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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-02

SPAIN.

MADRID, May 31.

The debate on the bill for the election of a monarch
will be announced shortly, and the election of the King
will be considered valid, if it is voted by a majority of
one.

The Cortes has granted a bill of indemnity to the muni-
cipality of Madrid for their conduct during the late dis-
orders.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

THE PRINCE CONSORT'S STATUE, CAMBRIDGE
At a congregation held this day at Cambridge the fol-
lowing grace was passed ; that the Vice-Chancellor Dr.
Cartmell, master of Christ's College, Dr. Worsley, master
of Downing College, Dr. Selwyn, the Lady Margaret
Professor, Dr. Campion, Dr. Paget, A. Long, M.A., of
King's College, W. G. Clark, M.A., of Trinity College,
W. M. Gunson, M.A., of Christ's College, W. B. Pike,
M.A., of Downing College, and A. A. Vansittart, M.A.,
of Trinity College, be appointed a syndicate, to consider
the best site for the statue of his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, and to report thereon to the Senate before
the end of the present term.

The lock-out of power-loom weavers in the employ-
ment of the Messrs. Norman and Sons, Dysant, was
brought to a termination yesterday morning. The
dispute, which was beginning to cause much misery
in the place, has resulted entirely in favour
of the factory women, who have been assured that the old
wages will be continued. The two factories, which
unitedly employ about seven hundred people, are again
in almost full operation-.
The number of emigrants who left Liverpool last month
was 257,790.

The question of assessing railway stations to the full
extent was before the Liverpool Town Council yesterday
The matter was referred to a special committee for con-
sideration.

At the same meeting it was stated that vesting the
power of controlling matters connected with public health
in the hands of corporate officials was fraught with mis-
chief, and that sanitary questions would soon come
under the control of a Parliamentary or some other simi-
lar body.
London, England, 1870-06-02

Metropolitan Railway Extension.

The throwing-out of the Metropolitan District
Railway Scheme, known as the Mansion House
Extension, by the House of Lords Committee, has
been received with general satisfaction. A railway
station near the Mansion House would in itself have
been a great convenience, but to have purchased
that convenience by obstructing the new
thoroughfare with the hideous display of ' a
new middle row of blank walls was too great
an act of vandalism to be tolerated. The effect of
this decision will be that the Metropolitan District
Railway will either stop short at the present Black-
friars Station, or be continued to Queen-street. To stop
short at Blackfriars would be suicidal, inasmuch
as the Metropolitan competes with the Metropolitan
District for traffic to the western suburbs, and if
the former line is extended to Liverpool-street or
Broad-street, to Aldgate-street and to Tower-hill,
it will tap the city at so many points as to leave
only a small share of the through traffic to
go to Blackfriars-bridge, and thence westward by
the embankment line. The Metropolitan District
will therefore be compelled to go to Queen-street,
and will probably form a junction there with the
South-Eastern. Once at Queen-street, there will be
but a short gap to Tower-hill, (to which point the
Metropolitan will be extended) to complete the inner
circle. As the two intermediate stations will be
at King William-street and Mark-lane, the pro-
spect of a large traffic which such points offer will
probably speedily lead to the completion of the whole
line as originally laid out by the Parliamentary Com-
mittee.
London, England, 1870-06-02

MONETARY REP ORTS-W EDNESDAY.

This being the Derby clay, the attendance of members
has been limited, and the business doing has been
very moderate. The tone of the various markets,
however, has been healthy on the whole. Consols
have been steady and * per cent better at 94k, 90 for de
livery, and 93k, 93 ex div. for July. Reduced and New
Three per Cents. 92k, 921; Exchequer bills par to ss.
prem.; Bank Stock, 234, 236; Indian Five per Cents.,
1131, 114 ; and Indian bonds 205., 265. prem.
A feature of the market for English railway stocks has
been the continued depression in the demand for Metro-
politan. Heavy sales have taken place, at a further re-
duction of I*. Metropolitan District has also fallen I.
In other respects the tone of the market has been
good, and the movements have been favourable. South-
Eastern has risen ff ; Great Northern A., *; Midland, * ;
London and North-Western, *; and Great Western, *.
The traffic receipts of the Midland shew an increase of
£15,194; North-Eastern, £14,288; and London and North-
Western an increase of £3,225.
Indian Railway Stocks have been quiet ; but prices
have been maintained, Canadian shares have been un-
altered in value. As regards foreign, Great Luxembourg
have advanced *, but Lombardo have fallen *.
Very little business has been doing in foreign bonds.
Spanish have been firm, and 1-16 better ; and Turkish
(1869), shew a rise of . Portuguese are also * higher,
and Russian Anglo-Dutch shew an improvement of *.
American securities have been firm, and the Five-
twenty Bonds have risen *.
British Mining shares have been dealt in quietly. Tan-
yr-Alt have relapsed *.
Bank shares have been steady in value, but the demand
has not been active.

