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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-10

THE MINISTRY.

The " extra-parliamentary silences " still continue.
Very few men of mark have broken the official still-
ness which has prevailed so long. Politicians are
making up for their flood of oratory during the elec-
tions by withholding themselves now. Only Mr.
Trevelyan in the North, and Sir John Coleridge in
the West, have spoken officially for the Government.
Mr. Bright, however, will break the fast to-morrow
at Birmingham. Mr. Childers says he will
not "orate" at all ; Mr. Gladstone has given the same
intimation; and the Cabinet is preparing now for its
parliamentary labours. The first meeting of Ministers
will take place on the 21st instant. Parliament
meets on the Bth of February.
London, England, 1870-01-10

A SIGN OF THE TIMES.

The idea that intoxicating drink is necessary to
build up the courage, any more than it is to raise the
physical stamina, of our sailors has long since ex-
ploded. It is pleasant, therefore, to chronicle the
fact as a sign of the times, that hundreds of sailors
can now join in a long day's pleasure from which the
element of drunkenness is excluded. So long ago as
the visit of the combined Channel and Mediterranean
fleet to Gibraltar, the garrison treated the sailors to
—a cup of tea. A. long while afterwards, when the
sailors called at the Rock, they returned the compli-
ment, tea being provided for 400 or 500, and followed
by speeches, hymns, songs, and recitations.
London, England, 1870-01-10

COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY,
AND
A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH
Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by
Policy of the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY.
An Annual Payment of £3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death,
and an Allowance at the rate of per week for Injury.
RAILWAY ACCI ioENTS ALONE may be provided against
by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies.
For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to
the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, COnliniLL and 10, REGENT
STREET, LONDON.

WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary.

DARTRIDGE AND COOPER.
MANUFACTURING STATIONERS,

192, FLEET-STREET (COIL NER OF CHANCDRY-LANE), LONDON (E.())

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London, England, 1870-01-10

tiloßll.l of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury :—I give and bequeath to the
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in
1859, the sum of ' free of legacy duty, to be paid out
of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for
charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use
of the said Hospital.
The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out
Patients, a Samaritan Society to relieve the more deJti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.
E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec.

W)RITISII HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for perscns over
20 years of ago and above the pauper Class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted
The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, L3van, and Co., 54, Lombard -
street, E.O. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEAVER, Sec.
Offices, 78, Cheapside, E.C.
London, England, 1870-01-10

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's gross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Mu-awn the QITEEN.
Vice-Patron—

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duke of Buccrxuca. B.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
°mitts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ;
Harries and 00. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Papie, and Co.; Barclay and Co.;
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and oo.,:Berners-street Cand at
the Hospital from 10 till 5
London, England, 1870-01-10

THAMES.

PAVING AND SEWER RATES IN POPLAR.—Six
summonses against the owners of property in the
Popl..r district for non-payment of paving and
sewer rates were heard before Mr. Lushingto:i.
The complainants summoned were owners of pro-
perty, and the complainant was Mr. Barth, clerk to
the Board of Works for the Poplar district.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, supported the sum-
monses, and in answer to au objection to the payment
of 235. costs, said his own costs were a guinea and
2s. for the summonses in each case. It was an act
of mercy he brought defaulters to the police court.
If he took them to the County Court, as he might
do, the costs would be from £4 to £6 in each case.
One summons was for an arrear of £Bl. Ile could
have issued a writ and tried the case in one of the
superior courts. In the event of his having done
so he could have put £lO costs in his pocket.
One of the defendants said house property had
decreased in value in Poplar, and he wanted time.

Mr. Young young said that he believed a slight
reaction had taken place, and that matters were
looking better iu the East End. If the applicant
wanted time he had only to apply to Mr. Barth,
the clerk, who would afford him all possible time.
The defendant was satisfied. Another person
said his land was rated, and there were no buildings
upon it?

Mr. Young said that land was liable to sewer
rate, and was drained and otherwise benefited by
the new sewage. The land in question had been
laid out for building purposes.

