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London, England, 1870-06-15

Londnn—W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strand.

Nearly Ready. Fifteenth Year of Publication. Price 6d.. post, 7d
GYMNASTICS FOR FAMILIES AND
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by M. C. Tyler, M.A., M.C.P. Designed to be used to the accom-
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hall ; with "Dumb-Bell Instructor," and the " Pangymnastikon"
—a valuable work on Physical Education. With Three Hundred
illustrations, price 3s. 6d., cloth boards. Post free for stamps.
London—W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strand.

GEOLOGY MADE EASY. A Sheet shewing
the various strata upon which London is built, commonly
known as the London Basin. Shewing also the localities where the
various strata come to the surface. The Diagram represents the
various Epochs, Systems, and Characters of Rocks, from the
Plutonic, through the whole Series, to the latest Alluvium, coloured
so as to represent real specimens, with the organic remains to be
found in each, and the localities in Great Britain where they
severally occupy the surface. Being the most concise and instructive
publication on the science that has ever been before the public. By
Smith Evans, Esq., F.G.S. Price Is.

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London, England, 1870-06-15

London IV. Twri.EDix. 337. Strand.

ERNEST GRAHAM : A Doctor's Story. Contain-
ing the Experiences of a Medical Student in the Wards, Dis-
secting and Operating Theatres, sheaving the Pleasures and
Peculiar Temptations of Student Life, and intended to warn as well
as divest the youth of the Profession. Written by a Physician.
Crown Svcs., in handsome cloth, price ss. Post free for stamps.
London, England, 1870-04-27

INVERTED FOOTLIGHTS.

Mr. Phipps, the well-known theatrical architect,
urges, as a precautionary measure, the adoption of
footlights which burn downwards. These, he says,
are now in successful operation at several of the
metropolitan theatres, and have been erected in the
new Opera House in the Haymarket. Inverted foot-
lights are a French invention, and were first intro-
duced by Mr. Phipps at the Brighton Theatre. The
plan is not patented, and so is available for general
use. Besides affording absolute security, they
possess the advantage of entirely removing the
unpleasant vapour arising from the combustion of
the gas.
London, England, 1870-04-27

NO HOUSE, HOTEL, or SHIP should be
without it. Vide opinions of the
Press.
Sold in Jars, at 3s. 6d. per gallon, by
all grocers and oilmen.—Depot, 66, St.
John-street, West Smithfield, E.C.
London, England, 1870-04-27

MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS.

Mr. NEWDEGATE presented petitions in favour of, and
Vicount BURT and other hon. members petitions
against, the appointment of a select committee to inquire
into these institutions.
THE CHURCH IN WALES.

WILLIAMS gave notice that on the 24th of May he
should bring forward the motion which stood in his name
for the disendowment and disestablishment of the Church
in Wales.

DUBLIN FREEMEN COMMISSION.
Mr. J. LOWTHER said he should not bring forward his
motion on the subject which stood in his name, as he had
been informed that the report would be presented in the
course of a few days.

PRISONS.
Mr. HIBBERT asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department whether there were any prisons in
Englaud and Wales which were not in conformity with
the requirements of the Prisons Act, 1865, and, if so,
whether he would state the number of such prisons, and
whether the 35th and 36th sections of that act had been
enforced against them.
Mr. BRUCE said it was quite true that there were at that
time a great many prisons not yet in conformity with the
Act of 1865, but he believed that since the
Ciate of the last report a considerable number
had conformed to the Act, and the others
were making the necessary alterations to comply with the
same. Two new inspectors had been appointed, and they
had received instructions to inquire and report on the
subject. The penal sections of the Act had not been put
in force.
London, England, 1870-04-27

THE CONSHEVATIVE AGENT.

The Standard is authorised to state that it is not
intended by the Conservative party to appoint a pro-
fessional, agent to fill the vacancy caused by the
Cr'ff^l4l, Arrangements have,
however, been made by which all correspunaence
respecting election matters will be conducted by Mr.
J. E. aorst, late member for Cambridge.
London, England, 1870-04-27

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CROYDON APRIL MEETING.--THIS DAT.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE.

Vivandiore
Peg T7offington 2
Flatc4tcher 3
Six ran.
INNKEEPERS' PLATE.

Piccadilly
Chere et Belle
Outpost.. 8

Ten ran.
GRAND OPEN STEEPLECHASE.

