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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-21

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. I.s.
Masters, June, July, and August. le.
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—Sydenhain. Modern Pictures and Sculp-

ture. is.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures, Open free daily, ex opt Friday.
Flamm Gallery—University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-stzeet. Opon Mondays,
10 till 4.
Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. is.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays snd Fri
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the h;►il

_
keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open froe aaily
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-squarm. Open free, Mondays,
Tuesdays, 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. is.

SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cremorne Gardens—Chelsea. ls.
Crystal Palace Park—Sydenham. Open daily, Is.; Satur.
days, 2s. 6d.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Oren free
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens —lfighbury. 6d. and is by
refreshment tickets.
Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daily at ono o'clock
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesond. 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 Lord Chamberlain s
Office, in the Castle.

Bank of Engla-d Returns.

An Account, tursuant to t]
cap. 32, for the week ending I
ISSUE DE?

he Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
ffednesday, Feb. 16, 1870.
'ARTMENT.

Notes issued £33,815,030

Governmt. Debt.. 11,015,1 Q(
Other Securities.. 3,984,900
Gold Coin and

Bullion
Silver Bullion .., —

X 33,815,050
BANKING D.

£33,815,050

Proprietors'Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits
(including E-
xchequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
.of National
Debt, and Div.
Accounts 9.391.155
Other Deposits 16,542,989
Seven Days and
other Bills 457,433

L'PARTMENT.
Goverumt. Seeu-
rities(including
Dead Weight
Aunuity) £14,331,31
Other Securities 17,783,223
Notes 11,274,28J
(3 °la and
Coin

£41,339,105

r 44,339,105

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Sales probably 10,000 bales.

The market quiet.

The theatre now being built by Mr. Montague in
the Strand, near to the Adolphi, is to be called the Vaude-
ville, and not the Bijou.
It is stated that Mr. Boucicault has been offered
£20,000 for two hundred and fifty farewell performances
ip America.
London, England, 1870-02-21

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off
Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Nations, who aro received without any recomendation.
The Committee require upwards of £1,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.

SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street,
E.C., by
S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, £lO 10s.
London, England, 1870-02-21

LORD DERBY AS CONSERVATIVE LEADER‘

The Telegraph refers to the resolution that was passed
at the Carlton Club offering the lead of the Opposition in
the Upper House to Lord Derby, and says that the
actual position of affairs, the arising of vast national ques-
tions which challenge the calmest consideration, indepen-
dently of all party bias or entanglements, and Lord Derby's
own recent entrance into the House, coupled with the special
attention which might be demanded by family affairs on
his late accession to the title—would amply explain his
desire to stand aloof, just now, from quasi-officialresponsi-
bilities. And nothing that hasi happened within the last
eight-and-forty hours has at all made us swerve from our
conviction, that Lord Derby will not at present be found
acting as leader of the Opposition Peers in the Uppe4
Chamber.

THE WEEKLY PRESS.

THE IRISH LAND BILL.

The Irish Land Bill so long and so eagerly expected has
at last, says the Saturday Review, been laid before Par-
liament, and the intentions of the Government
are known. The first impression produced has been
altogether satisfactory. It is bold and adequate, without
being revolutionary. It takes away all just causes of com •
plaint from the tenant, and it leaves the landlord in pos-
session of his proprietary rights and his social position. The
general outline of the Bill had indeed been foreseen. It was
obvious that there (must be a new tribunal instituted to
adjust differences between landlord and tenant ; it was
obvious that, if the tenant was to have anything given
him worth having, he must have the recognition of cus
toms, security against capricious eviction in the shape of
a-pecuniary fine on the landlord, and lastly, compensation
for permanent improvements. He has got these three
things in a very plain and unquestionable manner. The
highest praise is due to the Government and to their
draftsman for the great labour and ability that have evi-
dently been brought to bear on the details of the measure.
Last year one of the great elements of the success of the
Irish Church Bill was that it was so well drafted that it
was very difficult to alter it without spoiling it, and the
same may be said of the Land Bill. If the Irish who
clamour for perpetuity of tenure would or could reason
at all, the arguments used would convince them. But
reasoning probably will not be the instrument of reducing
their pretensions to moderation. If they accept the bill
at, liii, they will accept it not because they will be con-
vinced that they ought not to have any more, but because
they will understand that they have no chance of getting
anything more, while what they do got is an immense
bmiefit and concession to them, and is far beyond what a
year ago they or any one else could have conceived it pos-
sible they would get.
London, England, 1870-02-21

