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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-04

TIIE RED RIVER REBELLION.

If the telegram received by the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany be correct, we have got to the end of that
troublesome Red River business much sooner than
was expected. Riel has been captured, and Riel, it
may be necessary to explain, is the leader of the
half-breed insurgents. Authority has been restored,
and thus the rebellion is at an end—provided always
that the telegram be correct. If it is, it will differ
materially from various other me.tsages we have had
from the Bed River.

STATE ROGUETtY.

Diplomacy has interfered in the question of the
Ecuador bonds. That exemplary south American
Republic owed about a million and a half to
European capitalists, and a part of the customs re-
:eipts was mortgaged to pay the interest. Last
August, to the amazement of the civilised world, the
President issued a decree, stating that inability to
pay a debt was a recognised reason for renouncing it alto-
;ether, and that the hTpothecation of the Ecuadorcus-
toms (112.68_11111A P.O.W._ d@ '@Q. SP 111Actu©. ii it§ ull7
London, England, 1870-02-04

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

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 Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this woncirful liquid. It is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., is. 6d., and 15s. each.
Including brush.

Bed Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.
London, England, 1870-02-04

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVE NING, FEBRUARY 4, 1870.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing }kettle's
Share NAME. Paid. Price done
10 Agra Limited, A all 111 124
19 D., B lO 41 5
50 Albion l5 10 8
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint ......
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1860, limited 10 3.1 2
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 15 16
20 Do issued at 2 pm._ , 5 31 21
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lint.
25 Bank of South Australia all 311 335
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 311
10 Bank of New Zealand all 15 10
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
ha, and China all 181 10
25 Chartered Mere. of India.
London, and China all 32 31
20 City lO 11 111
.
100 Colonial 25 41 43
10 Consolidated, lint.
50 Delhi and London, lint
50 East London, lint 5
20 English and American, lint 10
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro. limn
20 English, Scottish, and Aus-
tralian Chartered :, all 171 181
281 Hung Kong and Shanghai
Bank Coiporatiou all 37 : 0
281 Do new IU 41 51
100 Imperial, lint 2O 3 2
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 3 121 1
z 5 lonian all 2 ) 22
25 Do new b ti 3
Lud Mortgage of India, Bin 4 34 31
100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 73 76 80
100 London Bank. of Mexico
and South America, lint. 20 5 4
100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 :1
20 Do new 71 5 41
100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 11 13
25 Do new 10 11 2 p 121
20 Loudon Chart.of Australia all 241 'lit
20 London and County 2O 401 501 55
50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m,16 pd ll
London Joint Stock
Loudon and South African al
100 London &S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11
50 London & Venezuela, lint_ 121 -• •••
100 Loudon and Westminster 2O 00 61 5) 81
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pin 2O
100 Merchant, lint 25 01 51
10 Metropolitan, lint, all 75 71
00 Midland, lint 2O 1d 5
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lint. 15 3d 11,
00 National rrovinc. of Died 42 ... ... 1101
10 Do
50 National. 3O
20 New South Wales all 41 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 44 44
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint. 10 61 51
30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87
10 Do new.. all ... ...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 11 13
100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 8 6
25 Union of Australia all 4.3 4 i 451
100 Union of Ireland, lint
50 Union of Loudon

10 i IIP

:,1 82

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
10 Anile-AmericaTTa 'el., lim all 19; 101 19i 1
10 Anglo Mediter 10 201 21
at Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 to
at Do. 8 per cent.
at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., 11121 lOO liio IVO
at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267
10 Do. New 8 12 Lip
25 Indo-European Tel., lira all 23 25
Lond. Provincial Tel. bin all 3 4
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all
10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lira all 9 10
25 Reuter's Telegram all 85 90
20 Societe Trausatlant., lim all 18 181 17
at Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 11 11
5 U. Kingdom Tel. Cu., lim all 7 8
5 Du. 10 per cent. Pref all 41 t,l
London, England, 1870-02-04

THE ATIIANASIAN CItEED.

The Archbishops of York and Canterbury have
received testimonials numerously signed by clergy-
men and others praying for relief in the
use of the Athanasian Creed. This should
come, they suggest, by one of three pro-
cesses—the substitution of " may " for "shall" in
the preceding rubric, the removal of the so-called
damnatory clauses, or their authorised explanation.
Amon those who signed the petition to the
Archbishop of Canterbury were the Dean
of Lichfield ; Rev. E. Venables, Canon of Lincoln ;
Rev. T. Latham, Canon of Lichfield ; Rev. W. W.
How, Hon. Canon of St. Asaph ; Rev. H. G. de
Bunsen, Rector of Donnington ; Rev. J. Erskine
Clarke, Prebendary of Lichfield : Rev. J. Hales,Rector
of St. Peter's, Wolverhampton ; Rev. G. D. Boyle,
Vicar of Kidderminster, and other well known names.
The Dean of Westminster signs the first part of the
petition. The lion. and Rev. Canon Lyttleton signs
for the exclusion of the " damnatory " part. The
Archbishop of York, in acknowledging the
receipt of the memorial presented to him, draws
attention to the fact that the signatures include some of
the most respected names amongst the clergy and laity.
His Grace admits that the law making the use of the
Athanasian Creed imperative on clergymen requires
some modification. What that modification ought
to be he thinks it would be premature to say.
London, England, 1870-02-04

THE CHURCH AND TIIIi: NONCONFORMISTS.