Scarringtoz .. 1
Astrolabe 2
Red, White, and Blue 3

Six ran.
HURDLE RACE.

Baroness 1
Royal Princess 2
Baronet..

Five ran.
WELTER CUP.

Aeronaut
Transgressor 2
Flying Scud
London, England, 1870-04-27

CHRONIC PAUPERISM.

Mr. Basil Cane, Poor-law Inspector, has just
addressed a circular to various boards of guardians in
Liverpool, in which he boldly attacks some of our
social perplexities. lie wants to know how it is that
the revival of trade has not diminished the number of
paupers, and also how it is that some of the unions
bear so much heavier burdens than others. He con-
clndes that this is due to the greater prudence and
economy of some boards, and advises that internal and
external discipline be strictly enforced. He recom-
mends that all those who can work should be com-
pelled to work while in receipt of relief ; that the rules
of the workhouses be strictly enforced ; that the relie-
ving officers should investigate the condition of those
relieved out of doors; that persons who are able to
contribute to the support of their pauper
relatives should be compelled to do so ; and
that the offence of desertion, which is seriously in-
creasing in that district, should be rigorously
punished. There are two important points in con-
nection with this subject which Mr. Cane does not,
however, touch upon. One is that an equalisation
of the rates throughout a district would remove
many anomalies. Another, that the hopeless pauper-
ism of Liverpool probably bears some relation to its
acknowledged drinking habits.
London, England, 1870-04-27

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,
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, 1870-04-27

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--FUNDS
are earnotly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys onboard the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in ine Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing.

870 children,
£lB will keep a ioy or girl for one year.
Contribitidna received by the London and Westminster flank,
114, nigh Holborniand 41, Lothbnry, L.O. ; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's inn-fields.
London, England, 1870-04-27

C LERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing £227,000
ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested £1,649,000
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The NINTH BoNtrs will be declared in January, 1872, and all
With-Profit Policies in force on the 3uth June, 1871, will participate.
Assurances effected before June 30th, 1870, will participate on two
Premiums, and thus receive a whole year's additional share of
Profits over later Policies.
Forms of Proposal, Balance Sheets, and every information, can
be obtained from any of the Society's Agents, or of
GEORGE CUTCLIFFE,
Actuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.
London, England, 1870-04-27

UNRIVALLED SPECULATIONS
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With a Single Stake of Twelve Shillings you can realise £3,000 !
—with £l, £22,ooo!!—with £2, £27,060 ! I—with £B, 37,000!
For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT,
General Merchant, Guernsey.
London, England, 1870-04-27

DEATH OF ➢IR. DANIEL MACLISE.

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The death of Mr. Daßiel Maclise, R.A., is a loss
which will be deeply felt not only by the profession
to which he belonged, but by a large circle of friends
who can testify to his amiable and unassuming char-
acter. Though this gifted painter lived for
nearly three score years, his age had not impaired the
vigour of his hand, and in the work which he just
survived to complete for the forthcoming exhibition
his brother artists will behold proofs of that genius
which will render his loss more deplorable. The
cause of his death was heart disease, the result
having doubtless been acccelerated by the arduous
duties of his profession. The works of Mr. Maclise
are numerous, and from the twenty-second year of
his age;when he exhibited" Mokanna unveiling his fea-
turesto Zelica," and "Allhallows Eve," down to his •
consaentious labours on the walls of the Palace of
Westminster, and his last work, there has been a
steadily increasing and universal recognition of his
greatness as a painter, not excepting Mr. Ruskin, his
severest critic.
London, England, 1870-04-27

SA UC E.—L E A and PERRINS.
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BEWARE OF IMITATIONS,
and see the names of LEA & PERRINS on all bottles and labels.

Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealers
in Sauces throughout the World.
London, England, 1870-04-27

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE.
Established 1821.

Subscribed Capital Two Millions.
11, Lombard-street, London, E.O.
DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN—WiIIiani Steven, Esq.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN Frederick H. Janson, Esq.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq
Hy. Bonham-Carter, EN J. G. Hubbard, Esq
Charles Wm Curti,:, Esq G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, H.P
Charles F. Devr.s, Esq John Martin, Esq
Francis Hakt Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq
Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart .TllllOB Morris, Esq
James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Itobarts, Esq
Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne Esq
Thomson Hankey, Esq
SECRETARY—Thonias Tallemach, Esq.
ACTUARY— Sara. Brown, Esq.
Tho Government Duty is totally abolished.
Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, with statemen' of the
Assets and Lilbilities in the Life Branch, free on application to
tho Qompany's Agentoor to the Secretary.
London, England, 1870-04-27

A.D. 1720.