Telegraph shares have been dull, Anglo-Mediterranean
have relapsed /4 and Telegraph Construction *.
The sum of £4,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day,
The Donan from New York, has brought £71,400.
The subscription list of the new Spanish loan was
closed early this morning. The amount applied for is
largely in excess of the sum required. The loan is now
quoted at 32 to 4i prem.
Biddings for £400,000 ix bills on India took place at
the Bank to-day. The amounts allotted were—To
Calcutta, £347,000 ; to Bombay, £50,000; and to
Madras £3,000. The minimum was fixed at Is. loid,
Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at is. 101 d. will receive
18 per cent., and on all the Presidencies above that
quotation in full.
There has been a good supply of money in the discount
market. The demand for accommodation has not been
active, and Three Months' Paper has been freely taken at
21 per cent.

The sum of £1,850,000 Three per Cent. Portuguese
Bonds, arranged by the Lisbon Government, to be paid as
an instalment to the South-Eastern of Portugal Railway,
for taking possession of the line, have been delivered to
London, England, 1870-06-02

ITALY.

FLIRENCE, May 31.
According to the Italie of to-day a band of refugees,
under Nathair. left Lugano on the 29th for Casino.
Finding their passage barred by the troops at Collico they
dispersed to the mountains. The Government is said to
have taken precautions respecting the traffic on the Lake
of Como.

June 1.
The Como band, consisting of some fifty persons, seized
the ammunition in the Customs Guard House. They had
afterwards took to the mountains, being pursued by the
troops, who met them at Collico and dispersed them.
Some officers (deserters) were among the insurgents. The
Country generally is quiet, and the people hostile to the
movement.

NAPLES, Juno 1.
A rumour is current that twenty-five Greek brigands
have landed at Calabria. A fresh party of Republican
Insurgents have appeared in Ferra di Lavoro. Several
arrests have been made.
London, England, 1870-06-02

LONDON AND NORTH - WARN
RAILWAY.
ST. ALBAN'S STEEPLECHASES, MONDAY and TUESDAY.

June 6th and 7th.

CHEAP /OCCUR •TON I LORE t S fo, ST. ALBAN'S w:11 be
issued from' Euston S ation on each of the above days at 10 30
and 11 30 a.m., and Chalk Farm at 10 35 and 11 33 a.m., rct-ru-
ing at 6 8 or 7 35 r.m. each day.
Fare i from Euston and Chalk Farm to St. Alban's and back—
Covered Carriages, ls. 7d.; First Class, 33. 2d
Trains in connection at Willesden Junction will leave Broad-
street (City), Dalston-lane, Highbury, Victoria (P►mlico), Ken-
sington, and Uxbridge-roa J.
For particulars see Bills.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, May, 1870.
London, England, 1870-06-02

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN IRELAND.

The Standard trusts that the residence of the Heir to
the Throne in Ireland could not fail to be productive of
the very best effects on Irish society, however limited the
time of its duration. It would assuage the jealousy which
her Majesty's preference for Scotland has kindled in the
Irish mind, and no doubt tend, from the conciliatory
manners of the Prince, and his love of field sports,
to which the Irish aristocracy are so strongly addicted,
to initiate and strengthen a mutual respect and attach-
ment between the Queen's Irish subjects and their future
ruler, which must be attended with the most desirable
results. it has been long a cause of complaint that
the presence of royalty in Ireland has been so
rare, and that th 2 shortness of the visits paid
by the Sovereign to that portion of her dominions pre-
cluded the possibility of such manifestations of loyalty as
would evince the true feelings of the people towards their
Queen. That grievance would be altogether removed
by the presence of the Prince of Waes, dispensing
his hospitalities as an Irish proprietor. Tollymore Park
possesses all the requisites for a royal residence.
It is said that the recent tour of Lord and Lady Spencer in
the North of Ireland, had for its special object the acqui-
sition of this property for the Prince, and if it has re-
sulted in its transfer to royal hands the Irish public will
have good reason to rejoice on the occasion. It is for
many reasons most desirable that the heir apparent
should at this particular time cultivate the acquaintance of
his future subjects. Ireland is in a state of transition, and
the social influence of the Prince would go far to soften
any asperities which may arise from pending legislation
in the minds of the Irish landowners, and help to recon-
cile them to a change in their position, now become in-
evitable, while his example as an improving and liberal
proprietor could not fail to stimulate both the landlords
and the tenantry to the proper fulfilment of their respec-
tive duties.
London, England, 1870-06-02

THE SUN, LONDON, 'l'H URSDAY MORIN ING, JUNE 2, 1870.

COMIC PAPERS.
(Fro2n Punch.)

A PARRY FOR MISS BECKER'S THRUST.-Mr. Love
Jones Parry, who promised to vote for the Woman's Dis-
abilities Bill, has cruelly turned his coat, and voted
against it. Miss Becker having charged him with the
breach of promise, he has made matters worse by giving
as his reason that, " though in Caernarvonshire the
women are all Liberals in politics and Nonconformists iu
religion, in Emgland, and particularly in boroughs, such
as Bath, the women are Conservatives, under great
clerical influence, which always tends to fetter freedom of
thought. " Love Jones Parry !" says an advanced
woman's right feinale of Mr. Punch's acquaintance—" I
hate him !"
London, England, 1870-06-02

London—W Twzmnia. 337. Strand.

