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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-05

QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS.

Dividends on the British funds are now paid in
quarterly instalments. The reform is in full
operation, and though the Bank directors prophesied
that few persons would avail themselves of it,
the question why dividends on India stock should
not be paid in like manner is now being pressed.
At present if any one has a thousand pounds in
Consols, and another thousand in the India Five
per Cents., he finds that, although the payment
of the dividends is in both cases intrusted to the
same institution, the Bank of England, in
the one case he is required to fetch his money
twice a year, while in the other he has nothing
to do but receive it at his own home every quarter.
It is complained that he thus lose 3 the chief advan-
tage which the change was intended to confer. It
was thought that personal attendance would be
avoided by the quarterly warrant system. But holders
of India stock who also hold in the English funds
have to personally attend for part of their income,
and they alight as well go for the whole amount. The
initiative in the matter rests with the Duke of Argyle.
London, England, 1870-05-05

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER

THIS EVENING. at Seven, TOO MITCH OF A GOOD THING:
Messrs B. Phillips and Ashley; Miss Marla and Miss Nelly
Harris.

After which, at 15 to 8, THE PROMPTER'S BOX a Story
of the Footlights and the Fireside. Mr Benjamin Webster, Mr
H. J. Byron. Mr J. D. Beveridge, Mr R. Phillips, Mr Stuart, Mr J. G.
Taylor, Mr C. J. Smith, Mr A shley, Mr W. Eburne, Miss Furtado,
Mrs L. Hurray, and Mrs Alfred siellon.
To be followed by THE ENCHANTED WOOD: Mr J. G.
Taylor, Mr Ashley; Mrs Alfred Mellon, Miss Patti Josephs, and
Miss Clara Thorne.
Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking
Places can be secured a fortnight in advance.
London, England, 1870-05-05

THE LONDON MEAT MARKET.

A correspondent calls attention to the manner in
which justice is defeated by the importation of
diseased meat into the London market. He relates
a case where a carcase totally unfit for
human food was sold to a butcher for £5 10s., when
a few days before the animal had been worth from
£2O to £25. Ho says it is necessary to know what
kind of inspection meat consigned. for sale to the
London Meat Market, really undergoes, and why in-
structions sent with a view of bringing offenders to
justice should be disregarded. The description of
the carcase in question is almost too disgusting for
publication.
London, England, 1870-05-05

THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARK ET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr
Kendal, Mr Compton, Mr Edward Osborne, Mr Clark; Miss F.
Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F Gwynne.
After which, at 8 precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK: Mr Sothern,
Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr Kendal, Mr Buckstnne; Miss
Robertson, Mrs Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.
And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr Sothern, &c.
Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
London, England, 1870-05-05

SILK CULTIVATION IN CHINA.

Great efforts are being made in China to encourage
the cultilation of the silkworm, and the authorities
of the Celestial' Empire, whom we Were wont
to consider somewhat effete and unprogres-
sive, have come vigorously forward. An
association is to be formed to purchase mulberry
seedlings at Kiangsoo, and plant them in the empty
spaces of the cities. When the trees are sufficiently
large, silkworms' eggs will be purchased, and
experienced persons sent out to give in-
structions on the breeding of the silkworm.
The Chinkeabg Taotai has taken the matter up
warmly, and issued an address to the people. He is
a native of
Woohing, the great silk producing
.dis-
trict in the empire, and has known a family of eight
persons produce ten baskets of silk by a
month's labour, and gain more than they could
have done by 100 mow of land. Silk-growing,
he avers, is tenfold more remunerative than ordinary
agriculture, without either its incessant toil, anxiety,
or expense. Trees having been planted three
years will yield leaves for a generation,
and a mow of land will plant fifty
whose leaves will feed worms noees,
ugh
gees,
to produce eight or nine catties of silk. As the
agricultural interest is much depressed, the Taotai
very wisely considers the people of the Kiangsoo
district would do wisely to turn their attention to a
lighter and more profitable
London, England, 1870-05-05

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGUA 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 perfecting this wonder-
ful liquid. Ais now offered to the public in a more concentrated
form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., 75. 6d., and 15s. each, includ-
ing brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon-
don, E.C.
London, England, 1870-05-05

MEDICAL INSTRUCTION FOR WOMEN.

Miss Garrett writes touching Dr. Acland's sugges-
tion that the difficulty about the education of women
might be met by devising a separate examination.
She says, if women who practice among women
and children need an education not less thorough
and not different from that which they would need
if they also attended men, it is difficult to see in what
way a separate examination would help
them to get it. The special examination
would in no way help to remove the chief
difficulty women have to overcome, that of getting
first rate teaching and an abundance of hospital
practice. Till these difficulties, she suggests, can be
removed in this country, it will be wiser
for women to avail themselves of the great schools of
Paris and Zurich, than to be tempted to accept a
compromise which would put them distinctly out-
side the pale of the profession.
London, England, 1870-05-05

LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs Mansell).
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, BREAKING THE SPELL.
Aft r which. at 8, LITTLE FAUST: Mr T. Maclagan, M. Marius,
sir Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr Wilmot; Millie. Debreux,
Mesdames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene
London, England, 1870-05-05

AN UNPARLIAMENTARY TRICK.