R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OOTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAKES STEWART HIDGSON, Esq Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

DIREOTORS.

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 Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sarni

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

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
FARMING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the 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 it CENTURY AND A HALL
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON,
London, England, 1870-04-27

ROBBING THE WOREHOUSE.

We hear of short-weight robberies in various forms
and among various classes, but surely there can be
no piece of cold-blooded dishonesty equal to that
which robs a poor man of the pittance eked out to
him by charity. For a long time past Oxfordshire
has been distinguished for this kind of inhumanity,
and although several contractors in that county
have been now summoned for delivering a large
quantity of loaves under weight to the poor of the
parish, there is a reticence attached to the inflic-
tion of punishment which, considering the vile-
ness of the offence, is most unsatisfactory. A
police superintendent had stopped many of the re-
cipients of bread, and out of 102 loaves found 79
deficient, the general deficiency being soz. on a loaf
of 41b. Mr. Henley, M.P., one of the magistrates, cha-
racterised the proceeding as a gross robbery, audafter
considerable discussion among their worships they
decided to grant a case for the Queen's Bench as to
rai.tht:r a conviction could be sustained "on the
point whether the bread delivered fc. pauparo iii
9uartern loaves should be weighed on delivery." It
is to be hoped that the law will be found in accord-
ance with justice and common sense to punish this
most shameless of peculations.
London, England, 1870-04-27

TRADE DISPUTES IN FRANCE.

The 011ivier Ministry finds much to occupy its
attention in the grave question which causes so
much trouble in England—trade disputes. Accord-
ing to the Paris correspondent of the Telegraph, indus-
try is a more prominent question than politics. The
Ministry, lie says, were occupied with the subject on
Monday. M. 011ivier proposes an agreement between
employers and workmen to work for a certain period
at a fixed rate of price regulated by police law, and
suggests that disputes should be referred to the Con-
sells de Prud'hommes. If trade disputes assume in
France anything like the proportions they have at-
tained in England, M. 011ivier will find some trouble
in settling them by a cut and dried process of police
law.
EiIIGIiATION AND THE COLONIES.

The text of the recent Colonial Office circular on
emigration has been published. It calls the attention
of colonial governors to the distress prevailing among
the labouring classes of England, and points out the
mutual advantage to the emigrant and to the colony
to be derived from emigration. Each governor is
requested to give his opinion as to the prospects
which his colony at present holds out to emigrants,
and to furnish all possible information as to the
classes of labourers most wanted, the numbers for
whom employment can be found ; the wages obtain-
able ; whether married men can obtain wages
adequate to the support of their families,
and proper house accommodation ; what
facilities will be provided to pass the emigrants to
the districts where their labour is most in demand;
and whether any pecuniary assistance would be
granted either towards their passages, or towards
providing depOts and subsistence on their first
arrival. Colonial circumstances change so quickly,
that already little information is to be gained from
the replies to the Duke of Newcastle's circular, which
was issued during the Lancashire distress of 1863,
London, England, 1870-04-27

MPERIAL PARLIAM ENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four.
THIRD READINGS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed:
—Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation,
Reading Gas, and Worcester Railway.
MARRIAGE LAWS.

Mr. T. CHAMBERS presented twenty-eight petitions
from different parts of the country in favour of legalising
the marriage with a deceased wife's sister.
London, England, 1870-04-27

IS THE BALLOT SECRET VOTING ?

The author of the article in the Edinburgh
Review; "The Ballot not secret voting,"
replies to Mr. Leatham's recent strictures
thereon. The chief positions, he says,
enumerated in his article are that no method has
yet been discovered whereby inviolable secrecy is
secured to the voter, and that facilities for fraud on
the part of both voters and officials exist in proportion
to the degree of secrecy obtained. These propositions
are, he contends, sustained by evidence from all the
countries which have adopted the ballot in any of its
numerous forms, showing that they have not yet
succeeded in producing a method of secret voting
which will stand the slightest pressure that may be
exerted by the -corrupt, the tyrannical, or the fraudu-
lent. It is vain, he adds, to expect genuine
and honest results from functions performed in the
dark, and for the most part beyond the reach of scru-
tiny to verify or revise.
London, England, 1870-04-27

SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square.
The only free Hospital for diseases of women. Subscriptions and
donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hat-
chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutta, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1870-04-27

THAMES.