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S GREAT PICTURE
"The Worship of Bacchus," engraved on Steel. 47 inches
Iy 30 inches. is now ready. Price One Guinea. This remarkable
Engraving contains over 3.000 figures. each figure portraying a
character or a passion—the whole presenting a history of the cus-
toms and manners of the present century. The Painting is the
property of the 1\ ationa /Gallery, and is on view at the Kensington
hti.seum.

londnn—W, TWEEDIE. 237. Strand.

TWEEDIE'S TEMPERANCE YEAR BOOK OF
FACT AND HISTORY FOR 1870.

CONTENT,,,.

General Review of the Tempe- I Ecclesiastical Sayings and
ranee Movement. Doings.
Chronicle of the Temperance Temperance and Longevity.
Movement. Hindrances to the Gospel.
Teetotalism an Agent in Civi- Tempe, ance Literature.
lisation. Temperance Societies, London
Researches Respecting Alcohol. and Provincial.
The Result of the Personal and Temperance Associations.
Professional Experience of the Temperance Provident Associa-
Benefits of Total Abstinence. tions.
Physiology of Drinking. I Facts, Legislative and Social.
Analysis of Bitter Ale and Beer. Calendar—Eclipses—Postal Infor-
Judicial Testimonies. mation.
Statistics in Reference to Intozi- Royal Family and other 'Useful

eating Drinks.
PresmAmmul Declarations.

London—W. T rizi

Information usually found iu
Almanacs.

;DIE, 337. Strand.

ust published, price is 6d., by post is. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks.
REVELATIONS OF, QUACKS AND
QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"➢iedical Circular."

London: 11. Bantore, 219,Itegont-street

,
Tho numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public, Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.

BEWARE OF INIITATIONS.—Every Wheel
bears the Name.

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ONE WHEEL will light a fire without wood or
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ONE WHEEL will boil three pints of water in a
few minutes.

ONE WHEEL will cook a rasher of bacon,
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ONE WHEEL will burn half an hour.

FOUR A PENNY.

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London, England, 1870-06-02

BISHOP WILBERFORCE ON CHURCH
MATTERS.

'Bishop Wilberforce ofi Ttesday preached at Basingstoke
to about 500 of the North Hants Choral Union, who held
their festival there. Subsequently at the dinner table he
expressed his belief that God never intended his worship
in this world to be dull and unisonous. He had not made
his fields a drab colour, nor did His songsters sing
one note only ; and he believed it was strictly
in accord with the Divine will that the service of our
churches should be bright and joyous. Mr. Wyndham
Portal having subsequently expressed a hope that these
festivals might supersede those which most of them
had known too well about this time of the
year, and
.warmly • commended the unions to
the support of the laity in the Church, the Bishop
said it warmed his heart to hear a layman speak as Mr.
Portal had, and he could not help thinking much good
must result from his having so bravely spoken out the
feelings of English laymen against, the old principle of
confidential communications between the clergyman and
clerk. He trusted that they were gone for ever.
At the time of their disappearance they were
threatened with another form not commend-
ably better certain gentlemen having exalted
themselves in the galleries, and taken with them certain
instruments, and devoted their efforts to doing something
in which nobody else in the church could join --men who
felt it was their business, and theirs exclusively, to carry
on the service of song, and who, if an unlettered man like
himself, for instance, ventured to join in, rather resented
it as an intrusion, and regarded him as a poacher in a well
protected preserve, and the sooner they were out of it the
better.
London, England, 1870-06-02

FENIANISM IN LONDON.

Orders from Government have been received at Wool-
wich for extra precautions to be taken for the safety of all
buildings, arms, powder, &c., exposed to Fenian attae.
Boats, containing crews of Thames police armed with re-
volvers and cutlasses, have been ordered to cruise about
day and night on the river, in front of the Uoyal Arsenal,
in p eparation for any emergency. Extra g uards of armed
artillery have been placed on duty at all the powder ma•
gazines, arsenal wharves, &c. A sharp look out is also
being kept on all vessels coming up the river, and every
onceivable precaution is being taken to carry out the in-
structions received from Government.
London, England, 1870-06-02

OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Gouuod's Faust e Mar-
gherita. 8.30. p.m.
ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—Faust. 8.3 p.m.
HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book.
And A Kiss in the Dark.
ADELPHI—At Seven, No. 1 Round the Corner. Free Labour.
PRINCE OF WALES'S--At 7.80. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest
Mamma. _ _ .

LYCEUM—At 7.30, His Own b ival, Breaking the Spell. At 8 3 ,
Little Faust.
OLYMPIC At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner.
l'he 'Varsity Boat Race.
GAIETY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde.
QuEEN's—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twixr Axe and Crown.
STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts. Kenilw rth.
VAUDEVILLE —For Love or Money. Don Carlos.
ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Fron Frou. La Belle Sauvage
WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH IVA K. Egyptian Hall, Pie.
eadilly, every kvr.ning (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn
lags at 3 Admissi_ n is, 2s, 3s.
CMRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed-
nesdays awl Saturdays, at 3 and 8 WI the year round.
ZO LOGICA34 G4Rma, Begent's-pt.rk Open daily except Sun-
day s). Admission, ls. ; on Mondays, Gd. Children under
, Gd.

ktBDAIn THBB*UVII EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till
3.0 p.m., aud from 7 till 10 p.m, Admission, Is.; extra
6d.