Mr. Edward M. Collier, captain of the Tornado,
denounces an imposition which he alleges he has been
made the subject of. Mr. Otway, the Under Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, produced, in the House
of Commons, a document which he asserted was in
the handwriting of the captain of the Tornado,
and contained evidence which bore out nearly every
one of the charges alleged against the vessel by the
Spanish Government. He further stated that the
document, which bore no date, was handed to him at
the house by the gentleman who had written it.
Captain Collier declares that he is not the writer of
the lying document, which was probably foisted on
Mr. Otway by some " unscrupulous hireling of the
Spanish Government."
London, England, 1870-05-05

PORTING.—J OHN ROBERTS supplies the
LA TES I' EDITION of "THE SUN" as Boon as pub
lis ed.-4, Bath-street, City-road. E.O.

T" SUN " NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE,
Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road,
delivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " as soon as
published.
London, England, 1870-05-05

RELIGION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Legislature never loses its head so completely
as when discussing religious questions. It sometimes
waxes as hot over such controversies as a town
council over a water question or a new gaol. Mr.
'Whalley makes an absolutely appalling statement.
When Mr. Newdeoate's motion was last on the way,
the member for Peterborough challenged the Speaker 'e
decision -each time it was put from the chair.
"My voice did not reach him on the last call, owing
to the exclamations 'which arose from the crowd of
members in which I chanced to be, the words 'Kick
him,' strangle him,' being prominent in the uproar."
This state of things should be looked to. If the defender
of Protestantism be only kicked, he may be incapaci-
tated for a time from pursuing his vigorous attack on
the Roman Catholic hierarchy. But if he were
strangled, the results would be incalculably disas--
trolls, for if Mr. Whalley were gone, Mr. Murphy,
"the best man he could get," would disappear also.
London, England, 1870-05-05

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHESTER RACES.

..._, •
On Wednesday, May 11th, a FAST EXCURSION TRAIN will
leave Paddington at 6.30 and Reading at 7.30 a.m. for CHESTER,
returning from Chester (Station Platform) at 6.30 p.m. the same
day.
Passengers travelling from Metropolitan Stations to Paddington
by the 6.0 a.m. Train from Moorgate-street, and by the 6.5 a.m.
Train from Westminster Bridge, would be in time for the Excur-
sion Train.
For further particulars see hand bills.
J. GRIERSON, General Manager.
Paddington, May, 1870.
London, England, 1870-05-05

TURF REFORM.

Mr. Thomas Hughes's inquiry whether Government
are prepared to contemplate early legislation with
regard to betting on horse-racing comes on to-
night. Now is not exactly the moment for
a new Government bill ; but it is evident that the
attack upon turf scandals must come soon. It is
noticeable that there is a growing feeling in favour of
one simple proviso as being all that is needed. Prohibit
the publication of the betting lists of odds given and
taken, and the thing is done. The multitude
who wager on races are impelled solely by these
published lists. They never see a horse, and know
nothing of horse flesh. Keep the lists out of print,
it is urged, and all but professionals will be excluded.
Undoubtedly there is much truth in this. Pro-
hibiting the publication of lists might not do every-
thing, but it would, beyond cavil, do much.
London, England, 1870-05-05

LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN
RAILWAY.
CHESTER RACES, 1870.—GRAND CUP DAY.
On Wednesday, May 11th, a SPECIAL FAST DAY TRAIN
will leave Euston Station, London, at 6.20 a.m., and Chalk Farm
6.25 a.m., for CHESTER—Arriving at Chester about 12 Noon.
Fares for the Double Journey:—
Closed Carriages, 12s. 6d First Class, 21s.
No Luggage allowed.
For further particulars see Bills.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, April 30, 1870.
London, England, 1870-05-05

LIGHT SPREADING THROUGH THE WORLD.

Central America, not usually famous for its social
enterprise, is boasting of a grand achievement. Its
citizens are no longer content to remain in darkness
while all the rest of the world is illuminated. The
United States of Colombia have introduced gas,
and Panama is the first city rejoicing over
its possession. The 21st day of March was the me-
morable occasion when the lamps were first lighted,
and a Panama paper describes the enthusiasm of the
crowds who flocked to see the new light. These was
a brilliant display, as a kind of illumination had
been arranged, and perforated tubes lighted
up the arches and pillars so usual in Spanish archi-
tecture. The President, after a performance of
military music, lighted the ft jet, and Panama
emerged from her anterior obscurity at once and for
ever. A cruel north wind played havoc with some of
the displays, but the lights for the most part held
bravely on, and shewed the principal native and
foreign residents of the city the way hornet after the
grand banquet given by President Correoso in celebra-
tion of the event.
London, England, 1870-05-05

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London, England, 1870-05-05

INSECTS IN THE CROPS.

