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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-15

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London, England, 1870-03-15

ADMIRAL ROUS ON BETTING-.

Admiral Rous writes along letter to the Times on
the subject of betting. He says it is absurd to ima-
gine that the Jockey Club or any government
in a free country can abolish betting. As
there is more loose money in England than
elsewhere, we wager on all subjects. A man
can win £5,000 on a greyhound for the Waterloo Cup,
avid £150,000 on a horse for the Derby. This national
weakness being admitted as incuroble, he thinks that
the only- sensible question is, How are we to amelio-
rate the system? In 1740, says the gallant Admiral,
the House of Commons passed an Act making races
illegal, and subject to heavy penalties if the prize
contended for was of smaller value than £5O. Ho
proposes, therefore, to make the minimum prize
£lOO, about equivalent to the ineres,s3d value of
money in 130 years, and adds that if any person won
£30,000 on a single race he shall forfeit the same to
the informer, to be sued in her Majesty's Courts. If
a committee of the Jookey Club be appointed, Admi-
ral Rous says he shall propose that if any member of
the club win £50,000 on one race he shall be ex-
pelled. This, he adds, will respond to the accusa-
tion, "that the public are now convinced that the
present system in no way tends to improve the breed
of horses, but is one of simple gambling. and that in
this state of things the Jockey Club silently
acquiesce

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT-RACE.
It is said that no Cambridge crew has left the
Alma Mater for London during the last ten years
with a better chance of reversing the order of things
that has prevailed so long, than that which in
a few days will arrive for practice on the Thames.
And yet it seems hard to believe that the ill-luck
which has. so
,pep,i4to4l attended the fortunes of
the liithtilo IA DADA, * loath slvsgrt thcP,
London, England, 1870-03-15

THE TELEGRAPHS.

Mr. Scudamore, accompanied by Mr. Edmund Yates,
has started on a tour of inspootion in England and Scot-
landovi th the view of satisfying himself as to the justice
of the complaints that have been made. In some of the
largest towns—Liverpool, Manchester, and Preston—
there has been scarcely any delay since the weather
improved. Many newspaper proprietors grumble
loudly about their hard fate under the new system;
but Mr. Scudamore shews in a comparative state-
ment that almost all journals have received much
more telegraphic matter than formerly. In some
cases the increase has been a hundred per cent, and
there is no instance of decline. Whilst the system
is not in perfect working order the complaints have
certainly been exaggerated.
London, England, 1870-03-15

-LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,-

LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES.

Sir Charles Adderley is chairman of a Commissia
for inquiring into the constitution of our future loci
health authorities. In a late speech he fore
shadowed the recommendations of the Commissioa4
and said that they were. of opinion that locao
plwers for sanitary purposes " should be vested in a
sanitary committee to be elected annually from boards
of guardians." The Pall Mall Gazette is inclin: d to
bilieve that boards of guardians will prove very nn-
sAtisfactory preservers of the public health. It
quotes a letter publishel in the Lincolnshire. Chronicle
by the chairman of a sanitary board appointed
under similar conditions to those contemplated
for the whole country. This " visiting committee," as
it was called, brought under the notice of tho guar-
dians the existence of fever in the workhouse, and
t'ke necessity for prompt remedial measures. No
notice was taken of the matter, though .again and
again it was brought forward. The fever spread to
such an extent that the chairman went to London,
and laid the affair before the Privy Council, and
it was nut until a medical inspector of the Poor-law
Board had been specially sent down, that any reme-
dial measures were applied. Probably, says tho
Pall Mall "Gazette, Lincolnshire guardians are a fair
sample of that class of functionaries throughout the
country.
London, England, 1870-03-15

DEATHS.

LVCRIE —On the 12th inst., nt Brighton, David Luckiet
Esq., aged 90.
TREGOON -- On the 13th inst., at the Cedars, East Dulwich'
William Thomas Treggon, Esq., late of Jewin-street,
Cripplegate, aged 73.

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London, England, 1870-03-15

CADETS AT SANDHURST.

Mr. WHALLEY asked the Secretary of State for War
what arrangements were proposed for meeting the claims
of those who, as sons of distinuuished officers in the Queen's
and Indian Service, would in the ordinary course have
been nominated to cadetships at Sandhurst, with the ad-
vantages of a free education and a commission in the
army without purchase, under the eireumstrnees of that
College having been closed since June, 1869, to further
admissions, pursuant to the report of the Royal Commis-
sion on Military Education.
Mr. CARDWELL said that the motion had been under the
consideration of the Horse Guards and the India Office,
and he hoped to be able to lay a report of the conditions
on the table of the House in the course of a few days.

