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London, England, 1870-03-10

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Groat Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, E.G.

President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G.
This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick pcor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary oontributiots
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
dostkute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 8,000 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.
ContubrAions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abehuroh-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ;
Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Pay,..4, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,,Barners-street ;"_and at
the Hospital from 10 till fel
London, England, 1870-03-10

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London, England, 1870-03-10

REPRESENTATION OF NORWICH.

Mr. CLARE READ asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department when the minutes of the evidence
taken before the Norwich Election Commissioners would
be printed, and in the hands of members. And if it be
true that no writ would be issued for the City of Norwich
till after an act had been passed for erasing from the elec-
toral roll the names of all those persons who were sche-
duled by the Commissioners.
Mr BnucE said the minutes were printed, and would bo
in the hands of members in a few days. No writ would
be issued until the names of those persons found guilty
of bribery was erased from the roll. The Attorney
General would introduce a bill for that purpose after
Easter.

(LEFT SITTING.)

A petition for the winding up of the Teign-
mouth Pier Company (Limited) is to be heard
before Vice-Chancellor Malins on the 18th inst.

A general meeting of the Anglo• Romano Gas
Company will be held on the 6th of April, at
Rome, to declare a dividend.
London, England, 1870-03-10

THE IRISH LAND BILL.

The Standard remarks that as the discussion on the
Irish Land Bill proceeds, the points at issue between the
Government and the House become defined. Whether
Vie bill will effectuate the objects proposed may be
disputed by the movers of tie amendment now under
discussion, may be doubted by many others, but let
that be tried if some striking blemishes in the
measure can be removed. This was the policy
foreshadowed in the speech of Dr. Ball, and illustrated
and supported by Mr. Hunt and Mr. Henley. In Dr.
Ball's speech was contained a distinct pledge on the part
of the Conservative party, that so far as the bill deals
with the existing interests of landlords and tenants,
with the controversies and questions now pending
in connection with their mutual relations, the utmost assis-
tance will be given to the Government to make their bill sb
final settlement. Moreover, a determined resistance
will be offered to all attempts to alter the bill in the direc-
tion of the objects of the party who cry out for fixity of
tmure. No weakness or vacillation of the Government
.in this respect will be tolerated. So far Dr. Ball's
speech shews us the support the Conservatives are
willing to give the measure, with the meaning and
conditions of that support. At the same time the
w'aole energy of the party. will be directed to modify
those portions of the bill which deal with the future rela-
tions of the two classes affected. The restrictions on the
freedom of contract embodied in the third and fourth sec-
tions will meet an uncompromising opposition. These
provisions are an attempt to tie down the future of Ire-
land, to fasten the cramp of statute upon the relations of
all classes connected with land in that country.
London, England, 1870-03-10

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

Tim EVENING, at Seven o'clock, BLOW FOR BLOW
Mr silly J. Byron, J. D. Beveridge, Arthur Stirling, Stuart,
C. H. ttephonson, Miss Furtado, Biss Lavis, Miss Eliza John-
stone, &c. At 9, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr
He iry J. Byron
London, England, 1870-03-10

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IRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVS and ItEFORIId.I'ORY IN
SIITTJTION.

President—Rev. CANON DA.LB.
CONTRIBunOrmi for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-.
neatly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, E.C. ; Francis Nicholls
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.
London, England, 1870-03-10

THE PURCHASE REGIMENTS.

Colonel WHITE asked the Secretary of State for War
whether he would consent to postpone all discussion upon
the question of " Over Regulation Purchase-money in the
Army " until those most deeply interested, namely, the
officers in purchase regiments, would have an opportunity
of meeting and deliberating ; and whether such meeting
might be considered to have the sanction and permission
of the Commander-in-Chief and of her Majesy's
Government.

Mr. CARDWELL was not aware that he had used any
phrase that made it appear he was not aware of the system
of paying over the regulation price. He had already
stated that on Monday next he should state the
course it was intended to take, and in the meantime
nothing should be done to prejudice the cause of the
subalterns. He would advise that the hon. member
should not continue any meeting that might be held,
which might turn out to be opposed to the rules of tho
service. '
London, England, 1870-03-10

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London, England, 1870-03-10

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London, England, 1870-03-10

THE EDUCATION BILL.