Insects, it would seem, are likely to make great
ravages in our crops. A farmer in South Lincoln-
shire said the other day in the market place that on
the next day five and thirty acres of his wheat
would be ploughed up. " I have already ploughed
up five acres," answered the farmer he spoke to.
"And I have done the same with two fields and
sown them with barley," said a third. An insect
pest is ravaging the wheat plant in Gloucestershire,
Buckinghamshire, and the best parts of Lincolnshire.
The principal enemy appears to be the ribbon-footed
corn fly, a small whitish grub hatched from eggs
deposited by the fly between the wheat blades soon
after they appear above ground. The grub
lives in the wheat stem, near the base, and
either destroys the plant altogether, or so injures the
shoot that the ear fails, or what grain there is comes
up thin and shrivelled. Other destructive insects are
at work among the wheat this year.
London, England, 1870-05-05

MONETARY REPORTS-YESTERDAY•

'ime tone or the market for English railway stocks has
Indicated the prevalence of depression. Metropolitan
during the earlier hours of business was quoted as low as
76k, showing a fall of L, but a recovery of Bub'
sequently took place. Great Northern A has Well
; Middlesex, * ; London and North-Western, i•
On the other hand, Caledonian has recovered from Yee-
terday's decline, and Brighton has been * better.
Indian railway stocks have been firm ; but the demand
for them has not been active. Canadian shares have been
quiet. For foreign shares there has been a moderate in'
quiry, at previous quotations.
Business in the market for Foreign Bonds has been °nil
to a moderate extent. Egyptians have been flat, at a
decline of per cent. Turkish, however, have been in
request, at an advance of in the 6 per Cents. of 18w
and 1869, and of * in the 5 per Cents.
The Japanese loan is quoted at 4k to 3*- dis.
American securities have been quiet, and without Wove'
ment of importance.
Not much animation has been noticed in the market for
Bitish mining shares, but East Lovell have risen 1.
In Bank shares a fair average business has been
transacted, and the quotations have been well maintained.
Telegraph shares have been dull. Anglo-American have
fallen *, and British Indian Submarine 1-16. Telegraph
Construction shares have been flat, at a further fall of
Miscellaneous securities have been quiet, and without
movement.
The sum of £12,000 has been sent into the Bank to-
day.
At Mark-Lane to-day wheat was firm, at Monda34
prices.
Biddings for £397,000 in bills on India have taken
place at the Bank. The amounts allotted have been to
Calcutta £397,000, and to Madras £3,000. The minimum
was fixed at Is. 10*d. ; tenders at Is. 10d. will receive
23 per cent., and above that quotation in full. These
results shew a further falling off in the demand for means
of remittance to the East.
In the discount market the supply of capital has Beall
tolerably good. There has been a fair demand for
accommodation, and three months' paper has been De'

gotiated at 24 to 3 per cent.
The J. H. Flemming, from Otago, New Zealand, hi°
brought £28,600.
The directors of the Caledonian Railway CompanY 116!
given notice that they intend issuing £1,000,000 of new
ordinary stock at 70, payable by instalments, and als°
£333,000 in debenture stock.
The traffic receipts of the Midland Railway skew
increase of £4,180, and of the London and North-Westero
an increase of £6,638.
The Manchester Guardian reports the failure of Messrs:
Heek's and Heather, commission agents for the 139.1°
of yarn and cloth, with liabilities said to exceed £20,00
Other failures were talked of, and the names of two
manufacturers in the northern part of the county were
freely bandied about ; but as they were not officially COar
firmed, we withhold them.
It is stated that legal proceedings have bgen instituted
against the directors of the Monarch Insurance Com Pall
now in liquidation. The case will probably come on 6b
the Mansion House on Friday.
London, England, 1870-05-05

THAMES.

William Brown, a seaman was brought before Mr.
Woolrych, charged with obtaining a coat, vest, cap,
shirt, and scarf, value £2 10s., the property of Mr.
Edmund Craig, outfitter, of 80 Leman-street, White-
chapel, under false and fraudulent pretences. The
prosecutor said the prisoner came to him on Tuesday
last, and represented that he had come home in the
ship Ida, from the Baltic, as a seaman, and had up-
wards of £5 to receive at the Shipping Office. Tower-
hill,"for wages, and said he wanted a rig out. On the
faith of this representation he entrusted the prisoner
with goods to the amount of £2 10s. and advanced
him 2s. 6d. in money. He afterwards ascertained
that the prisoner was not one of the crew of the Ida,
and had no wages to receive, and that he came home
in the Ida as a passenger. He was sentenced to
four months' imprisonment and hard labour.
Walton, an officer of the Court, reported to Mr.
Woolrych, that, in pursuance of his worship's direc-
tions, he conveyed the 18 Lascars, belonging to the
ship Vixen, to the East India Dock yesterday even-
ing, and that all the men returned cheerfully and
readily to the vessel. Mr. Woolrych—l am very glad
to hear it.

oeverai .Austrian industrial societies having peti-
tioned for the opening of an international exhibition to
Vienna in 1872, Count I3eust has strongly expressed his
approval of the proposal. It is expected that the project
will be carried out, as the present Minister of Finance
does not object to it.

The Council of the Society of Solicitors before the
Supreme Courts of Scotland have issued a report upon
the Lord Advocate's Land Tenure Bill, approving of
the principle. They do not, however, approve of the
mode in which the object is proposed to be be carried into
effect.

Mr. N. M. Maniachi, one of the Greek residents of
Manchester, heads a subscription for the widow and
orphans of Mr. Lloyd, who was lately murdered by
the brigands, with a donation of 250. - Mr. Maniachi
appeals earnestly to his countrymen to follow his
example.

