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WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
tPcrfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of
1851. and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred :Medical
Men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment
of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its
effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
„,body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the lloc-7
alain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and cicse
x!eas that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep.
A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
not fail to fit f)rwarded by post, on the circumference of the
e°dY, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu-
facturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
a. Single Truss, 16s , 219., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A
p.oubie Truss, 31s. 6d.,42s , and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Um-
Wield Truss, s 425. and 525.. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d.
Past-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post
office, Piccadilly.
NEW PATENT
ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
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Postage, 6d.
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CAUTION.—POPULAR ERROR.—PRICE'S
BENZODYNE, the newly-discovered Cure for Cough, Bron-
" 8, Consumption, and all wasting diseases, Cholera, Dysentery,
ellsas nothing whatever to do with petroleum spirit, falsely
d Benzoline, &c. This unique remedy may be obtained of all
Chemists, and through the Proprietor, Mr. PRICE, Analytical
'nemist, 2, Lower Seymour-street, London, W.
Prices—ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d per bottle.

TWEED lE'S TEMPER.
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A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First.)
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
Branch Office, 29, PALL MALL, S.W.

• OCTAVITTS WIGRAM, Esq., .. Governor.
JAMES STEWART HODGSON, Esq., Sub-Governor
CHARLES JOHN MANNINO, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq. Lord Josceline William Percy.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Chas. Hermann Goschen, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Robert Amadfus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Req.
Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S.

NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of
FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will expire on the
9th of July.
FIRE ASSURANCES. may be effected on advantageous terms.
FIRE DlTTY.—Thistax havinenTden abolished, the PREMIUM
NOW the only charge for FIRE INSURANCES.
FARMING STOCK.—No extra charge is made for the use of
Steam Thrashing-Machines.
LIFE ASSURNCES are granted with, or without, participa-
tion in Profits ; in the latter case at reduced rates of Premium.
The divisions of Profit take place every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding E 15,000 may be insured on one Life.
The Corporation bear the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical
Fees.
A LiberalparticiPation in Profits, with the guarantee of a large
invested Capital Stock, and exemption, wider Royal Charter,
from the liabilifies of partnership.
The advantages of modern practice, wfth the Security of an
Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of a
CENTURY AND A HALF.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONOON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

OENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR STOPPING
THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUN-
DAY. London Auxiliary.
A great open-air Working Men's Demonstration will take place
at Trafalgar-square, Charing Cross, on Saturday evening, June
26th, in support of Mr. Rylands's SUNDAY CLOSING BILL.
Addresses will be delivered by Revs. C. J. Whitmore, who will
refer to the success of Sunday closing in. Scotland, J. B. Wright,
W. C. Van Meter, of New York, who will refer to the success of
Sunday closing in the United States, E. Mathews, M.A., travelling
secretary of the Central Association, and Messrs. G. Dibley, J.
West, J. Bormond, P. Carigan, and other friends of the measure.
A petition to Parliament will be submitted to the meeting.
The chair will be taken at half-past six by Benjamin Whitworth
Esq., J. P., Ex-M.P.
Mr. Rylands will move for the second reading of his bill on the
29th' instant.

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General Review of the Tempe- Ecclesiastical Sayings and
ranee Movement. Doings.
Chronicle of the Temperance Temperance and Longevity.
Movement. hindrances to the Gospel.
Teetotalism an Agent in Civi- Tempel mice Literature.
lisation. Temporanc, Societies, London
Researches Respecting Alcohol. and Provincial.
The Result of the Personal and Temperance Associations.
Professional Experience of the Temperance Provident Associa-
Benefits of Total Abstinence. tions.
Physiology of Drinking. Facts, Legislative and Social.
Analysis of Bitter Ale and Beer. I Calendar—Eclipses—Postal Infor-
Judicial Testimonies. mation.
Statistics in Reference to Intoxi- ii opal Family and other Useful
eating Drinks. Information usually found in,
prestaimuaDeclarations. Almanacs.

CHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR.
PROFESSOR ATTFIELD, Analyst to the Royal Phanna.
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and teeth-forming substances, shows it to be a very valuable and
nutritious food, especially for children. It is incomparably
superior to arrowroot, corn-flour, and other forms of starch, which
contribute but little to the growth or renewal of bone or muscle.

