that the City of Boston was either too deeply laden, had a damaged screw, or was in any other respect in an unseaworthy condition. He expresses his belief that if the vessel is lost—which he still hopes may not be the case—the calamity must no doubt have been owing to the ice THE RULE OF THE ROAD AT SEA. Referring to the Bombay-Oneida collision, the New York, Shipping List points out differences in the rule of the road at sea between the English and American maritime law. The 13th article states "if two ships under steam are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall bo put to port, so that each may pass on the port side of the other." The next section reacts, 44 two ships under steam are cross ing so as to involve risk of collision, the ship which has the other on her own starboard side shall keel) out of the way of the othe r ." A ccor di ng t o th e testimony elicited on the trial of Captain Eyre, at Yokohama, these last two rules co ver the case of th 3 Bombay and Oneida, and it would seers that they were obeyed by the British ship and not by the American; but, points out The Liss " ships too often deviate from their courses, under the pressure of law, to court collision, when ordinary intelligence would have avoided it." If there is any truth in this statement, there ougl; surely to be some modification of the rule of the road at sea. TURF REFORM. In a letter, which will be valued as emanating from a person so well conversant with his subject, Sir Joseph Hawley explains what he means to propose with reference to turf reform, at a meeting of the Jockey Club, which he will suggest, shall be held in London, instead of at Newmarket during the excitement and turmoil of the races. His first proposition will be with reference to the period from which horses' ages date, and Sir Joseph will propose that it be from the 25th March; which, he says, was formerly the case until 1833. The result of the alteration at that time has been most prejudicial to the breed of horses, as the object now seemed to be to get the foal dropped as near the Ist of January as possible, and that period of the year is bad both for the strength and soundness of the foal, as there is neither sunshine nor grass for it. As a rule, Sir Joseph has found that late foals are the best; but the Jockey Club, he says, steps in, and in order to increase sport forces early foaling. If born before the 25th of March, the writer of the letter would have the foals called yearlings. With a view to encourage breeders to sell their yearlings, he would propose that the Derby and Oaks entries be made on the Tuesday after the Houghton meeting, instead of in July as at present. By this arrangement the yearling would have four months longer in the paddock. To check the early running of two-year-olds as far as practicable, especially during the later period of the year, Sir Joseph suggests that "no two-year-old shall run before the Ist of September, nor shall any two-year-old run in any handicap whatever, or in any race to which public money is given." The racing season, the hon. baronet thinks, shouli be from the 25th of March to the 15th of November; and in support of these dates he points to the report of a committee in France, that the three months racing in November, February, and March offer no real sport, and that it takes away from the racehorse that period of repose so necessary for his conservation. THE PAWNBROKING BILL. Mr. R. Attenborough, of Piccadilly, contributes his views to the Daily Telegraph on the new Pawn broking Bill. He supposes a case. The favourite example, he says, is the flat iron hypothecated for sixpence, and redeemed every day of the week by payment of one penny, that is to say, cent per cent. for the week, at 5,000 per cent. per annum. Rapacious scoundrel, exclaims the philanthropist ! If this same outraged philanthropist, says Mr. Attenborough, were to try his hand af investing his capital on these terms, and working it himself, he would soon alter his tone. Suppose he did a roaring trade, and had 500 such transactions per diem, that is to say 500 pence, or £2 ls. Bd., come in daily. Let him, says the writer, take a house in a decent thoroughfare, pay rent and taxes, keep him self, wife, family, and two or three assistants, comply exactly with the Act of Parliament, ask each customer where he or she lived, and whether they are housekeepers or lodgers, and send after a fourth of these customers to ascertain if they had given a right address. Within a month the philanthropist would lose a stone avoirdupois and a lot of money besides. The honest truth is, he says, that with the present cost of house-rent and taxes, to say nothing of the style of housekeeping which must be maintained where young men are employed, and the vexatious provi sions of the Act of Parliament to be complied with, no transaction for which a penny is taken leaves a profit. PUB MOHO USE CONTRIVANCES. The proceedings before the magistrates on the licensing day show that "Bon n i e D un d ee " i s not, at all events, behind other town s i n t ry i ng i ts b est to obtain liquor during illegal hours. Back doors, side doors, secret stairs, and other contrivances of a like nature were brought t o li g ht, an d spoken of with as much familiarity as if the police were as well acquainted with the habits of thirsty souls as they are, ox are supposed to be, con versant with the various haunts of criminals. Several licenses were refused, and in one case the reason assigned was that the holder of it had been guilty of wife beating. A. certain Mr. Anderson had his license refused for Sunday trading. lie, poor fellow, explained that the partakers of his 1, whiskey were two fri en ds w 9 had been travelling, sidle naively RW, 4 ‘ IGNORANCE IS BLISS." Some curious statistics of the number of lunatics in the different European capitals have just been published, which are not altogether encouraging to the friends of progress, and far from grati fying to us sober - minded Anglo - Saxons. In London the proportion of insane to sane, is 1 in every 200 inhabitants ; hi Paris, 1 in 222 ; in Milan, 1 in 244; while in remote, dreary, and semi-civilised St. Petersburg, it is only 1 in 1,043 ! To point the moral, the Russian statisticians coolly tell us their superior sanity is due "to the defective state of education at St. Petersburg," the numbers of the insane increasing in proportion to the degree of civilisation. According to this it will be neces sary to increase our lunatic asylums in antici pating the passage of the Education Bill through Parliament, and we may suppose that ita persistent opponents are really friends of the human intellect in disguise As the Russians are providing us with such extraordinary information, we had better learn from them the classes