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CO V r° l ll6 tOli , i i if ,, et lY or ck. , e ft' $ c -p ' r 6 l ' gay Pg °' cat D o"qiok ecio bYt CIIA.RLES K ENT'S POEMS. THE FIRST COLLECTIVE EDITION. Handsomely bound in cloth,.bevelled . b9ards, Crown Octavo, price Seven Sinll , ngs and Sixpence, "As many of these compositions are already old acquaintances, We need only glance at the picturesquie and appreciative de lineations of poets in their haunts, called 'Dreamland ;' at the rich and finished transcript from nature, entitled Fructidor at the chivalrous tone of the writer's mind and its sympathy with modern ideas, as evidenced in such poems as Lamartine in February ;' at his simple and genuine pathos, of which ' Amelia' is a type ; and at his sympathy with the animated pleasures of rural life, in evidence of which' we may cite ' The Morris Dancers.' • Aletheia ' is the longest, and, on the whole, the noblest poem in the collection. It will be recurred to not only for its beauty of description, but for its pure and elevated philosophy. The reader will note not only the atmosphere in which the chief figure moves, but also the full and appropriate details which enrich the picture. The high and varied merits of the book ought to insure its popularity. —Athenceum. " Mr. Charles Kent, the Editor of 'The Sun,' ranks very high as a poet."—Publishers' Circular. - • - "The versatility of style, and the fresh and vigorous writing in these poems, lend a charm which we seldom find in the poet 7 of the day."—Examiner. "Poems marked by grace, feelblg, and strong love of nature, and a cultivated and genial spirit."—Daily News. " The poems which appear for the first time in this volume are not unworthy of the author's earlier productions."—Daily Telegraph. 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The "Westminster Review." while regretting it " cannot join in the chorus of praise, nor share in the enthusiasm which has been raised over Mr. Kent's poems," adds that it " cannot, how ever, part with the book without expressing a word of praise for its generous tone and sympathies. -•- - - : lie is a true poet, and his works will live."—News of the World. "We have the pleasant task of welcoming, as a real addition to the ranks of our true poets, Mr. Kent. He is something more than a mere versifier ; he is a real poet, and has proved it. 'MUM! at Cripplegate '—an exquisite picture of the blind old poet discoursing sweet sounds upon the , organ in solitary but resigned sadness—is a poem that ought to live. Such of our readers as care for the roll of Milton's own blank verse, for thoroughly poetic fancies, for delicate imagery, and fora high and pure tone of moral feeling, we must leave to ponder over this short poem for themselves."—London Figaro. - -- • " That very graceful poem which appeared in the Times' as a welcome to Longfellow, and whioh, from the initials, was attributed to the author of Hypatia, was written by Mr. Charles Kent, the Editor of The Sun,' and . was worthy of a priest of Phcebus Apollo."--Punch. " We find in the volume a luxuriant imagery, the fruit of a life-long study of nature. As'for flowers !—Mr. Kent is as well up in them as Shakspere himself. Lastly, it recommends itself to us by its historical sympathies and views, and by the charm ing pictures of domestic life, with its affections and blessings, which it frequently affords us." —The Month. CHARLTON TUCKER, 21, Northumberland-street, Strand. 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The Proprietor of the CENTRAL PRESS is now supplying upwards of seven hundred news papers and newsrooms, whereas the total number of subscribers supplied by all the telegraph companies under the old system did not exceed 300. The following services of news have been arranged with the view of meeting in the most efficient and economical manner the requirements of newspaper proprietors and the managers of Exchanges, News Rooms, and Hotels. - - - It will be seen that for 395. per quarter, or 6d. per day, all important news that transpires from 9 RM. to 6 p.m. can be telegraphed to any part of the United Kingdom where there is a postal telegraph office. A full supply of news, including extracts from the London Morning Papers, with tho.text of all important foreign te'e grams and official communications, such as the Queen's Speech, are comprised in services 2,3, 4, and 7, and are supplied for £lO 145. 6d. per quarter, or £3B 12s. per annum. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICES. I.—EARLY EXPRESS despatched at 5 a.m., giving apy special news contained in the London papers ; this service is adapted for newspapers, and enables them to publish a second edition at _8 a.m.