William Brown, who said he was 16 years of age,
was charged with stealing 22 ounces of tobacco from
a shop, No. 29, High-street, Poplar. Edward
Weston, a shopman, saw the prisoner enter his
master's shop and take up as many half ounces of
tobacco as he could grasp and run away with them.
He was pursued, and 20 half ounces of tobacco in
paper were found upon him. He dropped two more.
A police-detective, named Robert Lamb, said the
prisoner bad suffered a month in prison for stealing
soap. The Prisoner—Settle it here, if you please.
He sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and
hard labour.
Charles Lamperman, aged 35, a German sugar
baker, was charged with being drunk and attempting
to stab Sophia Jarrett and Rebecca Brotherton with
a knife, in Anthony-street, St. George's-in-the-East,
and with feloniously cutting and wounding Daniel
Scannell. The wounded man did not appear, and it
was asserted by James Smith, police-constable, 302
R, that the wounded man had received two sovereigns
from the prisoner's friends and had gone away. A
surgeon said that in drawing the knife from the pri-
sonerSc annell's hand was cut. The wound was not
dangerous. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to two
months'
imprisonment and hard labour.
London, England, 1870-04-27

THE BALLOT.

The Orangemen of Ulster are in a terrible fright
about their great light, Mr. William Johnston, M.P.
They fear that he is going astray, in company
with Mr. • M'Clure, his fellow member for
Belfast. Mr. Johnston has declared for the
Ballot, and hence the outcry. But the Orange
leader, has formed his opinion, and he means
to abide by it. He says he has, after careful con-
sideration, decided to vote for the Ballot, as the only
protection available against undue influence of every
sort brought to bear upon electors, whether by land-
lords, priests, employers of labour, or mob intimida-
tion. He hopes the constituency of Belfast will
come round to the same opinion.
London, England, 1870-04-27

WESTMINSTER.

Henry Wallbrook, a stoker in the Chartered Gas
Works, Westminster, was charged on a warrant with
throwing a quantity of boiling water on Win. Camp-
bell, another stoker, seriously injuring him. Mr.
Foggat prosecuted. It appeared that the offence was
committed about 11.30 at night on the 19th February,
and the prisoner and another man (prosecutor) were
charging a retort, when suddenly a gush of steam
came from the opposite side and nearly blinded the
prosecutor, injuring him severely for some time.
It appeared that it was customary to use water
to prevent the flame burning the eyes of the
stokers. The prisoner was working with a
man named King, and Campbell's partner was
named Hurley, the latter was going ahead—i.e.,
working too fast ; and prisoner said if Hurley did
not stop he would punch him and burn him, and
when prisoner threw in the pail of water, King told
him to be careful, as it was not time. Prisoner ex-
pressed deep regret for hurting Campbell ; but said
he wished he had burned Hurley instead, and he
afterwards struck Hurley. Prisoner's defence was
that it was a mistake; he threw the water in to cool
the coals, and did not intend to hurt Campbell.
Prisoner was fully committed for trial, and was sent
away in the van in default of bail.

We have to announce the death, at the age of
70 years, of the Rigbt Hon. and Right Rev. Lord
Auckland, late Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, which
happened on Monday, at his lordship's residence at Wells,
Somersetshire.
The famous divorce case of Delacherois v. Dela-
chereis" was concluded at Dublin yesterday. Judge Ball
Jecided to order a separation, and granted permanent ali-
mony of 4260 a year to the wife.
QUEEN ISABELLA.—The M.marial Diplomatigue
gives a sad account of the position of Queen Isabella, and
states that when she left Spain her property consisted of
family jewels, and the arrears of the allowance of the
Prince of Asturias, which were placed in the Bank of
England. The latter did not exceed 10 millions of francs.
At the present moment Queen Isabella, finding her
resources daily diminishing, has been compelled to reduce
her already scanty retinue, and if her son should not be
made King of Spain her position will become so embar-
rassing that the Emperor will be obliged to make her an
allowance.