Mr. Lushington had no doubt the land in ques-
tion was liable to the sewer rates, and said all the
costs of the police-court were 2s. only, in addition
to which one guinea, the solicitor's fee, must be paid
in each case. He made orders for payment of the
following sums :—George Sharpley, Tilley-street,
Bromley, £8 6s. ; John Woods Bellevue-place,
Cleveland-street, Mile-end-road, £Bl 6s. ; George
Allen, Litnehouse, clerk, £27 17s. 6d. ; George
Pearman, Furze•street, Bromley, £l6 16s. ; and
Arthur Antoine 'Walter, Church-row, Limehouse,
£77 25., for property in Sidney-street, Poplar. The
sum of 235. costs in each case was also ordered.
London, England, 1870-01-10

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHT.

Tars EVENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin
Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mr George Belmore, Mr Atkins, Mr
ltignold Miss Furtado, &e. Followed by LOST AT SEA : Mr
G. lielmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C.
H. Stephenson, Miss Furtado. and Mrs L Murray.
London, England, 1870-01-10

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazairo on the IGth of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-

tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, Chinn, and Japat..
Hand books, with full details of all the routos of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents. 8, Anstinfriars, London, E.O.

KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.-
WHAT DISEASES ARE MORE FATAL IN THEIR
consequences than ne2lected coughs, colds, sore throats. or
lungular affections? The first and best remedy is KEATING'S
COUGH LOZENGES, which are daily recommended by the
Faculty—Testimonials from the most eminent of whom may Le
inspected. Sold in boxes, is. 1 id.: tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. ed., and les.
61. each. T. KEATING, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard
London. Sold retail by all Druggists, &c.

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.—
The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap-
proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best
remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache,
Gout, and Indigestion; and as the best mild aperient for
delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil-
dren, and infants.
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists,

172 New Bond-street, London; and of all other chemists
throughout the world.
London, England, 1870-01-10

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

'fits EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A. CO-OPERATIVE MOVE-
MENT. After which, I\ EW MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr
Buckstone, Mr Chippendale. Miss Robertson, &c. Concluding
with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS:
Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &c.
London, England, 1870-01-10

tIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEAL
_LA —AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION, 1839, FIRST PRIZE,
being ABOVE the Gold Medal. Supplied to the Bri.ish, French,
Prussian, Russian, Italian, Dutch, and other Governments. One
pint of fine flavoured Beef-tea at nd. Most convenient and
economic " stock."

CAUTION.—OnIy sort warranted genuine by the Inventor, Baron
Liebig, whose signature is on every genuine Jar.

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LIEBIG'S EXTRACT of MEAT.

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General ItTerchant, Guernsey.
London, England, 1870-01-10

APPOINTAIEZ.T.

The Assistant Under-Secretaryship of the Colonial
Office has been given to Mr. Herbert, who has for
some time officiated as secretary to the railway de-
partment of the Board of Trade. Mr. Herbert, after
leaving his university, where his career was a very
brilliant one, emigrated to Queensland, and took
an active part in the goVernment of that colony.
Upon his return ho was appointed to the post in the
Board of Trade he has just vacated, and in which he
obtained the reputation of a most efficient public
servant. Unfortunately (says the Times) the office
is one of much apparent authority, but of no real
power.
London, England, 1870-01-10

MR. lIIINZINGER.

Mr. Jesse, zoologist to the late Abyssinian Expedi-
tion, joins in the appeal to the Government on
behalf of Mr. Munzinger, formerly British Con-
sul at Massowah. Mr. Munzinger rendered
the most valuable assistance during the ex-
pedition against Theodore, and yet he is now
in want. Mr. Jesse has travelled with the
unfortunate consul, has partaken of his hospitality,
and can testify to his services. He hopes that the
Government will respond to the appeal on his behalf;
and if help from this quarter be denied, promises to
head a subscription for his use.
London, England, 1870-01-10

AN IRISH ANOMALY.

Whether or not it is owing to the circumstance
that in the political, as in the physical world, minor
diseases become merged into great ones, may lie a
question open to discussion; but it is a curious feature
of Irish society that in districts where agrarian and
political offences are rife there is a singular absence
of ordinary crimes. At the quarter sessions for the
district around Cashel in the South Riding. of
Tipperary, the chairman congratulated the grand
jury on the peaceable state of the county, therebeing only ono criminal case for trial. At
Lnni=, in
Clare, where too there is no want of Fenian
sympathy, a similar state of things is noticeable• her°
were only four cases for trial, the offer
trivial character.

We much regret to hear of the su'
M. Lefebure-Wely, tin distinw'
organist and composer. Ile fell
foot of his organ" in the church
Paris, a few days ago.