The Daily News observes that the Government had an
opportunity on Wednesday of measuring the strength of
the opposition which has been aroused in all parts of the
country by some clauseS of the Education Bill. Mr.
Gladstone's official residence in Downing-street was taken
by storm by one of the largest deputations which has
waited upon a Minister for some years past. There were,
in fact, two separate deputations with the same
object. The National Education League went first.
As soon as the League host had got away, the
room was occupied by a body of Welshmen, who
went to represent the Welsh Education Conference, and
to deliver the protest of the Principality against denomi-
national education. The deputations were unanimously
of opinion that the bill would increase religious strife in.
Wales and awaken it in England. Yet with all this dis-
satisfaction.with Mr. Forster's method of dealing with the
religious difficulty there was no desire to throw the bill
over. A suggestion of delay was received with cheers,
but was so received as giving a prospect of making the bill
a satisfactory one. It was not quite clear what the depu-
tations would think satisfactory. A hint from Mr. Glad-
stone as to leaving the denominational schools to the
Privy Council grants, and limiting the rate-aid to purely
unsectarian schools, seemed to some to point a way out
of the difficulty. It may be that some such compromise
would be accepted. But one thing at least is clear, that
an admirable measure is spoiled by a scheme which intro-
duces concurrent endowment in England and Wales, and
necessitates the setting up of a denominational system in
Ireland, and that it would have been far better to reverse
the process, and instead of extending the English system
to Ireland, boldly to extend the Irish national system to
the whole of England.
London, England, 1870-03-10

DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR BRIBERY.

The Government did not take an important eivA.
appointment from Mr. W. 11. Cooke, Q.C., because
he had been convicted of bribery. Probably the
Government was right according to the strict letter
of the law, though much indignation is felt at the
course it has taken, or rather at the course it has not
taken. An Act of the present reign does certainly
disqualify persons other than candidates who
are found guilty of bribery ; but the perscn
charged must have an opportunity of being heard.
The Attorney-General seems to be of opinion that
this does not refer to proceedings before a commis-
sion, inasmuch as persons other than candidates
therein inculpated have no opportunity of being heard
in the sense required by the Act. A resolution will
soon be moved on this subject in the House of Com-
mons, which will have the effect of clearing up
doubts and difficulties.
London, England, 1870-03-10

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

Mr. MBEEBTasked the Secretary of State fur the Home
Department whether he intended to bring hi a bill this
session to alter and amend the law of murder, either by
carrying out the unanimoua recommendations of the
Capital Punishment Commissioners, or in some other
manner.

Mr. BRUCE said he regretted he should not be able to
introduce any measure on the subjeot daring the present

session.
London, England, 1870-03-10

WOMEN'S CLUBS.

"The weaker" sex are on the continual move to
prove that this title should either become extinct or be
transferred to the so-called lords of the creation. The
preliminary steps taken by our fair friends chew, at
least, that their claims are based on reasonable grounds,
and that they are preparing themselves for a dignified
carrying out of whatever measure of enfranchisement
may be accorded them. At the first annual meeting
of the " Women's Club and Institute," held in
the drawing room of the institution, Oxford-street,
under the chairmanship of Mr. Hodgson Pratt, the
proceedings were of an interesting character. Mr.
Hodgson delivered a stirring introductory address,
pointing out that the society was likely to be the
precursor of many others, not only in Lon-
don, but the provinces. He hoped to see
engrafted on them funds to assist women during
temporary sickness. With that aim in view, as au
auxiliary to their social influences, he recommended
that prizes should be established as an inducement
for women to write papers illustrative of the mental
and material capacities of their sex, and the best
mode of developino. them. A. report showing the
satisfactory state of the club was unanimously passed,
on the motion of Mrs. M. Bore.
London, England, 1870-03-10

ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGIITERS of
OFFICERS of thci ARMY, Lans•town, Bath.
Instituted, A.D., 1864.
Under the Patronage of her Maj sty the QUEEN.
President—l-LH-IT. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &c.
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B.
This school has been founded upwards of four years,
and it is intended for the education of the daughters of
officers of the army, Indian' and Marines. There are
already 70 pupils in the school, but more could be admitted
if the committee had further funds; they, therefore
APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out to its
full extent the benefits of the only institution specially
provided for the daughters of officers of the Army.
Each donation of .C 5 rm. entitles to one life vote at all
election?. Each annual subscription of .£5 os entitles to
ono vote at all elections during the current year. The
amount may bo forwarded by an 9.rdet on a bank, agent,
or post-office CohaEro.
ingl7.ols,sdiispytabili , Under.etoSecretary;.
Office 22 Cockspur-street Landon
London, England, 1870-03-10

THE PURCHASE SYffE.M.

i Major ANSON asked the Secretary of State for War if
it was true that the War Office had received in the last
eight years a sum of half a million sterling front the pur-
chase officers. If the whole of that money had been ap-
plied to their benefit ; and, if not, to what purposes it
had been applied. And whether it was true that notice
had been given to half-pay officers that they could not be
allowed to sell, as there were no funds to meet the cost of
their commissions.

1 Mr. CAEDWELL was understood to express his regrets,
and to say that it was out of his power to remedy the cir-
cumstances.

PROMOTION IN THE ARTILLERY.