CHINA.
Colonel SYKES asked the Under-Secretary of State for
Foreign Aff airs, as it appears from despatches published
in the North China Daily News, that the French Charge
d'Affaires, M. Rochefort, in a personal interview with
" Ma," the Viceroy of Nankin had obtained ample redres
for the late outrage by the Literati at Ngan-king upon
French missionaries, and a grant of a plot of
land within the walls of Ngan-king for a church
and mission-house, whether Sir Rutherford Alcock
in his personal interview with " Ma," the Viceroy
has obtained equivalent redress for the outrage by
the Literati upon English Missionaries in Ngan-king.
Mr. OTwAY said with respect to the first question, he
had no information. With respect to the other part of the
question, it appeared that two missionaries had established
their mission-hotse in a part of the town that they had no
right to occupp, and a quarrel toek place in consequence. The
missionaries had afterwards received compensation for the
injuries they had sustained, and there w 4.
no occasion for
Sir R. Alcock to apply to the authorities. With respect
to the other pith of the question, he haa rio positive infor-
mation. ' 4,, f° 4
• THE POLICE.' : t
I'ICYN asked the Secretor); 4 State for the Home
Depaalmcnt if Sergeant George Lewis, 1 B, Stephen
91 13,' and Daniel BUrden, 363 B, who were
fined by Mr. Arnold, the police magistrate, on 4th- June,
1868, for having been guilty of stating falsehoods
on oath, and that he had come to the con-
clusion that on the one side of the police lay the perjury,
where the above-named policemen were still retained in
the force.

Mr. BRUCE said the police were not charged with
perjury, but neglect of duty. After a full inquiry it was
not thought necessary to dismiss them from the force.

EDUCATION.

In reply to Mr. Rains,

Mr. FORSTER said the provisions of the Revised Code
of course would have to be reconsidered if the bill passed,
which he hoped it would. With respect to new schools
that might be built, they would be wholly under the con-
trol of the local boards, unless they were asked to inter-
fere.
London, England, 1870-03-15

THE MISSING STEAMSHIP.

The report that the screw steamer City of Boston
had been seen under canvas about 150 miles west of
Cape Clear turns out to have a very- unsubstantial
foundation, and little weight is attached to it in
Liverpool.

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS COMMITTEE

The Parliamentary and Municipal Elections Com-
mittee resumed it sittings this morning, the Marquis
of Hartington in the chair, for the purpole of further
considering their report, when the ballot was
considered. It is generally understood that this
committee will make their report to the louse
before Easter.
London, England, 1870-03-15

THE EXTRA PURCHASE SYSTEM.

"A Field Officer," in a letter to the Daily Tele-
graph, justifies Mr. Cardwell's reticence in reference
to this question, in consideratiOn of the difficulties
attaching to one of the most embarrassing
problems of administrative detail which the
War Office has ever been required to solve. The
writer calls attention to the fact that his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge, before Sir James
Graham's Committee on Military Organisation in
1860, declared that the custom of giving over-
regulation prices was officially wholly unknown
to him, and that he would regard with grave
displeasure any infringement of the Act of Parlia-
ment forbidding such a practice. The Commander-
in-Chief, adds "A Field Officer," is popularly,
though perhaps erroneously, supposed to be subordi-
nate to the War Minister, who naturally looks
to the head of the , Horse Guards for information
and even advice on points of military detail. How,
then, asks the letter, can the Secretary of State be
expected to take so grave a step as to recognise from
the recesses of Pall Mall a custom which until the
present time has never been officially brought under
his notice P
London, England, 1870-03-15

NEW EMIGRATION IDEA.

A new phase of the emigration movement has
sprung up in the shapd of a limited liability
company, formed with the aid of the Duke of Man-
chester and a large number of influential gentlemen,
to promote " a more perfect scheme of emigration
and colonisation than has yet been propounded."
It proposes to ,stablish a large capital in £1
shares; also, to obtain grants of good land
free, if possible, or upon easy terms of
purchase, and to apportion it in moderate
farms to well-selected and deserving. emigrants.
The company offer to take special care of the settler,
by sendinc, out pioneers to prepare a.portion of land,
and erect temporary huts. Farm implements and
seed will be lent, to bo repaid after the first crop. The
company state they will be able to pay interest to the
shareholders investing capital ; that it will be a great
assistance to emigrants with small capital ; and
'that it would be a great advantage if boards of
guardians will send deserving families out under the
provisions of the 12th and 13th of Victoria, by which
they may advance the sum of £lO per adult, to be repaid.
A. circular has been sent to all boards of guardians,
inviting this kind of assistance, and that a Bedfordbviratzetcd tho-offer.
London, England, 1870-03-15

ARCHIEPISCOPAL GRAMMAR.

A Dean to the rescue ! The very reverend Henry
Alford, of Canterbury, comes to the support of his
Archbishop, and assures the world of the orthodoxy
of his Grace's grammar. The Dean ought to know;
he has written a book about the " Queen's English ;"
he has carried on discussions numerous and
interesting as to the right use of our
language : and he now declares undoubtedly that
when two Primates of England write a combined
letter to the Archbishop of Armagh, the proper
address for them (plural) to give him is "my
(singular) Lord Archbishop." lie tells us an amusing
tale anent the "small criticism" of those who hare_ I
understand the phrase "we are, my lord."
The churchwardens of a parish near Bristol, having reason
to make a presentation to the Bishop, met to draw it up.
Churchwarden A brought the draught, beginning "My
Lord." But Churchwarden B was a man of education,
with the rules of grammar ever on his tongue. "My "
was of course incorrect where the presenters were.two
persons. ,The presentation, he maintained, ought to bo
corrected, and it narrowly escaped going up to the Bishop
addressed to him as " Our Lord I'

The title "My-Lord," the Dean goes on to argue, is
now regarded universally as a compound and unal-
terable word ; so mush so that, as everyone knows,
our Government Boards publish their announcements
as "My Lords." Nor is this confined to English.
"I Monsignori" represents a well-known class of
prelates at Rome. Can anyone imagine such an
absurdity as the two Archbishops addressing their
brother of Dublin as " Our dear Lord?"
London, England, 1870-03-15

LOTTERIES.