_
,aces being of at..
4,
London, England, 1870-01-10

ry-NHE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
I —Bankers: Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and (3o.—The Committee
APPEAL vary earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-01-10

MR. HIGGS.

The shareholders in the Great Central Gas Con-
sumers Company of the metropolis are reaping the
fruits of Mr. Benjamin Ifige's ingenuity, and of the
remarkable care and supervision exercised by their
directors. A meeting was held on Friday to consider
a proposition for increasing the capital of the com-
wtny by £30,000, in order to balance the losses arising
from the Higgs frauds. The full amount of the
robberies was £71,149 ; but a surplus of £32,500
at Midsummer reduced the total. Of course the
shareholders assented to the scheme. The injury has
been done, and must be repaired.
London, England, 1870-01-10

BIRTHS.

- -
the 6th Jan., at Fulbeck, the wife of Colonel
Fane of a son.
StsoL AUL On the•6th Jan., at Morton, Eroding, Isle of
Wight, Theodosia, wife of W. Sinclair, of a daughter.
F AFicrz a —On
cOl.
sn
MARRIAGES.
• ELLrOTT —LINDER— On the 6th Jan., at St. Mary's, Not-
tingham, Charles Janie; third son of Thornas Elliott,
Pay brook Vale, Nottingham, to Mary Sophia, youngest
daughter of Joseph Linde-, Esq., of Brooklyn House,
Ma pperly, Notts.
GOULD-JOHNSON- On the 7th Jan., at Chislehurst,
Edward Gardiner, eldest son of Edward Gould, of
Ilromley, Kent., to Rose Emmeline, eldest daughter of
William Johnson, of Woodburn, St, Saviour's, Jersey.

D EA THS.
WATTS -- On the Ist Jan., at 83, Oakfield-road, Penge,
Surrey, Alfred Eugene Watts, solicitor, late of Park
-House, Sydenhatn.
WINTHROP—On the 2d Jan., at Bromley, Edward a.
Winthrop, aged 60.

London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS,•
of No. 12, Strand, Printer, at TIER SUN Office, 0. 112, Strand.
in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex-'
Monday, January 10, 1870.
London, England, 1870-01-10

THE CHINESE TREATY.

JudginF, from the summary telegrams which have
been received. in England respecting the new treaty
with China, the Spectator is inclined to think Sir
Rutherford Alcock has rather postponed the interests
of India and Lancashire to those of the trading-
houses in China itself. The latter will benefit by the
war stations and coal mines and traffic on the inter-
nal waters for which the treaty provides. But India
will lose some revenue by the increase of the duty on
opium, whilst the doubled export impost on silk is
simply a bonus to the Japanese and Italian growers.

LURKING TELEGRAMS.

It was just as we expected. The Spanish Govern.
meat stopped those telegrams announcing the col-
lapse of the negotiations to secure the Duke of
Genoa as King of Spain. All the messages sent by
the correspondents of the English press, and also by
Reuter's telegraphic agency, remained at the office
by " orders superior." There can be no excuse
for such an act. The very Ministry who
ordered the withholding of these telegrams
drew up a new Constitution last year, which was
adopted by the country. Its seventh article runs
thus : "In no case may the Government authorities
detain or open correspondence confided to the post,
or detain telegrams.' So much for Spanish Consti-
tutions.
London, England, 1870-01-10

BOW-STREET.

SELF-ACCUSATION OF MURDETI.—A man named
.Geo. Dyer, residing at Ilillingford-s:reet, Islington,
was place 1 before Mr. Vaughan under the follow-
ing circums'ances

On Saturday night the prisoner came to the
G-corge- street Police-station, and on seeing In-
spector Hubbard, he said he wished to g:ve himsell
into custody for wilfully murdering George Wilson
in Australia. The prisoner said the man Wilson
and himself were engaged in gold-seeking at the
Loddon Diggings in Victoria, and in December,
1857, a quarrel arose between Wilson and himself
when he (Dyer) struck Wilson with a spade and
finally killed him. He had been suffering from
remorse ever since, and he had conic to tle deter-
mination of rendering himself up to justice.
Mr. Wright, who attended for the prisoner, said
he believed that the prisoner was not in a position,
as far as mental capacity was concerned, to know
the full effect of his accusation.