Mr. SLICPOOLE asked the Secretary of State for War
whether his attention had been called to a statement
prepared by Mr. Sprague, vice-pres:dent of the Society of
Acturies, chewing that under the present rules of promo-
tion officers in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers
would in a few years have no chance of obtaining the
rank of second captain till they were forty years of age.
And whether he was prepared to bring forward any mea-
sure for rectifying so unsatisfactory a state of affairs.

Mr. CARDWELL said his attention had been called to
retirement in the Royal Artillery. The subject was one
of great complexity, but an inquiry into the financial
Daring of the case was now going on under the direction
of his gallant friend the Under-Secretary of War.
London, England, 1870-03-10

MR. MADDEN.

Mr. HAVILAND-DURKE asked the Chief Secretary for
Ireland whether it was a fact within his knowledge t►►at
an address of sympathy had been presented to Mr.
Madden, late a magistrate of the counties of Monaghan,
Leitrim, Cavan, and Fermanagh, and late a Deputy
Lieutentant of the county of Monaghan ; and, if so,
whether that address had been signed by any magistrate
or Deputy Lieutenant of those counties ; and whether
it was the fact as reported that such address contained
expressions of sympathy couched in language
in spirit to that for which Mr. Madden wa3 dismissed.

Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he believed it was open to a
judge, like other ordinary persons, to express his opinions,
and he believed an address of sympathy had been
presented to Mr. Madden, but he could not say
what were the precise terms of the address. Mr.
Madden, however, had used certain words and expressions
in an official document, while in communication with the
Lord-Lieutenant which made his case different from that
of other persons.
EXAMINATION OF FEMALES.

Mr. JACOB BRIGHT asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, whether an English woman of the
name of Elizabeth Holt was now or had recently been a
prisoner in Maidstone Goal because she declined to subject
her person to the fortnightly inspection of a surgeon.
And, whether her refusal or the refusal of any other
woman to submit to this outrage would be followed by
repeated periods of imprisonment so as to amount practi-
cally to perpetual incarceration.
Mr. BRUCE said the person spoken of had been sent to
the hospital no less than five times, and that she had
absented herself from attending the surgeon as directed
by the magistrate. In January last a warrant had been
issued against her, and she had been sent to Maidston",
jail for 14 days.
London, England, 1870-03-10

ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICA L FUND.

The annual general meeting of the above associa-
tion was held yesterday in the saloon of the Lyceum
Theatre, Mr. J. B. Buckstone in the chair. There
was a large attendance of the members of the pro-
fession, both ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Cullen-
ford, the secretary, read the report, which stated
that five members had died during the past year,
while two only had joined. The number of sub-
scribing members was 180. The council regretted
that more members of the profession were not en-
rolled in the association, looking at the great advan-
tages it offered. An example of that might be
found iu the following amongst many other
cases : one member had paid in subscriptions
£l2O, and had received in annuities the sum of
11,460; another had pail £2l and had received
£9OO ; and'another £7O, and received £6OO. The
total income for the year, including £368. drawn
from the reserve fund, had been £1,739 15s. 6d. ;
and the expenditure, including £1,543 paid in
annul i S and £3O for deaths, had been £1,737
10s. 2d. ; leaving a balance of £2 3s. 4d. The in-
vested fund was now £12,624. The Chairman,
in moving the adoption of the report, said
that although the income of the society bad
fallen short of the expenditure for the year by
£368, which had to be drawn from the reserve
fund, he did not think there was any cause
for despondency. They must make up for the
deficiency by inducing a larger number of the ladies
and gentlemen in the profession to enrol themselves
as members, by setting continually before them the
great benefits accruing from membership. For
himself, he had full faith in the buoyancy of the
fund. had much pleasure in being in a posi-
tion to state that he bad received a personal pro-
mise from the Prince of Wales to take the chair at
the forthcoming anniversary dinner, the day for
which, however, had not yet been fixed. The com-
mittee and other otlizers for the year having been
elected, and the routine business transacted, the
proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the
chairman.
London, England, 1870-03-10

THE EDUCATION BILL.

Mr. Forster's bill has been severely handled at some
of the latest meetings which have been held in
different parts of the country. The Nottingham
Nonconformists have resolved that the measure will
aggravate some of the worst defects of the
.present
system—will kindle a flame of sectarian strife in every
part of the land. They hold that compulsion cannot
be applied with justice to the denominational system.
The conscience clause of the bill is " invidious
useless, illusory, and deceptive." The provisions for
the election of the school board will give rise to a
battle for religious ascendancy on every occasion.
The United Presbyterian Presbytery of Liverpool
considers that several clauses will seriously interfere
with the religious liberty of the people. At a con-
ference of Protestant Nonconformists it was
argued that the clauses relating to religious
instruction were calculated to shirk and not
to meet difficulties, to settle nothing and unsettle
everything, and even to revive religious animosities.
The town councils, too, have begun to declare them-
selves. That of Birmingham has no wish for the
greatness thrust upon it. It desires free and secular
education, and school-boards elected after a different
fashion. The Liverpool Town Council considers only
the financial aspect of the question.
London, England, 1870-03-10

HEALTH OF TOWNS AND THE DEATH RATE.