RUMOURED CHANGES f THE AMERICAN
CABINET. —A rumour is CU relltra in Washington that
Attorney-General Hoare has announced his intention of
retiring from the Cabinet, and the President has agreed
to accept his resignation. This statement is believed in
official circles to be well founded, and it is reported that
the President has promised the new Attorney-General
shall be appointed from Pennsylvania. There is a little
ealousy between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as the
latter has an Associate Justice on the Supreme Bench
and a member in the Cabinet. The President has some-
thill to do to consider the rivalriee of the States.
London, England, 1870-04-27

A TOWN OP PEST-HOUSES:

The Government Medical Inspector has just issued
his report upon the sanitary condition of White-
haven. Attention had been directed to the increas-
ing death-rate of the town, and inquiry now chews
that during the last four months there has been,
out of a population of 19,000 people, upwards of 360
cases of typhus fever, and one out of every six
of those cases, fatal. The local medical officer attri-
buted this awful state of things to overcrowding and
defective drainage. Out of 4,538 inhabited houses,
2,500 had no drainage below the surface. He said
that he had frequently urged upon his Board the
necessity of enforcing some system of efficient house-
hold drainage, but that few of his suggestions had
been adopted. The inspection by the Government
medical officer took four days, and the effect pro-
duced upon his mind was such that after he had been
in the town a few hours, he telegraphed to the Privy
Council to prevent the contemplated muster of the
Cumberland Militia at Whitehaven, which was to
have taken place this week. That he did so is hardly
to be wondered at.
MEDICAL EDUCATION FOIL WOMEN.

Miss Garrett, in a letter to the Times upon this
subject, is strongly in favour of permitting men and
women to study medicine in a common school,
instead of compelling them to study sepa-
rately. Miss Garrett thinks that a separate
school for women would probably always
be an inferior one, as the most able male professors
would naturally be absorbed into the teaching staff
of the larger schools for men. The women's school
would thus be restricted to the choice of third or
fourth rate teachers ; and the education of the
pupils, would suffer accordingly. Another
objection, according to Miss Garrett, is that
women who practise medicine must frequently
meet men in consultation. Those who have
been accustomed to study with men, will find it per-
fectly easy and natural to consult with them in after
life; whereas it is possible that if women had only to
do with women during their student life, they might
hesitate about availing themselves of the wider
knowledge and experience of consulting physicians
and surgeons.
London, England, 1870-04-27

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION

(Established 1810).
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 ...£64,000
From interest on investments ... 19,000
The 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 1, 1870.
London, England, 1870-04-27

IS SPURRING A HORSE CRUELTY

The Daily News has some comments on the recent
prosecution by the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals of George Holman, the rider of
The Doctor, in the Grand. National Steeplechase.
Our contemporary disclaims any want of sympathy
with the general action of the society, but considers
that the Liverpool magistrates were right in dismiss-
ing the charge. The accusation, it says, was that
the jockey cruelly s_purred the horse, and
rinsed tin its sides, The Daily News euresses
London, England, 1870-04-27

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 annum on Deposit Department, with power of
withdrawal at fixed periods.
The UNITED LAND COMPANY, Limited, co-operating with
the Conservative Benefit Society. Plots of 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.
Prospee' uses explanatory of Investment, Land and Building
Departments, free of charge.
London, England, 1870-04-27

LIER MAJESTY.

OsßortNE, April 26.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High
ness Princess Louise, drove out yesterday.
Her Majesty walked out this morning, accompa
nied by Princess Beatrice.
The other members of the Royal Family alsl
went out.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
GREECE.

ATHENS, April 24

General Soutzo, the Minister of War, has resigned,
and M. Valaority, the Minister of the Interior has
assumed the Ministry of War ad interim.
ATHENS, April 25.

The funeral of Count de Boyl, Secretary to the
Italian Legation, has taken place, with all-honours,
to-day.
The King and the Italian Minister headed the
funeral procession, accompanied by the members of
the Diplomatic Body and the Ministry.