Mr. CHARLEY asked the Chief Scretary for Ireland,
t, gat thk: C oTrzrnroent had taken, or intended to take
for the prevention of an illegal lottery, the tickets
for which were headed "St. Clare's Female Orphanage,"
Harold's Cross, Dublin, and the drawing of the prizes of
which was announced to take place on the 17th and 18th
instant.

Mr. C. Fo RTESCUE said it had been deckled by all
former Governments not to interfere with these distri-
butions, and, therefore, he did not propose to take a
different course to' that already adopted.
London, England, 1870-03-15

REDUCTIONS IN ARMY DEPARTMENTS.

Three reports made by a committee appointed to
inquire into the arrangements in force for the con-
duct of business in the Army Departments have been
issued to-day. The following are the general remarks
with reference to th 3 reductions which they think may
be made in the present establishments :—" We have
arrived at the conchision that a sound systm of
administration would be accompanied by very con-
siderable reductions in the present establishments.
In the War Office, it seems to us that the offices of
Assistant Under Secretary of State, Chief Auditor,
and Deputy Director-General of Ordnance might at
once be abolished, and that a reduction be made
in the number of clerks employed in the central
office. The amalgamation of the departments of the
Accountant-General and Chief Auditor would make
a large reduction possible in the number of clerks now
employed in those departments. In the Horse
Guards, if our recommendations are adopted, the
appointment of Quartermaster-General would ulti•
mately be abolished ; the estAblishmmts of the Mili-
tary Secretary, of the Quartermaster- General, and
of the Deputy Aljutants-General of Royal Artillery
and Royal Engineers would be considerably reduced;
and some further reductions might be made when
business comprised under the Military Department
is re-arranged."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--z(Tnis DAY).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ASSAULT.—WiIIiam Power, of No. 128, Caledonian-road
was charged before Mr. Tyrwbitt with assaulting Joseph
Henry Challenger, pianoforte maker, of No. 85, Islip-street,
Kentish-town.

The complainant said that about 11 o'clock the previous
night he was at the Swan Tavern, George-street, Port-
land-place, when some words took place between him
and the prisoner, who was the former landlord of
the S wau. In the coarse of the altercat:on,
ho called the prisoner a bad name, on NI hich the prisoner
struck him violently in the face, knocking his head through
a pane of plate glass, and his face was much injured. The
prisoner then ran away, but was stopped and taken into cm.
tody, and at the station he (complainant) had to pay 10s. Gd.
to the doctor to have his injuries attended to.

Some other evidence having been given, the prisoner
admitted striking the complainant, but said he did
not do so till th 3 complainant called him a " thief."

Mr. Tyrwhltt said there was a great excess, and fined the
prisoner 20s. or a week stating that he would have com-
mitted the prisoner for a month if the complainant had not
used bad language.
London, England, 1870-03-15

TilE IRISH LAND BILL.

A meeting of the Conservative party wa3 held
to-day at Lord Lonsdale's hous2, Carlton house-
tetrace, at which Mr. Disraeli submitted cc' taro
amendments which it is intended to press upon the
house during committee on the Irish Land Bill. Re-
porters, of course, were not admitted. The effect
of the amendments has been already indicated in
speeches of Mr. Disraeli, Mr. hardy, and Dr. Ball.
First and chiefly will be insisted on the assertion of
the general principle of free contract between
landlord and tenant in Ireland. The clause No. 63 in
the bill, throwing the burden of the county less on
the landlords in the case of holdings under in
value, to be expunged. The provision by which
every " improvement" is presumed to be the pro-
perty of the tenant, is another point against which
the entire strength of the Conservative party will
be directed. A variety of other amendments of less
importance will be moved.
London, England, 1870-03-15

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE
Sole Lessee and Manager; Mr. F. E. Chatterton.

TIIIS EVENING, at 7, PHOBUS FIX: the Vokes Family.

After which, at 7.45, PEEP 0' DAY: Messrs J. B. Howard,
Lewis Nanton, Barrett, J. Neville, F. Charles, C. Moore,
Mintyre, W. F. Vokes, and F. Vokes; Mesdames Edith Stuart,
Barrett, Michells, Amy Roselle, Hastings, Harper, and Rosina
Woke s.
London, England, 1870-03-15

TIER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 14.
Her Majesty walked i❑ the grounds this morning,
accompanied by Princess Louise.
Their Royal llighncsses Princess Beatric and
Prince Leopold also went out.
The Queen, attended by the Duchess of lox-
burghe, drove out this afternoon.