Dr. Rumsey stated before the Royal Sanitary
Commission that there was no test of the health of
a town population more fallacious than a general
death rate. Mr. A.. 13. Mid Ileton, M.R.C.S.. writes
a letter to the Pall Mall Gazette to refute this state-
ment. He says that although it is
quite true that the liability to death varies
at different ages, yet the death rates of
ordinary places compared • must necessarily
give a very fair idea of the health of their whole
populations, because town communities generally
c mtain, if not identical, very similar proportions of
people of all the various ages. Any probable
error, he contends, arising from the proportion
of ages differing, will upon the whole be merely
fractional. In support of his argument, ho quotes
the late Dr. Southwood Smith. The latter authority
said, "Mortality is invariahly proportionate to the
causes of mortality, of which causes sickness in all its
forms may ho taken as the general or collective ex-
pression.'
London, England, 1870-03-10

LONDON HOSPITAL, IV hitechapel-roaci, E.
The grtit East-end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Oases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of valeta 4,069
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
WM. J. NIXQN, House Governor and Secretary.

TIE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wcy-
I- mouth-street, W. (where rrany cases deemed incur-
able are cured), much needs support. Inspection is in-
vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER,
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra-
tuitous, till 10.30; private, ti 1112.30?
London, England, 1870-03-10

lIANWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM AGAIN.

For a second time within a very short period, a
charge is made against the authorities of Hanwell
Lunatic Asylum. This time it is not a lunatic who
dares to say that mad peoplo are ill-treated in a most
respectable establishment, but a poor widow, who, iii
a letter to the Times, signs herself " Unhappy
Mother." For nearly twelve months, she says,
she had a son in Hanwell Asylum, during
which time she never failed to visit
him every week, till one Sunday she was unable to
go. lVhen she went on the following Sunday sho
'was coolly told at the gate that he was not only dead,
but buried, and this without any attempt on the part
of the authorities to let her know he was worse,
though they had her correct address. She heard that
the attendants had called the doctor's attention to-the
fast approaching dissolution of the patient, but still no
attempt was made to communicate the fact to his
mother. On complaining to the Board, the woman
was told that the letter to inform herhad miscarried,
which statement she has ascertained to be false.
London, England, 1870-03-10

ROME AND THE FENIANS.

The Irish. Roman Catholic bishops are vigoroxtsly
supporting the Pope in his denunciation of Fenianism.
Dr. Leahy, Bishop of Dromore, has sent from Rome
a Lenten Pastoral which has been read from all the
altars in the diocese. It declares that all who join
Fenian societies are excommunicated, and cannot he
absolved, except by the Pope. Ribboni6tl is in the
same case. Bishop Dorrian's Lenten Pastoral
is still more thorough .in its condemnation.
lie declares that any one who treats the
Pope's decree with contempt reveals the cloven foot,
and ought to be avoided by all the faithful. "It
would be as foolish to wriggle with, or to gainsay,
this deliberate condemnation by the Pope, as it woult
be impious in a Catholic to question his authority."
And the prelate adds, " By all means let us serve ow
country iu every fair and legitimate way. Let our
patriotism be open, let it be reasonable, let it eschew
sinful means, and the Church will not condemn, but
will bless and approve it."
London, England, 1870-03-10

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London, England, 1870-03-10

ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE.

THIS EVENING, at 7, YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER. After
which, PAUL L AFARGE ; Messrs W. Rignold. G. Be'more,
Voltaire; Mesd 'tiles R. Lederer' and Lethiere. Followed by A
DARK NIGH 1"S WORK: Messrs Rignold; Belmore, Crellin ;
Miss Rose Leelereq and Miss Barnett.
London, England, 1870-03-10

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.—The Proprietor of
the " CENTRAL PRESS" is prepared to supply
Tlegraphic News to Newspaper Proprietors, and to the
managers of Clubs, News Rooms, and Exchanges; also
to Private Persons, in accordance with the scale of charges
for telegrams which comes into operation on February sth.
The following service of news has been arranged :
GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL NEW S.— At 8 a.m.
daily (except Sundays) a message containing all the im-
portant news known up to that time will be carefully pre-
pared and Telegraphed to Newspapers, News Rooms, Clubs,
and Exchanges.
At 12.30 a Commercial Message will be forwarded, re-
porting the London Stock Exchange and the Chief Mar-
kets.