—RS 18s. per quarter. 2. — MoRNING ExPRESs despatched at 6.80 a.m., Extracts from the London Morning Papers, adapted for newspapers and News Rooms—£3lBs. per quarter. 3. — COMMERCIAL EXPRESS, Extracts from the Commercial Articles of the London Papers--Z1 19s. per quarter. 4.—FULL SUPPLIES OF NEWS, including telegrams and extracts from Foreign Journals, with the text of the Queen's Speech and other important documents, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.— RS 18s. per quarter. This service should be taken by all evening newspapers and large news rooms. It is essential that No. 7 should be taken in connection with this service. S.—SPECIAL IRISH NEWS, day and night, £2 18s. 6d. per quarter. 6.—SPECIAL SCOTCH NEws, day and night, £2 18s. 6d. per quarter. 7.—WAR AND GENERAL NEWS becoming known from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Two or more telegrams will be sent each day except Sunday. This service gives all the War News, and any impor tant event of any kind, including the leading Races, alteration in Bank rate of discount, or any, great rise or fall in Stocks or Produce, Accidents, Shipwrecks, Legal Decisions, &c. The tele grams will be brief and prompt—£l 19s. per quarter. S.—PARLIAMENT from opening of the Rouse until 6 p.m.-3s. per week during the session. - - - • 9.—PARLIAMENT from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.-3s. per week during the session. 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THE ANGLO-BAVARIAN BREWERY COM PANY'S, Southampton, new Season's Brewings of PALE and other ALES, now in magnificent Condition, may be tasted at the London Stores, 35 and 36, St. Thomas-street, S.E. India Pale Ale, 545. per barrel. I Strong Ale, 665. per barrel. Mild „ 48s. „ Extra Stout, 48s. „ SCHWEPPE'S MINERAL WATERS. SCHWEPPE'S LEMONADE, A moat grateful and refreshing beverage, so useful in cases of Fever, SCHWEPPE'S POT 4.SIS WATER, Strongly recommended by the Faculty hi cases of Gout, &c. S CET WEPPE'S BOTTLES Are protected by a Label having Name'and Trade Mark. Manufac tories at London, Liverpool, Derby, Bristol, Glasgow and Malvern. A LEXANDRA. ORPHANAGE for INFANTS, Hornsey-rise, near Highgate, N. Children eligible from any part of the Kingdom. . Under the immediate patronage of Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE and PRINCESS of WALES, and the CROWN PRINCESS of PRUSSIA. A MEETING of Governors was held on THURSDAY, November 17, 1870, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, for the ELECTION of TEN INFANTS, Two of whom to be retained until sixteen years of age. ROBERT JONES, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex, in the Chair. At the close of the Ballot the following were declared to be SUCCESSFUL :- - ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SIXTEEN I EARS • OF AGE. 1. Scarlett, Alice Maud.... 635 12. Bloom, Louisa .....: .. 611 - ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL NINE YEARS OF AGE. 3. Richards, Uglify William 648 7. Stevens, Elizabeth .... 452 4. Leigh, Charles Edward.. 576 8. Mather, Selina Agnes.. 439 5. Eyles, Alfred Henry .... 490 9. Bennett, Louisa Mary.. 431 6. Childs, Alice Rebecca .. 458 10. Curtis, Elizabeth Maud 429 A vote of thanks to the Chairman anti to the Scrutineers terminated the proceedings. JOSEPH SOUL, Hon. Secretary. .__ ..... .. 73, Cheapside. URGENT APPEAL—The Committee very earnestly appeal for Contributions in aid of the BUILDING FUND especially, as well as for the general purposes of the Charity, which has no funded property, but depends wholly upon voluntary support. No salaries are paid but to the household. .The Orphange is open to visitors. HOME, CHARITIES.—Owi t y‘ to the note benevolent exertions made by pie B ritish Public during the last fe* months 'to aid the .Sick and Woundethin the 'War now raging on the Continent, to relieve the French Peasants, and the relatives and' friends of thoie lost in HALS'..Captain, the Finitds of the following lloasig CHARITIES„ have ,suffered very . materially, viz. :-- 'The Boys' Refuge, at 8, Great Queen-street, Holborn. Bisley Farm School, Surrey. Chichester Training Ship. Girls' Refuge, 19, Broad-street, Bloomsbury. Home for Little Girls, and Girls' Refuge, Ealing. In these Institutions between 500 and 600 Boys and Girls are educated, fed, clothed, and trained to earn their own living. Besides the above work, upwards of 500 Ragged School children are supplied with dinner once a week. AN URGENT APPEAL is therefore made for HELP to pur chase FOOD and CLOTHING for these poor Children. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, City, and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, Holborn, W.C. TRADE REPORTS. Arrangements have been made for obtaining first-class trade reports from the chief centres of industry, which are telegraphed at the earliest period at which the tone and result,of business becomes known on the chief market days. These'reports will be found of great value for first-class newspapers and news rooms. They will be forwarded direct from the following places, and are supplied at ls. each Belfast, Linen—Wednesday. Dundee, Linen—Tuesday. • Birmingham, Iron Trade— Leeds—Tuesday and Saturday. Thursday. Manchester, Trade Tuesday Bradford, Worsted Trade— and Friday. • Thursday. I South Wales, Iron and Coal— Cleveland,Tron Trade--Tuesday . f Friday. MARKETS. The following markets are supplied at a cost of 4d. for each report. They are forwarded direct, and the most careful arrangements are n' ade to ensure their prompt dispatch. Aberdeen, Cattle—Saturday. London, Corn Averages—Once Birmingham, Corn—Thursday. a week. Bristol, Cattle—Thursday. 11 Potatoes—Daily. // 1/ Corn—Tuesday and Produce—Daily. Thursday. „ Provision—Daily. • Clyde, Crushed Sugar—Daily. Leeds, Cattle—Wednesday. Cork, Butter—Daily. , Corn—Tuesday. Corn—S a turday. Leith, Corn—Saturday. Doncaster, Cattle—Saturday. Liverpool, Cattle—Monday. Corn—Saturday. /I Corn—Opening rues- Dublin, Cattle—Thursday. day and Friday. „ Corn—Tuesday and 11 Corn—Closing Tues. Friday. day and Friday. Edinburgh, Cattle —Wednes- „ Cotton—Opening Daily. day. PP —Closing Daily. ~ Corn— Wednes- „PP Produce—Daily, , day. • Lincoln, Corn—Friday. Gloucester, Corn—Saturday. Maidstone, Corn—Thursday. Glasgow, Cattle—Thursday. Manchester, Cotton—Monday, „ Corn—Wednesday. Wednesday, and Thursday, „ Pig Iron—Opening at 4d. ; Tuesday, Friday, is. ~ Daily. Manchester, Corn—Thursday. —Closing Daily Newark, Corn—Wednesday. Hull, Cattle—Tuesday. Newcastle, Cattle—Tuesday. Corn—Tuesday. - 1/ Corn—Tuesday and Kirkcaldy, Corn—Saturday. Saturday. London, Cattle—Monday and Norwich, Corn—Saturday. Thursday. Reading, Corn —Saturday. 111 Corn --Opening Mon- Salford, Cattle—Tuesday. day, Wednesday, Southall, Cattle—Wednesday. and Friday. Wakefield, Cattle—Wednesday. „ COrn—Closing Moss- „ Corn—Friday. day, Wednesday, and Friday. BANK RETURNS,. 398. per quarter. WIND AND WEATHER, 395. per quarter. SHIPPING Lin, arrivals at Gravesend, Fal mouth, and Queenstown, each-395. per quarter. . NEW YORK PRICES, daily, 395. per quarter. SPORTING.—DetaiIs of terms for spoiling news will be supplied in January next. . A discount of 10 per cent. is allowed on arrangements for not less than twelve months. CONDITIONS. In all cases instructions to forward Telegrams are received subject to their acceptance and transmission by the Post Office. The Telegrams to be used only in one newspaper or news room, and are not to be copied. - No order for less than Three Months can be accepted, and prepayment is essential. Orders received on Monday MORNING can commence on the following Thursday ; orders received on Thursday MORNING can commence on the following Monday. Two weeks' notice must be given before the expiration of the current quarter if the service is not to,be continued. WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Proprietor. 112, Strand, London, W. 0., December 1, 1870. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON. REFUGES FOR HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE CSULDREN and CHICHESTER TRAINING SHIP.--Upwards of 500 Boys and Girls are now being supported in these Refuges and Ship. Owing to the benevolent and praiseworthy exertions which have for several months been Made to aid the sick and Wounded in the present War; the funds for the support of these - Refuges and Ship have decrease considerably. . ; An urgent appeal is therefore made for assistance to support 'the inmates. £ls•will keep a ,boy or a , girl for one year, - Wild £1.58: for a month. Contributions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 214, High Holborn, W.