Copy of telegram from Mr. Erskine, dated April
25, 1870, 2.30 p.m., and 9.45 p.m., 26th :
No. 1 " The Aphrocessa arrived last night with
the bodies of Mr. Vyner and Count Boyl. The
former was shot through the heart, and must have
died instantly."
No. 2. " All necessary arrangements have been
made for sending home the bodies of Mr. Herbert
and Mr. Vyner. Mrs. Lloyd prefers that her hus-
band's remains should be buried here. The senior
officer has now actually decided to send the bodies
to Malta in the Antelope, his own vessel being too
small. Antelope starts as soon as possible.
" Lord and Lady Muncaster desire me to thank her
Majesty's Government for their kind offer of a
passage to Malta, but prefer to return to Marseilles
on Friday."
London, England, 1870-04-27

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PIPE-CLAY FOR THE JAPANESE.

Japan wants to take a lesson from Prussia in the
art of military organisation, and with this object in
view it seems that three Japanese officers have gone
to Berlin, where they will be occupied for some
weeks in visiting the different military establish-
ments. It will be curious to see whether the :imita-
tive strangers will carry back with them any idea of
altering the Japanese uniform.

LUPPOSED LOSS OF A NORWEG
SCHOONER.

The Norwegian schooner Strusraad Hagerman, of
Trounso, left Belfast on the 14th of November last, bound
for Iceland with salt. She was seen off Lewes Island on
November 26th, by a Danish schooner, but has not since
been heard of, and is believed to be lost with all on
board. She was a vessel of 200 tons, and had a crew of
eight.

APOLOGY FOR COWHIDING.
Miss Lydia Thompson enters into a lengthy explanation
and defence of her conduct with regard to the " cow-
hiding" of the editor of the Chicago Times. Miss Thomp-:
son hopes it will be her last appearance in the role she then-
energetically sustained, but she nevertheless thinks;
she could not well have done differently. " In.l
suited and wounded by such attacks (the articles'
in the Times) I addressed a letter of remonstrance
to the editor of this notorious journal. The only result'
was a repetition of the offence in an aggravated form.
We then humiliated ourselves so far as to send our agent
to see the editor in person, who received him with a
volley of abuse, and, producing a pistol, threatened to
shoot him or any one of the company who attempted;
interference. In our perplexity we sought counsel, and
took legal advice, the highest that could be obtained in
Chicago ; and we were told that these articles,
although as unmistakable in meaning as language could
make them, were yet so ingeniously worded that to punish
or restrain their author as the libeller of any individual
personally would be an exceedingly tedious and difficult
task, if not impossible. We were also told that if the
women whom he had insulted were to chastise him publicly,'
although we should subject ourselves to arrest and fine for'
a technical breach of the peace, we should put'
upon this man the brand that he deserved, and have with;
us the sympathy of the better part of the community. On
this suggestion, feeling that something should be done, I.
anted, and ‘‘.;*l. arict nnQ of the ladies of my company. Thai
gentlemen accompanied us merely Lilac Luey wtoc
tect us against the pistol, with which we had been threw.,
toned." However, Miss Thompson begins to be of.
opinion that cowhiding is scarcely work for women.' -
London, England, 1870-04-27

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
is the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway
Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES,
President-11 is Grace the Duke of BuccLEUcri, K.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 between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent,
as the premises of this hospital aro capable of containing several
hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to
maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ;
Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom
and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Bar-
clay and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-
street ; and at the Hospital from 11) to 5.
London, England, 1870-04-27

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

En vertu des pleins pouvoirs que le Supreme Gouverne-
ment du Perou m'a conties, j'ai decide que tousles titres de
l'Emprunt Peruvien 4i per Cent. de 1862, que soot encore e❑
circulation, seront rembJurses au pair, plus le coupon echu
le lre Juillet prochain.
Le remboursement aura lieu b, Londres chez Messrs J.
Henry Schroder and Co., 145, Leadenball-street, et les
porteurs du dit emprunt peuvent towel er, le montant de
lours titres, plus le coupon dchu le premiere Juillet prochain,
it partir du 2 Dfai, sous deduction d'un escompte de 1 per
cent. par an du jour du payement jusq'au lre Juillet.
Les titres qui n'auront pas ete presents au rembourse-
ment du 2 Mid au lre Juillet, 1870, cesseront de porter
interet.

Paris, 20th April, 1870.
((Signed)
TORIBIO SAN Z, Inspecteur Fiscal et Agent Financier
Special du Pdrou en Europe.
[TRANSLATION.]
111 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
Conning-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,
Flaonl Tnspector and Financial Agent of the
Peruvian Government in Europe.

