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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-21

A SPANISH RECREATION.

During Holy Week at Seville a Biblical drama was per-
rbrmed on a scale of great magnificence. A contributor
to the Times, after noticing other portions of the play,
goes on to say :—Great importance is attached to the
suicide of Judas Iscariot. An elaborate set-scene, with a
movable cataract, which, perhaps, to Spanish eyes seems an
accurate imitation of real water, is provided for the occa-
sion, and over this inclines the tree whereon the despairing
traitor hangs himself in the presence of the audience.
The selected branch breaks, Judas falls into the water,
the stage becomes illumined with red fire, and a
number of devils, very like those who carry off Don
Giovanni, dance about to express their satisfaction.
The sublimity of the awful scene is somewhat marred
by the circumstance that the curtain no sooner descends
than it rises again, in order that Judas may bow
his acknowledgments to a highly appreciative public.
On the evening when I witnessed the performance,
he was the only person who was thus specially
honoured. His part, indeed, is, for an actor, the best in
the piece, and was exceedingly well played with, I grieve
to add, something like a sense of comic humour. A
modicum of the Terentian Davus or Geta, as represented
by a very clever " Westminster," seemed to infuse itself
into the character of the Scriptural traitor, and the brutal
independence which marked his whole career, and which
contrasted strongly with the reverence of his fellow dis-
ciples, is evidently intended to be amusingr And this is
very horrible, but—so it is.
London, England, 1870-04-21

AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.

Some new regulations which will shortly come in
force in Victoria, will greatly widen the facilities
now given for immigration. Henceforth married
people of the small farmer and labourer class will
be entitled to free passages. Instead of being
selected by the Emigration Commissioners, they will
he seen by the agent-general of Victoria, who will
be authorised to give a free passage to others than
the classes named on receipt of from £1 to 24 accord-
ing- to sex and age; but if the intending emigrant is
more than 50 -years old,the sum required will be from
to To prevent the country being made the recep-
tacle for the lame, the halt, and the blind, the regulations
wisely provide that " the persons to be nominated
shall be of sound mind, in good health, and of good
character; but
,no passage warrant shall be issued,
and no transfer of any warrant permitted, in favour
of or to any person who may be either lunatic, idiotic,
deaf, dumb, blind, or infirm." •
London, England, 1870-04-21

DER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, AI,Til 20.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princess Beatrice, walked and drove this morn-
ing.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of \Vales returned to Marlborough House yesterday
from visiting the Queen at ()Aortic.
London, England, 1870-04-21

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW.

" A Military Critic" contributes an article to the
Times on the Volunteer Review. After noting the
decided. Improvement in every particular, on the
movements of last year, the writer says that
the citizen. force has • now reached a point
in its history where further progress under.
existing conditions is almost impossible. Its
popularity, he says, is not so great as it was a few
years ago. Something new is required -to
give
.the movement a further impetus, which
something he believea to be the associating
together occasionally .of the regulars, militiamen,
-and volunteers in districts for a sham fight, which
should be as little sham as possible, and the_exten-
sion of the same principle to the :Easter Monday
Reviews. A little emulation, he believes, would be
good for all branches of the British force. lle'says
there is much that is admirable •in the
energy, enthusiasm, and intelligence of the volun-
teers, and that we may look forward with considerable
hope to a further development of their •usefulnes.

is FROU—FII.OI7."

In commenting on the legal proceedings in this
country in reference to the copyright of " Frou-Frou,"
M. Prevost Pamdol thinks that if the productions
of French authors are not recognised and
protected, the last chance of the applica-
tion of a reasonable copyright between
France and England passes away. He, however, has
faith in English justice, and thinks his countrymen
will gain a double victory—in vindicating the rights
of their colleagues and re-establishing the reputation
of English justice on a point in which it seems to
be seriously at fault.
London, England, 1870-04-21

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London, England, 1870-04-21

VAUD EVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorn•.
THIS EV r. ING. at 7, an original Comedy, by Andrew Halliday.
entitled FOR LOVE OR MONr.Y. A new Burlesque, by Conway
Edwardes, entitled DO.- CA- L'S; OR, THE INFA" TE TN
ARMS. And a new Farce, by F. Hay, entitled CUPBOARD
LOVE. Supported by tie following Company—Messrs H. J.
Montague, G. Honey, H. Irving. W. H. Stephens, C. Ciarthorne.
E. Elton, J. G. Gates. .H BI nd, J North, and Thomas Thorne ;
Mesdames Nelly Power, Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, Kathleen Irwin,
Louise Claire. Jenny Beanclerc, Rose Evelyn. Kemp, T. Lavis, F.
Garthwaite, R. Power, J. Norton, Fellowes, and A. Newton.
Box-office open daily from 10 till 5.
St Ils, 6s; balcony stalls, is; boxes, 3s; upper circle, 2s; pit, is
ftd; gallery, 6d.
London, England, 1870-04-21

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 d i.ys at the Mee o' the Cor-
poration, either his intention to become a Candidate, or the name
and place of abode of the Candidate intended to be proposed by
him 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 2., 187 v.
London, England, 1870-04-21

THE MONEY CRISIS OF 1860.