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

TEIS EVENING, at 7, FORMOSA: Messrs J. Rouse, Rignold,
Ta rlor, Philips, Leeson, Eburne, &e. ; Mesdames Billington, K.
Rodgers, Brennan, Barnett; Grey, &c. Followed by AFTER
DARK Messrs Rignold, Ashley, Rouse, &c.; Miss Rose Le-
clerc(' and Miss Barnett.
London, England, 1870-02-21

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CHARGE OF ROBBERY BY A CLERK.--Alfred
James Sims, clerk in the employ of Messrs. Wil-
liams and Co., wholesale perfumer; of Nos. 12 and
13, Tichburne-street, was charged before Mr. Tyr-
whitt with robbing his employers.
Mr. Terrick John Williams said it was the
duty of the prisoner to receive money and account
for it every Monday, the money being placed in
a till, of which the prisoner had the key, and
all moneys received by the prisoner should be
entered in a book kept by him, and the money in
the till should correspond with the amount in the
book. On Wednesday week he asked the prisoner
for some money from his till, and how much he had,
and he said £2 65., but that he could not let him
have any as he had left the key of the till at home.
The prisoner went away to fetch the key, and as he
did not return the till was opened with a picklock,
and although the book showed there ought to have
been £2 6s. in the till, there was no money there,
and the matter was then placed in the hands of the
police, and the prisoner was taken into custody by
Beechey, a divisional detective. He had also ascer-
tained that the prisoner had collected moneys in the
City and had not accounted for the same.
The prisoner said he was only taken into custody
last night, and was without professional assistance.
He was ahousekeeper, and, as he could give bail, he
hoped it would be taken, the more especially so aB
he had a complete answer to the charge.
Mr. Williams said he expected to find other de-
falcations.

Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, and eon-
Anted to accept two sureties in £5O each.

PRICE OF GOLD.

the quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 2M. 153. per 41 ,4tertag"
Orinninparing these rates with the English Mint price of
t',s.lo4d. per onnee for standard told, it :tppe..'s Cttt
gold at the above price is slightly clearer in ?arts than La
London

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London, England, 1870-02-21

THEATRE ROYAL, II 1 YMARKET,
Sole Lessee. Mr. Backstone.

THIS MTENING, at 7, POPPING THE QUESTION.
After which, at 20 minutes to 8, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN;
Characters by Mr Sothern, Mr Buckst"ne, Mr Chippendale, Mr
Braid, Mr Rogers; Mrs Chippendale, Miss F. Wright, Miss F.
Gwynne, Miss C. Hill, &c.
Concluding with DE k.F AS A POST : Mr Compton and Mrs
E. Fitzwilliam.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Five.
London, England, 1870-02-21

SEWAGE.

The British Association recently appointed a com-
mittee to make an inquiry into the great utilisation of
sewage problem; and this committee appealed' to the
municipal governments of British towns to assist in
an investigation of such moment. At first sub-
scriptions flowed in slowly; but the committee made
another appeal, and the list of subsidies is rapidly
increasing. Seventy-five towns have contri-
buted. Manchester heads the list with one
hundred pounds; and Plymouth, Bath, Cardiff, and
Exeter spew well. The other towns give small
sums. It is very probable that a total sufficient for
the inquiry will be raised.
London, England, 1870-02-21

NTURSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
INI SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848.

President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is at present superintended by the Sisters of John's
House.
Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the
Lady Superior.
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid
to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's
House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.
London, England, 1870-02-21

THE DWELLINGS OF THE POOR.