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EVENING EDITION.
London, England, 1870-06-02

NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of
HART-STREET.

BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.

GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING.
Frock Dress Oxford Camb. Fishing
Coats. Coats. Coats. - Coats. Coats.
255. 255. 17s. 18s. 10s.
80s. 30s. 21s. 225. 15s.
85s. 355. 265. 28s. 18s.
428. 425. 30s. 325. 225.
508. 50s. 365. 365. 28s.
635. 60s. 425. 425. 355.

EMOSES and SON beg to remind t
• that the cheapness of an article depends enl
quality, and they venture to affirm that every article E,
is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained i
house in England.

GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED :
Summer Race Business Morning Dress
Overcoats. Coats. Suits. Trousers. Trousers.
13s. Bd. 125. 30s. 10s. (;d. 15s.
18s. 135. 6d. 355. 13s. 18s.
21s. 15s. 405. 16s. 21s.
245. 18s. 6d. 455. 18s. 265.
309. 21s. 50s. 20s.
40s. 245.

ORDERS
punctual
measure introd
guarantee a fat

V MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of
E •

BOY'S CLOTHING :
Knickerbocker Eton Brighton Harrow
Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits.
9s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 18s.
13s. &I. 19s. 235. 235.
16s. 6d. 215. 265. 265.
21s. 265. 325. 325.
265. I,os. 365. 365.
30s. 365. 48s. 4Bs.

MOSES and SON supply every description o
E
clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages,
all occasions, and all classes; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats
and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates.
All Goods marked in Plain Figures.
Any article exchanged if not worn or injured.
List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and
Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free.

E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday
evening at sunset, till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi-
ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock.
The following are the only addtesses of E. MOSES and SON :

LONDON.
CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE.
NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET.
CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD.

COUNTRY BRANCH.
BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION.
Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Thomas Hankey, Esq.
I
R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.
The report and balance-sheets of this association for the year
1869, exhibiting in full details the amounts assured, ages of the
members, with particulars of the invested fund, may be had on
application to the chief office, or to the agents.
The annual income from premiums is ......
From interest on investments
The invested fund, after payment of all claims,
415,000
exceeds
The whole of the profits divided among the members.
Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured,
amounting to £lOO,OOO. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary.
15, Moorgate-street, June 1, 1870,

...... £64,000
...... 19,000
London, England, 1870-06-02

PROTESTANT NATIONALISM.

The new sect of Irish Protestant Nationalists have
begun to attact attention. They began their movement,
says a correspondent, by contemplating only a Royal resi-
dence, the taxing of absentees, and special measures to
extend Irish trade and commerce ; but a Federal
Parliament is now the favourite specific. They
have appointed a committee of their number,
who reeommend that the objects of the organi-
sation shall be to obtain the " privilege of managing
our own affairs," the Irish Parliament to have power,
under a federal arrangement, to legislate for and regulate
all matters relating to the internal affairs of the country,
and control over Irish resources and revenues, subject to
the obligation of contributing a fair proportion to Imperial
expenditure, the Imperial Parliament retaining the power
of dealing with all questions affecting the Imperial
Crown and Government and the defence and stability of
the Empire. The apostles of this movement refer in par-
ticular for their justiffcation to the statute passed in 1807,
which consolidated into one Dominion the North Ameri-
can provinces of the British Crown. The present object
of the committee is understood to be to ascertain personally
the views of influential Irishmen on the subject-of Repeal
Meanwhile, the Dublin journals continue'to refer to the
matter. Saunders's News Letter, for example, says :
"Many Protestants, clerical and lay, consider them-
selves free to act in the forthcoming agitation—for that
it wiil come, we cannot deny. But, without in any way
pledging ourselves to the Federal movement as
proposed, we would warn those who have joined, or are
inclined to join it, of two great difficulties they will have
to encounter at the very outset, and which, although
opposite in character, may injure their cause—the one by
secret opposition, the other by open alliance—we mean
Ultramontariism and Fenianism."
London, England, 1870-06-02

RITPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT

WHI'TE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
kPcrfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of
1851 and 1821, is allowed by upwards of Five .Hundred Medical
men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment
of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its
erects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-
Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close
ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep.
A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
not fail to fit, f3rwarded by post, on the circumference of the
body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu-
facturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly London.

A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 318.6 d. Postage, is. A.
Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 476., and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd. An Um-
bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post
office, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1870-04-30

LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs Mansell).
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, SAMPSON'S WEDDING.
After which. at 8, LITTLE FAUST: Mr T. Maclagan, M. Marius,
Ur Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux,
Mesdames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene.
London, England, 1870-04-30

A.D. 1720.

R 0 YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
- -

For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch OfficA3-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OOTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART Ii'MOSON, Esq Sub-Governer
CHARLES JOHN MANNJNG, Et3CI Deputy-Governor.