In the current number of the Cornhill Magazine
Mr. Matthew Arnold argues in favour of the Noncon-
formists amalgamating themselves with the National
Church. He seems to think that the sharp line
drawn between Church and Dissent is due entirely
to the latter. Is this so ?• Is it the Church or the Dis-
senters which prevent the interchange of pulpits
between the two sections ? Is there any measure of
truth in the complaint of " Nonconformists" that there*
would be no such interchange of courtesy l'with
the first Nonconformist ministers as has recently
taken place between the Archbishop of York and
his Grace of Syra and Tenos ? Anglicanus " (Dean
Stanley ?) admits, in a letter to the Times, that there
is a difficulty ; but he says it is due to the Noncon-
formists themselves. Why do they, not unite with
such Churchmen as would favour the movement, to
throw down the barriers which divide themselves
from the State Church. lie would not have—Non-
conformists do not wish—Dissenting Ministers
to administer the Sacraments. But the
Church does not require men to be specially
ordained to preach. The only thing wanted
therefore, that one little clause in the Act of Uni-
formity should bo altered. The change would do
more to establish good feeling than nearly any other
that could be made. Why, (asks " Anglicanus,")
should not a movement emanate from the Dissenters
themselves for the puirse ? If they were only as
earnest as they were in trying to disestablish the
Irish Protestant Church they must succeed.
London, England, 1870-02-04

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.

HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND, Feb. 3.
Yesterday morning the schooner Mary Jane, of
Aberdeen, Alexander Esson, master, with coals
from the Tyne to the Frith of Fortb, struck on
Hauxley Head Rocks during very thick weather,
and in a heavy sea,- with a strong wind from the
south (says Mr. E. Whitfield). The sea made a
complete breach over the vessel, carrying away bul-
warks, water casks, and boat. The crew, consist-
ing of four men, hoisted a flag of distress, and took
to the rigging, frcm which position they were
promptly rescued by the Hauxley lifeboat Algernon
and Eleanor, belonging to the National Lifeboat
Institution, which was presented to it a few years
since by the Dowager Duchess of Northumborland•

TIIEDDLETHORPE, LINCOLNSHIRE, Feb. 2.
The Rev. L. D. Kennedy reports that the wrecked
vessel from which the Theddlethoape lifeboat saved
fourteen men was the barque Rozzeto, of Genoa,
bound to that port from North Shields, with a cargo
of coals. She was damaged by striking on the
Dowsings, fills with water, and is likely to become
a total wreck.

Preparatory to its leaving Chatham to be sta-
tioned at Dover the 10th Company of the Royal
Engineers has been filled up to the proper strength
from the other companies quartered at the head-
quarters of the corps, Brompton Barracks. he
10th Company is the one which was engaged in the
Abyssinian Expedition.

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Mess's. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained
a world-wide celebrity for their line old Irish whisky, is to 1)°
called The Royal Irish Distillery."

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Morning. Evening. a
FRIDAY .32 min past 4... 50 miu past 4
5
SATURDAY. 8 'inn past 5 23 min past
SUNDAY 40 ruin past 5 56 ruin past 5
MONDAY ' 1 60 min past 6 30 min past 7
TvigDAY... 00 win past 6 8 Iniu past
London, England, 1870-02-04

JEW VICISSITUDES.

. .
Some time ago it was announced by Central Press
Telegram that a large number of Jews resident in the
western part of Russia had been maltreated and for-
cibly removed from one locality to another. The
New York Times tells us that these Jews, find-
in, no toleration among the Muscovites, are coming
to the Land of Freedom. Committees are organising
a general fund on the Russo-Prussian frontiers,
and soon a fine cargo of indigent Israelites
will be landed on the shores of America.
They will be welcome, says the New York Times, and
though poor they will find perfect freedom to do
and think as they please in the United States.
" Owing to this very freedom a large section of the
Jews themselves begin to think of modifying their
ancient faith. It has survived eighteen centuries
,of
persecution, but liberty is acting upon it as a
powerful solvent." Nothing, in the opinion
of the New York Times, is so remarkable as the dis-
integration of mere creeds perpetually going on in
America. The Republic is achieving what Pharaoh
failed to do. No doubt of it; commercial morality,
for example, which has long been a mere creed on
both sides of the Atlantic, has suffered complete
" disintegration " in New York, and has given way
to a systemc' of rascality quite unequalled either in the
age of Pharaoh or any other potentate,
London, England, 1870-02-04

DEBTOR.