(., and 41, Lothbury, E.G., and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C. LONDON SCHOOL BOARD. The fourth meeting of the London School Board was held at the Guildhall, the President (Lord Lawrence) in the chair. The first business was to receive the report of the committee, which recommends the appointment of a secretary to the chairman at a salary of £3OO a year. The Rev. Mr. Rogers in moving the adoption of the report, said, having been on the committee, he had had the opportunity of seeing the amount of work which devolved on the Chairman. Everinight not less than two cartloads of papers had been- delivered from gentlemen seeking the appointment, and every morning his (Mr. Rogers's) door had been beset by such gentlemen, and to such an extent that he was almost inclined to ask for the allowance of a hall porter and an arm chair for him to sit ih. (Laughter.) If this was the ease, with regard to himself, thelmount of work falling on the chairman must be considerably larger. Of course a private secretary must be a gentle man, and on this account a salary of £3OO a year could not be too much. Mr. Lucraft objected to the appointment, considering that no matters connected with that Board should be secret. All letters should be sent directly to the Board. He moved that the subject be referred back to the com mittee for consideration. After some discussion, and at the general request of the board, Mr. Lucraft withdrew his amendment, and the motion for Jhe adoption of the report was carried ; the appointment being left to the chairman. The chairman brought up the report, the returns com mittee which recommended the adoption of the rules laid down by Government with some slight modifications. —Mr. Hepworth Dixon asked what those modifi cations were. Canon Cromwell said they were very slight. And as follows : That the ages of children in various schools should be more minutely described than in the forms prescribed by the Government, shewing how many children were at school between the ages of 5 and 13.—T0 this Mr. Forster agreed. With regard to the subject of instruction, an alteration was suggested by Mr. Rogers that inquiries should be made as to what schools taught music, vocal and instru mental, drill, and drawing. The Report was adopted. The report of the committee appointed to consider the appointment of clerk was next read —to the effect that there were 89 applications. Out of these the following names had been selected for submission to the Board : Mr. William Edward Bovill, George Hector Croad, Samuel Buckley (Lichfield), and Mr. J. T. Taylor. The report was agreed to, it being distinctly understood that canvassing would be discountenanced. Candidates should receive notice when to attend before the Board at the next meeting, when the election will be proceeded with. After some formal business the meeting was adjourned. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The troop-ship Urgent, Captain Henderson, lately re turned from the eclipse expedition, has had her stores returned. The officers and men will return to their duties in the ships they were lent from, and the Urgent will be placed in ordinary, ready for any emergency. Forty-four recruits were attested, at Woolwich Police;. court on Thursday, principally • for the Royal about. the same number having been sworn in every day for a week past since the order came out for 500 addi tional drivers. The clause of the new Enlistment Act as to short service is a complete dead letter, for not one of the 200 recruits enlisted this week has joined for less than the full period of twelve years, and a year in addition if abroad, or if the country should be in a state of war. A few old soldiers occasionally join the Army Reserve, but not more than three or four recruits have enlisted for the six years' service within so many months. The supply of Snider rifles to the Volunteer force, which was commenced a few weeks since by order of the Secretary of State for War, is now being carried nearly thirty administrative battalions and forty district corps representing between 40,000 and 50,000 men, having received them. LAW AND POLICE. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AN ASSURANCE AGENT.— At the Marlborough-street Police Court Mr. A. Macpherson Walker, of 291, Strand, was charged before Mr. Knox with obtaining £271 by fradulent representation. The defendant called on Mr. Thompson, proprietor of millinery establishments in Regent-street and Edgeware-road, representing himself as agent to " The Scottish Assurance Company Life Guarantee and Plate Glass Assurance Company," which he alleged was a sound and first-rate concern. Mr. Thompson assessed and paid the premium, and a breakage having occurred defendant was applied to, but he could get nothing done. On inquiry it was found that the alleged company had no account with the Westminster Bank as stated, and the chairman, calling himself Count de Cissy, turned out to be M. Canvin, who had gone by several aliases, and was tried at the Central Criminal Court, where he was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Mr. Knox committed the defendant for trial at the Central Criminal Court, but decided to accept two sureties for £5O, with the defendant in £l.OO. Mr. Knox declined to accept one surety in £lOO or to commit to the Middlesex Sessions. THE EMPIRE ASSURANCE CORPORATION.