Mr. 8.. H. Patterson delivered a lecture at the
meeting of the Statistical Society on "Our Home
Monetary Drains, and the Crisis of 1866." Having
distinguished the difference between home and
foreign drains of gold, he referred to
the peculiarity of the crisis of 1866
It was. he said, that the monetary difficulty was not
occasioned by the note circulation of any bank of
issue falling into discredit, but owing to the great run
for deposits upon nearly all the Metropolitan Banks.
The public, including the financial companies, sud-
denly withdrew from the London Banks an
unaullY luze amount of. their &units, and hut

the amount in notes in their own haiids or for their
own use. The conseq'ience was that at the height
of the panic nearly four millions in Bank of England
notes were hoarded. partly by the public, but partly
also by the banks themselves,which were apprel.ensive
of a continuance of the run upon them, and which
according y laid in an extra supply of notes to meet
this possible emergency. These notes were not
required to give in exchange for other bank notes,
but to pay out to panic-stricken depositors, and to
supply the place of the partially disordered
commercial currency—bills; the credit of the
note circulation remained in perfect security.
At the time of the great bank failures he believed
there were about 500 provincial banks. Of these
200 xiow remained, and he thought the grouping of
these 200 was the only means of consolidating the
English banks.
London, England, 1870-04-21

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PIIEVEN TWIG and BEFOBbMArOBY IN
U TION. _

President—Rev. CANOE DALE.

COffitißuriONB 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, KC.; Francis Nicholls
Asq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, N.C.
E. W. THOMAS, Sec.. 200, Euston-road,

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
wowing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training :Alp.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Ealing.

870 children.
Alb will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank,
314, High Holborn, end 41, Lothbury, B.C. and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Limoln's-inn-fields.
London, England, 1870-04-21

THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, APRII 21, 1870.

SHARE “ST.

RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

LA\V INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY.

DIVORCE COURT.

This morning before Lord Penzance, the case of
" Mordau: tv. Mordtiutit was mentioned. His lord-
ship said that a special day had been stated for the
hearing of the above cm.; on a point of law raised,
and it was set down to come on before the full Court
on Weducsday next. His lordship said he had
heard an application would be made on Tuesday
nex in Chambers for a postponement, and if this was
PO it was important that this should be at once
known. Mr. Inderwick, on behalf of Sir Charles
Mordaunt, said there was no foundation for the
report, 'and he knew nothing at present to prevent
the case being argued next week. This cause will
now be again before the public, but without wit.
nesses, as the full Court will only have t) decide
upon points of law as to the plea of insanity which
had been set up on behalf of Lady Mordaunt. •

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A PARIS

BANKER.

The following additional particulars of the affair of the
Rue du Cardinal Fesch are given in a Paris message dated
Tuesday :—" A strange crime was reported this morning.
A gentleman went to the Rue du Cardinal Fesch and
asked if M. Espir, the banker, was at home. ' Yes,'
said the concierge. ' I have come to kill him,'
added the stranger. The concierge, of course, lost
his head, and, seeing M. Espir coming downstairs,
said, Ah, there he is.' Thereupon the visitor rushed
at him, and struck him over the head with a loaded cane.
Espir was stunned by the blow, but had strength of mind
enough to draw a sword from his cane and to run his
assailant through the body. The man staggered and fell,
and was carried by the crowd to an apothecary's shop. M.
Espir returned to his apartment a good deal hurt ; the
state of his antagonist appears to be very critical. The
crime seems to have been inspired by jealousy."
London, England, 1870-04-21

THE CHURCH AND THE LAITY.

The Dean of Chester has written to the clergy of that
diocese stating the bishop's wish that two lay delegates
for the present year be elected in each parish. Where
any parish contains more than two churches, it is the
bishop's wish that two delegates be returned for.' each
separate congregation. It is understood that all
parishioners who profess to be members of the
Church of England are electors. Those who are elected
must be communicants. The election may take
place at a vestry, whether at Easter or at any other time,
or in any parochial or congregational meeting summoned
by the incumbent. These lay delegates will be invited to
attend a Ruri-Decanal Conference of clergy and laity in
the month of May, In• the autumn the bishop proposes
to hold a General Diocesan Conference in Chester:• At
this conference the lay delegates of the several parishes in
the diocese will be invited to attend, either personally or
by their representatives.
The Bishop of Brechin has issued a pastoral letter in
fOvour of the admission of the laity into Synods. Tho
measure of mutual co-operation of priest and people was
rooted, he says, in the spirit and law of love which the
Redeemer implanted in the Church as the condition of
its life.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

A GUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.