The Prince and Princess of Wales left London yes-
terday on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Man-
chester at Kitubolton Castle.
London, England, 1870-03-15

STATE OF IRELAND.

Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to Mr. Disraeli, said the
amendments he proposed to adopt in the Irish Land
Bill he would lay on the table on Thursday next.
With regard to the measures about to be
taken with respect to the state of Ireland, he
might say that on Thursday next his right hon. friend
the Secretary for Ireland would ask for leave to introduce
a bill to improve the securities for the maintenance of
'life in Ireland. It would be an amendment of the
Pe: Preservation Act of 1856, and if would
embrce some of the provisions of the Act
of 1847, and also that of Earl Grey in 1833. The bill
would not in any case go the length of proposing a sus-
pension of personal liberty,- neither would it enact the
trial by courts martial, although it would con-
tain a proviso for the trial of persons without
juries. It would act against party proceeaings, the pos-
sessions of arms and gunpowder; it would give •control
over persons moving abovt by night, give com-
pensation to those persons who might receive
infuries, and give the Government further power to obtain
evidence. The enactment would be for a limited time,
and it would only take effect in districts that might be
proclaimed by the Lord Lieutenant. Over and above
that there would be a proviso given of repressing
offences against public order by the press, and the measure
mould give the Government more power on that subject
than they at present possessed.
London, England, 1870-03-15

PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

" M.P." writes to the Pall Mall Gazette opposing
Mr. Taylor's bill for providing salaries for members of
the Lower House. Mr. Taylor will bring forward
his motion this week, and " M.P." would like to b 3
in time in withstanding it. But as the Labour
Representation League upholds' the payment scheme,
"M.P." does not care to brave the wrath of that
body by speaking his mind in his place. He there-
fore selects the columns of a newspaper. His argu-
ment is that an Act of Parliament is quite super-
fluous. Any constituency of sufficiently generous
and enligtened disposition can reward its representa-
tives without the aid of the law, "The presentation of
testimonials, payment of election expenses, voluntary
subscriptions, are methods too obvious to need men-
tioning. What I mean is, that every consti-
tuency in the kingdom can confer upon the repre-
sentative of their choice a most acceptable sum
towards meeting his expenses during the session in
London, simply by abstaining from applying to
him for donations, contributions, and subscriptions
to local institutions—charitable, ecclesiastical,
sanitary, educational, literary, scientific, archeological,
agricultural, or otherwise." When public opinion
has been educated to this point, there will be no dif-
ficulty, the writer holds, in securing members of Par-
liament an annual salary.
London, England, 1870-03-15

LEGISLATION FOR THE METROPOLIS.

Mr. Buxton and Mr. Thomas Hughes have been
very busy in the cause of the welfare of the metro-
polis, judging from their bringing forward simulta-
neously three separate bills for its government. One
of them, if carried, will constitute London a county
of itself, under the name of the " County of London.'
Provision is made with regard to the appointment of
justices of the peace and county officers, who will be
called into existence when the new county is formed.
Another bill both modifies and extends the Corpora-
tion of the City of London, and, vesting its powers
in the Metropolitan Board of Works, designates it
as "the Metropolitan Corporation of London." A
division of the metropolis into municipal boroughs is
also proposed.
London, England, 1870-03-15

WORK ING-CLASS CANDIDATES.

It is stated that the Representation of Labour
League has decided to open communications with
the Reform Club with the view of so arranging
election matters as to prevent the possibility of
contests between Liberal and working-class candi-
dates. Mr. edger, it seems, has gone down to
Bristol without consulting the League, and they
will, therefore, take no " official notice " of his
candidature, Ibis League, by the way, is cane
vassing members of the House of Commons very
hard in favour of Mr. P. A. Taylor's bill providing
for the payment of members. Indeed, something
very like menace is being employed. "The action
of every Liberal will be attentively watched with-
regard to the above motion,"—such is the pleasant
reminder which has been conveyed to every one of
Mr. Gladstone's supporters. To -what extent this
may tell on the division we cannot pretena to say,
but of one thing we are certain, and that is, that we
are still a long way from the object which tho
member for Leicester and -his friends seem to
regard as something quite as precious as the ballot,
or, indeed, as any political reform that could be
named.

ALELPIII THEATRE.—Her Royal Ilighnuss the
Duchess of Cambridge; the Prince and Princess of Teck, and
suite, honoured the performances at this thealro yesterdny
evening with their presence.
London, England, 1870-03-15

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.
ik_GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent ( hemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated
form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, Is. each; also 55., is. 6&, and 15s. each, includ-
ing I,rush.
Re _1 Bull Wharf. Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon-
don, E.C.
London, England, 1870-03-15

NARROW ESCAPE OF A ROYAL TRAIN.