At a meeting of the Wearmouth colliers, a resolution
was passed—" That all begging be dispensed with on
behalf of the men of this colliery, except from such places
as have no association, and that any person begging with
books about Sunderland, or the neighbourhood, will be
considered and treated as an imposter."
London, England, 1870-05-05

CAUTION.

M OSES and SON
E. beg to inform the Public that thoy have adopted and
registered a TRADE MARK, consisting of the words " The
S anclard," with the initials "E. M. & S." underneath, and that
henceforward every article of clothing manufactured by them will
have a label or ticket attached to it, with the said trade mark
printed thereon. All persons are hereby cautioned against imitat-
ing the said Trade Mark.
For trades and addresses see following advertisement.
London, England, 1870-05-05

MOSES and SON, Merchant Tailors.
F.

E MOSES and SON, Juvenile Clothiers.

EMOSES and SON, General Outfitters.
12/.

L-1 MOSES and SON, Habitmakem
E

11 MOSES and SON, Linen and Woollen
_rj. Drapers.
London, England, 1870-05-05

ENGLISH PAUPERISM.

The comparative statements of pauperism j ust
issuad among the Parliamentary papers supply some
significant facts. The comparative tables of February
1869 and 1870 show a considerable increase in this
year's returns. In the first week of February 1870 that
increase amounted to 33,323, in the third week to
64,339, and in the fourth to 74,664 ! It must, how-
ever, be remembered that the weather was excep-
tionally severe. England and Wales are divided
into eleven districts, and of these only two—the
eastern and Welsh districts—shew any decrease of
pauperism. When we get to the third week of
February the eastern districts have joined the
majority, and the Welsh alone appear on the favour-
able side of the tables. Another statement shows us
the quarterly return made on Lady Day, from
which it appears that the last week of March
was higher than the last week of the Christmas quar-
ter by 28,266 paupers. It appears that the paupers
in 1870, as compared with those in 1869, have in-
creased 3.3 per cent. r and compared with
1868, 5 per cent. Looking at the metro-
polis alone, we find the difference still more
striking, being 7.8 per cent. as compared with
1869, and 10.4 as compared with 1868. In the
manufacturing districts the increase is only 2.1 per
cent. on both years. The sum total of the
649 Unions of England and Wales shew
us the enormous aggregate of 1,047,662 paupers,
exclusive of lunatic paupers in asylums. Surely
it is more than time that our legislators boldly faced
this monster evil, and sought for the required
remedies, whether moral, physical, or commercial,
instead of contenting themselves with moving for
returns.
London, England, 1870-05-05

AN ECCLESIASTICAL PROBLEM.

The gift of the valuable living of Bradford to
the Right Rev. Dr. Ryan, who recently re-
signed the Bishopric of Mauritius, suggests to
the Daily News the inquiry whether, and
to what extent, the parochial revenues of
the Established Church are to be regarded as form.
ing a retiring fund for superannuated officers of the
Colonial Church. lf, says our contem-
porary, the only inconvenience of this state
of things were that it enlarges the number
of cA:ididates for the prizes of the Church, the
nun, 'on. of those prizes remaining the same, it might
be borne. But if it should appear, as some think
it already does appear, that these bishops are regarded
as possessing paramount claims to preferment or.
account of their labours beyond seas, there is the
great danger that injustice may be done to the
clergy who have no romantic labours in picturesque
lands to boast of, but have merely been reclaiming
their own countrymen to civilisation.
London, England, 1870-05-05

THE NILE PE N.
" STATIONER " says—" The successful inventors of the
Waverley, Owl, and Pickwick Pens have just patented the 'Nile'
Pen, which, by a combination of the turned up and turned down
points, writes freely without scratching, and holds an unusually
large supply of ink."
"SUN" says—" Speaking, after a severe test of their lasting
qualities, the Nile Pen is a marvel." . . ..

Sold everywhere, le per Pox. By Post is. ld.
MA CNIITEN & CAMERON,
23, BLAIR-STREET, EDINBURGH.
AGENTS--MTLIINSTON and Hurron, LONDON.
London, England, 1870-05-05

ADELPHI THEATRE.

Last night a new fairy extravaganza, by Mr. H. J.
Byron, entitled " The Enchanted Wood," was pro-
duced, and met with the most unequivocal success. The
plot is taken from the German, and, briefly
stated, is as follows :—Three princes, falling into
the power of a magician, were compelled to
assume the shapes of a bear, an eagle, and a dolphin
for six days in the week. At the hour of one
on the seventh day they were permitted to return
to their human form for twenty-four hours. An old
baron, entering the enchanted wood, was in-
duced to part with his three daughters to the
transformed princes, and seven years afterwards his
son went in search of the ladies, and, on hearing that
if he could find the Princes' imprisoned sister and kill
the monster who held her in his toils, he would break
the spell which - bound them, he sought her in the
magician's castle, and, after a variety of adventures,
eventually succeeded, and received her for his wife
as a reward. The extravaganza abounds in puns,
breakdown dances, popular tunes, and all the usual
accompaniments of modern burlesque ; it is sup-
ported by a number of ladies new to
the Adelphi company, amongst them being
Miss Patti Josephs, Clara Thorne, Maria and
Nelly Harris, Shelley, and Graham, and the scenery
and appointments are of the utmost splendour. The
pretty entertainment has been most carefully put
upon the stage, and from the enthusiastic applause
with which it was received last evening it will
doubtless prove a great and lasting attraction to the
Adelphi. There was not a single seat in the theatre
unoccupied.