DIREOT ORS.

Robert 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.
Charles Hermann Geschen,
E.
Rivesqrsdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam,

William Tetlow Hibbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Esq.
Lord J °Beeline Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Oharles Baring Young, Esq.
alai Sony, 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 STOOK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £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 Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of 8, CENTURY AND A HALL
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.
ROYAL. EXCHANGE, LONDON,
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

According to Reuter's telegrams the French
Rentes to-day were quoted 74f. 35c.

SCARCITY OF FARTHINGS. - The _birminghal
Gazette notices the scarcity of farthings, as follows
"Though we never believed in the old joke that English!
farthings were first coined to enable Scotchmen
subscribe to our charitable institutions,' it is withial
our knowledge that supplies of that useful originalel
coin have of late years become exceedingly scarce.
In the interests of the poor, tilt, small shopkeeper, and.
the ragged urchins who would " only just like " to indulge-
in chuck farthing, perhaps the Mint—if it is possessed of
of either "head" or " tail " under the new system—will.
kindly see to it. Birmingham would, at a pinch, manu-;
facture the coin required, as Pat would say, in a jiffy,"
Our contemporary does not say whether the new cons,
would be of Brummagem " metal.

EARL SEFTON AND THE "SHEFFIELD DAILY
TELEGRAPH."-Mr. Edmund Yates, who contributes a
column to the TVestern Mail under the head of " The
Mail Bag, or the Looker-on in London," has the following
in reference to the action by Earl Sefton against the
editor of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph :—•11 under-'
stand that there is not the least doubt that the trial
against the Sheffielld Daily Telegraph will be proceeded
with, and the law pushed to its utmost. Everyone
who knows anything of journalism will regret that a
gentleman of Mr. Leng's position should be unfortunatel
the scapegoat in this instance. He has addressed ave
proper and gentlemanly letter to many of his brother edi.f
tors, pointing out that the paragraph was inserted in hisl
absence, and he will have general commiseration. But
from what I gather, it is thought necessary to make an
example, and I fear we shall see that Mr. Leng will be the)
sufferer."

•
The subject of the representation of the laity in.
the Councils of the Episcopal Church occupied the atten-
tion of the Edinburgh Diocesan Synod at their annual
meeting. Resolutions affirming the principle, and
requesting the bishops to convene a general Synod for the
purpose of considering the question. were agreed to.
Another resolution declared that the laity should have nCi
votes in the decision of questions of doctrine.
A gentleman writes to the Tablet to call attention
to the fact that sundry unknown persons are visiting the
different London convents, aAing for the instruments of
penance used in each religious house, on the pretence that
they are wanted for a monastery ; they then desire to have
some of a stronger make. The Tablet's correspondent
believes the instruments are being surreptitiously obtained.
for a treacherous purpose.

The Court of Assizes of Valence (Drinne) has
tried the man Bayon for the murder of M. Lubanski.
The deceased was stabbed to death while travelling
the Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, and his body
thrown out by the murderer and found lying between the
rails. The prisoner, however, in jumping from the train
to escape after robbing 1113 victim, received such injuries
that he was unable to move. He has now been condemned,
to death.
London, England, 1870-04-30

BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a Vacancy has occurred
in the Direction of this Bank by the death of John Ranking, Esq.,
which will be filled up at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
By the terms of the Deed of Settlement it is required as follows:
"That every Proprietor intending to become a Candidate, or to pro-
pose some other Proprietor as a Candidate for the office of Direc-
tor, must, within Ten days from the time when the advertisement
shall have been inserted, signify by some writing under his or her
hand, to be left within the said Ten days at the Office of the Cor-
poration, either his intention to become a Candidate, or the name
and place of abode of the Candidate intended to 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 20, 1870.
London, England, 1870-04-30

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London, England, 1870-04-30

POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.

By a recent return it appears that on the last day.
of 1869 the total amount dfte to the de-
positors in Post-office Savings Banks, inclu-
sive of interest, was £13,524,209 ls. ld. The
cash paid out, and warrants issued, during the year,
amounted to £4,227,056 9s. sd. The amount paid
in by the savings banks to the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National Debt, during the year
ending 20th November last, was £907,278 ;
and the amount of money drawn during the same
period from the commissioners, £1,424,723.
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE CONVENT INQUIRY.

The resumption of the convent inquiry debate
brought a still larger number of members to the
scratch. Mr. Newdegate got another victory. The
motion that the order for the appointment of the
select committee be discharged, in plain English
that the whole affair he set aside, was• defeated by
173 to 128. Nearly all the minority were Liberals,
Mr. Beresford Hope being the only exception.
Colonel Vandeleur, who also voted against Mr.
Newdegate, is a Liberal - Conservative. Mr.
Newdegate, on the other hand, got the sup-
port of very many Liberals, including •Mr.
Candlish, Mr. Morley, Mr. Chambers, Sir Robert
Anstruther, Mr. Eykyn, Mr. Reed, Mr. Robinson,
Mr. Pendarves Vivian, Sir David Wedderburn, and
others—Mr. Whalley, of course, being on the "right"
side.
London, England, 1870-04-30

LIBERTY OF DISCUSSION AT ROME.