At 2 p.m. a News Message will be sent, containing
everything of importance known at that hour.
At 0 p.m. a third message will be forwarded, containing
all the news which has transpired up to that time.
The morning and evening messages will each contain
about 100 words. Tho midday message will not usually
exceed 75 words, but on special occasions the number of
words will be doubled if necessary.
These messages will be pr3pared and telegraphed at a
charge of 2s. per week for each daily message. Sub-
scribers can take one or more of the daily mes.qtges ; the
charge for the four, daily, will be Bs. por week. No sub
scription for less than a month will be received.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. —At 7 p.m. a
message will be forwarded from the House of Commons
giving a statement of the proceedings up to that hour, the
cost of which, including the charge for telegraphing, will
be 2s. per week.
The "CENTRAL PRESS," 112, Strand, London, W.C.,
Jan. 29th, 1870.
London, England, 1870-03-10

A MESALLIANCE.

, Lady Blanche Noel, eldest daughter of the Earl of
Gainsborough, has married Mr. Murphy, her father's
organist. This young man, who is only twenty-two
years of age, has been in the Earl's employment for
some time, but a little while ago he was abruptly
dismissed. Soon after Lady Blanche disappeared.
Her father, having reason to surmise the true state of
the case, succeeded in tracing the young lady to London,
in the neighbourhood of Spitalfields. Here she was
found, in Mr. Murphy's company, at St. Anne's
Chapel, a Roman Catholic house of worship—the
family of Lord Gainsborough being adherents of the
Church of Rome. All entreaties and solicitations
failed to produce any effect on the lady. She is
three years older than Mr. Murphy, and persisted in
her right of free choice. Mr. Murphy and she were
married on Sunday, in the Roman Catholic Church,
Sloane-stree t.
London, England, 1870-03-10

FOPM 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 desti-
tute out-pltients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.
E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Soc..

H.OSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT.
Golden-square, W.
President—His Grace the Duke (1 GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.
GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-03-10

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
U 150, Now Kent-road.
Us as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp-
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street,Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Greet Portland. street. with.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buchhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their cbarge throe homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report(of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. ,DANL. COOPER, Sea
R., Queen-street Oheanside.
London, England, 1870-03-10

QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
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 bo received by Messrs. Ilatchard,
Piccadilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. ; Messrs. Barclay,
°mitts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

irINE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTF,
kfi ORPHAN CHILDREN arc being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of 425 per annum each. Fonda greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary
Me, 54, Cheapside, London, E.O;
London, England, 1870-03-10

DEALINGS WITH THE CHINESE.

There does not appear to be much prospect of
reconciliation between the views of the Government
and of the various commercial bodies respecting
the new treaty with China. The Hong liong, and
to some extent the London merchants, base their
obj▪
ections to the convention on the infeHor race
argument. Says the Hong Kong Chamber of Com-
merce : "Like all Eastern nations, .the Chinese
are destitute of any sense .of political
honour, and the only obligations their rulers
wi▪ ll ever acknowledge aro those they aro
compelled to observe." The convention proposes that
the transit dues be abolished, and that 21 per cent,
extra import duty be levied instead. But the merchants
object that the transit dues will still bo levied, in
spite of the extra import duty. On the other hand,
the Government are resolved to treat the Chinese as
far as possible as a civilised State, in possession of
the ordinary rights and privileges. The mercantile
community are disposed to think that the experiment
will be costly.
London, England, 1870-03-10

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOIIN HALIFAX."
Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols,
B B. A V E L AD V.
A FT the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman."
Hurst and l3lsehett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

MUSIC MASTER: A Practical Course
for Pianoforte Players, for the use of Families and Inst:-
tutions. y Journal, each number contabfng, a
Classical Piand ieee, chosen fr'm the chief Composers,
both ancient and modern, accompanied by a Music Lesson ex-
planatory of the whole character or the piece. rendering, instruc-
tion so comp ere that pupils will be ab'e to instruct themselves.
Translated from the Fre,,ch edition pu'lishe I by Messrs. Firmin
Cridot. No. J. (‘Tar oh Ist) just published. Sold in Lonl"n
by Bachelia Delformr.e, B olzset er, 20. Garrick-street, W.C.
A year, ; six months:los.; three months, ss.
London, England, 1870-03-10

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

THis EVENING, at 7 o'clock, POPPING THE QUESTION.
Atter which, at 20 to 8, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN; Messrs
Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale. &c. ; Mrs Chippendale, Miss
F. Wright, &c. Concluding with DEAF AS A POST
London, England, 1870-03-10

THE MESSAGE OF PEACE.