The departure of the Queen and the Royal family
from Osborne has been postponed till to-morrow, owing, it
is understood, to the indisposition of his Royal Highness
the Prince Leopold.

It is expected thet her Majesty will come to town
on Monday, ann will visit Claremont on Tuesday.
. „

A State concert will take place at Buckingham
Palace on the 11th inst., and a State ball on the 17th.
London, England, 1870-05-05

RECIPROCITY.

The division on Mr. Birley's motion in th
House of Gammons is interesting, as shewing the
extent to which Protection still survives in the
Legislature. Mr. Birley moved for a selec,
committee to inquire into the operation o.
the commercial treaty with France, the manoeuvre
being. unquestionably connected with the moribund
Reciprocity agitation. Mr. Birley and Mr. Staveley
Hill counted 'only 50 members in their lobby.
the opposition mustering • 138. Of the forlort
hope only two—Mr. . Henley and Lord Johr.
Manners, can have the slightest pretension to a place
amongst the leaders of the Conservative party. All
the rest were of the Charley, Cawley, John Hardy,
and Newdegate type. Mr. Chadwick was the only
Liberal on the side of the Reciprocity men.
London, England, 1870-05-05

THE THEATRES, &c.

HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book.
And My Husband's Ghost.
PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30, Quite bj Accident M.P. Dearest
Mamma.
LYCEUM—At 7,30, Breaking the Spell. Little Faust.
ADELPIII.—At Seven, Too Much of a Good Thing. fhe Promp
ter's Box. The Enchanted Wood.
OLYMPIC—At Seven, Frou Frou The 'Varsity Boat Race, My
Tvrn Next.
GAIETY—At Seven, The Happy Vlllage. Lucky Friday. The
Princess of Trebizonde.
Qt EEN'S—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twixt Axe and Crown.
STRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds. Sir George and a Dragon.
A Fish Out of Water
VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos.
ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvago.
GLOBE—At Seven, Milky White. Robert Macaire. Vandyke
Brown.
WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca-
dilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at 5; Saturday Mot n-
ines at 3. Admission, ls, 2s, 3s.
CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 ; Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.
MADAME TCSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 5.30
p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, Cd.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park Open daily (except Sundays)
Admission. ls.• on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6,1.
London, England, 1870-05-05

WESTMINSTER

A young man, decently dressed, who gave the
name of Samuel'Johnson, was charged with assault-
ing Robert Smith, an inoffensive lad of 15, shopboy
to Mr. Dobbs, a glover, of Prince's-street, West-
minster. The complainant said that as he was out
for a parcel for his master he passed the defendant
and two others ; as he did so defendant " bonnetted "
him, hut as he returned defendant and the others
jeered at him, and on telling them to mind their own
business Jefendant struck him in the eye and knocked
him down, and as he tried to get into the shop h
was again knocked down by the defendant. Mr.
Arnold sentenced defendant to a month's hard
labour.
London, England, 1870-05-05

THE FIRE AT HULL.

Later news of the fire at Hull states that the conflagra.
tion broke out in the saw mills belonging to Tisson and
Sons, and these mills are entirely destroyed. The fire
spread to a timber yard the property of Messrs. Wade
and Sons. The youth killed was the son of a pulleyman
named Beckett. A policeman named Matthews was also
injured. The total damage is estimated at about £30,000,
the loss to Messrs. Wade being about £20,000. The firs
is still burning, but all danger is over.

LONDON SOCIETY FOR TEACHLNG THE

BLIND.

WEDNESDAY.

The thirty-first annual meeting of this institution was
held at the Hanover-square Rooms this afternoon, Colonel
Strange in the chair. There was a numerous and
distinguished assemblage. The report presented
was on the whole of a satisfactory character.
The Earl of LICHFIELD, who had been prevented from
taking the chair, as announced, by other business, said
the institution was one of the most valuable character,and
he regretted that the funds were so incommensurate to its
utility. The great object was to enable the afflicted in-
mates to do something for themselves in after-life ; and
he could not conceive of any institution that appealed
more strongly to human sympathy than one which was in-
tended to ameliorate and to relieve the necessities of the blind.
The cost of educating these unfortunate persons was very
great, but without such institutions as this he could not
see how the blind could be so materially assisted as they
were in this one ; and his lordship commended it most
earnestly to the support of all Christian minds. The
meeting was addressed by other speakers.

The Earl of Albemarle has brought in a bill to
repeal the qualification required by the Act 18 George
H., cap. 20. for the office of justice of the peace.
The Italian Consul, who has been murdered in
South America, met his death at .Asuncion, in Paraguay.
The assassin has .not been discovered.
London, England, 1870-05-05

MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB.