It seems that the modifications recommended by
the prelates who voted on the first four
chapters of the Schema on dogma placet
juxta nzodum, were collected into a volume and
once more submitted for discussion the following
day. It was remarked in the Univers that they
had already been put to the vote five or six
times. Upon this the Vatican triumphantly asks,
why doubt the liberty of the Council ?
Its liberty of speech is, in fact, so unlimited, that
amendments can be proposed five or six times in
succession, in spite of an overwhelming majorityoind
always receive the same patient hearing. " Is there
any parliamentary assembly in the world," asks the
Fattcan, " of which the same thing could be said? "

SPORTIN G.—J OHN ROBERTS supplies the
DATES EDITION of "THE SIIN "as soon as pub
lished.-4, Bath-street, City-rev:l.E.°.
London, England, 1870-04-30

CONTENTS,

Our Poor Relations.
Trade Unions.
Earl's Dene.—Part VII.
Cornelius O'Dowd.
On Sanding the Sugar—The Message of Peace—The
Two Safe Careers —Our Diplomatic Service—The
Difficult Precept—Personal and Peculiar.
John.—Part VII.
New Books.
The Education Difficulty.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL.

At a meeting of the General Medical Council the
Medical Amendment Act introduced by the Govern-
ment into the House of Lords was discussed at some
length. The President, Dr. Paget, brought
under the notice of the Council an un-
official communication from Mr. Simon, the
medical officer of the Privy Council, deprecating
the jealousy which had been expressed in certain
quarters as to the powers given to the Privy Council
under the bill. The Council proceeded to consider
the clauses of the bill see latinz. A
motion by .31r. flawlnns that instead of the new
examining board being allowed to grant the title
of licentiate it should merely give a certificate of
competency, was eventually carried. Another motion
by the same gentleman for the insertion of the
words "certificate of competency" instead of
"licence," which was opposed by Sir Dominic
Corrigan, on , the ground that it bound them to the
principle of a separate examining board in each divi-
sion of the Kingdom, was carried. The Council ulti-
mately adjourned the discussion.
London, England, 1870-04-30

had been ill and attended by a doctor, had climbed
the garden wall, gone into the village, and created
considerable astonishment by appearing there
in a religious habit, and telling the people that
she had run away because the nuns were
trying to poison her. The people, however, the abbess
added, saw that she was not in her right mind, and
she had returned to the convent. He says he went
to Knowle, saw "Mr. Kimbal, who had been the
medical man to the nuns for many years, and who
had seen "Sister Agnes" that morning and
pronounced her insane. In the afternoon Mr.
O'Sullivan says .he visited her with Mr. Kimbal
and Dr. Bell Fletcher, who signed a certificate of her
insanity. He took the certificate to the relieving
officer, and she was ordered to be removed to the
asylum at Hatton the following morning. This cer-
tificate, he adds, was the usual one awarded to
pauper lunatics.

A YORKSHIREMAN OF 4,000 YEARS AGO.
Apropos of Dr. Beddoes' book on the stature of
man in the British Islands, a correspondent of the
Pall Mall Gazette mentions a typo of the ancient— -
the very ancient—Briton, which is to be seen in the
Scarborough Museum. It is, perhaps, the oldest
preserved skeleton in the world, the date'
when it roamed the Brigantian hills in
the majesty of a living man being assigned
to the year 2200 B.C. Beside the vast physique of
this "oldest inhabitant" of Britain, especially in re-
spect of his vertebral column, that of the stoutest
Yorkshire farmers of to-day, although they are a
broad race, is dwarfed into insignificance; while, phreno-
logically speaking, his moral and mental development
is equally astonishing,. In fact, instead of falling
back towards the Bunions archetype adopted by a
certain learned professor, this extremely ancient
Briton must have stood as far above them as the
strongest and most moral individual of the present day.
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE CONSERVATIVE BENEFIT BUILDING
SOCIETY, co-operating with the United Land Company,
Limited. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C.
INVESTMENTS for capital and savings for all classes of the com-
munity. Five per Cent. interest per annum paid on Shares, and
Four per Cent. per arnum on Deposit Depaogient, with power of
withdrawal at fixed periods.
The UNITED L AND COMPANY. Limited, co-operating with
the Conservative Benefit Society. Plots cf Freehold Land on sale
in 30 counties. The cost of the land payable in monthly or other
easy instalments, with or without building advances.

CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN,
Secretary.
Prospec'nses explanatory of investment, Land and Building
Departments, free of charge.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION

(Established 1810).
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Thomas Hankey, Esq.
IL W. Crawford, Esq , M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.
The report and balance-sheets of this Association for the year
1869, exhibiting in full details the amounts assured, ages of the
members, with particulars of the invested 2und, may bo had on
application to the chief office or to the agents.
The annual income from premiums is .. ...Z84,000

From interest on investments 10.000
'1 he invested fund, after payment of all claims, exceeds 415,000
The whole of the profits divided among the members.
Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured,
amounting to £lOO,OOO.

W. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary.
No. 15, Moorgate-street, March I, 1870.
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE LAND BILL.