------
Jan. 27. Fob. 3. g.•
fr. c. fr. -
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law, 4
r• 6 0
,- ,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,014,i i
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 ---
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to orderand

receipts payable at 1 91
sight 41,593,771 45 42, 658,22
Treasury account cur- /6
rent creditor 164,620,483 rel 158,035 ,018 ' -
i 04
Current accounts, Paris 279,586,821 50 311,892,86=
...,
Do. branch banks
42,484.011 45,828,490
Dividends payable 3,145,143
......
2, c 3 4008
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last

1,914,131 95 2,388,004 40

six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

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

9,938,120 64 10,741,00 21

01
Total
CILEDITOR.
Feb. 3. Jan. 27.
c,
Cash in hand and in fr. c fr.
Branch banks
1,212,1 2,859 48. 1,202;001,078 14
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
-27 80
counted, not yet due 333,320,156 91 326,011,i
Do. branch banks 318,470,021 313,182,182
Advances on deposit of
bullion 14,364,300
Do. branch banks 1,630,000
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fancier
Bonds
Do. branches . 1,21:
Do. to the State..(Con-
vention, June 10,
1857)
Government Stock re-
serve
,750 14
Do. disposable
Relates Inunobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 160,000,000
Elotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage- (2
ment 221,124 17 39,9.8 ,0
Sundries

164,252 86

14,927,810 -**-
2,212,700 --

20,926,400 -
8,211,460 -

20,992,400
8,718,950

89,580,60
'
33,047,550 -

1,150,900
1,214,900 -

1149,300 ---_
420, 100 ---

60,000,000 -"

12,980,750 14 12 980,750 11
80,595,187 21 80,595,181,2

1u0,000,000 '

9,074,396 -

9,074,384 --.

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the 13au
of FraLce.
(Signed) RoULAN
London, England, 1870-02-04

LONDON AND BLACKWALL.

The report of the directors states that the rent
having been duly paid by the Great Eastern Rail-
way Company a dividend for the half-year, at the
usual rate of 4} per cent. per annum, might be de-
clared payable on the 9th inst. A bill had been
deposited, at the request of the Great Eastern Com-
pany, to extend the time for making one of the
railways authorized by the London, Blackwall, and
Millwall Extension Railway Act, 1865, and to
abandon the other railways authorized by that Act.
The capital account showed that £2,262,785 had
been expended.

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was
held at Derby on Wednesday ; Mr. W. S. Boden,
M.P., in the chair.
The report stated that negotiations in reference
to the termination of the existing lease of the un-
dertaking had resulted in a definite offer from the
board of the Midland Railway Company for the
purchase of the undertaking. The directors cons'.-
(ler the terms of the offer fair, and such as should
be accepted.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was
adopted, and a dividend of ls. 4d. per share for the
past half-year was declared payable on the 11th
instant.
The meeting was then made special to consider
the proposal of the Midland Railway Company to
purchase the undertaking at the expiration of the
existing lease in 1871.
The CHAIRMAN moved a formal reselution autho-
rising the directors to affix the seal of the company
to the heads of agreement, and to take all necessary
steps for carrying the same into effect.
Mr. COTTINGHAM seconded the motion.
_ Mr. DANcuorr, on the part of the London and

North-Western Company, opposed the motion on
the ground that the shareholders knew nothing of
the provisional agreement until they saw it in print;
and contended that the proposition should be sub-
mitted to the whole Board,

The CHAIRMAN stated that a large, number of
proxies had been sent to the secretary in favour cl
the resolution, which it was uuderstood was carried,
and the meeting then separated.
London, England, 1870-02-04

BLII NORTIICOTE ON LITEELkttlt2.

Sir Stafford Northcote, president of the Exetel!
Literary Society, has delivered his inaugural address
to the members. In comparing -the present
period with that of 1840, when the
society was estnblished, he said they had theft
no railway, no telegraphs, and hardly a cheap postage,
There was scarcely a novel published at that
time that was not at the old-established price of three
guineas and a half. They had not then he said,
arrived at the point at which all members of Parlia-
ment thought it their duty to give lectures when
called upon. The State, ho contended, had shewn a
great deal of energy with regard to this matter ofi
education, both amongst the upper and middle classes.
London, England, 1870-02-04

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The 66th Regiment is under orders to ernbarK
for Bombay—the right wing on the 18th, and the
left wing on the 25th inst.

BIRT LIS.
LLOYD—On the Ist inst., at Ty-Mawr, Abergavenny, Air°.
Graham Lloyd, of a daughter.
MACHIN— On the 2d inst., at Walton-on-Thames, the wife
of F. Machin, Esq., of a son.

MARRIAGES.
CASWELL FINDEN—Ou the 2d inst. at Paddington,
George Caswell, Esq , to Florence, youngest daughter
of George C. Finders, ..
park. Esq,, of 21, Talbot-square, 1-1Y"')
WityrE—lllxpE —On the 2d inst , at St. Gabriel.'_, INT:
wick-square, Mark Beresford Whyte, Esq., to
widow of Captain Jacob Hind; late of Clifton, Glow'
costershire.

DEATHS.
rt
BEDINGFIELD—On the 3d inst., at 26, Ryder-street,
James's, Charles Bedingfield, Esq.
BRAYLEY—On the Ist lust., at 53, Ozil:l,y-road, ra
William Bray ley, Esq., F.it.S., coo., aged G 9.

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London, England, 1870-02-04

TRADE WITH CHINA.

There is a difference between the London and
Shanghai merchants as to the merits of the new
Chinese treaty. They agree in commending the
throwing open of new ports, the opening of mines,
&c. They agree also in condemning the increased
duty on silk. But whilst the London merchants
raise no opposition to the augmented duty
on opium, they are averse to the increased
import duty in place of transit dues, for they fear
there is no guarantee that the latter will be abolished,
and thus the addition to the import duty will be with-
out compensation. On the other hand, the Shanghai
merchants are mild in their treatment of the transit
dues, but severe on the increased impost on opium.
The London merchants have no interest in opium,
and one eminent representative says he would be glad
if the increased duty compel the Indian Government
to develop the resources of our Eastern Empire in a
less objectionable direction.
London, England, 1870-02-03

AIENDICITY SOCIETIES.