The Orange lodges in the north-east district have
passed a resolution, declaring that Mr. Gladstone's
message of peace has failed. They therefore call
upon the Government to "use all legal_ means to put
a stop to the horrifying and deplorable assassinations
which are almost daily occurring in the Sister
Isle." The Irish Orangemen are, no doubt
pleased. to have the support and sym-
pathy of their English brethren ; but it comes late,
very late. The Ulster Orangemen summed up the
effects of the "message of peace" before it had been
despatched; they declared it had failed before it
could possibly have begun to operate. This waiting
for results on the part of the English Orangemen is
very slow walr.
CANON SELWYN'S REPLY TO LORD SHAFTESBURY.

The Times publishes the answer of Canon Selwyn
to Lord Shaftesbury's exposition of his reasons for op-
posing the proposed revision of the Bible. The
learned professor is very moderate indeed in his ad-
vocacy of a revision. lie says that Lord Shaftes-
bury's arguments have strengthened him in
the conviction that the greatest caution
is required in the execution of the work. Ho is most
determinedly conservative with regard to the sacred
old familiar diction of the Authorised Version,
and would not have a word altered unless some-
thing real is to be gained. Nor would
he advocate the change of a word, either in
text or margin, at first; but rather the printing
separately, in various sizes, adapted to various editions
of the Bible, side by side, the authorised text and
the proposed corrections; and not till these have
been well sifted and weighed, by scholars and by the
public, should they find their way into the Bible,

THE MOABITE STONE.
Another interpretation of the Moabite inscription
is published by the Daily _Yews. "Ad. Neubauer"
writes, supplying a reading of his own. It is a very
ingenious one indeed, and has the virtue of har-
monising the writing with the Bible ; but it must not
be accepted until further evidence has been received
from Palestine. The stone (according to this authority)
is a monumental altar erected by "Mesa," King of
Moab, to signalise his victories over Israel. These
successes are duly chronicled; they tool place at the
death of Ahab, and comprise the capture of
the cities, Nebo, Modeba, Jahaz, and Dibon. The
building of certain fortresses and temples to the
Moabite god Cheinoch is also reported. For three
years—two of them the reign of Ahaziah and one
that of Jehoram—these conquests went on. At the
end of that time, as mentioned in Isaiah xvi., 14. they
ceased; the "glory of Moab" was thereafter "con-
temned ; " the deleat of the Israelites was redressed.
The inscription is declared to be " pure Hebrew, with
a slight infusion of Arabic."
London, England, 1870-03-10

MILITARY INSUBORDINATION AT WOOLWICH'.

Major Wyatt, Military Train, writes from Woolwich
to the Times about the statements that have appeared
in the papers with regard to alleged grievances
endured by the men of the military train, since the
formation of the Army Service Corps.- ife states
that with the exception of that portion of the
grievance which consists in no working pay
having been received by the men since the 15th ult.,
and the extra stable duties, entailed by the removal
of a number of men of the Army Service Corps from
Woolwich. the whole of the rant. of the Frt4l-..fr-nent is
London, England, 1870-03-10

.-10MPENSAT1ON IN CASE OF INJURY,
.AND
A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATII
Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIN- may be secured by
Policy of the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY.
An Annual Payment of V to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death,
and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury.
RAILWAY ACCII .ENTS ALONE may be provided against
by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journics.
For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to
the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, ConNHILL and 10, REGENT
STREET, LONDON.
WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary.
London, England, 1870-03-10

THE MISSING SHIPS.

The fate of the City of Boston steamer continues
to excite apprehension. No information has yet
reached Lloyd's. Nautical men still contend that
the case is not hopeless, notwithstanding the length
of time she has been missing. No tidings can be
learned of the Smidt, from B►emen to New York,
with 400 passengers. The rate of insurance on the
City of Boston was 70 guineas premium, but the
underwriters are now indisposed to enter into fresh
transactions. The Cambodia, from Auckland, with
£41,000 in gold, has now been at sea 138 days,
but there appears to be no real anxiety respect-
ing her, owing to the long prevalence of adverse
winds.

THE NEW ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH.

We learn by telegram from Rome that, at a con-
sistory held there on Tuesday last, the Right Rev.
Daniel 11‘Gettigan, Bishop of Raphoe, was ap-
pointed Archbishop of Armagh and Roman Catholic
Primate of All Ireland, after holding the bishopric
of Raphoe since May, 1861.
London, England, 1870-03-10

CANCER HOSPITAL (Free) : founded 1851.
—Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedios and dint very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
to bo admitted for want of FUNDS; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Goo. T. Tfortslot, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, IL J. JUPP.
London, England, 1870-03-10

N RTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidents and Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earnesly solicited to meet the
annual expenses, which exceed the income by £l,OOO.
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, R.N., Secretary.
London, England, 1870-03-10

BIRTHS.