The two divisions on the Land Bill on Thursday
night were almost entirely of a party character. The
most noticeable features were that Mr. Headlam
voted in neither, and that in both Lord Elcho, the
64 proputty " man, went against the Government. On
both occasions Sir Roundel). Palmer voted with the
Government.
London, England, 1870-04-30

NATAL.

Mr. ROBERT FOWLER askedthe Under Secretary of State
for the Colonies, whether it was the intention of Her
Majesty's Government to withdraw the troops from
Natal.

Mr. MONSELL said he had no such intention. He had
to ask the hon. gentleman to postpone the motion which
stood in his name on the subject.

- - -
Mr. FOWLER said if it was for the public interest that
tie should not bring it forward, of course he would not do
eo. He should therefore put it off until May 20.
HIGHWAYS ACT.

Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH asked the Under Secretary
of State for the Home Department when the return rela-
tive to the Highways Act, addressed for on the 19th July,
'LB69, would be prefented to the House.
Mr. BRUCE said the returns were very difficult. He
4°Ped they would be on the table in the course of a few
days.

MR. BUXTON.
Colonel FRENCH drew attention to the rumours respect-
ing the attempted assassination of Mr. Charles Buxton.
Oiie rumour was that it was a Fenian outrage, and
another that the man was an evicted tenant. He wished
foOnformation on the subject.
Mr. BRUCE replied that the man who shot at Mr.
Buxton was an English shorthand writer, who had been
discharged for impertinence. The police were informed
of -the circumstance, and were now investigating the
case.
London, England, 1870-04-30

NAVAL RETIREMENT.

A correspondent of the Standard says the follow-
ing is a copy of a letter the Admiralty are
sending to naval officers— "Admiralty, Sir,—My
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having reason
to believe that your health is so impairedthat you are
not fit for active service, it is their directions that you
repair on board her Majesty's ship Victory to undergo
a medical survey.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Secretary." Be adds 0.3.,at it apneas tha
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE WEATHER.

The weather in the North since Friday, when there
was a severe gale of wind, has been cold and stormy, and
on Wednesday snow fell over the northern counties of
Scotland. The ground, even on the lowlands of Banff,
Aberdeen, and Moray, was slightly coated with snow, but
towards the seaside it soon disappeared. On the mountains
the snow was lying to a considerable depth. Until now
the Weather during April has been very seasonable, and
field-work is well advanced. The storm of Wednesday,
however, will stop vegetation considerably. In Perthshire,
there Was strong frost on Wednesday morning, with a cold
north-westerly wind. The higher Grampiams were
covered with snow and the prospects as to pastures in
the northern and eastern districts of the county are not
of a very hopeful description. In 'North and East York-
shire there have been several days of very cold weather,
with continuous north wind. On Thursday morning
there was snow on the moors and wolds. Yester-
day there was a considerable rise throughout the British
Islands. In some cases the thermometer rose above fifty
degrees.
London, England, 1870-04-30

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.

JUDGMENT IN THE "FROU-FROU " CASE'
+he
The interesting and somewhat important cause to
theatrical profession, of Wood v. Chart, Was
sumed to-day, in the Court of Vice-Chancellor Pi".
W. M. James. Mr. Eddis, Q.C., appeared for,
the plaintiff ; and Mr. Kay, Q.C., and Mr. Lindley"
on behalf of the defendants. It was a suit institutea
by Mr. George Wood, who purchased from MM. Meilh
and Halevy, the authors of the French comedy "
Frou," all the rights of representing it either in
or French, for the purpose of restraining Mr. Nye Ch9l;;
manager of the Brighton Theatre, from permitting tow,
performed, and Miss Beatrice Binder, an actress, and 4.,.6
Horace Wigan, from performing at the Brighton Th,!'ll,l)
a piece called " Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Passion, :Fro
same being alleged to be an infringement of the plaint'''.
right. the
Mr. Eddis, Q.C., in replying to the arguments for be
defence, contended that the translation intended te ed
protected by the Act of Parliament was that sanction ft
and acknowledged by the authors themselves•
order
was not necessary that the translation, in ~,0,1.
to secure the protection of the law, should be o'sethe
Allowance must be made for the particular idioms! for
different languages • allowance must also be merest
the peculiarities of 'taste prevailing among the oniot
nations ; and if in the end the story was preserved,
was a translation within the meaning of the Act. , tua,t
The Vice-Chancellor, in delivering judgment, said oect
although the plaintiff's translatim. had been sancti g
by the authors, he had evidently gone out of his vit:ench
had not only published an English version of the scene
play under a different title, but had transferred the o_o.
from France to England, had omitted one of the elo'o; of
ters, and a great number of speeches and Passagapts."
speeches. A better example of imitation or a' - oar-
ton coild scacely have been found, it Was, t
tainly not a translation. The Act required Was hat
proper translation should be accessible to the En_geo.
people, so that they should have an opportunity of
..00!,„,1
ing an accurate knowledge of the character of t r'ro
literary productions. If the plaintiff had obtairio
proper translation it was quite competent for ,flAt
then to make any alterations or excision that_ri
be deemed necessary for its adaptation to the .V-.45,g
stage and nobody could have acted anything aPPr°9f "an
to it. 'Although the piece produced by the defendantsvi
not supposed for a moment to be a translation,. it 0
adaptation ; and he had no hesitation in saying.t%
the authors had complied with the conditions requirc
thet h e
acting
nogf
ofthis
vParliament,ery
thing
wouldnst aas not
a t once i
nhave
the acting of this very thing as not being a f ari r
a.
ota;rtel
tion, but being a piratical translation of the origin*/ wu
The motion would be dismissed with costs.
London, England, 1870-04-30

PERUVIAN FOUR AND A HALF PER
CENT. LOAN OF 1862.