—Vice-Chan cellor Stuart had before him the suit of the Empire Assurance Corporation v. Leeke. The executors of the late Admiral Sir Henry Leeke; who formerly sat in Par liament for the borough of Dover, sought to have his name removed from the company's register of shareholders and list of contributories. It was shewn that fifty shares had been allotted to Sir Henry in order to qualify him as a director, and his name was published as chairman of the undertaking. The executors moved on two grounds— that the admiral never was a shareholder, and that, if so, his shares had been fully paid up. The Vice Chancellor, holding that the shares had been paid up by the practice of a " juggle," refused the motion, with costs. CATCH V. SHAEN.—THE LAMBETH WORKHOUSE IN QUIRY.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, before the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Mellor, and Mr. Justice Han nen, Mr. Montagu Bore,. Q.C., applied on behalf of the defendant for a new trial in this case, the hearing of which occupied the Lord Chief Justice and a special jury during the whole of the Westminster sittings after last term. The learned counsel based his application on three grounds :- 1. Misdirection on the part of the Chief Justice in not leaving it to the jury that upon the facts disclosed the matter published by Mr. Shaen should be held to be privileged without such defence being specially raised by counsel. 2. That the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, 3. That the damages were ex cessive. Their lordships were unanimously of opinion that as regarded the first head of objection no misdirec tion had been established. But in respect of the other two, it was highly desirable that the decision should be reviewed. Rule nisi accordingly. Mr. W. rAnson, of Hungerford House, Norton, Malton, the owner and trainer of Blink Bonny, Blair Athol, &c., is dangerously ill. More than a fortnight ago Mr. I'Anson had a bad fall on the ice of the Mahon Curling Pond. THE SEE HOUSE AND LANDS OF KIL➢IORE.— Lord Farnham has 'subscribed the munificent sum of £l,OOO towards the purchase of the see house, garden, and curtilege, and as much land as the Commissioners will agree to sell, for the use of the future Bishops of ltilmore. Mr. Humphries, D.L., Ballyhaise House, Cavan, has subscribed £2OO for the same object.—Rock. ENGINEERING COLLEGE FOR THE INDIAN SERVICE. — A deputation from University College, consisting of the Pregident and members of the douncil, has waited on the Duke of Argyle to present a memorial from the Council and Senate of the College respecting the proposed institu tion of a new Engineering College for the Indian Service. The memorialists consider that the failures in the present system have arisen from no defect in the existing plan of education, but from the faulty plan on which the examinations were conducted. Besides this, sufficient inducements were not offered to well qualified men to enter on their proposed careers. This seems to have been perceived by the Government, as they-are about to increase considerably the salary which will be given to a civil engineer in the service of the Indian Government when he commences his work in future.i With regard to the proposed College, the memorialists believe that it will be injurious to the public service, because it will narrow the sphere for the selection of can didates, and also limit their opportunities of receiving necessary instruction. They do not think past experience of the working of Government colleges has been such as to recommend the creation of a new Government college, and regard such a step as one that is at variance with the plan for affording all her Majesty's subjects the oppor tnuity uf gaining Government appointments. We subjoin a full report of Mr. Mill's speech at Edin burgh, on Thursday. Mr. MILL, who was received with great enthusiasin, the audience rising and waving their hats and handker chiefs, said : If there is a truth in politics which is essen tial—which is the basis of all free government—it is that when a part of the nation is the-sole possessor of power, the interest of that part gets all the serious attention. This does not necessarily imply any active oppression ; all that it implies is the natural tendency of the average man to feel what touches self to be of vastly greater importance than what directly tout-lies other people ; and this, is the deep-seated and ineradicable reason