Superintendent Thomson said the prisoner had
exhibited a certain wildness about the eyes and had
talked a great deal at random since he had been
under detention by the police.
Mr. Vaughan remanded the prisoner in order that
the state of his mind might be medically inquired
into.
London, England, 1870-01-10

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.
Baker-street.—PORTRAIT MODELS of FREDERICK
HINSON and TRAUPPMANN are added to the Chamber of
Horrors. Admission,. Is.;
,Chamber of Horrors. Gd. extra.
Open from a.m. till p.n.., and from 7 pan. till 10 p.m.
London, England, 1870-01-10

ORTH LOND ON or UNIVERSIIY
LA COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidents and Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earnesly solicited to meet the
annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000.
The committee also plead for help for the sick children,
the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who
enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges
of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank-
fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19,
Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the
charity.

HENRY J. KELLY, RN., Secretary.
London, England, 1870-01-10

TvURSING.-ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
Families, and the Poor: established 1848.
-1- 11 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS,
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is at present superintended by the Sisters of John's
House.
Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained to nurse,
aro quested to communicate with the
Lady Superior.
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid
to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's
House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.G.
London, England, 1870-01-10

SERIOUS RIOTING NEAR SHEFFIELD.

Things have been very threatening for some time in
several colliery districts around Sheffield. A number of
strikes have occurred, and the feeling of the men towards
the masters, and between the unionists and non-unionists
has intensified. The non-unionists have in some cases been
living in fear of attack. The Thornacliff Colliery disputes
have bred more bad feeling than nny other. On Friday
'Meat it was clear that the unionists on strike were about to
attack the workers. The police were called upon, and for
that evening prevented a disturbance. On Saturdoy morning
however (as a telegram informs us) five hundred unionists
with bludgeons, knives, and other weapons, endeavoured
to attack the houses of the non-unionists. Non unionists,
armed with revolvers, were prepared for a desperate re-
sistance, but a large police force, under Captain Niell,
prevented a serious collision. On Friday night several
constables were maltreated. The utmost excitement and
alarm prevail in the district.
London, England, 1870-01-10

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them to establish the Uospital in more suit-
able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded
and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is iinpossfole even to purchase on whole-
articles of daily consumption from want
occupied. Thera is a daily demand for more beds, and the
staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children,
but no more can be admitted In the present building.
£B,OOO at least is required to can y out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme i
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea-
surer, E.S.Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
....sa. sHERRARD. B. BURNABY, HI Sec..
....

Hon
Rectory Wapping E,,
London, England, 1870-01-10

LONDON, MONDAY, J.N. 10, 1870.

ONE of our London contemporaries contains a
string of paragraphs which must be somewhat
unpleasant reading to sundry persons. First of
all it is stated that "considerable anxiety
prevails amongst the officials in Somerset
House and the Custom House in relation to ➢lr.
Lowe's next Budget. It is very generally believed
that the right hon. gentleman contemplates exten-
sive reductions and simplifications in the Inland
Revenue and Customs duties." Then we read, "It
is currently reported in official circles that great
changes are contemplated by the Government in the
department of the Paymaster-General—changes, in
fact, which, it carried out, must prove fatal to the
existence of the office." And next conies the follow-

ing announcement :—" Rumours very serious for the
workmen employed in the Chatham dockyard, and
for the inhabitants of the town, are afloat, that the
number of hands in the yard is to be reduced by de-
grees to the extent of from 500, to 1,000 men, by
the discharge of "hired" men and a large super-
annuation of "established" hands, who, being of
the age of 55 or upwards, may be pronounced
not capable of doing their full amount of
work per day, from the effects of ago or infirmity."
Even the Pall Mall Gazelle, which is not usually
given to melting moments, feels a pang of compunc-
ton for the nineteen officers of the Coastguard who
have been turned adrift by the Admiralty, and who
The Pall
their families have to bear the pangs of poverty.
Pall Mall thinks that economy may be all very
rightand proper ; but is such severity indispensable ?
Is it Just to inflict a punishment upon persons who
lave not deserved it ? Is it right, because we have
been employing more hands than we needed for the
public service all these years, that we should in a
fit of virtuous economy cut these hands oft, when
certainly it was not their fault that they were
engaged ?