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of Periodic Natural Phenomena, referring to more than a
thousand native and cultivated plants, native insects, native and
domesticated mammals, native and domesticated birds and birds of
passage, and giving the mean times of appearance of insects, the
periods of birds in respect of song, migration. &c. ; the time of
hybernation and first appearance of reptiles and mollusks ; the time
of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of trees and other plants, /re., &c.
Prefixed to each day is the mean temperature—i e., the temPerature
at nine a.m.—deduced from an average of thirty-live years at Green-
wich. Also, a complete plan of entomological operations for each
season, shewing when, where, and how to capture the various orders
throughout the year.
Appended is a review of organic nature, namely :—l. The Vege-
table Kingdom, including a census of the plants of the world, the
manner and proportion of their distribution ; census of British
plants, their distribution and origin. 2. The Animal Kingdom,
divided into families, classes, and orders ; estimate of the numbe: a
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The very best remedy for
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And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to bo tho safest
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.44me is most audaciously attached.
enceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du
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now invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may
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03-;:nnt,..,_ent. We quote from the Gazette du Midi," July 25th.
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the past 17 months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU-
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President—the Right lion. the Earl of STRAFFORD, F.R.S.
This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24,000 patients since its
foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet the heavy
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JUNE 18, 1870

SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.

FRIDAY.

In the stiffing heat of the hottest day of the year, some
five or six hundred of our legislators assembled yesterday

afternoon to solve the great problem of educating the

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create appetite, promote digeStion, and strengtht.n the whole ner-
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Be sure to ask for 1)r. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine
are, in a square green package, with " Williani Lambert, 8, King
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people. Every bench downstairs was full, and something
more. On the Treasury bench Mr. Glyn was sitting on
the knees of two Cabinet Ministers. Members sat on

the gangway steps. They stood about the door
sweltering. They lined the gallery opposite the
Treasury bench, and being all armed with
notice papers, white waistcoats, and white hats
they presented a very patchy and magpie appearance.
In the Strangers', Speaker's, and Peers' Galleries there
was a very large attendance of visitors ; there were not

CRE AT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-
road, N.—FUNDS urgently NEEDED. Accidents often
refused for want of beds. GEORGE, Esq.; Hon. Secretary.
.REID, Secretary.

Q SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE,
1.3• Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution
affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin,
especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home
for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED.
Bankers, ndon and South Weste (Hollow Branch).
HUGH R. GOayUGH, Hon. Sec.

CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES
of tht CHEST, Victoria Park.
Special APPEAL for the NEW WING.
Amount still required, £4,000.
Number of beds now occupied, 120.
Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164.
The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support.
Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street.
HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Sec.
Offices, 24, FinsburY-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec.

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).—
Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE-
MOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green-
wich, where any seaman, needing medical or surgical care, will
be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in-
troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re-
moved from the City to the same building.
KEA/HALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith,
W.—FUNDS are-urgently needed, and the Committee
earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on
their useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup.

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A highly respectable gentleman, named George
Moorehouse, residing at Poplar Cottage,Rotherham., has
been apprehended upon a charge of having appropriated
nearly £l2O, the property of a wholesale grocer, for whom
he transacted business on commission.
At a meeting of the wholesale dealers of Liver-
pool, the proposed abolition, upon the part of tea im-
porters, of the tax per pound was considered, and re-
soluns were adopted. substantially similar to those passed
at a meeting of the wholesale dealers in London on the
10th inst.
A terrific fire has occurred at Whittlesea, by which
a large area of farm-buildings and twelve cottages were
entirely destroyed. All efforts to extinguish the conflagra-
tion were unavailing, and it only ceased through want of
material to work on. The scene is described as an inten-
sely exciting one.
The accident to an excursion train on the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire Railway, near Preston, in Whitsun-
week, has caused the death of one of the sufferers. Miss
Blamires, of Cleckheaton, received very serious injuries
to her head, and one of her limbs, and on Wednesday she
died at her home.
The change of locale from the Dreadnought to the
Infirmary of Greenwich Hospital has resulted in an in-
crease in the number of entries, particularly as to medical
cases ; for the total daily return indicates a larger num-
ber of inmates than were ever housed in the Dread-
nought during the corresponding months of the last ten
years.