JNO. GO HELL and'CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated
form, and at a lower Brie,

Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ-
ing brush. _ .

Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon-
don, E.C.
London, England, 1870-04-21

MUTINY ON BOARD A QUEEN'S SHIP.

Accounts have been received of an extraordinary act
of mutiny on board her Majesty's ship Charybdis while
stationed at Vancouver Island. Sixteen sailors, while
away in the launch, rose upon their officers, overpowered
them, and then deserted to the American shore.

THE HALFPENNY POSTAGE REGULATIONS.
The Echo publishes the following letter on the subject
of the halfpenny postage :
General Post Office, April 19, 1870.

reply to your letter of the 11th inst., addressed
to Mr. Rivers Wil4on, I have to inform_ you that the in-
tention is, that a postage of one halfpenny shall be paid
by means of postage stamps upon each newspaper not ex-
ceeding six ounces in weight, and that a postage of one
halfpenny will not carry a packet of newspapers under
six ounces iu weight.

It will, however, be permissible to transmit newspapers
in packets, under the arrangements of the book post, at
the rate of one halfpenny for every two ounces, or frac-
tion of two ounces, in weight, whenever such a course
would be more economicaL

I may add, that further detailed regulations will be
published in due course.---I am, sir, your obedient
servant, A. BENTHALL.
Arthur Arnold, Esq.
London, England, 1870-04-21

BULK S.,IIIIPLES."

WEDNESDAY.

In the case of " Mountain v. tiowe," before the Jus-
tices of Commons Pleas, sitting in Banco to-
day, Mr. Dixon moved that a rule obtained
in Michaelmas Term, 1869, be now made
absolute. The action was tried at the Surrey
Assizes, before Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and was
to recover £93 7s. for goods sold and delivered,
when the plaintiff was nonsuited, with leave to move on
a reserved point. The plaintiff, a hop merchant in the
City, sold a quantity (14 pockets) of hops to the defendant,
a brewer at Palgrave, in 1868, and forwarded a six
months' bill for the amount, which the defendant refused
to sign, on principle. Some correspondence en-
sued, and ultimately the defendant refused to take
the hops, whereupon an action was commenced against
him. It was contended by Mr. Dixon, hi support of the
rule, that the defendant's acceptance of bulk samples
(being about half-a-pound to each pocket of hops) was a
ratification of the contract, as bulk samples were only
sent on demand after the completion of a con-
tract. Mr. Justice Brett pointed out that the
difficulty of the case was that the samples were
not weighed in with the bulk, and therefore
it might be said that they, were not part of the goods
actually sold. Their lordships recommended that the
plaint for "goods sold and delivered" be abandoned, and
reliance be placed on the damage sustained by non-
acceptance. This was agreed to, and the rule was made
absolute for £23135., being the difference in value between
the contract price and the price when the defendant re-
fused to accept delivery.
London, England, 1870-04-21

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
STERN NECESSITY.
By. the Author of "No Church," "Owen, a Waif," &c.
' A capital story. It is intensely inte esting, and deserves to
attract a w ide circle of readers. The heroine is unmistakeably
original and fascinating."—Dally Telegraph
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1870-04-21

A.D. 1720.

OYAL 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.
JAMBS STEWART FI'MOSON, Esq Sub-Governor,
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

DIREOTORS.

Bobert Barclay, EN.

John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq

William Tetlow Hibbort,
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Es
Lord Josceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somas, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
fuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Bruce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann,
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam

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 Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.

This Corporation affords to the AsFured
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 HAL?.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
London, England, 1870-04-21

LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs Mansell). .
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, SAMPSON' WEDDING.
After which. at 8, LITTLE; FAUST: Mr T. Maclagan, AL Marina,
Kr Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr Wilmot; M tlle. Debreux,
Me.ulames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene.

Manageress, Mrs
THEATRE.sw.anborcnigh
° SYoleALLessee anSclrMr

TINS EVENING. at 7 o'clock. WIDOWS' WEEDS.
Crouch, Turner, and 7desUrnes E Button and Anstiss.
Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. l‘lessrs.
James, Terry, Fenton; Mos.l,tmes Santley, Dashwood, Goodal.,
Hughes, Anstiss, and Metcalfe.
And A' FISH OUT OF WATER.