General Peel, according to notice, brought for-
ward his resolution asking for a committee to inquire
into the present state of the turf. Considerable dis-
cussion ensued, in the course of which Sir Joseph
Hawley inquired whether it was intended to alter the
existing system of betting. It was unanimously
voted that there should be no repeal of the resolu-
tion of 1842, which declares that " the Jockey
Club shall take no notice of betting." General Peel
declining to act the following committee was than
agreed to, the three first names being those of the
stewarls of the Jockey Club :—Captain Lowther,
Admiral Rouß, Lord George Manners, Marquis of
Aylesbury, Duke of Beaufort, Lord Calthorpe,
Earl Wilton, Sir Joseph Hawley, and Messrs. H.
Chaplin, M P., W. S. Crawford, H. Saville, and
George Payne.

CONVERSAZIONE AT THE SOUTH
KENSINGTON MUSEUM.

The Council of the Society of Arts held a conversa-
zione last evening at the South Kensington Museum.
The Chairman of the Council received the members
from eight till a quarter' to nine. At ten o'clock
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes of
Wales made their appearance, arrivjng by the gar-
den entrance. The route taken by their Royal High-
nesses lay through the South Court, the North
Court, the Raphael Cartoon Gallery, the Sheep-
shanks Galleries, and the Competition Gallery. Their
Royal Highnesses were cordially welcomed as they
made their passage through these galleries, the band
in the North Court celebrating the arrival of the
Royal personages by playing " God save the Queen."
Their Royal Highnesses took their departure about
a quarter after twelve o'clock, retracing the course by
which they had entered. There was a very large and
distinguished audience, and the proceedings passed
off with the greatest eclat.
London, England, 1870-05-05

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London, England, 1870-05-05

THE LIBERATION SOCIETY.

The Liberation Society have held their annual
meeting. Among the speakers were Mr. Illingworth,
Mr. Osborne Morgan, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Miall M.P.'s,
The latter said the vocation of the society was
to fight against those evil forms of religionism—not
religion—which tended greatly to obstruct the pro-
gress of true religious principles in the land. The
tendency of Liberationists, he said, was to over-
estimate _ present power; and against this ho
London, England, 1870-05-05

OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborotigh.
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clocla, WIDOWS' WEEDS. Messrs
Crouch, Turner, and Mesdames E. Bufton and Anstiss.
Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs.
James, Terry, Fenton; Mesdames Santley, Dashwood, Goodall,
Hughes, Anstiss, and Metcalfe.
And A FISH OUT OF WATER.

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Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.
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entitled FOR LOVE OR MONEY. At 9.45, the new Burlesque, by
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Montague, G. Honey, H. Irving, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne.
E. Elton, and Thomas Thorne;
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It. Irwin, L. Claire, J. 13eauclerc, R. Evelyn, Kemp:
Amy Fawsitt,
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London, England, 1870-05-05

PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS.

A return has been published, shewing the fa-
vourable working of the Public Libraries Act, in
towns where it has been put into operation. It
shows that in England, Scotland, and Wales, seventy
towns have adopted it, but that no returns have been
received from Ireland. In Birmingham the rate is
ld. in the pound, and the number of volumes in the
library amount to 51,322. At Blackburn the rate is
a halfpenny, and the estimated contents of the
library are 5,000. In Manchester the. lending
library, which was raised by public subscription,
contains 90,289 volumes. It is to be hoped that ere
long no town in the three kingdoms will be without
so valuable an institution.
London, England, 1870-10-13

iu the French army, and Commander-in-Chief of
the irregular forces of France. lle left 'fours this

morning.

Orleans was occupied at soven o'clock yesterday.
The fighting continues there, but with what result
is not known. General Aurellis Paladin° replaces
General Lamotte Rouge as Commander of the Army
of the Loire.—Daily News.

PREPARATIONS IN RUSSIA.

BERLIN, OCT. 12.
London, England, 1870-10-13

THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION.

The Conference of the above Union was resumed yester.
day at Sherwell Chapel, Plymouth. The Rev. J. Macfadyen,
of Manchester, gays an address concerning the best means
of stimulating missionary spirit in the churches. A dis-
cussion took place upon the subject, which resulted in a
resolution commending missions to enlarged support. The
chief subject of the day was the propriety of forming a
general sustentation fund for augmenting the incomes of
ministers throughout the country, especially in rural dis-
tricts. The matter had been under consideration for
years and the committee now brought up a scheme, the
basis of which was the formation of a general fund to be
administered centrally by a representative body. Three
hours' warm discussion followed, exception being taken to
the basis of the plan, to its proposed operation, and to its
details. The Rev. Thomas Binney criticised it unfavour-
ably. Eventually, however, a resolution was adopted
without a dissentient, asserting the necessity for, and ap-
proving the principle of the proposal, and instructing the
committee to ascertain the views of county associations
upon it, and report to a meeting to be held six months
hence. The question chiefly at issue was whether there
should be county funds or a national fund. In the after-
noon sectional meetings were held, in which papers were
read and discussed, one of the subjects being " Music of
Worship," introduced by the Rev. John Curwen; another
tde " Advisability of introducing a Liturgy into Congre-
gational Chapels," which was dealt with by the Rev. Mr.
Rogers, of Clapham. Dr. Stoughton, in an address
which he delivered, regretted the admission of unsuitable
men into the ministry, and suggested that the conference
of local ministers should be appointed to examine candi-
dates for ordination prior to public recognition. In the
evening a public meeting was held for the exposition and
enforcement of Free Church principles.
London, England, 1870-10-13

M. TRIERS MISSION.

From Florence we learn that M. Thiers has had an
illterview with the King of Italy. Tho Nazione of
the 12th of October contradicts the assertion of
certain foreign journals, that the Prussian Ambas-
eador here had declared to the Italian Cabinet that
Prussia was desirous that Nice should again form
Part of the Italian kingdom.
London, England, 1870-10-13

LATEST BALLOON NEWS.