A fundamental principle has been enunciated at
Newcastle with regard to mendicity societies, which
lays it down as a rule that such societies, with the
object of the suppression of mendicity, cannot but
fail when unaccompanied by a relieving office.
Blackheath was an example, said one of
tha speakers, where such a principle had
been applied with success. Other towns were taking
up the scheme, such a course being rendered
absolutely necessary, by the flooding of certain
localities by beggars. In England at present there
were no less than 30000 vagrants, and it was high
time that some method should be adopted to get
people to cease giving indiscriminately, and direct
charity into the proper channels,
London, England, 1870-02-03

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powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleanant fragrance to
the breath. Price ls. 6d.—lted Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street. London.

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London, England, 1870-02-03

MEXICAN AFFAIRS.

Mexican advices by way of Mazatlan state that the
country is in an unsettled condition. In several States
revolutions are impending, and the hatred of the Mexicans
towards foreigners has been manifested in various instances.
At Tepic, Lasada had raised an independent standard, and
called a convention for the 15th of January to frame laws
for the Government of the State.
London, England, 1870-02-03

THE GREAT EASTERN.

Captain Sherard Osborn announces that by 3
cipher telegram, which reached him last night in a
very mutilated condition, dated Bombay, 30th tilt
6.35 a.m., the Great Eastern made her number off
Cannanore, which is 480 miles south of Bombay)
on the previous evening. She is therefore due at
Bombay on the Ist February, and the report of her
arrival was premature.
London, England, 1870-02-03

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1870.

JO INT-STOCK BANKS.

- -
Closing Businolia
Share 1 nrE, Paid. Price done
10 Agra Limited, A • all 111 121 111
1.0
50 Albion 1.5 10 8
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 241 25 25
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Auglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 3J 2
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 14 16 16
20 Do issued at 2 put._ 5 31 21
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lint.
23 Bank of South Australia all 321 ;.;31
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39
10 Bank of .Ntr,v Zealand all 15 16 844
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, rnd China all 181 13
25 Chartered Mere. of India.
Loudon, and China
20 City lO 11 111
100 Colonial '2s 41 43
10 Consolidated, lint.
5U Delhi and London, lint 25
50 East London, hut 5
20 English and Anicriean, hint 10
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro, lim
20 English, Scottish, and Aus-
tralian Chartered
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 37 9
281 Do new ll4 41 51
100 Imperial, lint 2O 3 2
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 3 121
25 lonian all 9J 22
25 Do new 5 6 3
Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 34
100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 80
100 London Bank of Mexico
and South America, lim. 20 5 4
100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 35 :9
20 Do new 74 5 44
100 Loudon &River Plate, lim. 40 11 13
25 Do new • 10 11 2 p
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 211
20 London and County 2O 491 501
50 Do new, iss at 20. p,m, 16 pd ll ••• •
London Joint Stock 3ll 321 32
London and South African al
100 Loudon & S.-Western, lim, 20
50 London & Venezuela, lint_ 121 ..• •••
100 London and Westminster 2O 60 61 531
100 Do Scrip, its at 10 pm
100 Merchant, lint 25 61 54
10 Metropolitan, Bin all 74 71
00 Midland, lim 2O 4d 1
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, Rm. 15 3d 1P
00 National Proviue. of Eug'd 42
10 Do . 42
50 National. 3O
20 New South Wales all 41 43
20 North-Western • 71
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 44 431
50 Provinc.Bank.Corpo., lint lO 61 51
30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87
10 Do new. all
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 13
100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6
24 Union of Australia all 45 11
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of Loudon l5 351 361 31

10 i liP

13 11

... ... 411
London, England, 1870-02-03

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

GUN AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine sup, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
-14 this wonnirful liquid. It is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each.
Including brush
Red Bull Wharf Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames-
Street London, }ld.
London, England, 1870-02-03

THAMES.

NOVEL PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE BUILDING ACT.
--Among a mass of summonses taken out by Mr.
Good, District Surveyor of Bow and Poplar, for
the recovery fees and penalties under the Building
Act, was one against Mr. Adin Sheffield, a respect-
able builder, of No. 98, East India Dock-road, for
erecting a projecting window on a house in Lime-
house-dockyard, Emmet-street, Poplar. The ob-
ject of the District Surveyor was to obtain the re-
moval of the projecting window, which it was
stated was constructed of wood on the topmost
floor of the house, on the east side thereof, contrary
to the Ist rule of the 26th section of the Metropoli-
tan Building Act, 1855.
Mr. Sheffield admitted the construction of the
projecting window, in an office in Limehouse-dock,
for the convenience of the principal of the esta-
blishment, who could command a view of the dock
and his men from the window. The house or offices
were inside the yard at least 15 feet from the public
highway. It was no obstruction or inconvenience
to any one, and was erected three months ago.
His bill was settled 13S* the proprietor of
Limehouse Dock before he received the District
Surveyor's notice ; he was no longer the builder, or
cencerned in any of the alterations and improve-
ments going on in Limehouse Dock. The window
in question was an ornament, not an obstruction,
did not impede the circulation of light and air, and
the proceedings were arbitrary and oppressive on
the part of Mr. Good, who, he would assert with-
out fear of contradiction, took out as many sum-
monses in one year as all the other surveyors in the
Thames Police Court obtained in ten years. The
window could not be removed without disfiguring
the building.