Messrs
London, England, 1870-04-21

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London, England, 1870-04-21

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London, England, 1870-04-21

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

Mr. Reid applied this morning for an interim
injunction to restrain proceedings in the case of Sir
R. C. D. Tichborne, under the following circum-
stances :—Petitions had been filed on the 6th of
April last for adjudication in bankruptcy, by Mr.
John Holmes, who lately acted as solicitor to
Sir Roger, and by a creditor named West,
both petitions being returnable at two o'clock
to-day. Sir Roger himself had since filed
a petition, under 4 clause in the Act for
liquidation, such petition being returnable
on the 12th May next, and it was sought to restrain
the two creditors named from proceeding until a
meeting of creditors had been held ; a receiver to be
appointed at once, Mr. M‘Laren being named as fit
to fill that office. The proceedings pending in Chan-
cery were given as a reason to delay bankruptcy pro-
ceedings in The interests of the creditors. The
Chief Judge said the application was quite irregular,
and must be refused. After the adjudication an
application might be made in the interests of the
estate.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(rnis DAY).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Mr. Herman Derschl, upholsterer, of Golden-
square, was charged before Mr. Knox with assault-
ing a lad named Henry Dongan. The defendant
said that every night about ten o'clock there was a
gre It disturbance in the square, a number of girls
and lads, like the complainant, hooting and scream
ing at the top of their voices. Last night there was
a repetition of the nuisance, and as his wife was
alarmed and his children could get no sleep he
opened his window and told the lads to go away,
and they did so, but returned. He then went down
to the door and asked a constable who was there,
whether he could not remove the persons, and he
said he could not. He told the complainant that
he supposed he was one of the lot, and he said he
was, and so teased him that he could not help strik-
ing him, and the constable then took him into cus-
tody. The magistrate gave directions to the police
to abate the nuisance, and bound over the de-
fendant to keep the peace.
London, England, 1870-04-21

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN.-THIS DAY.
011! ELECTRW TELEGRAPH.)
CLARET STAKES.

Minaret..

.., w. o.

ELEVENTH BIENNIAL

Midsummer
Boulogne
Bertha

Three ran.
MATCH.
Blue Gown receives forfeit.
ASIDE PRODUCE STAKES.

Falkland
Thorwat r

SUBSCRIPTION PLATE.

Royal Lad
Anemone

Jupiter 3
Eight ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS.
Cerintha f
Goldsborough 2
HANDICAP PLATE.

Dodona 1
Brother to Ravioli 2

Little Drum

Seven ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS.
Xobleman beat Perambulator.
PLATE OF 100 SOVS.

Sister ro Polly Perkins

Flaneur ...

Brother to King Alfred., 3

LATEST BETTING.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
625 to 200 agst Kingcraft (taken)
6to 1 agst Macgregor (taken)
10 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Champion (taken)
DERBY.
50 to 1 agst Nobleman (taken)

CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES —Tins DAY.
CRAVEN HANDICAP.

Entorprise 1
Saratoga

Six ran.
HO RNBY HANDICAP.

Moscow

Mexico

Hector

Five ran.
ZETLAND STAKES.

Ralph Lambton

Newark 2
Harebell f 3

Five ran.
HUNTERS' STARES.

1

Lawsuit ..
Snowflake

Carlowrie
Ten ran.
BEDALE HUNT STAKES.
Magnum Bonum
Fairyland

CUT BETTING.—This DAT.
TWO THOUSAND.
3to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst King o' Scots (taken and offered)
6 to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered)
8 to 1 agst Stanley (offered)
10 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (taken freely)
100 to 8 agst Sunlight (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
sto 1 apt Sabinus (offered—take 11 to 2)
600 to 20 agst Muster (taken)
DERBY.
50 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (taken)

PUNCHESTOWN MEETING.-YESTERDAY.

FARMERS' PLATE.

Gipsy Girl

Fifteen ran.
GRAND MILITARY SWEEPSTAKES
Middleton

Nine ran.
CONYNGIIAM CUP

Cliasseur
Eleven ran.
DOWNSHLRE PLATE.

Fairy Land
Seven ran.
*RAILWAY PLATE.

Badminton 1
Fourteen ran.
VETER, kN STAKES.

Queen Bee e 15010... 1

Five ran.

FLAT RACING FIXTURES.
APRIL.

Abergavenny 01, 22 Cardiff 26, 27
Eastbourne 9 2,.1 Croydon 2B, 29

MAY.
•
Newmarket Ist S 2to 6 Wye 19
Edinburgh 7 Doncaster l9, 20
Chester 10 to 13 Ifarpend.n 2O, 21
Winchester 10, 11 Bath 24, 25
S Llisbury 12, 13 Stamford .... 26, 27
Chelmsford 17, 18 Croydon .. 26, 27
York 17, 18 Epsom 31 to June 3
London, England, 1870-04-21

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Premiums, and thus receive a whole year's additional share of
Profits over later ,olicies.
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be obtained from any of the z3ociety's'Agents or of
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London, England, 1870-04-21

THE HOLY WEEK IN ROME.