A. report relative to the present state of the Ord
nance Survey is published with the Parliamentary papers
as that department is to be transferred from the War
Office to the Office of Works. It is estimated that
£1,494,700 will be required for completing the survey of
the United Kingdom.
The mortal remains of Agustina, the celebrated
heroine of the siege sustained at Saragossa against the
French, have been removed from Ceuta, where she died
a, few years back at a very advanced age, to her native
city. At all the towns through which they have been
carried, including Madrid, they have been received with
military honours, attended by commissions of the several
corporations.
A Treasury warrant, dated 19th ult, has been
issued, cancelling capital stocks held on account of Post
Office Savings' Banks, as follows : £4,800,000 Con-
solidated Three per Cent. Annuities and £2,200,000 New
Three per Cent. Annunities ; and in place thereof
to create the following amounts of terminable
annuities :—£200,000, payable on first of March, £200,000,
payable on 15th March : £lOO,OOO, payable on 14th May;
and £53,887, payable on Bth June. The first of each
of such annuities to be payable in the year 1871, and
the last of each of such annuities to be payable in the
year 1885.
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vent flatulency, cleanse the liver, purify the system, reno-
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The demand for these Pills throughout the globe astonishes
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a blessing to the afflicted, and a boon to those who suffer
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many peers, however, for they were occupied with the
Land Bill in their own house. Their places were filled

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THURSDAY EVENING.

Decidedly M. 011ivier's position at present is not a
very enviable one, and it seems to be telling on his tem-
per. Ile is growing irritable, and yesterday there was
quite a passage of arms between him and M. de Keratry.
The Minister grew so incensed at last that he exclaimed

" I am indifferent to your opinion of me as an honest
man." The Breton took no notice at the time, but he
subsequently demanded explanations, which M.
011ivier did not object to give, arid between them
both the obnoxious expression was expunged from the
Journal Officiel. According to Figaro the Emperor still
upholds the Cabinet, and would prefer to sacrifice the
Chamber of the two. It would, however, be useless to
dissolve the Chamber without waiting for the new elec-
toral law.

The meeting of the Constitutional Left which has been
talked of for the last two days, took place to-day at
M. Ernest Picard's, and discussed their political pro-
gramme. They agreed on the following points :
—l. Opposition to personal power on the ground
of practial reforms in the representative system.
2. The concentration of their efforts in order
to treat the leading political questions of the day
in regular order. 3. A persevering endeavour to
secure the government of the country by the country.
Such is their programme which you will perceive is suffi-
ciently vague, but, I must add, the meeting afterwards
discussed the question of electoral and municipal freedom
until 6hellissufutfurr-uf-ato-Oirr.atilar, ,Mcda bh 11,1,1 tv