Mr. Good justified himself, and said for the pro-
tection and convenience of the public he had taken
out a great many summonses under the Building
Act, and asked for an order for the removal of the
projecting window.

Mr. Lushington said the window in question was
attached to an office inside a shipbuilding yard,
and had been suffered to exist more than three
months before any notice was taken of it by the
district surAyor. He saw no occasion to make an
order, and dismissed the summons.
London, England, 1870-02-03

AUGUST,

Brighton 2, 3 Stocktc l7 to 19
I
Brighton Club 4 Oxford 18, 19
Lewes , .5, 6 1 York 23 to 25
Egbarn 9, 10 I Plyin~uth
_,,

Windsor ll, 12

Derby 3O, 31
--- _

Bromley l6; 17 I

Weyinouth 3O, 31

SEPTEMBER.

Warwick 6 7 I Richmond 20, 21
Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ayr) 21 to 23
13 to 16 Hendon Doncaster
Hampton 20, 21 I New-tuarkut Ist Oct. 27 to 80

OCTOBER.
Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 14
Leicester

Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket liot'n...24'i'ci `9

NOVEMBER

Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury 14 to 18

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.

Birmingham 8, 9 1 Harrow
Derby _JO; 11 i Newton 35, 26
, MARCH.

Liverpool 8,9, 10 Bromley 81 and April 1
West Somerset 16, 17 I Cheitenham...Bl and April 1
Warwick 22 to 24

APRIL.
Aldershot T, 8 Kinfollury

INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

(REUTER'S TELE(RA3IS.)

MALTA, Feb. 2.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Tanjore, from Southampton 22d ult., arrived at 5
p.m. on Monday, the 31st, and left at midnight
for Alexandria.

The Poonah leaves for Southampton at one p.m.
to-day. She may be expected on the 11th instant

AMERICA.

GREENCASTLE, Feb. 2.

The Allan steamer North American, from Port-
land, arrived in Lough Foyle at 9.25 this morning,
with 40 passengers. The London mails were not
landed.
London, England, 1870-02-03

THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to he seen
in the Coffee Room, at the Southampton Arms," H igh-
street, Camden-town, where all Sporting and Political events
are freely discussed.

THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to he seen
every Evening, at Eight o'clock, at Mr GTLLMAN's, " The
Wheatsheaf," High-street, ',amcl,2n-town.
London, England, 1870-02-03

UNIVERSITY TESTS.

The movement for the abolition of University
Tests has made very considerable progress in a short
time. The Premier no longer, halts; and the Con-
servatives are ready to surrender at discretion. In
the Universities themselves a very strong feeling has
manifested itself in favour of abolition. The question,
therefore, is likely very soon indeed to be settled. Two
Conservative Privy Councillors—Mr. Hardy, the
member for the University of Oxford, and Mr. Wal-
pole, the representative of Cambridge—have, it is
stated, advised their friends to submit upon the
main principle, and to fight only as regards the
details. These gentlemen, however, are both
in the House of Commons, which has several
times declared itself for the main principle; it is the
House of Lords that stops the way ; and here Lord
Cairns requests his followers to pass a bill. Whether
total abolition will now be made or only partial,
whether Parliament will itself decide the question or
leave it to the several colleges, are points which will
have to be settled between the two Houses.
London, England, 1870-02-03

COURT OF ARCHES.

The Dean of Arches gave judgment in the case
of the Bishop of Winchester v. Wix, which he
said came by letters of request from the Court of
the Diocese of Winchester, and the late Bishop still
continued the promoter of the next. He was bound
to pronounce that the incensing and lighted candles
were illegal, and he regretted that Mr. Wix did not
obey altogether, as he did in part, the admonitions
of his diocesan. He must admonish him to abstain
from such practices in future, and must condemn
him in the costs of each proceeding.
In the case of Colonel Elphinstone v. the Rev. J.
Purchas, the Dean of Arches said the proceedings
came from the Diocesan Court of Chichester, Col.
Elphinstone, the promoter of the suit, and the Rev.
J. Purchas, the incumbent of St. James's Chapel,
Brighton, being the defendants. It was alleged
that on certain occasions he wore albs, chausibles,
copes, and other Eucharistic vestments, instead of
the ordinary habits of an English clergyman. 'I he
Dean found some of the accusations proved, and
admonished Mr. Purchas, who was mulcted in the
costs of such charges as were proved.

It is considered that a commencement was made
yesterday in the breaking up of the two depot bat-
talions of the Line—the Ist and 2d—stationed in
Chatham Barracks, by the transfer of the depot of
the Ist Battalion of the 2d (Queen's) Regiment to
Fort Rowner, Gosport, to be attached to the 2d
Battalion of the Regiment, quartered there ; it
being understood that the depot companies of re-
giments will be attached to service companies sta-
tioned at home. The troops which left Chatham
by railway in the morning consisted of Captain C.
Gibbs, Lieutenant F. Squid, ten sergeants, two
drummers, and 55 rank and file. Captain E. H.
Helyar and Lieutenant G. A. Scott, who are at
present absent from the depot on leave, will join it
at Gosport.
London, England, 1870-02-03

FRENCH AFFAIRS.