A telegram from Rome, dated April 19, published
in the Memorial Diplomativjue, says :—" Notwith-
standing the extraordinary fatigues which Pius IX.
has had to undergo this year, his vigorous constitu-
tion has in no way been affected, and when the Holy
Father, after the solemn Mass celebrated on
Easter Sunday, in St. Peter's, gave from the
loggia of the Basilica the Apostolic benediction,
his sonorous voice reached from one end to the
other of the vast space of St. Peter's. Never
was there seen so enormous a throng of the faithful.
Not only the square, but also the streets leading to
it, were closely packed with kneeling crowds, who,
when the benediction had been pronounced, hailed
the Holy Father with enthusiastic applause. Favoured
by magnificent weather the illumination of St. Peter's
on Sunday and yesterday evenings was enchanting,
and the fireworks at the Monte Pincio worthily
sustained the reputation of the Roman pyrotech-
nists."
London, England, 1870-04-21

WESTMINSTER.

A wman of miserable appearance came to Mr.
Arnold this morning and intreated his interference
under the following distressing circumstances :
Applicant said that her child was at the present
moment lying dead in the Westminster Hospital.
She had no means to remove it, and applied to Mr.
Nicholson, relieving officer of St. John's, for a shell
to bring it away, but he refused to give it her.
Mr. Arnold sent the summoning officer with the
applicant to the parish to ask whether they could
not render her some assistance, as she seemed in
gnat distress.
London, England, 1870-04-21

MARK ETS-Y ESTERDAY.

LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY.-At 3farlq):ela
to-day, the receipts of wheat from Essex and Kent have than
limited, but the quality has been good. There has been
attendance, and the demand has ruled heavy, at about late r'oes
With foreign wheat the market has been fairly supPlied* hate
business doing has been unimportant, and paces -been
113 been without change. The show of barley ' but
moderate. The trade has not been active ;
The quotations have ruled firm. Malt has been quiet, at 4 1,00
rates. Oats, the show of which has been moderate, have, have
firm in value, with a moderate inquiry. Beans and Pea'
been steady. Flour Iris been quiet, at stationary prices*
LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.-Tallow has last
tinned fiat at 445. Cd. to 445. Cd. spot, and 48s. 9d. sellersdo,
three months. Linseed oil has ruled firm, at 325. 6d. Len
as4l 325. to 325. 3d. Hull, spot. English brown rape, 42s 3s, ,
LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS, WEDNESDAY. -Therr
been very little inquiry for teas, but prices remain nornir'but
u 'altered for all descriptions. Sugars have ruled quiet, ,iti%
w flout change for either raw or refined. Coffee steady, v.:;0,
a moderate inquiry. Rice dull, even at present low wren"
AU kinds of spices have been quiet.
t bled
BOROUGH HOP 'MARKET, WEDNVSDAY.-Much cltt-e old
his been noticed in the hop market. For all qualities the buteeu
hl3 been to a very moderate extent, and the quotations hayaTa of
almost nominal, Mid and East Kents, 47-to 412 e,% 63.
Kents, £6 to 48 ; Sussex, £5 12s. to 46 12s. ; Bavarians, '7 aud
to £9 ; French, £5 to £6 10s. ; Americans, £4 ss. to £"
yearlings, £1 10s: to £3 15s. per cwt. sup-
pIy'ETROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, WEDNESDA--"'" to
weather, of meat has been moderate. Owing to the hot iod. to
trade has been dull, at drooping prices. Beef from 2s•„t 841. ;
43. 4d. ; mutton, 3s. 24. to 4s. Bd. ; lamb, 6s. Bd. to the
veal, 4s. 10d. to ss. 4d. ; and pork, 4s. to ss. 4d. per 811-s" by
carcase.
LONDON METAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-ScOtch pig
iris ruled firm, at late rates. Chili bar copper, £6B cas. 035
£33105. for arrival. Straits tin, £133. English block,
bar, £136 ; refined, £139.
Dltirke6
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-
nor
quiet, but steady. Sales, 12,000 bales, of which 3,000 on 51"
lation.
I
LIVERPOOL COPPER MARKET, WEDNESDAY.-3farket D *
Bars, 671 to 68 ; ores, 134 to 134.
p.. 00, il.
AMSTERDAM, APRIL 19.-Banta tin, 77, firm. 341;
spot, 461: May, 454 ; Autumn, 434. Linseed oil, spot,
Spring, 341 ; Autumn, 361. Petroleum, 244. ber
PARIS, APRIL 19.-Rape oil, April-May, 125 ; septa'
December, 115.
BERLIN, APRIL 19.-Wheat-April-May, 614 ; May.Tllll,,,irit.
Rape oil-April-Slay, 15.02; September-October, 13.02.
-April-May, 15.05 ; August-September, 16.01.
ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 19.-Wheat-May, 30
tallow, spot, 561 ; 3 roubles, 56/ ; clean hemp, June, 38i,
London, England, 1870-04-21