A. balloon from Paris descended yesterday near
Tournai. The a3ronaut, Cargat, reported that he
left the city on Wednesday, and that at that time
be Parisians were well prepared, and indeed
anxious for the attack. The greatest spirit is
ezhibited and but one feeling seems to prevail, and
that is, death to the invaders. All political demon-
strations have been given up, and General Trochu
la everywhere trusted as the only deliverer
of Paris from her enemies. The ramparts
are all strongly manned, and steps have been taken
t° give the earliest instructions to all parts of the
capital the moment the Germans make any impor-
tant movement.
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PRUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

The diplomatic relations between Germany and
Count
country have, it is said, become so strained that
uoent von Bismarck contemplates giving Count
'crustorff a conge, or leave of absence, in which
ease Germany would be represented in this country
merely by a Charge d'Affaires.
London, England, 1870-10-13

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAINS.

Again is another instance brought before the
public of magistrates refusing to have a salaried
Roman Catholic priest attached to the workhouse. In
this particular instance the applicant was the Roman
Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, and his request was
rejected by a majority of only two. Probably before
the question is again brought before these Solons a
higher power than themselves will decree that the
labourer is worthy of his hire.
London, England, 1870-10-13

BRITISH NEUTRALITY.

THE NEW FRENCH FORCES.

The Daily News thinks that the attempts now being
made to raise up forces under the names of the Army of
the Rhone, or. Army of the Loire, are •interesting, inasmuch
as to them attaches the last hope of preserving•the regular
character of the warfare in France, and the control
of a central authority over it. Count Bismarck and
General Moltke cannot be indifferent to the conse-
quences which would follow the failure of the experi-
ment. Bound as they are to seek the destruction of all
corps which might threaten the safety of the besiegers of
Metz, they must know that a general decentralisation
of the military forces of France, accompanied as it
would be by their enormous increase, would tend
to make the conclusion of peace impossible. From
all parts of France we hear of troops being raised
and armed by local authority and with funds
locally raised. In the Northern departments of France
great attention is being paid to defence ; but we are
told by correspondents that these departments are chiefly
anxious to secure their own safety. These people, it may
be, are only taking the most effectual means for saving
themselVes against the invader ; it would be better,
pro% ided it were practicable, to seek strength in
national union. But the result may be, that the
Germans will find, when they have taken Paris
what they found when they had taken Sedan—a
dead weight on their hands ; and a government that can
only utter its non possums and dissolve into its
elements. We are told, indeed, that an apprehension
Gf this kind is not foreign to the counsels of the King of
Prussia.
London, England, 1870-10-13

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DEATHS.

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On the 11th inst., at Adrian Villa, Croydon, Daniel
Howard, Esq., aged 63.
On the 9th inst., at Little Tew Lodge, Oxfordshire, Lieu•
tenant-General Bowers, of 31, Wilton-place.

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No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him at
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Savoy, in the County of Middlesex,
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OCCUPATION OF BRETEUIL.

LILLE, OCT. 13.
The Prussians, after a most determined resistance,
have taken possession of Breteuil.
The latest intelligence from Amiens announces
that the German troops are rapidly approaching the
Place.
CAPTURE OF ORLEANS,

VERSAILLES, OCT. 12.
Yesterday, after nine hours' fighting, Orleans
was taken by General von der Tann.
Re took more than 2,000 prisoners and several
Ms,

The German loss amounted to 1,200 ; that of the
French was heavy. They fled in disorder.

Colonel Lindsay was allowed to enter Paris to-
day.
General Burnside has had several interviews with
Count Bismarck since his return from Paris.
Great activity prevails in front of Paris.
BISMARCK AND PARIS.

BERLIN, THURSDAY (8.30 A.m.)
After the occupation of Paris by the German
armies, wl ich it is expected will follow in a month
from the commencement of the bombardment, Count
Ismorck will be favourable to the convocation of
a Constituent Assembly, to determine the future
Government of France, and to ratify the terms of
Peace, but he is desirous at present that the
°ccopation of the French capital should first be
accomplished.
London, England, 1870-10-13

MARRIAGES.

On the Bth inst., at Holy Trinity Church, Dover, James
S. Watts, Esq., Staff Commander Royal Navy, to
Louisa Ann, second daughter of William J. Iron, Esq.►
Dover.
On the 11th inst., at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, the Earl
of Cottenham to Theodosia Selina, only daughter of Sir
Robert Charles Dallas, Bart., and the Hon. Lady
Dallas.
London, England, 1870-10-13

DESTITUTION AND DEATH.