by clergy and Nonconformist ministers. After Mr.
Gladstone had made a statement about the order of pub-
lic business, and sundry questions had been asked and
answered, a number of members rose in succession
to announce petitions referring to the Education
Bill. It was at ten minutes past five that
the cheers of the House told us that somebody important
had arisen. We had expected it would be Mr. Vernon
Harcourt, but the applause came from above the gang-
way. It was Mr. Gladstone who had risen, and it was
soon clear that we were in for a regular oration. His first
explanations elieited approval fruan thcetn...Tativ-e-440-
Satisfaction was particularly marked when the Premier
said that Ministers could not undertake to for-
bid denominational teaching, because in order to
enforce the prohibition it would be necessary to
define this teaching, in fact to draw up a parliamentary
code of religion. He then went on at great, and, indeed,
excessive length, but not with his usual clearness, to
explain the alterations which he proposed to make in the
bill. When he announced that he would no longer make
the school boards decide upon the religious teaching, there
were cheers from the Liberal side, and even the Radicals
applauded when he admittel that the possible discord
which would arise at the boards, if they had to determine
this matter was an objection, too strong for him to resist.
The cheers were general when he asserted that all
parties agreed in admitting- that education in England
should be religious. He next dwelt upon the
general concurrence of opinion that the bill
should be passed this year, and the shortness of the time
which there was for doing this. He urged upon members
that they should concede their preferences as far as pos-
sible, and for the express benefit of the Radicals, made a
very effective quotation from one of Cobden's speeches, in
which that statesman declared his willingness to make
almost any sacrifice on the religious question, if only an
education bill could be passed at once. The peroration
spoke of the widespread wish that religion should not be
separated from education, and at 6.20 the Premier sat
down.
Mr. Harcourt rose, but so also did Mr. Disraeli, and of
course the latter got the parole. He began by referring
to the Premier's request that there should be no unneces-
sary expenditure of time, and said that certainly
Mr. Gladstone had no reason to complain of
the conduct of the Opposition on that ground.
The Premier nodded assent. Mr. Disraeli was then very
witty upon the entire change of front which, he said, had
been effected by the Government. They were, he affirmed,
going to solve the religious difficulty by adopting an
amendment (Mr. Cowper-Temple's) which could not be
put. He really did not understand that amendment.
Thereupon Mr. Collins, amid much cheering,
came forward, and gave his chief a copy of
it. Then, in a passage worthy of the assistant-barrister's
paragraph in his speech on the Land Bill, Mr. Disraeli
went on to shew that the new educators of the country
were to be, not the clergy, but the schoolmasters, a new
and sacerdotal class, he added, amid vociferous Con-
servative cheering. Equally vociferous was the
laughter with which he spoke of the financial
proposals as so intricate that he thought he was
listening to a Budget speech, and he declared that not one
man out of the Cabinet, and probably not many in
it, understood these arrangements. It had taken
the First Minister an hour and a half (seventy minutes
was the real time), to explain all his amendments,
and he had not wasted a word. (Great laughter
at this fib.) " A man with more confidence
than I possess," added Mr. Disraeli, amid shouts of merri-
ment, " might possibly make out what is meant ; but
certainly I cannot." Mr. Disraeli knew only that this was
a new bill, and he called upon the House to move the ad-
journment of the debate.
Twenty-five minutes sufficed for Mr. Disraeli to
make his speech, and then Mr. Harcourt got up and ex-
pressed considerable dissatisfaction with the amendments,
especially with Mr. Cowper-Temple's. That forbade the
teaching of formulas, but it could not prevent the teaching
of the doctrines contained in the formulas. The Athanasian
Creed might be forbidden, but supposing it were possible
to translate the document into intelligible lan-
guage, its dogmas might be inculcated. He
believed that it was quite possible to have
unsectarian religious teaching, and unless that were
obtained the country would very soon insist upon secular
teaching pure and simple. Certainly the bill as amended
was a new measure, and he must therefore join with
Mr. Disraeli in urging the adjournment of the debate. Mr
Dixon followed, evidently much irritated. He, too, urged
adjournment because he and his friends were not sufficiently
masters of their temper just then to discuss the Govern-
ment proposals. He was especially vehement against the
extension of denominational education. Lord Sandon
also thought the amended bill almost a new measure, but
intimated that he rather liked it than otherwise. Mr.
Cowper-Temple, who has the honour of having his
amendment accepted out of nearly 250, was of course
well pleased with the alterations, and made a speech
which, lam bound to say, no one listened to. While it
was going on negotiations were being carried forward
between the Government and the Radicals, and Mr.
Winterbotham kept passing to and fro, and at one time
sat on the Treasury bench, next to Mr. Forster and Mr.
Gladstone. Mr. Hardy and Mr. Beresford Hope rose
together, and at the cry for the first the second
gave way. Mr. Hardy also urged adjournment,
but spoke of the alterations in a very different
tone from that which had been adopted by Mr. Disraeli.
Mr. Forster then answered the appeal by assenting to it,
and the only discussions were as to whether the bill should
be printed, or whether the amendments should be laid
upon the table, and also as to whether the House
should not go into committee pro forma and ad-
journ. Mr. Liddell then spoke in favour of
the Ministerial proposal. Mr. Russell Gurney made
the House laugh by saying that, as the reprinting of the
bill would remove from the notice paper all the amend
ments of which members had giVen notice, that was a
strong reason why the bill should be reprinted. Sir John
Paki igton expressed regret that it should be necessary to
postpone the committee until Monday. Eventually
Mr. Vernon Harcourt withdrew his motion
for the adjournment. Lord Charles Russell
walked up the floor of the House and removed the mace,
the Speaker left the chair, Mr. Dodson said a few
mystic wofds, Lord Charles restored the mace, the
Speaker reascended his throne, and members walked out
to dinner, while Sir Robert Collier, at 7.35, arose to
enlarge upon the merits of his Extradition Bill, just as
;he thunder clouds began to peal forth their artillery.