T" NILE 'P EN.
" STATIONER " says—" The successful inventors of the
Waverley, Owl, and Pickwick Pens have just patent d the 'Nile'
Pen, which, by a combination of the turned up and turned down
points, writes freely without scratching, and holds an unusually
large supply of ink."
" SUN" says—" Speaking, after a severe test of their lasting
qualities, the Nile Pen is a marveL"
Sold everywhere, is per 'ox. By Post, is. id.
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AGENTS—MILLINGTON and HUTTON, LONDON.
London, England, 1870-04-21

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1870.

Clunrt eircear

had presented a formal protest to the American
Government on this subject is denied.
NEW Yonx, April 20.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at MI ; the highest quotation during the day
was 1134 ; the lowest, 113 f.
Sterling Exchange on London
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882
1885
If 1867
10-40
Illinois
Erie
Cotton—Mid. upland
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour—Extra State, $4 .50c. to $5 10c. Corn—Old
mixe I, $1 15c,

LIBELLING THE PRINCE OF WALES AND

THE EARL OF SEI:TON.

WEDNESDAY.
• -
To-day, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Sir John
Karslake moved for a criminal information against the
publisher and part proprietor of the Sheffield Telegraph,
for having published the following libel on the 4th of
April :—"Startlingßumour.—The Prince of Wales likely to
appear in the Divorce Court again. It is stated in West
minster Hall that the Prince of Wales is likely to be again
mentioned in the Divorce Court as a co-respondent, in the
case in which a countess is the respondent. The case is to
be one by the Earl of Sefton against the Countess." Sir
John said there was not the slightest foundation for the
allegation. Forasmuch as the statement was utterly void
of truth, the information would be granted.
The Lord Chief Justice : Certainly, certainly.
Sir John Karslake stated that an apology, unasked,
had appeared in the paper ; but his clients felt it to bu
their duty to apply to the Queen's Bench.
The information was then granted.
London, England, 1870-04-21

SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square.
The only free Hospitai for diseases of women. Sub=crlptions and
donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hat-
chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Means._ Barclay,
Cnutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1870-04-21

THE AMERICAN PARLIAMENT.

The United States House of Representatives has
passed a bill fixing the number of its members in the
next Congress at 275, exclusive of the representa-
tives of the newly admitted States. The apportion-
ment is also altered so as to reduce the
New England representation and increase that of the
Western States, by four members. This is a con-
siderable increase in the strength of the House, which
by the law of May, 1850, ' was fixed at 233,
and -has since been raised to 242. The mea-
sure, too, has a significance of interest
to Englishmen. When the Union was first formed
the whole of the States were situated on the Atlantic
seaboard, but the gradual and enormous exten-
sion of the territory westwards has given the
West a greater proportion of representatives
until at length the New England States
have ' been outnumbered. Now, the Western
Congressmen are mostly Freetraders, and those of New
England Protectionists, for all the American manu-
factures are in New England. This bill, which
takes members from the Atlantic districts and gives
them to the West, is, therefore, favourable to free
trade.
London, England, 1870-04-21

THE POPE WASHING THE PILGRIMS'
FEET.

A correspondent at Rome, who went to St. Peters on
Thursday in Holy Week, writes respecting the usual re-
ception of poor pilgrims by the Pope :—The waiting
at the table of the pilgrims was done, as usual,
in the hall over the portico ; so this I saw
not, and can only say what I heard. A long
table was spread, and very tastily adorned with vases
of flowers—much, I should think, as at a London din-
ner party. The pilgrims were placed along it, and had
something given them, nobody could say what, and
equally inscrutable was the amount of the Pope's
service. The squeezing was terrific. One of my infor-
mants saw a priest carried out insensible by two
Zouaves ; but, on the other hand, a lady, whose
looks would win her way, reports that she got
a good sight of the Pope and the table, and was pre-
sented with one of the flowers. The Pope returned to
the choir, and soon did the feet-washing. There sat
on a bench raised above the heads of the assembled
bishops twelve men in large, loose-fitting, whitish
garments, with very tall caps of the same hue. The Pope
came to them, well supported by Cardinals, and supplied
with water and towels from the dressing-table, which 1.
had thought a sideboard. All one could see was a won-
derful quantity of bowing and kissing. Wherever the
Pope's hand went, a head bent down to kiss it. They say
that he really does throw some drops of water on their
feet, and rub them off with a napkin. The poor men, it is
said, are priests who ask the honour.
London, England, 1870-04-21

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE.
Established 1821.
Subscribed Capital Two Millions.
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DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN— Frederick H. Janson, Esq.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq
Hy. Bonham- arter, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq
Charles Wm Curtis, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq,
Charles F. Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq
Francis II art Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq
Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq
James Goods:.n, Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq
Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne, Esq
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London, England, 1870-04-21

GREAT STORM AT BUENOS AYRES.