In virtue of th© 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 due 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, Leadenhall-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, 1870-04-27

NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common,
Iliehmend, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861.
Under the pattonage of H.B.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, E.G.,
whereby home bss been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
Girls of all spa, OlasSes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.
The objeot of e Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, at! practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other
wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain
suitable situations for them.
The Commie euTnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations andsutscriptions.
HENRY KINGSOOTE, Treasurer
W H. W AitwicK, iSecretary.
Office, 121, Pall mall, S. W
London, England, 1870-04-27

THE LETTER CARRIERS.

Sir HENRY HoARE asked the Postmaster General
whether letter carriers who had called a meeting of their
body for Good Friday were menaced by circular with dis-
missal if they attended the same ; and, if true, under
what statute such circular was issued.
The Marquis of HARTINGTON said a circular letter had
been sent round to the letter-carriers calling upon them to
attend meeting on Good Friday to hear a paper read on the
present position of the post-office employes, and after-
wards to discuss the matter. As that was in oppositionto a
rule laid down by Lord Stanley of Alderley, when Post-
master-General, the proposed meeting was not allowed.
There never had been any obstacle placed in the way of
the letter-carriers making any representations to their
superior officers, which, when couched in respectful
language, were always attended to. But it was not to
be tolerated that a regular system of organised
agitation was:to be allowed in which the men might be
led into acts or words which might cost them their
situations. The rule of Lord Stanley was a very goo t one
and he had no intention of rejecting it.
London, England, 1870-04-27

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING CODE.

Alluding to a rumoured lapse of this important
measure, the Shipping Gazette hopes that it is un-
founded, especially if the reason be, as alleged, the slow
progress of public business. There are still three
months of the session left ; and, as there is no oppo-
sition to the principle of the bill, there could
be no objection to referring it to a Select Committee.
If this course were adopted, the code might easily
become law before the close of the session. Its
principles and details have by this time been tho-
roughly popularised and understood; and everyone
who is interested in maritime commerce is desirous of
having the Law relating to Merchant Shipping freed
from its existing contradictions, and rendered con-
sistent and intelligible. It is much to be hoped that
Government will get the bill through the House of
Commons during the next few weeks. After that the
progress of the measure will be comparatively easy.
The bill is of extraordinary bulk—it is in fact the
largest ever laid before Parliament ; but as few of
its provisions have given rise to objection, its size
need be no difficulty.
THE WEST INDIES AND THE SUGAIL DUTIES.

The Produce Markets' _Review is sanguine as to the
beneficial effect likely to be produced on the West
Indian sugar planters by the change in the
duties. The heavy tax has for the last
twenty years given encouragement to bad
manufacture, the . finer . !aorta, of pilau beitux

absolutely excluded frinn the British market. Other
causes, such as bad roads, want of capital, and lack
of proper machinery tended to keep back the trade,
but had it not been for the graduated duties, no man
in his senses would have kept from improving his
processes if he could profit by doing so. As the
West Indians, by making good sugar, can now get
from 10s. to 15s. per cwt. more than they can by
making the commonest descriptions, they will no
doubt take a fresh start. Sugar making, if properly
conducted, is extremely profitable, and has been
known, under favourable conditions, to return 80
per cent, on the capital employed. Even half
such a result would, as our contemporary
observes, convert our embarrassed planters into mil-
lionaires, and English capital would, no doubt, be
readily forthcoming to assist them. In a few years
the manufacture of low descriptions of sugar will
become unprofitable, and the West India planters, by
improving their manufacture and making sugar fit
for direct consumption by the public without the
intervention of the refiner, may yet regain their
prestige.
London, England, 1870-04-27

ispnert.'. xis na,cl always tnought that in such cases, unless
Scripture warrant could be adduced, or there were
natural objections, there should be freedom of
marriage. There was a mass of evidence to
chew that marriage with a deceased wife's
sister ought to be legalised, and that the prohibition
,if such marriages led to great contumely, great mischief,
and great evils.
sir E. PALMER thought it was unfair not to deal with
the wholo question. If they were prepared to say there
[oust be and ought to be prohibited degrees, then they ought
to know miter° the line was to be drawn.

After a few words from Mr. T. CHAMBERS and Mr.
COLLINS, the House divided on the motion for going into
committee, when there appeared--

Ayes lBl
Noes

Majority

-7 0

The House accordingly went into committee, when the
whole of the clauses were agreed to with a few verbal
amendments, and the bill was reported.
WAGES ARRESTMENT ABOLITION (SCOTLAND)
BILL.