Brea On the Bth inst , at 20, Carlton Hotse-terrace, 016
Hon Mrs. Henry Byng, of a son.
ELLIOT—On the Bth inst., at Bonjedward, Jedburgh, the
wife of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Charles Elliot, of a sot"

MA ARIA GE$.
B itEiVSTER MICKLETHWAIT—On the Bth inst. at Q.l t
Mark's,
Regent's. park, Arthur C. Brewster, Escl, to
Mary Ellen, eldest daughter of the late Win. ,Mickleav
wait, Esq., of Keresfortli, Barnsley, Yorks.
SMYTHIES KEBLE- -On the 24th of February, at Allf
Saints', Bisley, Stroud, by the Von. the Archdeacon 0
Gloucester (Sir George Prevost, Part,), assisted by tl2°
Rev. G. Frith, M.A., and the Rev. A. Livingstone, M. A"
William Gordon, second sou of the Rev.W.Y. Smythies,
'of Hill Side Hetis,.., Weeley, Essex, and of Gloucester;
streEt, S., Belgravia, to Charlotte Mary, young°6
daughter of the Rev. Thomas Kelle Al. A., Vicar 0f
..
Bisley, and niece of the late Rev. John Keble, auth°l"
of "The Christian Year."

D EATHS:
COBB —0 n the sth ins`., at 488, Milc-eud-road, Mr. Wes'
Cobb, aged 92.
WATKINS —On the sth inst., at Cheltenham, Itear-Adiniral
Thomas Vernon Watkins, aged 77.

London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDB—
The,WS
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Offtee, No. 112, Stria,d'
in the Precinct of the Savoy, in thg COUnty of
I.lwreday, March IQ, WO;
London, England, 1870-12-09

BAZAAR IN AID OF THE REFUGEES
BENEVOLENT FUND.

PATRONESSES:
H.R.H. the Princess of Wales.
lI.RH. the Princess Christian.
H.R.H. Comtesse de Paris.
H.R.H. Duchesse de Chartres.
Princesse Marguerite D'Orleans.
Mdme La Baronne de Beaulieu The Lady Herbert.
Duchess of Bueeleuch. The Hon. Mrs. Pereira.
Marchioness of Lothian. The Hon. Mrs. Warren Vernon.
Dow. Marchioness of Lothian. Mdme. Gueneau de Mussy.
The Countess Brownlow, Mrs. C, W, Price.
The Lady Anna Loftus. Mrs. J. Hungerford Pollen.
The Lady Georgians Fullerton. Mrs. Somerled Macdonald,
An EXHIBITION and SALE of WORKS OF ART and Fancy
and Useful Articles will be opened, under the above distin-
guished patronage, at the BAKER-STREET BAZAAR, on
MONDAY, December 12, 1870. Contributions will be thankfully
received by the Committee, addressed to the Superintendent of
the " Refugees Fund Stall," at the Bazaar, Baker-street, W.
Articles manufactured or consigned by Refugees will be sold for
their individual account.
London, England, 1870-12-09

ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR.
(CHAPMAN and Co.'s PATENT.)
Is recommended by the Faculty as the best food
for INFANTS, as it is very easy of digestion,
and contains in due proportion all the sub-
stances required for a healthy growth.
EN TIRE HEAT FLOUR.
(CHAPMAN and Co.'s PATENT.)
Is acknowledged to be the most wholesome and
nutritious diet for CHILDREN, its richness in
earthy phosphates ensuring healthy develop-
ment of the teeth and bony frame.
ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR.
(CHAPMAN and Co.'s PATENT.)
Is recommended for the use of Invalids, as far
more sustaining than Arrowroot. Corn Flour,
&c., which are often rejected, wheh the Entire
Wheat Flour is taken with relish.
Retail of Family Grocers, &c., in 3d., 6d., and ls. packets, and
Is. tins. Wholesale of
ORLANDO JONES and Co.,
18 Billiter-street, Manufacturers of the GOLD MEDAL
RICE STARCH.
London, England, 1870-12-09

BIRTHS.

On the 7th inst., at 8, Sussex-place, Hyde-park, W., 311.8'
Francis Burnand, of a daughter.
On the 6th inst., at Wylye, the wife of the Rev. the 110134
S. Meade, of a son.

MARRIAGES.
On the 6th inst., R
at St. George's, Beckenham, Kent, to
J. Kerl, of 1, Staple-inn, London, to Helen Rogers, tof
second daughter of the late Reginald Bowden,
Beckenham.
On the 6th inst., at Edgbaston, Joseph P. Williams, of the
Surveyor's Department, General Post Office, to APB
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Samuel Allen Brindle,'
F. R. C. S., of Edgbaston.