absolutely necessary.
The Emperor's health has given rise to great anxiety of
late, but he is much better according to the last accounts.
He will shortly go to Fontainebleau.
One of the chief topics of discussion here is the scheme

for the St. Gothard Railway. Tho interpellation in the
Corps Legislatif did not seem to give much satisfaction
to those most interested in the matter. There was a
general desire for the production of documents instead of
for mere verbal explanations on the subject. At the same
time the matter is not likely to give rise to serious com-
plications.
The Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne has nearly recovered

from his recent severe attack of smallpox, but it is not
likely that he will make his appearance in the Senate
again this session.

The Libert6 refers to the burial of Dickens in West-

miuster Abbey, and says that the French have cause to
be jealous of their neighbours who possess this magnificent
monument, which for centuries has served for the
sepulchre of departed greatness. After regretting that
the national cemetery is not situated in a secular locality,
it admits that it is conducted on sufficiently broad princi-
ples, for we find the tombs of Dryden, Shakespeare,
Goldsmith, and Sheridan. .

As yet no notice has been given to the prisoners at
Mazas, who are awaiting their trial, but they will shortly

receive an intimation to the effect that they must appear
before the Court of Justice at Tours. The delay in the
issue of the notices has been occasioned by the number of
copies which were required.
The funeral of Mme. Jules Favre took place yesterday
at Rueil. It was attended by many friends of the distin-
guished lawyer. Thebody of the deceased will be sent to
Auteuil for interment.
A report has been circulated by some journals as to the
indisposition of Prince Napoleon, but the truth is the
Prince is in perfect health. As to his children they are
quite recovered from their indisposition.
Paris will shortly be honoured by the presence of two

stars of great magnitude. The Princess di Suaira, will
pass some weeks here on her way to the sea-bathing towns
of England. She is the widow of a prince of the House of
Colonna. She will be accompanied by her son, Prince
Moffeo, whose arrival is likely to create great interest in
high life.

Mr. C. W. Stokes, whose name is well-known in
connection with the silk trade, has had an interview with
Sir Louis Mallet at the Board of Trade with respect to
the action of the French Treaty on the silk manufacturing
interest.

Accounts from Pesth state that the harvest is
being rapidly gathered in in South Hungary and promises
well both in quantity and quality. The prolonged rains
of the early spring have been favourable alike to oats and
hay, which are very abundant. To judge by the orders
which have already arrived from the west of Europe,
Hungary is likely to send out a large exportation in cereals
and in forage crops.

The Birmingham Gazette announces the death of
the Rev. J. B. Marsden, late incumbent of St. Peter's,
Dale-end, Birmingham. The deceased gentleman, who
was about sixty-eight years of age, was the author of
several works, among which were " The Early and Latter
Puritans," and " Churches and Sects "—works of con-
siderable theological interest and literary merit. He
had been ill far five years past. Mr. Marsden was for
some years editor of the Christian Observer.

There is great dissatisfaction in Dublin with regard
to the management of the Irish telegraphic service. The
newspapers and correspondents have particular reason to
complain of delays and irregularities, but they are not
the only, or the most earnest, remonstrants. The stock-
brokers and the mercantile community are so annoyed
that they held an indignant meeting at the Dublin
Chamber of Commerce, at which resolutions were passed
representing to the Government their disappointment at
the frequent failure of the present arrangements.

All Boston is bragging about a young lady of that
city because, being invited on Saturday night, at 11
o'clock to make a tour of Europe, she was ready, and
sailed at 8 o'clock the following Monday morning. They
think that was really quick work ! But Boston must do
better. It would not be thought anything of here. Why,
a New York girl one Saturday received a despatch by
cable from London, dated 4 p.m., and saying " Come,'"
and at 2 p.m. that very day—two hours before the
dispatch was sent !—she was on her way down the bay in
the steamer. And she did not dispute her dressmaker's
bill either.