On the arrival of the 3.50 p.m. train from King's-
cross at Hitchin last night the front portion of it
was shunted to allow the 4.25 train to pass. Whilst
the carriages were being again shunted, they 'were
by some means or other thrown off the track, thus
fouling the main line. Just at this moment the
Royal train -which was conveying the Prince and
Princess of Wales to Kimbolton, whither their Royal
Highnesses were proceeding on a visit to the Duke
and Duchess of Manchester, was nearly due. Men
were at.once set to work to clear the main fide, but
before this could be effected the Royal train came up
at full speed and rushed past thi carriages which
bad been thrown off the line. It will be understood
the Prince and Princess had a narrow escape when
it is stated that the train in which they were travel-
ling ran within six inches of- one of the carriages
which had fouled the main line. The occurrence
was witnessed by several persons, amidst a scene of
intense excitement.
London, England, 1870-03-15

IMPERIAL PARLIA MENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENING.
The speaker took the chair at tour o'clock.
THAMES NAVIGATION BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. LOCKE opposed the motion, as the bill proposed on
the part of the Thames Conservancy to deprive the
watermen of the river of all the privileges they had en-
joyed for many years, It also proposed in effect to
abolish the Waterman'a Cor. play. As the bill was of a
very oppressive character, he hoped the House would not
remit the bill to a committee, but that the House would
object altogether to proceed further with the measure.
Alderman SALOMONS supported the motion of the hon.
and learned member for Southwark. He objected to the
Bill, as the Thames Conservancy, not content with the
powers they had with respect to the piers on the river
proposed to go as far as Gravesend, and buy up the tolls,
and to levy a tax on every boat plying on the river.
Colonel BERESFORD objected to the bill, as if sanctioned
tts provisions would ruin a very large and industrious
oody of men. It would also act most prejudicially on all
persons having waterside premises.
Mr. GOURLEY expressed himself opposed to the bill.

Mr. GOLDNEY supported the bill, and denied that it
would have the ill-effects represented. All it did was to
put an end to an old monopoly which it was desirable
should be got rid of. In committee up-stairs all objections
Amid be raised and well considered.
Mr. CHARLES REED hoped the bill would be allowed to
proceed to committee. He believed the Waterman's
Company did not object to the bill going to committee
provided they were allowed to put their case before it. He
thought the provisions with regard to the consumption of
smoke above bridge, and sunken vessels the bill would
confer a great public good by making regulations to
abate the nuisance.

Mr. LEFEVRE thought it best that the bill should go to
a committee. The watermen he believed objected as
much to the proceedings of the Waterman's Conpany 33
they did to the Thames Conservatory Board.
Mr. C. WINGFIELD supported the motion of the hon.
and learned member for Southwark, as he looked upon
the provisions of the Lill as most objectionable.
The House when divided, then there appeared—
For the second reading
Against it
Majority in favour of the bill —l63
London, England, 1870-03-15

THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.

lur. Henry Labouchere, in a letter to the Daily
News, warns the committee now sitting on the sub-
ject of the consular and diplomatic services against
the bias of the witnesses appearing before it. The
permanent officials in the Foreign Office natu-
rally regard with suspicion what they con-
sider as an entirely unjust interference
with their rights, and will he inclined to palliate
and explain away notorious abuses. Toth the diplo-
matic and the consular services have as yet been con-
ducted upon the principle of creating as much
patronage as possible, without the slightest regard to
the economical administration of the public funds, or
to the real requirements of the Foreign-office De-
partment. Many instances are pointed out, in whica
a great saving of public money might be effected.
London, England, 1870-03-15

THE-- -SUN,

THE BAPTISTS AND EDUCATION.

The General Baptists Midland Conference repre-
senting 63 churches in the Midland Counties, with
an aggregate membership of 8,857, has met at Derby
to consider the Government Education Bill. The
gathering resolved upon a petition to be presented to
the House of Commons by the Hon. Auberon'Herbert
to the following effect:—" That no measure should be
satisfactory which provides for the extension of the
fresent system of denominational instruction by public
unds or local rates. That the powers conferred by
the bill upon district boards to determine
what religious instruction should be given in
the schools are highly objectionable. Finally, that
instead of the district boards being elected by parish
vestries and town councils they should be elected by
direct vote of the ratepayers to be taken by the
ballot."
London, England, 1870-01-27

LfFE ANNUITIES.-MANCTIESTER COR-
PORATION WATERWORKS.

The Waterworks Committee of the Corporation of the
City of Manchester is prepared to issue, free from all
official charges, ANNUITIES for LIVES, jointly or sepa-
rately, in such amounts as may suit inyesto-s, on security
of the Borough Rates of the City, and the Rates, Rents, and
other Waterworks Property.
Applications, personally or in writing, may he made or
sent to the City Treasurer, or to Mr. Berrey, Waterworks
Offices, Town Hall, Man-hester.
By order,
JOSEPH HERON, Town Clerk.
Town Hall, Manchester, January 6, 1870.
London, England, 1870-01-27

JAN:CARY 27; 1870.

FOREIGN NOTES.
PARLIAMENTARY CORRUPTION IN AUSTRALIA.