This bill passed through committee, on the understand-
ing that it should be open to hon. members to move amend-
ments on the bringing up of the report.
The Mortgage Debenture Act Amendment Bill was read
a second time.
The House then adjourned.
London, England, 1870-04-27

COLONIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

The advisability of establishing a responsible
Government at the Cape of Good Hope, and the
withdrawal of troops from that colony, has been
ventilated in a correspondence now published..
The first letter from the Earl of Carnarvon
to Governor Wodehouse, dated the 26th January,
1867, informs the latter that the force on the African
station would be at once reduced from five to four
battalions of infantry, the strength of one to be
divided between Natal and St. Helena. For 1867
there would be no charge, but after 1869 payment
must be made at the rate of 240 a head for
every infantry soldier, and 270 ahead for
every artilleryman. Sir P. E. Wodehouse, in
reply, pleads the special claim of the colony
to consideration from its peculiar position and its
inability to pay the sum demanded for its military
defence. In December, 1867, a letter to the Governor
from the Duke of Buckingham expressed adherence
to the general principles laid down by Lord Carnarvon,
but conceded the non-withdrawal of the troops until
1868. A letter from Earl Granville, stating that the
regiments would be totally removed in 1870-2, with
replies from Sir P. E. WoOdhouse, stating the mea-
sures adopted by the Colonial Legislature to meet
the emergency, brings the document to a close.
London, England, 1870-04-27

BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES,
Clapham-rise.
Instituted 1861.
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES.
TREASURERS.

George Moore, Esq.;3lr:Aiderman Gibbons.
This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of the
king•:om, provides for those afflicted with incurable diseases a
home for life, with every comfort and medical attt ndance. Patients
are admitted, and annuities of £l.) obtained by election.
No person under 20 years of a,;e, nor of the pauper class, is
eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may be procured from
the Secretary. Donations and annual subscriptions are earnestly
solicited.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E.C. ; and
Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER, Secretary.

Offices, 73, Cheapside.
London, England, 1870-04-27

LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA.

The copies of correspondence between the Board of
Trade and. Mr. Stirling Lacon on the subject of " Loss of
Life, and the Rule of the Road at Sea," which were
moved for by Sir John Hay, have been issued. Mr.
Lacon suggests, with regard to the loss of life that there
should be, in all cases, one registered managing owner,who
should be as responsible for the condition in which his ship is
sent to sea as the captain and the mate for her safe
conduct, and that there should also be a public prosecutor,
holding a position analogous to that of the Procurator
Fiscal in Scotland. To remedy the numerous collisions
which occur at sea, he proposes a rule of the road, which bp
submitted to the Board of Trade in 1867 and 1868, and which"
he believes to be sufficiently simple and clear for the guidance
of the whole maritime population. In reply to Mr.-
Lacon's letter, the Board of Trade state that they have
previously fully considered the matter and discussed his
suggestions. Having rejected them, they have no wish
to re-open the matter. An anonymous memorandum,
couched in highly commendatory terms of Sir John Hay's
rules, is forwarded to the Board of Trade by Captain.
Dunlop, R.N.R.; whilst another letter, written by Corn-
mander Heathcote expresses the opirion that Sir J. Hay's
rules will not reduce the number of casualties. In replying to
Captain Dunlop, the Board of Trade state that they are
advised that collisions cannot be caused by proper atten-
tion to the existing international rule.
The Board of Trade are further advised that no one
hard and fast rule can be made to meet every case in which
one of two steamships is crossing the course of the other.
A rule that may effectually prevent collision between two
steamships crossing at one angle, and under certain condi-
tions of speed and distance, would tend to bring about a,
collision if applied to two ships crossing at certain other
and different angles, under other and different oonditious
as to speed and distance.
Mr. Lacon in closing the correspondence, says that
Admiral Sir Jobn Hay has approved his idea ; and adds—
" These rules have been discussed amply with the admiral
in Norway, six officers at the Admiralty in Stockholm,
eight officers at the Admiralty at Copenhagen, eight com-
petent persons at Hamburg, three officers at the Hague,
and before all the captains of the port at Ostend by the
command of the Government ; and I have never met with
a dissentient voice except at our own Board of Trade.".
London, England, 1870-04-27

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