women will never be justly treated until they obtain the franchise. They suffer assuredly much injUstice by the operaticn of law. But suppose this chaLged ; yet even if there were no ground of compl .int against the laws, there would be ,a breakdown in their execution as long as men alone have a voice in choosing and in removing the officers of Govern ment. All our recent constitutional reforms and the creed of reformers are grounded on the fact that the sill frage is needed for self protection. All experience proves that it one part of a community is held in subjection by another part, is not trusted with the ordinary means- of self defence, but .is left dependent on the good will and pleasure of those who are more privileged, the most vital interests of the subject portion are certain to be, if not recklessly trampled upon, at least postponed to almost everything else. The treatment of women is certainly no exception to the rule. They have neither equal laws nor an equal administration of them. The laws treat them as they could no longer be treated if they had the suffrage ; even if the laws were equal the administration of them is not. Judges cannot be exceptionally bad men. They are not . chosen for their bad qualities ; they must be thought by those who appoint them to represent fairly, or better than fairly, the moral feelings of average men. Yet what do we see ? For a brutal assault by a man on a woman; especially if she has the misfortune to be his wife, he is either let off with an admonition or he is solemnly told that he must be severely punished, and he then gets as many weeks or months of imprisonment as a man who has taken £s's worth of property gets years. We are told that the good feelings of men are a, sufficient protection to women. Those who say so can never, one would suppose, look into the police and law reports. If the good feeling of men does not protect women against being beaten and kicked to death's door every day of their liVes, and at last beaten and kicked to actual death by their special guardians and protectors, can we expect that it will secure them against injuries less revolting to humanity? Most men, it will be said, are incapable of committing such horrible brutality. Perhaps so; but it seems they are quite capable of letting it be committed. If women who are maltreated by their hus bands found a defender in every other man who knew of it, they might have some chance of protection without the weapon of the suffrage. But it is never so, slaves did not find it so, serfs did not find it se, conquered nations do not find it so, and neither do women. There are many men who would not consciously do that wrong, but there must be a great moral improvement in human nature before most men will exert themselves to prevent or redress wrongs committed by others under the sanction of law. Of these two things—the suffrage for women and a grand Moral improvement in human nature, the suffrage, to my thinking, is likely to be the soonest obtained. I could afford to stop here. I have made out an ample case. There is a portion of the population, amounting in number to somewhat more than half, to whom the law and its administration do not fulfil their duty—do not afford even the bodily protection due to all, and this half happening to be that whieh is not ad mitted to the suffrage, their most important interests are neglected, I do not say from deliberate intention, but sim ply because their interest is not so near to the feelings of the ruling half as the ruling half's own interest. The remedy is plain; put women in the position whip will make their interest the ruler's own interest ; make it as important to politicians to redress the grievances of women as it is to redress those of any class which is represented in Parliament. If nothing more than this could be said in support of their claim to the suffrage, no claim could be more fully made out ; and if the claim is just, so also is it strictly constitutional. One of the recognised doctrines of the British Constitution is that representation is co-extensive with direct taxation. The practice of the Constitution, it is true, for a long time did not correspond with the theory, but it has been made to conform to it at least in cities and boroughs provided the taxpayer is of the male sex. But even now, if a woman, she may be the largest taxpayer in the place, and the person of greatest practical ability besides—yet, no matter, she has no vote. This is something very like punishing her for being a woman. The conditions which, in the eye of the law and of the Constitution, confer a title to a voice in public