The conduct of some of the colonial members of Parlia-
ment in connection with their transactions at the Lands
Department has been again brought under the notice of
the Legislative Assembly of Victoria. The committee
appointed to inquire into the working of the Lands De-
partment sent in a report condemnatory of the con-
duct of two members of Parliament, Messrs.
Stutt and Miller. Only Mr. Stutt's case was
taken, and the Assembly acquitted him. The Melbourne
Argus, however, does not attribute this acquittal to the
innocence of the accused, but to the foregone determina
tion of the Assembly to acquit its members in the face of
the evidence. From the time the report was brought up
it was evident that the Opposition had resolved to make
it a party question, as the M'Culloch section could not
afford to lose the votes of the accused members and those
associated with him. The charge against Mr. Stutt was
that he sold his influence as a member of Parliament
to secure a certain piece of land to a man named
Mills. The late Attorney-General defended him, and
argued that he should be acquitted, as even supposing he
took the money, he afterwards acted against the interests
of Mills. Such at least is the version of the affair given
by the Argus, but there seems little doubt that the land
transactions have been occasionally very questionable.
The Land Bill has been sent back amended by the Council.
It is tp be hoped that these amendments will not cause a
great difference between the Houses. The Bills providing
for the payment of Members of Parliament and abolishing
State aid to religion have both been rejected by large
majorities in the Council.
London, England, 1870-01-27

THEATRE ROYAL. DRUEY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. 2. ChattPrton.

THIS EVENING, at 7, TM NOT MIir:ELF AT ALL.
At 7.45, PEAUTY AND TuE BEAST; or, OLD MOTHER
MINOT!: Misses Jessie Vokes. Victoria Vokes, Rosins, yokes.
Kate Santley. Findspeth, and Tlqrriet Coveney; Messrs. Fred.
Vokes, trittain Wright, W. F. Voles, F. Moreland, Rowena, and
Harry Boleno.

IhIIEATRE ROYAL. lIA 'I'M Alt KET,
tole LAgse,.. Mr. Pn,ks.one.

THIS EVENING, A KI SIN THE DARK.
Followed by, at 20 to 8, the New Comedy, NEW MEN
AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr
Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, jun.; Miss
Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss
C. Hill, (tc.
After which, TFIE FAIR ONE WITH THE COLDF,N
OCAS: Mr A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, Miss F. (3wynne Miss
ranciSl, Miss Murray.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Five.
London, England, 1870-01-27

LAW AND POLICE.

Ax Acnorr FOR LlBEL.—Judgment was given on Wed-
nesday in the Court of Common Pleas in the suit
of " Dickens v. Haywood and others," in which
the question was whether a verdict for £5OO against Mr.
Cursham should stand, the libel being a letter written to
the agent of the Duke of Portland, the plaintiff's landlord,
complaining that he had destroyed game. The court gave
their decision in favour of the plaintiff, the verdict being
set aside.

THE INTERMINABLE LCTIONS AGAINST THE LONDON,
BRIGHTON, AND SMITH COAST RAILWAY.-011 Wednesday, in
the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Lopes, Q.C., moved for a
rule to shew cause why a fresh inquiry should not bo
directed in the ease of Mary Hay v. the above company, in
which a jury, in Mr. Secondary Potter's Court, awarded
damages at £6OO for injuries sustained by the
accident at New Cross in June last, on the occasion
of the return of the excursion train from the Licensed
Victuallers' fete at the Crystal Palace. The plaintiff, who
is a barmaid, appeared to be so affected when she came
into the jury box that she obtained very heavy
damages ; but her simulated indisposition on the
occasion of giving her evidence was inconsistent
with the subsequent trips to Ramsgate, excursions
to Hackney, and the enjoyment of a round of
pleasures. It was only fair that a popular prejudice against
a public company should not be the agency for fleecing
them to an unreasonable extent. The court granted the
rule, subject to the course to be adopted with numberless
other similar actions brought against the London and
Brighton Railway Company.

It is to be noticed, with regret, that the local
builders are advertising their "desirable residences" as
being near the new house of the Poet-Laureate, at
Haslemere.
,One land agent offers a good view of the same.
M. Tenzyso; wa§ j driven hdroza2 • his , residenco _Falk.
dintakiikt ilktrulap main! pogt,
London, England, 1870-01-27

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RECONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA.

Congress has finally passed the measure readmitting
Virginia to its rights as one of the United States. It is
stipulated that Virginia State officers must take the oath
that they are not disqualified by complicity in the rebel.
lion, or else that Congress has removed the disqualifica-
tion. The Virginia State Constitution is never to be
altered's° as to deprive negrces of the striae rights of suf-
frage, office-holding, and school privileges as whites, or to
require different qualifications for office-holding or voting
on the part of negroes from those required in whites.
London, England, 1870-01-27

(From Punch.)

A LABORIOUS OCCUPATION.—Shop-lifting.
NEW LEGAL DEFINITION.—A Copyholder.—A Com-
positor.
PROBABLE.—What the cab proprietors will soon find it,
if the now arrangement is carried out—A flagging trade.

THE Two SI3IONS.—M. Jules Simon has been speaking
wisely in the Legislative Body for free trade. May tb,e
countrymen of that gentleman prefer the counsels of Jules
Simon to those of Simple.
EARLY WISDOM.—Madge : " I say, George, wouldn't
it be nice to go to a pantomime ?"—George : "0 ! wouldn't
it ?!! "—Madge : "In a box, you know ?!! "—George s
"Yes 1 in mamma's lovely new rortmanteau I"

(From Fun.)