This is quite a fair question, and none but parti-
zans of the present Government will object to its
being raised. lire say that such measures as the
~,,Pall N 11 _ Gazette describes are both harsh and
London, England, 1870-01-10

Bank of France.

PARIS, Jan. 6.
The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Dec. 30.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 o'2
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight 45,881,189 53 44,421,933 21
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 210,725,935 42 179 205,673 66
Current accounts, Paris 374,167,210 13 315,435,569 43
Do. branch banks 46,061,119 51,740,912
Dividends payable lO 991,393 8,736,807
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

Jan. 6.

182,500,000 -

22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14

428,095 54 1,024,936 57

1,305,522 15 1,305,522 15

6,639,643 89 21,386,924 76

Total
2,310,408,424 82 2,291,224,954 97
CREDITOR.
Jan. 6. Dec. 30.
Cash in hand and in fr.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

2,097,667 11 260,931 37

ednisspeossaobfle
due l
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 335,889,819 03 355,546,01 35
Do. branch banks 339,445,177 292,125,580
Advances on deposit of
bullion 16,198,700
Do. branch banks 2,121,600
Do. on French Public
Securities 23,296,400 22,642,700
Do. by branch banks 9,286,750 -- 9,051,800
Do. on railway shares
and debentures -
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fender
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 -- 60,000,000
Government Stock re-
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
80,595,187 21 80,595,187 21
Relates Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) ICO 000 000 100,000,000
Llotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Do. Exp
manage-
ment
Sundries

22,457,800 -
1,1;99,880 -

39,380,M -
32,940,170 --

1,139,300 -
1,172,200 -

1,131,800 --

1,299',000 -

9,068,243 -

9,048 897 -

6,294 - 2,554,010 93
9,118,552 68 9,995,002 42

Total
2,291,122,904 97 2,20,275,417 50
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank

of Frak ce.

(Signed) ROULAND.

The Bank Returns.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir
culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Deo.
These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch
and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir-
culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended
the Ist of Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their
returns), will give the following results of the circulation
of notes in the United Ningdom when compared with the
previous month :

Nov. 6 Deb
1869. I 1889.
London, England, 1870-01-10

And as compared with the month ending the sth of
Dec., 1868, the above returns show a decrease of
£363,505 in the circulation of notes in England, and an
increase of £105,916 in the circulation of the United
Kingdom.

On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the
several banks the following is the state of the circulation:—
The English private banks are below their
fixed issue ... ••• ••• £1,290,907
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue

369,901

Total below fixed issue in England £l-660,808
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2 538,187
The Irish banks aro above their fixed issue ... 992,669
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending Ist
of Nov. was £18,443,206, being a decrease of £388,284,
as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£71,692 when compared with the same period last year.
Tho following aro the amounts of specie held by the
Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the Gth
of Nov. :

Gold and silver held by tho Scotch banks £3,179,767
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,744,884

£5,924,651
being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and an increase of £321,393 when compared
with the corresponding period last year.
London, England, 1870-01-10

THE SUEZ CANAL.

A telegram from M. de Lesseps announces the passage
of four steamers through the Suez Canal. They aro
the Malta, from Marseilles to Zanzibar; the Rocket,
from Shields to Shanghai ; the Leith, from London
to Bombay (already mentioned); and the Blue Cross,
from London to Calcutta. M. de Lesseps adds that
the captain of the Blue Cross, the largest of the
steamers, writes to the effect that the navigation of
the canal is very easy.
London, England, 1870-01-10

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale-
donian-road, N.—Several beds in the r.ew buildings
cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH, Esq., lion. Secretary.
GEORGE REID, Secretary.

ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in-
J stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.
London, England, 1870-01-10

THE RIVAL ATLANTIC CABLES.

The Railway News says the negotiations between
the directors of the Anglo-American and the French
Cable Companies for a joint working agreement are
still going on. It is proposed that the whole of
the gross receipts from the working of the cables
of the two proprietorships should be put into a com-
mon pot, and divided in certain agreed proportions.
Our contemporary thinks that this arrangement
would lead to beneficial results for both companies,
but, unfortunately, there are difficulties in the way.
"What proportion each party is to have is still a
matter of negotiation. There is still about 7 per
cent. difference between the representatives of the
two companies, and unless they mutually consent to
meet each other half way, it is probable that the
proposed arrangement will fall through."
London, England, 1870-01-10

QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
kJ' and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed ,and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca-
dilly ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1870-01-10

AUSTRIAN VIEWS OF FRENCH POLITICS.