En vertu des pleins pouvoirs que le Supreme Gouverne-
ment du Peron m'a confide, j'ai decide que tons les titres de
l'Emprunt Pdruvien 4* per Cent. do 1862, quo soot encore eu
circulation, soront rembJurses au pair, plus le coupon echu
le lre Juillet procbain.
Le remboursement aura lieu h Londres chez Messrs J.
Henry Schroder and Co., 145, lieadenhall-street, et lee
porteurs du dit emprunt peuvent touclsr, le montant de
leurs titres, plus le coupon echu le premiere Juillet prochain,
h partir du 2 Mai, sous deduction d'un escompte de 1 per
cent. par an du jour du payement jusq'au lre Juillet.
Les titres qui n'aurout pas ete presentee au rembourse-
ment du 2 Mai au lre Juillet, 1870, cesseront de porter
interet.
Paris, 20th April, 1870.
(•-igned)
TORIBIO SANZ, Inspecteur Fiscal et Agent Financier
Special du Peron en Europe.
FTRANSIATION.]
In virtue of the full powers conferred upon me by the
Supreme Government of Peru I have determined that all the
Bonds now in circulation of the Four and a Half per Cent.
Peruvian Loan of 1862 shall be Redeemed at par, together
with the Coupon due Ist July next.
The reimbursement will take place in London at. the
Counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co.. 145,
Leadenhall-street, and the holders of these Bonds can re-
ceive the amount of their Bonds, together with the Coupons
due Ist July next, on and after 2d May next, less interest at
the rate of 1 per cent. per annum from the day of payment
to the Ist July.
The Bonds which shall not have been presented for pay-
ment between 2d May and the Ist July, 1870, will cease to
bear interest on the latter date.
Paris, 20th April, 1870. •
(Signed)
TORTBIO SANZ,
Fiscal Inspector and Financial Agent of the
Peruvian Government in Europe.
In virtue of the authorization of Mr. Toribio Sanz, Fiscal
inspector and Special Financial Agent of the Peruvian Go-
vernment in Europe, we hereby give notice to the holders of
the 41- per Cent. Peruvian Bonds of 1862, that said BONDS
with the Coupon duo Ist July next, will be PAID on and
after MONDAY, the 2d May next, less discount, at the rate
of one per cent. per annum, from the day of payment to the
Ist July, at our Counting-house, 145, Leadeuhall-street.
The Bonds and Coupons must be left two clear days for
examination before payment.
J HENRY SCHRODER and CO.
London, 22d April, 1870.
London, England, 1870-04-30

IMPERIAL PARLIAiVIENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—FnmAy.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the re-commitment
of this bill, explained some alterations which he had
made in the bill, to meet certain objections which had
been raised at the measure, on its second reading,
The principle one was the framing of the rules
of procedure of the New Court, which would be
referred to the Committee of the Privy Council, of which
the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
must be members. The Home Circuit would not be
abolished ; but with respect to civil matters a concurrent
jurisdiction would be given to the courts at Westmin-
ster, extending over the Home Circuit, and criminal cases
would be brought to the Old Bailey, or tried
by a commission of gaol delivery which it would be neces-
sary to issue as occasion might deem requisite.
Lord ROBHLLY said there was great difficulty in blending
common law with equity in cases of injunction. On that
point the rules of the new Court would require great con-
sideration.

Lord CAIRNS said all the changes that had been made in
the system of judicature had been partial and incomplete,
because they had not made a sweeping reform, and placed
it upon a broad and permanent basis. He did not think
the machinery of the bill would effect its object, namely,
the union of the systems of law and equity. The diffe-
rence between the two systems was not one of prin-
ciple, but of procedure, and he doubted whether any
set of rules would affect the object in view,
unless the bill provided the subordinate offices and
departments, which would be required to carry them out.
He recommended the Government to appoint a commis-
sion to consider the rules. and then embody them in the
bill.

Lord Wit_ f.ook objection to some of the pro-
visions of the 401. and said it was a subject upon which
it was most cietnrable there should be no hasty legislation.
He suggested that the framing of the rules should be
entrusted to a commission.

The LORD CHANCILLOIL ultimately postponed the motion
for the recommitment of the bill, and their lordships ad-
journed at 25 minutes past 7.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four.
WATERFORD ELECTION.

The SPEAKER announced that he had received the report
of the judge with respect to the result of the inquiry on
the Waterford election petition, declaring Mr. B. Osborne
duly elected.