VirkIINESDAY.

The Commercial Treaty is still the all engrossing topic
of the day, for, although the general question is for the
time being set at rest, the various interpellations seem
likely to give rise to interminable debates. Yester-
day M. Dupuy de Lome's interpellation on the
temporary admission of metals was the order of the
day. The speaker commenced by remarking that the diffi-
culty of the whole question was shown by the extraordi-
nary differences of opinion existing between the most
experienced orators, who were alike interested in tho
welfare of the country. The only point upon
which they were agreed was the necessity for
a parliamentary inquiry, and he complained that
the decree respecting the temporary admissions
virtually prejudged the question. He and his friends
were ready to give the Ministers their political sup-
port and their personal sympathy, but they felt
themselves bound to discuss freely the details
of the national commercial system. Setting aside
the question respecting cotton tissues, M. Dupuy
de Lorne asked why there should be a temporary
decree respecting metals? The duties were 2f. on cast
iron, Of. on iron wood, and if. on sheet iron. These
duties rendered the price current of France different
from that of other countries, especially of England,
and while in France the fern a coritieres cost 21f.
in England they cost 18f. The same difference existed in
the ordinary kinds of sheet iron, but in the best the case
was reversed—the English cost from 72f. to 75f., the
French only 60f. ; but these qualities were
very rarely used. The consequence of this dif-
ference must be either that France renounces the
export of her manufactured goods to the European mar-
kets, or that she must procure her iron—not, perhaps, at
the English price, but at the lowest price possible. Free
trade in metals was justified by two considerations. First
it would augment the natianal wealth; and, secondly,
if France limited her metal manufacturaa to Own WA-
London, England, 1870-02-03

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Feb. 2.

It is semi-officially announced that the North
German Diet will be convoked for the 14th inst.,
consequently the Session of the Prvssian Chambers
will be prorogued for some time. It is also stated
that the Customs Parliament will assemble about
the 20th of next April.
London, England, 1870-02-03

PERSONALITIES IN THE WASHINGTON SENATE,

The Now York papers give an animated account of the
excitement which prevailed in the Washington Senate on
the vote on the Virg,inia Bill. The discussion, it seems, was
confined to a lively personal encounter between Mr. Sumner
and Mr. Trumbull. Mr. Trumbull, when he " took the
floor," was seen to bo not in the best temper, and he began
his remarks by reviewing the personal controversy of tho
day before, and speedily attacked Mr. Sumner direct. The
President of the Senate interfered, but Mr. Trumbull
was not to be silenc,..d, and proceeded to analyse Mr.
Sumner's arguments, an,l accusal him of having
" dodged" all important votes on the question.
Mr. Sumner rose to reply to his assailant. He has
always held a Mei rank as a calm, deliberate speaker,
but on this occasion he was greatly agitated. He
looked round him for some minutes, being unable to speak.
The excitement was intense. Singe the days of the
Impeachment there has keen no such multitude in the
Senate Chamber. It is described as "a perfect sea of
faces," floor galleries, corridors, and passages, being crammed
with men and women in all ranks of life. Mr. Sumner
abandoning his usual dignity and calmness, poured forth a
volley of invective against Mr. Trumbull, being in his
turn called to account by the President. In conclusion,
he said that when he was fighting for free-
dom, the senator from Illinois (Mr. Trumbull)
was upholding oppression, and supporting the then
President of the United States by his vote. After
about an hour's speech Mr. Sumner sat down, and the dis-
cussion of the amendment was proceeded with. One amend-
ment, giving negroes the freedom of the public schools in
Virginia, was passed by a majority of two votes.
At the third reading, the Democrats rose in turn,
and declared they would not vote, as they would
not see the noble old State come in with such indignities
heaped upon her. The result of the vote, which was a
strict party one, was 48 yeas to 10 nays. It is said that
Mr. Sumner's friends insisted on the arrangement
that the vote should be kept at four o'clock, being adhered
to in order to avoid some damaging facts which Mr. Trum-
bull and Mr. Stewart were prepared to bring forward,
chewing that Mr. Sumner had really had no share in ori•
ginating negro suffrage.
London, England, 1870-02-03

PICTURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls.
Masters, June, July, and August. is.
Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum, Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ; other days, 6d.
crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp-
ture. ls.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday.
Flaxman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-sheet. Open Mondays,

10 till 4.
Gallery of Anciert Masters-49, Pall. ls.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich.. Mondays and Fri
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hail
keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free daily
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-squart. Open free, Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29, Gret: 'eorge-street.
free, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily till
10 p.m. ls.
SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cremorne Gardens—Chelsea. ls.
Crystal Palace -Park—Sydenham. Open daily, ls.; Satur-
days, 28.6 d.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Oren frog
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens —Highbury. 6d. and is by
refreshment tickets.
Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daily at one o'clock.
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. 6d.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members' order.
Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Open free. Windsor
Castle may be visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at the turd o;2r zz rlafn s
Office, in the Castle.
London, England, 1870-02-03

'THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER

TITIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. OPEN TO CONVICTION.
Messrs. G. Behnore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss
L. Grey, and Mrs. Leigh Murray.
At 8, TII NIGHTINGAL Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs
Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge, Skinner, Miss Furtado, Mrs
Alfred Mellon,Mh,s Eliza Johnstone, Mrs Caulfield, &c.
_ _

;Io conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr 14. Bel
more and Mrs Leigh ilifurray.
Box-office open daily, from 10 till .1. No fees for booking.
Places can be secured a fortnight in advance.
London, England, 1870-02-03

A NEW LINE.