The Rector of Bloomsbury in a letter to the Times
says that during the late bitter winds, the rich,
shivering beneath great coats and furs, have sym-
pathised with the sufferings of the poor, and have
poured out charity in abundance. But should
our charity be regulated by the thermometer ?
Poverty is constant in London all the year
through, whether during a hot summer or a cold
winter. The soup kitchens, and other such agencies
for supplying food, shelter, and warm clothing to
those that are in need are at best only temporary
palliatives of a deep-seated evil. That evil, which is
the cause of crime and sickness and vice, is the bad
dwellings in which the poor are crowded. It is this
that is the great cause of intemperance. The
miserable lodgings drive men to drink, and that in
many ways, of which it is necessary to men-
tion only the least obvious. The foul air generated
in ill-ventilated, ill-drained, and crowded rooms
creates a loathing for food and a craving for
stimulants. Mr. Cure has been told by
.physi-
cians that many a man who has slept in the
noisome stench awakes physically incapable of exertion
until he has taken his dram. Statistics are given
comparing a little district in the vicinity of Russell-
square, with its wealthy and fashionable neighbour-
hood, by which it appears that for every single death
in the latter district of Russell-square, no less than
four take place in the Coram-street locality. The
public attention to such evils as this is asked.
No law will prevail until public opinion demands
its enforcement as a political necessity.
London, England, 1870-02-21

Trn MORDAUNT CASE,

On the resumption of the Mordaunt case on Satur-
day, Serjeant Ballantine stated that his side were in
no position to contradict the evidence which had
been given by the medical men to the effect that
Lady Mordaunt was insane at a particular date. The
letters of the Prince of Wales to Lady Mordaunt
have been published in the Birmingham papers, but
do not amount to much.
London, England, 1870-02-21

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTPirE and REFORMATORY IN
SITEUTION.

President —Rev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear•
neatly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 78, Lombard street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C.
E. W. THOMAS See., 200, Euston-road, N.W.
London, England, 1870-02-21

ELECTION NEWS.

The nomination for Nottingham takes place on
Tuesday, and the polling on Wednesday. The can-
didates at present are Mr. Digby Seymour (Inde-
pendent), the Hon. Auberon Herbert (Radical),
and Mi. Augustus Thorne (Liberal Conservative). The
intentions of the Conservative party are not, how-
ever, very well known. The Waterford nomination
takes place the same day, and the polling on Thurs-
day. There is one Conservative in the field, Sir Leo-
pold M'Clintock ; one Nationalist, Mr. Smyth; and
three Liberals, Mr. Bernal Osborne, Mr. Crean, and
Sir John Ennis. The statement that Mr. Lucke
was about to resign his seat for Southwark is con-
tradicted.
London, England, 1870-02-21

NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common,
Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861.
Under thepatronage of R.B.H. the Duke of Oisteaumni,
whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations , from all parts of
the kingdom.
The objeot of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other
wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain
suitable situations for them.
The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions.
HURT KINGSOOTE, Treasurer,
W H. WADY/10K Secretary.
Office, 121, Pall-mall, W
London, England, 1870-02-21

rHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER

THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. OPEN TO CONVICTION.
Messrs. G. Ilulmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss
L. Grey. and Mrs. Leigh Murray.
At 15 to 8, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr. H.
J. Byron; Mersrs J. I). Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Georeg
Btlmore, Miss Lavis, Mrs Leigh Murray. and Miss M. Hates.
And TII.I NIG HTINGAL Mr Benjamin Webster; Messrs
Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge, Skinner, 5113 S Furtado, Mrs
Alfred ellon, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs Caulfieli, &c.
Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking.
Places can be secured a fortnight in advance.
London, England, 1870-02-21

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Tim EVENING, at 7 o'clock, POPPING THE QUESTION.
After which, at 20 to 8, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN; Messrs
Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale. &c. ; Mrs Chippendale, Miss
P. Wright, &c. Concluding with DEAF AS A POST
London, England, 1870-02-21

THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right lion. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bbnk, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary
Office, 82, Sackville-street. Piccadilly.
London, England, 1870-02-21

MARKETS—Saturday.

LONDON TRADE REPORT, SATURDAY.— Tallow flat. 61
469. on the spot, and 465. 9d. last three months. Very little doing;
Linseed oil firm-325. London, spot; 30s. Pd. Hull. Rape dull, "
42.3. 9d, for English brown on spot.

COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET. SATllRDAY.—Transactions
in colonial produce have been very limited, and prices are almost
nominal. A few sales of tea have taken place at yesterday's eer-
rencv. Sugar has ruled dull, and depressed in value. Coffee has
changed hands slowly, on former terms. Rice difficult to move,
except on lower rates.

METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, SA.TIJILDAS.
—The demand was rather firmer, at slightly enhanced prices for me"
dow hay. Prime meadow hay, 755. to 82s Ed. • inferior ditto, 60$. to
70s. ; Rowen, 508. to 655. ; prime clover, 115 s. to 120 s. ; inferior (IMO,
100 s. to 110 ; prime second-cut clover. 10cs. to 110 s. ; inferior ditto,
80s. to 90s. ; and straw, 265. to 30s. per load.
LONDON WOOL MARKET, SATURDAY,—The public Falco of
colonial wool have progressed steadily. The attendance of buyell
has been good, and the biddings have ruled active at the opening
currencies.

BOROITGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKEi
SATURDAY.—The arrivals of potatoes have been less extensive, and
the condition has not been good, all being more or less frosted.
Choice qualities have commanded full prices, but inferior samplea
have been neglected.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—Market quiet
Sales,lo,ooo bales, of which 2,000 bales were on speculation.
HAVRE COTTON MARKET, FEB. 18.— Market quiet.
American dull ; other sorts steady. Stock. 74,000 bales, of wial‘_l
55,000 bales were American and 14,000 Indian. Afloat, 35,000 Amen
can, and 1,600 Indian,

HAMBII RG, FE 11.—Wheat—February, IC4 ; March, 104;
May, 1061. Rye—February, 7'4 ; March, 72# ; April-May, 75k. FM'
oil, 27j, spot 27, May : 251, Autumn.

MARSEILLES, FEB. 18.—Wheat dull. Stock, 224,500 hectolitres.
PARIS, FEB. 18.—Wheat, current month, 55 50 : March, 55, 75;
April-May, 67. Market dull.
BERLIN, Fro, 18.—Spirits—February, 14'10; Autumn, 14 5-6tha•

[ADVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Pills.—Society's Safe-
guard. Whatever the disease may be, and wherever it
may discover itself, whether internally or externally, its
victims may enter on Professor Holloway's treatment with
hearts of hope that-every day will bring some ameliora•
lion of the infirmity. For the cure of ulcers, wounds,
sores, abrasions, eruptions, abscesses, glandular swellings,
and the generality of throat and chest complaints, the
Ointment need only be used according to the instructions
to Insure a successful issue to the illness, and a desirable
restoration of health and strength. In all disorders which
have been of long duration Holloway's Pills should be
taken ; theypowerfully stimulate the circulation, raise the
needful nervous energy, and induce respiration.

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 fine old Irish whisky, is to be
called "The Royal Irish Distillery."
London, England, 1870-02-21

LLOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing;

870 children.
£l6 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41. Lothbury, E. 0.; and by
WILLIAM WILLI &MS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Qneen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

„";,IADIARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
-22,
,and will be received by
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women
messrs. Hatchard, Picea-
-2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
Glyn, Hansom ;
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
and by the Secrets:Y.
dilly ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
London, England, 1870-02-21

'WORKING -ALEN M.P.'S.

The narrow run of Mr. Odger in Soutnwnrr has
certainly not diminished the ambition of working
men for direct representation in Parliament. They
think of starting a candidate at Nottingham—
though it seems too late for that now; and
the project of inviting Mr. Odger to do battle
in Bristol is very seriously thought of.
The Beehive calls upon the Liberal wire-
pullers to make concessions, or run the risk of a
great artisan secession. " The working men of
England wi'l stand no shuffling. They will gladly
and heartily co-operate with the Liberal party on
well-understood and equal principles ; but, if we are
to fight our own battle with our own hands, let us
know it, and it will soon be seen that we can take
care of ourselves."
London, England, 1870-02-21

FORM of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury :-1 give and bequeath to the
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in
1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out
of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for
charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use
of the said Hospital.
The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out
Patients, a Samaritan Society to relieve the more desti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.
E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec.