The Buenos Ayres Standard reports that one of the
most fearful storms ever experienced in the River Plate,
burst over Buenos Ayres, on the 9th of March. The rain-
fall was the most dreadful ever known ; the algibes were
soon filled, and then the water flooded all the lower rooms
of the houses, in some places to the height of three feet.
The captain of the bark Damon says it was the most
fearful gale he ever experienced ; it blew so hard that he
could not stand on deck, and the water washed clean over
his ship; his anchors could not prevent him from dragging
about 120 fathoms. Her Majesty's ship Cracker rode
it out well, having foreseen the storm by the fall of the
glass from 29'90 at noon to 29'58 when the storm began ;
four ships drove past her, but did no harm. The whale-
boats were carried about in every direction ; one was seen
to go down with two men aboard, and of the 72 lost or
aground, it is believed many of them had one or two men
aboard. Up to the present it seems the loss of life in the
city and port cannot be less than 20 persons, and the
damage to property and merchandise may be estimated at
£lOO,OOO to £130,000. People in Europe will read with
amazement of men and horses being drowned in the streets
f isluenos Ayres.
London, England, 1870-04-21

AN INDIAN PRINJE.

Almost simultaneously with the receipt of the Rotnba,
papers announcing the departure of the Rajah of .Kuffoor•
tulle, " the first independent native Prince who, casting
off the trammels of superstition, has visited England," has
errived the telegraphic news of his death. There were
several circumstances which rendered the Rajah an
object of public interest. He was one of the native
Princes who was faithful throughout the mutiny,
and when the rebellion broke out, though
he was not bound to furnish soldiers, Laying
tribute instead of military service, he volunteered to raise
as many levies as were required to put himself at their
head. and march with them to Delhi. It was thought,
however, that he would be more useful in protecting the
station of Jullmudliur, and keeping open the communica-
tions with Lahore, and he fulfi.leil this duty most effi-
ciently. When Delhi had fallen he marched with his
forces to Lucknow, and was the only native Prince who
took the field in person. He was resolved to show no 'nice-
warmness in his adherence to the English cause, and
regardless of his rank as a sovereign Prince, he put him-
self under the orders of General Sir Hope Grant, and
personally engaged the enemy on several occasions, and
once nearly lost his life. Lord Canning, in open durbar,
alluded to thess services, which he said should never be
forgotten, and the Rajah received, in recognition of them,
an addition to his territory, and one of the first orders of
the Star of India. The Rajah was seemingly the
proudest of the simple mutiny medal, which he always
wore on state occasions. In a religious aspect
the Prince deserved notice, as he was the only native
ruler inclined to become a Christian. He had the Ame-
rican missionaries constantly with him, and entertained
the Calcutta bishops on their visitation tours. The
private romance of his life was less satisfactory. On
c.nning of. age he married a Christian lady, according to
Christian rites, but having afterwards quarrelled with
his wife, he endeavoured to repudiate the marriage on the
ground of difference of caste and the absence of proper
Hindoo ceremonials. Great efforts were made to enter-
tain him prior to his departure, and the news of his
death has cast quite a gloom over Bombay. • -
London, England, 1870-04-21

THE BALLOT IN THE STATES.

A letter from Mr. James Bird, of New York,
shewa,that even with the ballot American elections
are not all they should be. He says the evils con-
nected with secret voting are so great that they have
even baffled the ingenuity of Yankecs as to how to
obviate them. At the present time the impurity of the
elections is occupying the attention of the courts of
justice; the frauds investigated being something
almost incredible. It is known that at the last
p..esuaential election in lvew York alone, between
30,000 and 40,000 illegal and fraudulent votes were
given. The elections are a perfect farce, and all
fairness is repudiated. The party wins the
day who can hire and command the greatest
number of repeaters and ballot-stuffers, and who are
taken from town to town for tfie purpose of voting.
This is well known and acknowledged by all parties
alike, and every section of the press is constantly
commentinpi on this unwholesome state of affairs.
The Ballot is not a novel institution and, Mr. Bird
says, that before such a pernicious measure is further
discussed he thinks it would be well for us to' look
how it works in America.
London, England, 1870-04-21