The .Arorth-Ease Correspondence has heard from Vienna
that the formation of the new French Ministry is there
inked upon as a most important event, and one likely to
i ifluence the policy of other States. The appointment of
Count Darn seems to have given special satisfaction,
f .ho is regarded as the r, art iL• an of an
Aust: o-Franca alliance and the friend of Count Beust.
It is said that tho Archduke Charles Louis will go to
B flin, and the Archduke Louis Victor to Florence, so as
to return at those Courts visits of courtesy in the name of
tie Emperor. Nothing has been said to confirm the re-
p )rt that Victor Emmanuel will shortly arrive in Vienna.
Archduke Albert will spend some months in France. Po-
litical reasons are assigned for his journey.
London, England, 1870-01-10

IRISH LAND.

The Pall Mall Gazette points out that the land
agitation in Ireland " boasts a respectable antiquity."
A. MS. volume, entitled "Manners of the hush,"
and written in the sixteenth century, has the follow-
ing note :—" Lett them a farme—the grand-
father, father, son, and they claymo it
as their own; if not, they goo to rebellion."
This note cuts both ways. It may show that the
Irish were always discontented, always wanted what
was unreasonable ; or it may depose the English
nation from the post of judge of what is just for the
sister country. If the nation, with the exception of
the landlord class, has always claimed fixity of tenure,
ought England or Scotland to stand in the way ?
London, England, 1870-01-10

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THE MILITARY COMMAND IN INDIA.

If the Army and Navy Gazette may be trusted, the
military command in India is still under the discus-
sion of the Government. Sir William Mansfield
seems to be wanted for longer than his usual
term of office; and it is " almost decided" that
he shall hold his post of Commander-in-Chief for
an extra year. When he does resign, both Sir Hope
Grant and Lord Napier will be competitors for the
appointment. The former, the Gazette believes, is
most likely to obtain it ; the victor of Magdala will
be compensated by being placed in an important post
on the Council Board of India.
London, England, 1870-01-10

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 AIZO--itexican Mint all 111 l4f
25 Australian Agricultural
25 Australian Mort. Laud and
Finance. lint.
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim S 55
10 Berlin Water Works, Btu all 11t 141
10 Do. New all -
100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint.
5 Bombay (Jae, lim.
5 Do. ,N.~v
50 British American Land 44 15 17
20 British Indian Tea, lint all 11 Si
20 British Ship Owners 7l
29 Canada Company all G 4 t 6
10 Canadian Loan and Invest-
ment, lint
.20 Ceylon Company, lim.
20 Do. A shares
10 City Discount, lim
25 City of Loudon Real Pro-
perty, lint 9 5 4
80 City of Milan Improv. lim all 5 6
25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all
50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22
50 Colonial, lim.
Do.
50. Commercial: Union (Assur) 5
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, lim.
20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 25 27
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 71 per cent.

pr #
London, England, 1870-01-10

CANCER HOSPITAL (Free) founded 1851.
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
—Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JUPP.

DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
.1 —The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN
and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital.
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 71, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59' Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-01-10

LAW ANp POLICE.

DEFAULTING RATEPAYERS.-7.110r0 than 500 persons hav„
been summoned at a petty sessions at Camberwell for
neglecting to pay their rates. The defaulters,
who were many of them shopkeepers, complained
of the state of trade. The summonses only
included three wards of the parish The arrears
of the last poor rate amount to .£12,000, of which only half
is believed to be recoverable. The rate for the last six
months was ls. 4d. in the pound, the new one 18.7 d.
A LADY'S DEBTS.—An action has been brought at
Kingston by a bookseller and stationer in that town to
recover £2O for goods supplied to a lady in the neighbour-
hood. Among the items were a real sealskin cigar-case
and tobacco pouch, and the debtor in proving these were
necessaries, said the doctor had ordered the lady to smoke
cigarettes. The husband, r•ho was the defendant, said his
wife had contracted the bill without his knowledge, as
well as two others of £99 and £l3O at drapers' establish-
ments. The verdict was for the plaintiff, but notice of
appeal was given.
A SLNGULAR LAW-SUIT.—A curious law case is now under
investigation in the Rolls Court. The West New
Jersey Society was established in 1692 for acquiring
lands in North America and for stocking the same.
Tracts of land in what are now called the New
England States were purchased for the benefit
of the society. One of the members was a Mr.
Love who executed a transfer to a Mr. Ffowks. This
transfer is the origin of the present inquiry, as there are
£7,000 or £3,000 in the possession of the Society, which
still exists, and the difficulty is to discover Mr. Ffowks's
next of kin.