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

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale-
donian-road, N.—Several beds in the new buildings
cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH, Est Efon. Secretary.
GEORGE EDI , Secretary.
London, England, 1870-02-21

GOOD EXAMINATION IDEA.

The Spectator recently regretted the absence of
any means of fully and fairly testing candidates'
acquirements until they come up for the final exami-
nation on which their prospects depend. The hint
has been taken. Half a dozen university men have
formed an examination board, and offer to test the
qualifications of all comers for a moderate fee. Such
a preliminary trial ought to be very much used in
these days, when everything is settled by competi-
tive displays of knowledge. It should prevent
cramming and heartbreaking failures.
London, England, 1870-02-21

WARMTH IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES.

The Daily News half supports Mr. Plimsoll's queer
little measure for compelling railway companies to
provide foot-warmers in second and third-class car-
riages, whenever the weather is such as to necessitate
the accommodation. It may be doubtful whether
the interference of the State should go so far. But
there can be no doubt that the interest of the com-
panies ought to lead them to furnish warmers with
out compulsion. No idea is more mistaken than the
delusion that passengers are driven to travel first
class by making the inferior classes uncomfortable.
For one traveller who goes first class because the
second•and third aro uncomfortable, there are ten
who do not travel at all, because they cannot travel
at onco cheaply and comfortably. -
London, England, 1870-02-21

THE TURKISH ARMY.

We mentioned lately the immense force which
Russia can bring into the field, a force continually
augmenting, at least on paper. The War Office at
St. Petersburg having furnished statistics of
its army to the European press, its
humbler neighbour, Turkey, thinks it will
have a crow as well, and declares that the Ottoman
army has 160,000 men under arms The regular
troops 'are divided into six corps d'armee, one of
which forms the Guard, and the whole are under the
command of a muchir, whose rank is equal to that of
a marshal. The Sultan, in case of war, can call out
irregular troops, such as the bachi-basouks, and the
Tartars of the )obrutscha. At one moment, during
the hostilities in the Crimea, he had nearly 220,005
men under arms, 105,000 of the regular, active, and
permanent army, 105,000 of the reserve, and 8,000
militia.

The Times Philadelphia correspondent telegraphs
that the House of Representatives, on the 2nd of February,
passed a resolution intrusting the Committee on Foreign
Affairs to inquire what reasons exist why the
Cuban Republic should not be recognised as
a belligerent. A resolution was also intro-
duced by General Banks, chairman of the com-
mittee, authorising the President to proclaim the strict
neutrality of the United States in the contest between
Cuba and Spain, and declaring all existing neutrality laws
that interfere with that object to be null and void. The
House had not yet acted on the resolution.

The private letters irom Rome of the Wediy
_Register state very confidently that the dogma of
the Infallibility will be declared before Easter, but in a
much more modified form than the non-Catholic papers
have hitherto proclaimed. " The" Roman correspondent
of the same paper, gives the following as the relative
numbers of the prelates assembled in Rome in favour of
each school of thought :—Five hundred bishops, including
the Greek Catholic, the Armenian, and the Maronite
patriarchs, have signed the main postulate for the
immediate promulgation of the dogma. Forty
prelates have signed what is termed the American postu-
late, which is identical with the former, but somewhat
modified in the wording. About a hundred of the Fathers
have not signed any of the postulates, for, being members
of the Commission de Fide, or else as belonging to the
Sacred College, they think they ought not to inquenep
others.
London, England, 1870-02-21

BALANCE-SHEET OF T HE LONDON AND COUNTY
BANKING COMPANY, 31sT DECEMBEA 1869.
DR.
To capital paid up £1,000,000 0 0
To reserve fund 500,000 0 0
To amount due by the
Bank for customers'
balances, &c. £13,305,679 14 10
To liabilities on ac-
ceptances, covered
by securities
15,374,536 12 9

To profit and loss ba-
lance brought from
last account
To gross profit for the
half-year, after mak-
ing provis'on for bad
and doubtful debts,
viz.