The network of railways is daily being made more
complicated. New lines are opening in all directions.
On Tuesday the Midland opened a branch bring-
ing Sheffield straight into communication with Lon-
don. The new line commences at Chesterfield, and
runs-for about twelve miles into Sheffield. By this
arrangement the Great Northern , Company will
have to compete with the Midland: The former
ought to be most patronised by pleasure seekers, as
the country it runs through is more beautiful; that
of the new line is manufacturing, black, and de-
pressing.
London, England, 1870-02-03

AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE
to introduce commodities valuable to every householder
nigh Lad low. This offers a highly remunerativoCommission to
Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with
two stamps to R. 11ARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich.
London, England, 1870-02-03

THE PLETHORA OF CAPITAL.

Judging by the eagerness with which foreign loans
are subscribed for, the signs of a revival of
commercial enterprise are not delusive. Chili
asked for a little over a million, and seven times
as much has been given her. The Russian loan was
for twelve millions, and the subscription reaches
above fifty. Really Ecuador and Spain might try
their chance under the circumstances. Concerning
the Russian loan the Times says it is understood
that the pro rata system of allotment
will not be adopted that is the twelve
millions will not be distributed in even proportions
amongst all the subscribers to the fifty. The system
has been. found demoralising. "It tempts capitalists
who can manage to obtain sufficient temporary com-
mand of the discount market to apply for millions in
order that they may have the certainty of getting a
few thousands, while at the same time it brings into
the vortex of speculation masses of people of no
business repute or standing, who endeavour to scrape
together a few pounds for the deposit money, and
who rely on the fact that their applications will
receive the same treatment as those of habitual in-
vestors or persons of known means."
London, England, 1870-02-03

WATERFORD ELECTION.

The unseating of Sir Henry Barron at Waterford,
plunges the constituency again into the excitement
of an election. For the second time we are promised
a contest; and again between two Liberal candidates.
Of course Mr. Bernal Osborne will come forward
once more. He is already on an active canvas, and, if
zealous labour is to be repaid, ought to be returned.
Who is to oppose him is not yet settled. The
" party" man mentioned is Mr. Benjamin Whitworth,
who unsuccessfully contested Stafford at the eneral
election. The Conservatives are undecided.
London, England, 1870-02-03

THE GREEK ARCIMISIIOP.

Our illustrious visitor from Syra is causing some little
trouble. Complaints aro heard that the welcome
given to this dignitary has gone too far, and some
English Churchmen who have taken part in the
reception are anxious to show that nothing more
than courtesy wa intended. Archbishop Thomson
is somewhat astonished to find in a report of the
Greek prelate's visit to York that an address from
the " English Church Union " was presented to the
distinguished guest. " The address was described to
MR as n address of welcome from some inhabitants
London, England, 1870-02-03

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,

Canada Government, 6 p c, Jan
JinasnerainbeddJsuiloye:: . ..
and July, 1877-84 100 104 105 1011
Do, 6p c, Feb and Aug lOO 102 103 103
Do, 6p c, Mar and Sept 100 105 106
Do,po 55 pp c,e
1991430 1991552 95
Do, 5p c, Dominion of, 1803 lOO 95 96
Cof Good Hope, 6p c, Dec, 1873 100 103 105 104
De, 6 p c, April and Oct, 1890-
1900

Do, 6p c, April and Oct, 1880-90.100 109 111
Do, 6p c, Jan and July, 1891 lOO
Do, 5 p c, April 15 and Oct 15,
1900 100 102} 103}
....

Ceylon, Nov, 1878, 6p c 100 109 a.
Do, 1872 100
1882 and 1883 100 112 114 113
Mauritius, 6p c, 1873, Jan & July 100 102 104
Do, 1878, Jan and July _ 100 106 108
Do, 1882, May 15 and Nov 15 100 107 109 109
D 0,1895-6, Feb and Aug 100 111 113
Natal Gov 6p c, April & Oct 100 108 110
Do, 6p c, May and Nov 100 107 100
New Brunswick Gov 6 p c, Jan and
July 100 104 105 104 i
N. S. Wales Gov 5 pc, 1871 to
1876, Jan and July lOO 100* 101*
Do, 5 p c, 1888 to 1896, Jan and
July . 100 1011 102 k 102
Do, 5 p c, red by ann draws,
from 1867 to 1875 _ 100 100 101
Do, 2 per c, annual draws, 187`2
to 1898 100 101 102 101 k
New Zealand 6p c, 1891 100 107 109
Do, 5p c 100 96*- 97*
Do, Jan, April, July, Oct 100 97 97 97
Do., 6p c, 1891, Mar and beptloo 108 110
Do, p ct, 1891, June and Dec... 100 107 109
Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p c sterling,
1875, Jan and July lOO 102* 103}
Do, 1886 lOO 101 105
Queensland 6 per ct, 1882-85, Jan
and July 100 1081 1091 1081
Do, 1891, Jan and July 100 108 k 1091
S Australian Government, 6 p c,
1869-77 lOO
Do, 1878-92
Do, 18:)3-1908 100 110 111 111
Tasmanian, 6 p c, 1895, Jan and
July
100 108 110
Do, 6p c, red, 1893 to 1897 100 108 110 109
Victoria Govt, 6 p c, Jan and
July, 1891 lOO 112* 113*
Do, April and Oct 100 113 114 1131
Do, 5p c, Jan and July 100 101 102