most likely to suffer from excessive civilisation. The greater part of their lunatics are, we are told, women, inventors, and financiers—a fact for the satirists. EMIGRATION TO ONTARIO. In the emigration tilt Ontario has found a champion in M. Thomas White. In a lecture at Newcastle Mr. White, who fa special commissioner of the above province for emigration, gave a most glowing picture of its ad vantages over other provinces, even in the Dominion of Canada. As one proof of its progress, he stated that in 1862 there was not a single mile of railway in the province, while in the present year there were .1,500 miles open, and 400 miles more projected. Taxation there, he says, is comparatively light, there is a perfect system of religious equality, there are no poor-houses, the school system is excel lent, and even the "religious difficulty" is settled by allowing each school-board to determine whether the Bible should be read or not in the school. If read, it was without note or comment. Speaking of the climate, he remarked that though the winters were very cold and the summers very hot, yet both heat and cold in Ontario were more bearable than in England. All who were able and willing to work could obtain it, and in time achieve indepen dence for themselves and their families. TRAMWAYS IN AMERICA. As the tramway system is about to be initiated in this country the experiences of our neighbours across the Atlantic, among whom it has been adopted with so much success; will be of advan tage. The street or horse railway as it is called in Boston, United States, has been laid in that City between ten and fifteen years. The cars are of good size, extending from end to end, and capable of accommodating 13 or 14 persons on each seat. There is plenty of room for as many more to stand, supporting themselves by straps sus pended from the roof of the car. The cars are drawn by two horses, and at the end of the pole is a small bell, which gives duo notice of their approach. Once or twice steam power was attempted, butrelinquished as it frightened the horses in the streets. The fares are very low—threepence for five or six miles. The cars are stopped almost instantly any person wishes to get out. Smoking is positively prohibited except on double-deckers cars which have ac commodation for gentlemen outside. In summer open vehicles are used. The cars travel at good speed, much faster than omnibuses, and have the right of way. Last, not least, the conductors in Boston are very polite and gentlemanly. Why, it would be worth trying the system, if only to obtain such a novel ingredient as the latter in English locomotion. RUSSIAN INFANT MORTALITY. A report, which shews the effect of exces sive female labour on the mortality of infants— at all events in Russia—gives some interesting, though at the same time very painful, facts. Mr. Michell, one of Her Majesty's representatives, who has furnished the report, speaks more especially of the province of Novgorod, though, he says, the figures would apply to Northern, Central, and Eastern Russia. His statement is that 36 per cent. of the infants born do not survive. The pro portion of deaths rises in the winter till April, when 61 per cent. die. In July it reached the enormous figure of 75 per cent., and in August no fewer than 76 per cent. of the child r e n b arn die. Mr. Michell in endeavouring to account in some way for this mortality, says that in the two latter months the mothers go out to work in the fields, and they leave the infants to the care of children or women too old for work. The mothers are miser ably fed, work as much as the men, keep more fasts, and it is only an exceptional circumstance to find a woman capable of rearing her child by an entirely natural process. Very few of these children are fed by anything but a kind of bottle, which does not always contain milk ; but frequently curds and water and a kind of gruel mixed with water. Another reason assigned for the excessive mortality is the fact that the mothers are seldom attended by midwives, and that the confinement takes place in a hut, in the field, or other places eminently unfitted for it. In three days the mother generally resumes her hard field work, and the prevailing, idea is, that it is wrongil it t give — u save er a al s l h t i h rt e — se attainsth t e he ag e o hi o ld f seven years. adverse circumstances, who can wonder that the mor tality among Russian infants is so high ? . . Teasdale Wilson, the once famous North-Coast rower, has died at Newcastle. o the world is round after all. The fact has beet demonstrated at last even to the satisfaction of " Parallax." Mr. Hampden laid £5OO that Mr. Wallace could not prove that three discs three miles apart and each at the same height above the water, a continuous' piece of the Bedford Level, would not be in a straight; line. The experiment was tried, and the referees awarded that Mr. Hampd en s h ou l d pay £5OO to Mr. Wallace. Petitions to Parliament are being got up in favour of the medical education of women. It is desired to obtain expression from women of their wish that facilities should be offered for the study of medicine by women, iti being asserted that they 7, in general have no sympathy with this movement. Women have never been excluded; from the universities of Italy and Germany, and lately those of Paris, Vienna, and Zurich, as well as medical schools them Sweden and in Russia, have been thrown open to , The Suez Canal Company, by advertisement in a, newspaper of Paris, makes known that in March the re ceipts were 620,738 f., nearly double those of February; and that the total from the opening in November to the end of March was 1,529,338 f. Also that in November one vessel passed through, in December nine, in January sixteen, in February twenty-nine, and March fifty-three. It add that, from the Ist to the Bth of April, twenty-two passed. - The Lancet Sanitary Commission reports in reference to Marlborough College that the nnmber of boys resident in the college must be reduced by at least seventy or eighty ; that the ventilation should be everywhere im proved ; and that more artificial warmth should be sup plied. With respect to the first it believes that two years ago, the Council took steps to increase the accommoda tion, but that they have been deterred by difficulties as to the tenure of the land. These are now over, and the Commission hopes to hear that additional masters' houses will very soon b 9. kuilt RING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVI4 R PILLS (Without Mercury:. The very best remedy for ILEA WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, 41 1 d HEARTBURN, &c., owledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6c1., at all chemists. 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