TUE MERDER OF A GAMEKEEPER IN SUFFOLK.-At the
Mildenhall Police-court, on Saturday, David Hoffer and
James Rutterford were charged with the murder of John
Hight, gamekeeper to the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh. The
prisoners were arrested on Friday night. Ruttcrford had
a gun with him at the time. Mr. Harris, a surgecn, said
that Hight's death might have been caused by his having
been struck on the head with the gun. The skull wa.scor:
pletely smashed in. Some further evidence having been
given, both prisoners were remanded.
COLLIERY PROSECUTION.-Mr. Bally, one of the proprie-
tors of Nantyglo Works, has teen summoned at the Trede-
gar Petty Sessions by the Government Inspector of Mines
for not providing an adequate amount of ventilation to
dilute the noxious gases in the mine. An explosion had oc-
curred from the accumulation of gas. Defendant admitted
the offence, and was fined £2 10s. and costs. The manager
of the mine was also charged with not sending notice of
the accident within twenty-four hours to the Government
Inspector and to the Home office, and was fined 20s. and
costs in each case.

PROSECUTING A GAS Comreisrr.—The secretary and the
superintendent of the Chartered Gas Company have at-
tended at the Mansion House to give notice of their inten•
tion to appeal against the decision fining the company
over a hundred pounds for supplying gas of an inferior
quality. The case will be heard at the quarter sessions.
London, England, 1870-01-10

T" "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. N IE,
Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware -road,
delivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at the earliest
possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver
Copies ir. Town. the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country
at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles l y
9 -lb o'clock
Orders by post punctually attended to

rrIlE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " to
..1_ be seen Every Evening by SlO at Mr. ROBEFIT
ritannia, Mensal New-town.
London, England, 1870-01-10

AMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
ki and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ;
2,5,3 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS
are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard,
Piccadilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. ; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1870-01-10

ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET,

The extraordinary success which has attended the production
of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of
the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici-
pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance
Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes,
have had the gratifying effect of making the ; r sent one the
most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The
celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient
chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com-
positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are
assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses; Messrs.
W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr
Thomas Pitts. Professor Hallman M.O.
Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 2s.
R. R. No NELL, Proprietor
London, England, 1870-01-10

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

HOW LIVES ARE ENDANGERED IN THE STREETS.—
George Wright, a horse-keeper, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk, furiously driving,
and damaging a cab the property of Mr. Rose, cab
proprietor, Caledonian-road.
Police-constable Frith, 14 CR, said that on Satur-
day night, about half-past nine o'clock, he saw the
prisoner driving a cab at a furious rate through
Leicester-square. He went after the prisoner, who,
in his course, knocked the forewheels and springs
off another cab in which there was a fare, and
when he got to Cranbourne street he was stopped
by Miller, 18 CR.
En answer to the prisoner the constable said the
prisoner was galloping his horse all the way, being
drunk at the time.

Robert Kelley, driver of the injured cab, said
that while driving his cab on Saturday night, near
Leicester-square, a female being inside, he saw a
cab driven by the prisoner coming in an opposite
direction at a furious rate. He shouted and held

up his hand, but without effect, as the prisoner's
cab caught the one he was driving and tore off two
of the wheels and broke both springs. The pti-
Boner went galloping on till he was stopped by a
constable.

In answer to Mr. Tyrwhit,
Tile witness said he did not know what became
of his fare.

Mr. Rose's foreman said that although the dam-
age amounted to £5, Mr. Rose would be co►,tent
with 305., the prisoner being a poor man.
Mr. Tyrwhiti said it was a very aggravated case.
First the prisoner was driving without a license,
for which he was liable to a penalty of £lO ; then
he was furiously driving do the danger of the other
man driving, to the danger of the female inside, and
also to the public. He had also damagel th?, cab.
He would have to pay the amount of damage
claimed, 305., and a fine of £3, or two mouths' im-
prisonment in default.
London, England, 1870-01-10

COLLISION LV 71IE CHANNEL.