DEATHS.
On the 6th inst., at his residence, Croydon, Benjaolili

Abbott, aged 77. ql
On the sth inst., at 18, Albion-road, Holloway, Adulb'
Michael Quin, aged 80.
_,.•

London • Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE,
No: 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by hi be
THE Sus Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of t
Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.
Friday, December 9, 1870,
London, England, 1870-12-09

WAR OFFICE EPIGRAM.

The following curt expression of the general opinion
which prevails among their subordinates is commended to
the notice of Mr. Cardwell and Lord Northbrook by a
contemporary :
Lord N.—we know it to our sorrow—
Will act to-day and think to-morrow ;
His Chief, with pros and cons distract,
Will think to-day—and never act !

The Dublin Provincial Court has pronounced a
decree divorcing Mrs. and the Rev. Patrick Hastings, on
the ground of cruelty, and on the agreement of the
parties and the withdrawal of other recriminating charges

THE NORTII CHINA BISHOPRIC.—The dispute
between Bishop Alford and the Church Missionary
Society, with reference to the appointment of a missionary
or North China Bishop, has been settled. Dr. Alford
hae withdrawn his opposition to the proposed scheme, at
the request, it is stated, of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
No action will, however, be taken in the matter until the
arrival of Mr. Russell, from China, who, it is understood,
has been nominated to the new post, and Bishop Alford's
departure for Hongkong is consequently postponed.—
London and China Telegraph.

rHE RELATIONS OF EUROPEAN POWERS A CEN-
TURY AGO.—The relations between Austria, England, and
Russia at the present moment are a curious contrast to
the state of affairs a century since. We have come across
a London newspaper, of date October 6, 1774 ; in a promi-
nent position there appears a letter from Warsaw, dated
September 17 of which the following is an extract ;
" Ever since the conclusion of the peace between Russia
and the Porte, a remarkable coldness has been observed
between the Courts of Vienna and St. Petersburg, which
is said to be occasioned by a declaration which the Rus-
sian Ambassador has made to the Court of Vienna, that
if a war should break out between Great Britain and
Spain or France, her Imperial Majesty is fully deter-
mined to assist Great Britain, her natural ally, and all
those in alliance with that kingdom, and to act with
the utmost vigour against any kingdom or their adhe-
rents that shall attack her. This declaration was re-
ceived with an uncommon frown at the Court of Vienna."
—Pall Mall Gazette.
London, England, 1870-12-09

UNITED GEAND LODGE OF FREEMASONS.
At the quarterly communication held on Wednesday at
Freemason's Ball, Great Queen Street, the Earl de Grey
and"Ripon was nominated Grand Master for the ensuing
year. The "re-election of his lordship will take place at the
next quarterly. communication in March next. £lOO was
voted to tne fund now being raised in aid of British and
foreign refugees from France under the title of the
Refugees' Benevolent Fund.
London, England, 1870-12-09

OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning

THE FRENCH OVERTHROW

The Times alludes to the disasters which have befal en
the new French armies, and says there is no matter for
wonder in all this. The fault lies not in the poor recruits,
but in the fanatics who, by dint of glaring misrepresenta-
tions, would persuade us that the science and art
of war is merely a sham—that, in spite of the
fearful progress made by modern discovery in
the arts of destruction, drill and discipl ne are
rather a hindrance than a help to the display of true
fighting qualities. It is by delusions of 'this nature that
France has been led on to destruction—France, that
country of all countries in which the army was the object
of the most profound poputar worship. The army being
lost, it became a matter of honour for M. Gambetta that
the nation should be thrown after it. It seemed never to
strike him that there is no true honour in fighting
for an absolutely untenable position, and that,
at all events, the nation, and not a self-appointed
Minister, should have been called upon to decide
how far further resistance was desirable, or how far it
should be attempted, whether it was desirable or not.
France stepped into the ground like a swordsman relying,
on his cunning of fence, bvt whose sword on the first en-
counter was shattered to the hilt. In such a case we
question if there is much honour, and we know there is
little sense, in his rushing upon his adversary with the
mere stump of his broken weapon, and forcing him to deal
his victim thrust upon thrust, while the blood ebbs
from every vein. We would be the, last to tender " craven
counsels "to the French nation. If, for a nation or for
an individual, honour ever prescribes self-destruction, it
should be very clearly ascertained that the sacrifice is spon-,
taneous. A " Pact with Death" has hitherto been made
only by M. Gambetta. It has never been sanctioned by the
vote of a National Assembly. The cry for war to the last
drop of blood has, indeed, been very loud, but we hardly
know yet how deep. Throughout the provinces, especially in
the north, and even in Paris, there is a peace party. It
is greatly to be regretted that it should be fainthearted,
but that is no reason why it should be brow-beaten and
trampled upon. There was, we are told, such a party
in July—a vast party, though latent, and the war was
then said to be entirely and exclusively the Emperor's
fault. How do we know now that the war is not wholly
M. Gambetta's?