An inquest held at St. Giles's acquaints the public
with another instance of the wide-spread destitution
which prevails in some of the London districts, and
necessarily induces many painful reflections. The
deceased was a girl aged 16, and she seems to have
obtained but a precarious livelihood by going out to
clean. She appears to have been totally uneducated,
the poverty of her parents precluding any educa-
tional training. Her father, described as a general
dealer, had made many endeavours to obtain employ-
ment, but he had been unsuccessful, and having, as
he informed the coroner, a spirit above becoming a
burden to the ratepayers, he never sought to obtain
parochial relief. The medical officer of the police
who examined the body said that the brain was con-
gested, but there was no disease to account for
death except that it was from suffocation from sheer
exhaustion, which had caused the heart's action
suddenly to stop. The deceased would have lived
with proper nourishment and attention. The coroner
administered a severe rebuke to the father for his mis-
taken independence. We fear, as the coroner does,
that this is but the representative of many similar
cases. There was no furniture in the room, save two
broken chairs, and the whole family, consisting of the
father, mother, deceased, and her two sisters had to
lie on the floor. The body of the poor girl was found
lying on some rags. What adds to the distressing
circumstances of the case is the description of the
room, which is said to have been extremely dirty,
and the admission of the mother that they had no
soap either to wash the person or linen.
THE QUESTION OF BAIL.

The question as to whether a person charged with
an offence shall be admitted to bail is one that often
puzzles magistrates ; and whether he or she ought
to be released on recognizances is a question that the
public generally often discuss. It is satisfactory to
find that so eminent a judge as Sir Robert Lush has
settled the point conclusively, and that his
opinion has been endorsed by Mr. Justice
Brett. In the case in point, the person
charged with a misdemeanour applied to Justice Lush
"in Chambers" to be admitted to bail, and that
judge held that he had no discretion in the matter,
and that the question remaining was only as to the
amount of the sureties. When the case cropped up
again before Justice Brett, he accepted the dictum of
his learned brother, and fixed the amount of security
and the accused was released on recognizance to
appear at the Central Criminal Court.
London, England, 1870-10-13

THE SUN, LONDON, THUIISD AI, OC.I.IOBER 13, tB7O,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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Prior

A meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce was
held yesterday at Liverpool, at which it was resolved to
petition the Government to lay down a cable from Liver-
pool to Valentia direct, in order to avoid the delay which
now becomes excessive by reason of the transmission of
American messages through the London office.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This DAT.

THROWING A SISTER OUT OF A WINDOW. Timothy
Connor, a bad character, was re-examined at the West-
minster Police-court, charged with throwing his sister out
of a window. The evidence on the previous occasion
went to shew that the woman in question was found
fearfully bruised, with her nose and finger fractured, and
was in the Hospital a fortnight before she was able to
attend ; the police heard that he had thrown her
out of the window, but a witness named Coyle,
a companion of the prisoner's, said ho saw the
prisoner throw her violently against the window sill, and
cut her nose and finger. The young woman now
attended, and said she was in the first floor and heard her
brother coming up stairs ; jumped out of the window and
injured herself. Her mother was drunk in the bed. The
mother swore that she was not drunk ; that tho pri-
soner was in the room and had some words with the girl,
that she opened the window and jumped out herself. The
father swore that his son had never injured her in his life.
Coyle was recalled, and endeavoured to alter his previous
statement ; but Mr. Weolrych said it was evidently a
conspiracy among the whole lot to defeat the ends of
justice, in which they might succeed, but as there were
some other persons present he should not let the prisoner
off quite so easily as he imagined, and remanded him for
anothe week.

AN IMPUDENT Suop THIEF. Julia Cambridge, a
notorious old thief, was brought up on remand before Mr.
Paget, at the Thames Police-court, charged with stealing
an iron kettle, the property of Mrs. Ravell, who keeps a
large hardware shop in the Whitechapel-road. Frederick
Pettigrew, the shopman to the prosecutrix, received in-
formation which' induced him to follow the prisoner. He
stopped her, lifted her apron, and discovered a kettle
under her shawl. It had been stolen from outside the
shop of his mistress. Two other kettles were missed the
same day. He wished the prisoner to be asked if she
knew anything of the other missing kettles. Mr. Paget
said he could not do that. The inquiries made respecting
the prisoner were not favourable, and he committed her
to prison for two months, and to be kept to hard labour.

LORD ST. LEONARDS.-- We are happy to state
that there is no truth in the report published yesterday
in some of the evening papers of the death of Lord St.
Leonards. The report was one of those cruel hoaxes,
which of late has caused so much annoyance to the noble
lord.

The Westminster Gazette says a protest against the
invasion of Rome has been drawn up, and is in the course
of signature by the lay Catholics of England, with the
Duke of Norfolk at their head.

The brigantine Aberfeldy, of Greenock, with Spanish
copper ore on board, has gone ashore at Tinnaberen,
within ten miles of Wexford, and ten from Blackwater
Head. Four of the crew were drowned. The messenger
who brought the intelligence reports that the ship will
probably be a total wreck, and the cargo be lost.