ITANDir BOOK-Manxrus.—Dirty fingers.
THE FIRST SUB-MARINE TELEGRAPIL—A Middy's wink.
AN OLIVE BRANCH (LET US HOPE).—Tho 01livier
Ministry.

PAYING Tllaol-GlI TILE NosE.—The M.P. who wins his
seat by a protracted canvass in Bermondsey fairly deserves
a share of the " sweets " of office.

(From Jay.)
The Pale of Civilisation—Pearl powder.
Song for Wet Weather—`Long to rain over us."
The sort of arithmetic the Government understand
best—Reduction.

You should never take the word of a lato riser—The
man must, indeed, be a dreadful liar'Who lies a-bed.
When is a thief like a sempstress?-:-When he cuts and

runs.

A lot of folks are continually getting "stout," but re-
maining thin !

The French Legislative Chamber must be a dark place--
M. Rochefort enters it by means of a Lanterne.
There was foul (foWl)' play .at ' the late Tipperary oleo.:
tion—A Heron and a Crane were feloniously beaten.

POLITICAL.—If her Majesty ruled over the entire globe,
could she be called the Reine of Terra?

PATHOS.—Fond Mother: "And what would Johnny do
if poor Mamma were to die ?" Johnny: " Eat up all the
sugar!"
TARIM} THE BREAD OUT OF MS MOUTII.—In some re-
cent observations in tho Times on tho present situation in
Prance, occurs this remarkable passage:—" It is said that
when Emile 011ivier, having ordered the apprehension of
M. Pierre Bonaparte, communicated the fact to the
Emperor, and asked his approval, a tear dropped along that
usually impassible face, and testified the heaviness of the
blow." Now, this isn't fair. If the 2'1271C3 goes on at this
rate, what—ah! what become of the Paris corre-
spondent of the Daily Telegraph?
•
BREAKFAST.— EPPS'S COCOA.— GRATEFUL AN D Coax -
FORTING,—The very agreeable character of this preparation has
r2oderai it a geuer tl favourite. The 'Civil Service Gazette' re-
marks:—" The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by his
homccopathie preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by
any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition,
and by a careful application of the flue properties of well-selected
ocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a deli-
cately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc-
tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only in tin-lined packets, labelled " JA3IIIS EPPS S Cp,, Heinceo
Pe4thig Chemists, Lyndon.
London, England, 1870-01-27

ASK tor " LEA and PERKINS"' SAUCE.

BEWARE OF IMITATIONS,
and see the names of LEA & PERRINS on all bottles and labels

Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by al
Dealers in Sauces throughout the World

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT-
LANTIQUE.
4, Rue de la Pala, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
`:leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New' York
RATES OF PASSAGE.
from lavuE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First Class 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr.
London, England, 1870-01-27

OCEAN TELEGRAPHY.

The n»es, in an article on "Ocean Telegraphy,"
proposes to solve the problem—Will it pay to lay
down costly lines between different countries ? The
writer's view is in the affirmative. Ile says that on
an average a commercial message consists of thirty
words. Sixteen words per minute is the rate at
which t& message can be transferred and received, so
that thirty messages can be sent in an hour. On
accour t of the differences of time between distant
parts 3f the earth, there can be no division of the
tweny-four hours into day and night. The
cabh.,s must be worked continuousiy by relays
of clerks which would permit the transmission
of 600 messages per day. At the present
Atlantic price, he contends that a single cable to
America might earn a possible revenue of £710,000.
Continuing this pleasant view of the question, he says
it might be confidently expected that there will be
by this success a speedy lowering of charges. This will
be followed by a complete chain of trustworthy tele-
graphs to India, China, Australia, and New Zealand,
which would soon become a customary channel for
the transmission of domestic news. i‘lany of the
anxieties incidental to the separation of kinsfolk
would be thus practically set aside for ever,

J 011 N GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
,-.1 TOOTH PASTE i 9 greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a plearant fragrance to
the breath. Price lg. 6d.—lied Bull Wharf, 93, upper
Thames-street, London.
London, England, 1870-01-27

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London, England, 1870-01-27

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Tnrs EVENING, at 7, AFTER DARK: MrVining. Followed
by THE STRP.:E I S OF LONDON: Mr Vining; Messrs Philips,
Ashley, Stuart, Rignold, Taylor, Lseson, Eburue ; Mesdames
Barnett, Stoker, Brewer.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EvEmNet, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr
Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with
THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL.

WOODIN'S CARPET - BAG AND SKETCH BOOK,
Egyptian Hall. Piccadilly, every Evening (except Saturday)-at
8; Saturday 31ornings at 3. Admission, Is, 2s, 3s.

CHRISTY ➢iINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8
Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission. Is.; on Mondays, 6d, Children
nnder twelve. ad.