affairs, are all fulfilled by her, with the single exception of having been born male. This one deficiency, which I humbly sub mit she cannot help, is visited on her by the privation of a right. Nevertheless, even apart from justice, there are many reasons why the suffrage should be given to women, but I will content myself with two. One, and the strongest, is that which has often been unthinkingly employed on the other side—woman has so much power already ! A man's wife is very often the real promoter of his public actions, yet it is only an extremely small minority of women who have anything that deserves a name of a conscience on public affairs. How could a woman have a conscience about public affairs if she were taught to believe that they were no concern of hers ? Give women the same rights as men, and the same obligations would follow. 'Another reason is the vast amount of brain power and practical business talent which now lie 'waste for want of outlet into that great field of public usefulness in which no one would pretend that such qualities were not very much wanted. The whole movement of modern society from the middle ages until now, and which has been greatly accelerated in the pre sent century, points in the direction of the political enfranchisement of women. Their exclusion is the last remnant of the old state of society. The reyinze of privi leges and disabilities, and- of all monopolies, is gone or going, and the whole spirit of the time is against prede termining by law that one set of persons should be allowed by right of birth to have and to do what others are not by any amount of exertion or superiority of talent allowed to attain. THE LATE LORD HENRY BENTINCE.—The funeral was celebrated on Tuesday in Louth, in Lincolnshire, and was attended by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. George Cavendish Bentinck, Mr. Chaplin, and a few of,,his lordship's most intimate friends. THE LATE WORKDIEN'S EXHIBITION IN LONDON. —lt is now nearly two months since the Workmen's In ternational Exhibition was closed, and the prize-holders have not yet received_their medals. It is said the funds in hand are not sufficient to warrant the committee in giving the order for such a large number of medals (over 1,000 in number.) DEATH OF CARDINAL ORFEL—A letter from Rome announces the death of his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop .of Ravenna. Monsignor Enrico Orfei was born in 1800, and was created and preconized Cardinel in 1858. cardinal Clarelli is dangerously ill and is not ex pected to recover, and Cardinal Alameda (who is 90) is said by letters from Spain to be rapidly falling.—Tablet. A " FRIENDLY LEAD."—There are some friendly societies in England and Scotland which can point with pride to more than ordinary success since their establish ment. One of these is the Dundee and Strathearn Friendly Society, formed solely with the view of helping the sons and daughters of Strathearn who might become distressed and poor after they had taken up their residence in Dundee. The. society assists the youths of one o f th e loveliest districts of. Scotland when they embark on the sea of life, and watches over them while they sojourn in the Scottish city. The other evening the Association held its annual festival, and several eminent clergymen and friends - of the society presided over the entertainment. In the report of the year's work it ap peared that many necessitous cases had been relieved, and that the prospects as regarded the ends of the association were flourishing. Some humorous speeches were subse quently delivered, shewing the need of young men being guarded in their early struggles against improper com panions. A Mr. W. Thomson, " a native of Auchte rarder," perhaps gave the most significant testimony : " When a young man I went to Glasgow, and was utterly lonely. I remember taking notice of a group of yoUng men—representatives from all lands—congre gating every. dinner hour round a stove in a workshop --a large engineering work— for the purpos e o f li s t en ing to the Socialistic doctrines held forth by a man. One day this fellow was dilating upon various subjects in the news papers,, and denouncing the Government of the day and all Christian institutions. I made bold to enter the lists against this man, and pressing him hard in argument he lost his sang frond and coolness, and, lifting a chipping hammer, threw it at my head. Fortunately, the hammer did not stake me, for if the missile had performed its mis sion you would not have been troubled with a speech from me to-night. cur be ;he 3Xe LgS, cry the tern ege, leati% Era' setea