Closing Business
Paid. Name. Quotations. done.
St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 79
St Caledonian 100 751 76 741 31
St Cambrian lOO 15 20
20 Cornwall all 2i 31
St Dublin and Belfast Juuction 100 . . .
St Dun, Prth, and Aber. Jnnc 100 70 7.2
20 East London ,111 4 6
20 Do
20 Do
St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113
St Great Eastern lOO 371 394 411 1
St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 61 71
St Great North of Scotland 100 13 16
St Great Northern 100 119 120
St Do A 100 126 127 1271
St Do B 100 126 128
St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100
St Great Western - Consolid 100 71 711 711 f
St Do South Wales 100 68 70
St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45
St Do do Newport 100 36 38
St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1254 1271
St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 461 1
St Loud, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 154 161
St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11
St 'London and North Western 100 1264 1274 128 4
St Loudon and South Western-100 bB.l 891 921 31
St Manch, Shef, and Lincolnsh.loo 51 511 53 21
St Do New, issued at £5O die 3O ....
St Metropolitan 1i:0 791 80 781 4
St Do Preferred... lOO
St Do Deferred 100 ...
'lO Do Redeemable
St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 381
St Midland lOO 1241 125 1.271 4
St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94
St North British. lOO. 31 35 354
St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15
St North Eastern—Berwick 100 1261 1271 1364 1
St Do Leeds, 100 841 851
St Do York
St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 178 180 1821
St North London 100 120 122 120
10 Do New, 1568
St North Staffordshire 100 59 61
St North and So. West. J unct 100 102 105
St. Rhymney lOO 52 54
St Shropshire Union 100 62 63
St South Devon 100 46 48
St South Eastern 100 764 771 784
St Do Preferred ...100 1091 1104
_ _

St Do Deferred 100 41 41i
St Staines, Wok'ham, Sc Wok'g,-. all 121 13i
St Taff Vale
10 Do C 6 3 6
St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100
10 Waterloo and Whitehall 6 ... ...
London, England, 1870-04-21

THE DUTY ON RAILWAYS.

The Chancellor `of the Exchequer just now seems
to have aroused the cocoethes scribendi of almost
every class affected by his budget. The last con-
tribution to this kind of literature is that
of " The Chairman of a Railway "—as the
writer subsequently explains, some eighty
miles long in the Principality. He says if the tax is
levied, it will be a serious injustice to the shareholders
of-the line with which he is connected. They have
been struggling for years for a dividend, and haie
just obtained one, when Mr. Lowe levies
his tax and. away it goes. To raise the
money for this new impost the writer of the letter
says the amount must be charged either on passen-
gers' fares or goods—both most objectionable. The
passenger traffic on this particular line seems to be
nearly exclusively third class, aid to raise the fares,
the writer thinks, would inflict a hardship
on the poor, and if extra charges were made for the
carriage of minerals and goods, a direct tax would be
put on the industry of the country. "The Chairman"
would like to have taken Mr. Lowe at his word the
other night, when he said that if the companies did
not approve of " the• boon," he was willing to leave
matters as they stood.
London, England, 1870-04-21

THE LIGHT DUEL

The Shipping Gazette, in an article on " the Light
Dues," refers to the recent debate on Mr. Headlam's
motion, and the intention to reduce those dues
announced on the part of the Government,
Our contemporary says it is in a position to state that
this intention will shortly be carried out, and that
the order in Council giving effect to it has been
prepared. The reductions, which will amount to about
16 per cent of the revenue at present derived from the
light dues, will, it believes, chiefly affect steamers in
the continental and short voyage trades. The prac-
tice of charging light dues on vessels calling for
orders, which are sent to ports of destination on
the Continent, will be abolished. The
order in Council, affecting these and other changes,
will come into operation on the Ist October nest.

AGRICULTURE IN IRELAND.

A parliamentary return of the estimated average
produce of the crops in Ireland furnishes some inte-
resting agricultural statistics. The acreage under
crops in 1869 as compared with the previous year
chews that wheat decreased by 4,690 acres, oats
16,405 acres, and cabbage 610 acres, and hay by
21,419 acres. Barley increased by 35,392 acres;
here and rye, 1,277; potatoes, 7,221; turnips,
1,078; mangel wurzel, 2,019 ; and flax, 22,769 acres.
The crops which shew a diminution in the estimated
acreable produce were wheat 2.0 cwt, and oats 0.0
cwt. The following were the crops which though
they had an increased acreage, shew a decrease in
yield—barely 1.6 cwt ; bere, 0.3 cwt.; potatoes, 0•7
ton; and mangel wurzel, 0.4 ton; cabbage decreased
0.1 ton an acre. The crops which shew an increase
are turnips 1.3 tons, flax 1.2, stones and hay, 0.1 ton.
In the estimated total produce of the principal crops
theie was a decrease in cereals of 805,280 quarters;
though there was an increase in barley, bere, and
rye, and a falling off in wheat and oats. Potatoes,
notwithstanding an increased acreage, decreased in
total produce by 689,774 tons.