ROYAL ALTIAMBR A PALACE. THREE BALLETS
Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at S. le, Bux-office
open fromll to 4.

c 5,7
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London, England, 1870-01-27

II OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS : Mr
El arke.
Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke.
After which, INO; Messrs Thorne. James, Fenton, Turner ;
Oesdames Sheridan. Newton, Maitland. &c.
To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL'

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THE 'WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The Italian Commission for promoting the London
Workmen's International Exhibition of next July has
issued a circular to the municipalities, presidents of the
Chambers of Commerce, and managing committees of
working men's clubs, through the peninsula. The late
Minister of the Interior, the Marquis Rudini,
is the President of this Commission, and among
the members are Depretis, formerly Minister
of the Interior, and other distinguished persons. After
alluding to the object of the exhibition, the circular de-
clares that Italy could not prove wanting in so useful a
rivalry. It was necessary for the workmen themselves,
and those interested in their progress, to set vigorously to
work, in order that the contribution made by Italian
workmen should not appear to disadvantage among those
of other nations. In order to attain the desired end it will
be requisite for the Chambers of Commerce to promote
the formation of provincial committees. Their immediate
province would be to diffuse by means of the press and by
conversations the notice of the approaching event, to
put themselves in communication with the best
known and most zealous workmen, to collect the
greatest amount of information as to the trades
most prevalent in the place, to classify them by their
natural groups, to open, if necessary, collections and
subscriptions, and finally to complete all those prepara-
tory works which must precede the final task of the
selection and transmission of the articles to be exhibited.
The circular goes on to say that the action of the Govern-
ment in the matter is greatly limited, and
it eo 's not seek to invade the field reserved
to private initiative. " It cannot be indifferent
to a work of such importance, and the Commission hopes
that its assistance will not be wanting in case of necessity
London, England, 1870-01-27

DISCUSSIONS ON EDUCATION AT DUNDEE.

The educational question has been taken up t)
earnestly at Dundee that the discussions of its good
people on this subject have extended over three
nights, during which much zeal and ability has been
displayed by the various speakers. A. proposal was laid
before the last meeting by Councillor Henderson for the
adoption of the Birmingham League programme. To
this Councillor Macdonald moved an amendment,
supporting a compulsory system of national
education, but urgin; the necessity for a
separate Education Bill for Scotland, " adapted
to the habits and wants of the people." The
meeting was of opinion that the institutions of
England might tolerate the principles of the League,
but educational life in Scotland was moulded in
different principles, which ought to be adhered to.

YORKSHIRE MEMBERS ON RECIPROCITY.
At the annual soiree of the Bradford Chamtet
of Commerce, Lord F. Cavendish, M.P., and Mr. E.
Mia 1, M.P., addressed the audience on Reciprocity.
Ltrecl' CiavAnairth.Jii_jgovinz the Adoptionlpf Uwe
London, England, 1870-01-27

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

THIS EVENING, at 7. OPEN TO CONVICTION. Messrs
George Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. htephenson, Miss L.
Grey, and Mrs L Murray. At 8, THE NIGHTINGALE:
Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge,
Skinner, Miss Furtado. Mrs Alfred Mellon, Miss Eliza John-
stone, Mrs Caulfield, &c. To conclude with DOMESTIC
ECONOMY: Mr G. Belmore and Mrs Leigh Murray.
London, England, 1870-01-27

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

fRIB EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A KISS IN THE DARK.
After which. at <0 to 8, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRE..; Mr
Buckstone, Mr Chippendale. Miss Robertson, &c. Concluding
with THE FAIR ONE WITH TilE GOLDEN LOCKS:
Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &c.
London, England, 1870-01-27

PRINCE HENRY OF BOURBON.

A Madrid letter in the Debats states that a letter of
Prince Henry of Bourbon, brother of Don Francis
d'Assize, has been going the round of the journals, and
has caused quite a sensation. The writer relates that,
being in Paris in September, he met Marshal Prim, and
that the latter respectfully counselled Isabella to
accept the spirit of the liberal programme carried out in
September by the Revolution, if she wished to preserve
some hopes for the restoration of her son, Prince Alphonse.
The Queen was on the point of abdicating, when her
friends prevented her from so doing. The Marshal denies
the truth of the story.
London, England, 1870-01-27

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THE SPEECH OF COUNT BEUST.

The speech which Count Beust delivered before the
Chamber of Deputies was considered an important one.
He did not altogether coincide in the views entertained
by the three Ministers who have sent in their resigna-
tion, but he was much less in favour of
centralisation than the majority of the Cisleithan
Cabinet. He said that he would vote in favour of the
address, because it contained some passages which were
favourable to a reconciliation with the nationalities. His
speech did not give much satisfaction to the Centralist
party. According to the North-East Correspondence the
Ministers, on quitting the Chamber, avoided meeting
Count Beust, and again tendered their resignation to tv.
Emperor.
London, England, 1870-01-27

YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Lessee and Manager—Mr.Benjamin Wester.
THIS EVENING, at 7, AFTER DARK: Mr.Vininz ; Messrs.
Phillips. Ashley. Taylor, Rignold, Leeson, Eburne; Mesdames
R. Leelereq, Barnett.

Afttr which, THE STREETS OF LONDON: Mr. Vining
Messrs Phillips, Ashley, Stuart, Ri'mold, Taybr, Leeson, and
Ehurn: Mesdames Barnett, stoker, Brewer.