Though at first the new system, on probation, of
paying the men of the Chatham. Division of Royal
money in their hands
Marino was found to lead to unpleasant results,
over themselves, it
notf romhsaovi
innego f
stuhflie
cmi
eennt havingo
is now working much better, and it is hoped it
will be found to answer the expectations enter-
tained when the change was made from a more
frequent payment.
London, England, 1870-02-03

R,O YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Lessee and Manager—Mr.Benjamin Wel-ster.

THIS EVENING, at 7, AFTER DARK: Mr.VininT ; Messrs.
Phillips, Ashley, Taylor, Rignold, Leeson, Eburne; Mesdames
R. I. eelereq, Barnett.
After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON: Mr. Vining
Messrs Phillips, Ashley, Stuart, Rignold, Taylor, Leeson, and
Eburne; Mesdames Barnett, stoker, Brewer.
London, England, 1870-02-03

O'DONOVAN ROSSA.

It is a hard matter, that of our M.P. for Tippe-
rary. What can we do with him ? He has won a
distinction we are loth to confess, and we want to
ignore him as much as possible. Is he an M.P. ?
for if he is he must be expelled ; if he is not, the
only thing that is needful is to order the new writ.
That it would be better to act in the latter manner is
admitted ; only we must be sure it is constitutional.
The Daily News argues that it is, and quotes Lord
John Russell's quotation of the lawyers in favour of
that view. In the debate in the House of Commons upon
Mr. Smith O'Brien after his conduct for high treason.
Lord John said :—" All writers upon constitutional
law, from Lord Coke downwards, have declared that
it is the law of Parliament that a person guilty of
high treason or felony is incapable of sitting in this
House. The consequence is, therefore, that William
Smith O'Brien, having been convicted of high
treason, is a person who is civilly dead. He cannot
be elected to this House, and he could not held a
seat in this House if elected." In conformity with
this doctrine O'Brien was not expelled ; he was
treated as no longer a member, as ceasing to exist
upon conviction. In the same way, the Daily News
argues, we should treat O'Donovan Rossa: the seat
which it is said he fills must be dealt with as vacant.
London, England, 1870-02-03

SPECULATIVE A CTION S.

At a meeting of the Dublin Corporation, Councillor
Donnelley, J-1-3-, Cave notice of a motion wmr.i.
wolves an example that corporation in England might
be wail excused for following. The councillor complains
of the great annoyance to which the ratepayers have
been long subjected by the system of sham actions,
or actions rounded on frivolous complaints permitted
to be brought before the superior courts. lie says that
although in the overwhelming majority of instances the
verdict has been for the defendant, yet, as no costs could
be recovered from a pauper plamtill, the pecuniary
loss, in addition to the annoyance, must have been in
such cases very considerable. He gives notice of his
intention to move, therefore, that the attention of the
Government be called to the fact, with the view of a
remedy being provided. Few, who witness, term
after term, in our Westminster and London courts,
the immense waste of time caused by protracted
investigations of the most trivial matters, will
not wish that the spirit of good might move
some English philanthropist as it bath in the Irish
council moved 11Ir. Dennehey.
London, England, 1870-02-03

fiIHE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at
t W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden-
town.

THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at
JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington,"Wellington-street,
S.rand.

THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at
J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden.
London, England, 1870-02-03

INDELIBILITY OF HOLY ORDERS.

The law that binds a man for life to a practice or
profession which his conscience or reasonable con-
venience may render it necessary for him to
forsake, is meeting with much opposition.
A number of gentlemen who have taken orders
in _the Church of England, and by the
existing laws are prevented from leaving that body,
have addressed a memorial to Mr. Gladstone praying
for a relief from this grievance. They call attention
to the fact that the Act of 1801 was avowedly
passed to overrule former constitutional precedents,
and to exclude a particular clergyman who
was obnoxious to the Government of the
day, but who had long resigned his office,
from the House of Commons. Apart from grounds of
public policy and natural justice, the memonalibts
hold that the circumstances under which the Act
was passed are a strong argument for its repeal.
The mischievous effects of this principle, they add,
may be seen in the growing reluctance of younger
members of our universities to take orders supposed
to be irrevocable. An immediate removal of all
disabilities which affect any of her Majesty's subjects
by reason of their calling or profession is requested.
London, England, 1870-02-03

TURKEY AND EGYPT.

More assurances that the Sultan is getting on nicely
with the Khedive continue to flow in. "Friendly ex-
planations," says a Ti2ncs' telegram, have passed between
Cairo and Constantinople. It has been arranged that in
future only 15,000 troops are to be maintained in Egypt
The Khedive, too, has avoided all reference to foreign
politics in his speech at the opening of the Cairo Chamber,
and has recommended instead that the Egyptians devote
their attention to internal reforms.