This morning the Norwegian ship Melberry and
Enstian, from Aquilas to London, was run down
when about three miles south-west of Dover. ' In
less than a quarter of an hour the vessel foundered.
The crew of fourteen and the pilot were saved in
their own boat.
London, England, 1870-01-10

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTEERS.

Lord Elcho writes to the Times, explaining the
objections of the volunteer officers to Mr.
Cardwell's alterations in the regulations. The
authorities consider that efficiency should de-
pend upon a certain amount of ball
practice and volley firing; also, that the
present distinction between 20s. and 30s.
efficients should be done away with. Objec-
tion is icilrou to this. and to the iisina of a
London, England, 1870-01-10

MORE COMPETITION IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

The Spectator believes the statement to be quite
true that the policy of opening the junior posts
in all the various departments of the Civil Service to
perfectly unrestricted competition is now under the
consideration of the Government. Our contemporary
thinks, too, that the change would be a vast improve-
ment on the present system of allowing a few nomi-
nated candidates to contest for a place. The new plan
has been adopted in several departments of the ser-
vice, though not in all ; but what is good for one
branch, says the Spectator, mutt be good for an-
other; and indeed better, for the half system is
worse than none. "Undoubtedly the nomination
plan not only vastly limits the field of energy and
industry from which to choose, but limits still more
the social area from which a successful choice is
possible."
London, England, 1870-01-10

`DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET.
11-R. ESKELL, the Author of "Pure Dentistry,
t 7 a and What it Does for Us," "Painless Tooth Extraction;
or Anesthesia Locally Applied ; " Dental Surgery: a Practical
Treatise;' Modern Dentistry: its Principles and Practice." &c.,
may be CONSULTED D (ILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four
o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROWN
NOR-SQUIRE (a few doors from Bond-street).

FB. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS:
A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Prepared with-
out any mercurial ingredient, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and
three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Bo sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in
a square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King
William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Govern
ment stamp. •

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRIM
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical mon to be the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is horn avoided— a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the 'requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the Sloe-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness 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, forwarded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
Is. A Double Truss, 318. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d. _ _ • _ _ _ _ _

Post-offioe Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-ofloe, Piccadi'ly.

NEW PATENT
t,:iILASTIC STOCKINGS,
4 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &a They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive- and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., a. 6d.
lOs., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.'
London, England, 1870-03-22

SNARL LIST.

RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Closing Business
Name. Quotations. done.
St Bristol and Exeter lOO 79 81
St Caledonian 100 78 781
St Cambrian lOO 15 20
20 Cornwall all 21 31
St Dublin and Belfast Junction 100 . . . .
St Dun, Prtb, and Aber. Jnnc 100 70 72
20 East London. all 4 6
20 Do
20 Do
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St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113
St Great Eastern lOO 371 38 371
St Do Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 64 7/
St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16
St Great Northern 100 114 115 114
St Do A 100 119 1191 117
St Do 8...... lOO 126 128
St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100
St Great Western— Original lOO 67 68 664 1
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 1251 1251 1251
St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 441 1
St Lone!, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 154
St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11
St London and North Western 100 1231 1231 1231 1
St Loudon and South Western 100 881 894 88
St Manch, Shef, and Lincelnsh 100 51 511 521 1
St Do New, issued at .£5O dis.. 80 ... ...
St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 80 791
St Do Preferred... lOO ... ...
St Do Deferred 100 ... ...
10 Do Redeemable all 94 10/
St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 40 394
St Midland 100 1241 125 124 f
St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 931
St North British. lOO '3l 35 341
St Do Edin, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15
St North Eastern—Berwick 100 1261 1271 1304 11
St Do Leeds 100 841 851 851
St Do York
St Do Stockton and Darlingte 100 169 171 173
St North Loudon 100 118 120
10 Do New, 1868
St North Staffordshire 100 59 61
St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105
St Rhymney lOO 52 54
St Shropshire Union 100 62 63
St South Devon 100 46 48
St South Eastern 100 741 754 751
St Do Preferred .lOO 109 1101 110
St Do Deferred... lOO 4 414
St Staines, Woleham, St Wok'g. all 12/ 131 121
St Taff Vale
10 Do C 6 3 6
St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100 ... ...
10 Waterloo and Whitehall

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