THE ST. GOTHARD RAILWAY.—The Memoria
Diplomatique says that when Dr. Kern, the Minister of
the Helvetian Confederation, furnished his explanation
with respect to the St. Gothard Railway to the French
Cabinet, he communicated to the Duke of Gramont the
tenour of the sixth article of the treaty ar-
ranged between the Federal Government and the
guaranteeing Powers. It is to the effect that
the Federal Government must distinctly reserve the
right to adopt all the measures necessary for the preserva-
tion of its neutrality, and the defence of the military
position of the country. At the same time Dr. Kern
reiterated the declaration of his Government that they
would not give a monopoly to the Grantee Company of
the St. Gothard line, but would accord the same facilities
to other companies who proposed to establish lines across
the Simplon and the Splugen.
THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.—
In a report just issued, information is given with regard
to the training of teachers for this institution. There are
100 young men at the Borough-road, 47 in the second, and
53 in the first year of their training ; and 105 young
women at Stockwell-47 second and 58 first. The
society's colleges are therefore quite full ; and, though
93 students completed their course at Christmas,
15 applicants, who were successful at the examination
for admission, had to be refused for want of room. The
pressure has necessitated some alterations in the build-

rugs, and supplied the occasion for others. At the
Borough-road two small class-rooms have been thrown
into one, and furnished afresh. The course of study for
the young men during the year 1869 embraced physical
geography, inorganic chemistry, and theoretical mechanics,
in addition to the usual routine. The young women have,
as extra subjects, physical geography, and physiology in
its relations to the laws of health.

The deaths of M. Adolphe Barrot and M. Corta,
the Senator, are announced from Paris.
Mr. Baron Bramwell's decision about the costs in
the Bristol election petition is that each party shall pay
their own.
The Progres, of Rouen, says that M. Gustave
Flourens, who arrived recently at Athens, has been ex-
pelled from the Greek territory on the demand of the
French Ambassador.
A girl, aged fourteen, has been arrested at Clogher
(Ireland) on suspicion of having murdered her illegiti-
mate child. She has confessed that she burned its body,
but asserts that the child died a natural death.
The yacht race for the cup offered by his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales, to be sailed for by English
and American yachts, has been postponed from the 24th
inst. until August next.
A. well-known and lively lady novelist of rank is
said to be about to publish a fresh book with the
amusing and decidedly novel title " Naughty, Naughty,
but So Nice ! "

THE GUN TRADE AT BIRMINGHAM.—There are at
the present time 599 manufacturers of guns in Birming-
ham, who represent the following departments of the
trade, viz. --Gun makers 174, barrel makers 32, furniture
makers 23, lock makers 25, nipple makers 3, implement
makers 61, case makers 11, wadding makers 5. The
first-named branch (gun-making) is largely subdivided.
It is only in the more important establishments
that all the branches are carried on on the premises
of the gunmaker. More or less outworkers are engaged
in every branch. With trifling exceptions, women are
employed only in one branch, that of " making off," or
giving the final polish to the stocks. The aggregate
number of workpeople now employed in the trade has
been estimated as follows, viz. :—Material makers, 3,420 ;
setters up, 3,920 ; total, 7,340. Machinery has been
largely employed in the trade during the last fifteen
706113.

THE DOMINICAN TREATY GAINING GROUND.—
Every day gives additional strength to the workers in the
Dominican cause. President Grant's late message has
won for the treaty many friends. In the light in which
the American people perceive the treaty there is no job
in it, though there are those who would have them think
otherwise. The late message of the President has had a
decided effect on senators who, conscientiously seeking
after truth in this matter, wavered in their decisions as to
the wisdom of the policy. of making the Republic of St.
Domingo our foothood in the Antilles. There is little
i doubt now that the sentiments of the American people
are in favour of the annexation of St. Domingo. The
annexation of that country will prove a rich prize to the
United States. The Dominicans have performed their
part candidly and in good faith, and we hope no frivolous
objections will be interposed to delay the consummation
of a measure which must prove eventually so fruitful in
results.—New York Herald.

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