6,225 17 7

256,701 3 7
London, England, 1870-02-21

THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL HEMS.

A grand musical festival will, as usual, be given
at Drury Lane Theatre on Ash Wednesday.
Mr. Phelps, the tragedian, appears at Astley's
Theatre on the 26th inst.

Mrs. G. Sydney succeedS Miss Oliver at the New
Royalty as manageress.

A new farce, entitled Sampson's Wedding," by
Mr. F. G. Rowe of the Olympic, is in rehearsal at
the Lyceum.

Mr. Barton Mil has been playing Captain John
Smith, and Tony Lumpkin, at the St. James's
Theatre, during the illness of Mr. Lionel Brough.
During the months of May and June a series of
English operatic performances will be given at St.
George's Hall.
(Front Me Musical Standard)

Prince Poniatowz.li is now engaged on the music
of three operas, two of which are destined for Paris
and one for Greece.

On the termination of the Pantomime, some of
Offenbach's popular operettas are to be played in

le Opera Theatre of the Crystal Palace

The pianoforte has been introduced into Japan
through officers of a naval expedition, sent out by
the Austrian Government. The Mikado expressed
great admiration at the present, and an attaché of
the embassy having played several pieces on the
instrument, his Majesty was so pleased that he at
once directed his wife to take lessons.

The following is a description of the medal of
the Order of Merit recently presented to Madame
Adeline Patti by the Czar. The medal is sur-
rounded by 34 large solitairesjsurmountal by the
imperial crown in diamonds, and mounted in a
magnificent diamond bracelet. The medal itself is
of gold ; on one side is the portrait of the Empe-
ror, and on the other are engraved the words, "The
Emperor of Russia wishing to give Mdme. Adelina
Patti a proof of his high favour and of his esteem
for her incomparable talent has conferred upon
her the title of First Singer to the Court."
During the months of May and June a series of
English operatic performances will take place at
St. George's Hall, Langham-place, W., under the
direction of Mr. C. J. Bishenden. A new opera
will be brought out, the principal part of which will
be taken by a well known lady of title.

FENIAN MURDER IN IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Monday Morning.

About 10 o'clock last night a man named Malone,
while standing' at a public-house door on Usher's-
quay, observed two flashes at the river side of the
road, and at the same time saw a man rush over to-
wards him and immediately fall. The man was in-
stantly picked up, but died while being conveyed
to the hospital. The body was identified by his
wife as that of a plumber, named Milian. He had
been shot through the heart and abdomen. Four
men have been arrested, three of them brothers,
named Salmon, and one named Hare. The police
have no doubt that the assassination is connected
with Fenianism.
London, England, 1870-02-21

LAW AND POLICE.

AN ALLEGED FALSE PROSPECTUS.—In the Court
Queen's Bench an action has been brought to recover
losses in a limited liability company. The plaintiff was
the Rev. Mr. Hawke, a Lincolnshire rector, and
the defendants were Mr. Meller, a Manchester manufac-
turer, and Mr. Child, a member of a firm of accountants
also in Manchester, and the charge was that certain frau-
dulent misrepresentations had been made in a circular of
a limited liability company, which had taken the business
of Messrs. Pile, Spence, and Co., shipbuilders and rope-
makers, of London, Hartlepool, and Stockton-on-Tees. Mr.
Hawke was induced to purchase shares to the amount
of £4,000, but the company was afterwards wound up,
and the statements of the circular and prospectus proved
to be incorrect. The defence was that there was no
fraud, and Mr. Justice Lush directed the jury that it must
be proved that the statements had been intentionally
deceptive. There was no evidence making Mr. Mellor
responsible, and the jury gave a verdict in favour of Mr
- -

EXPLOSIVE LIQUID IN TRAINS.—Thomas Early, of Nor-
wich, has been fined i:2,0 by the Stafford magistrates for
sending explosive liquid by train. Mr. Early was the
owner of the bottles which exploded when lifted out of
the traiullekicluelYiPilitillg tIY2 1391 VP•
London, England, 1870-02-21

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
1. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. P. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE WIFE Julian St. Pierre, Mr
T. C. King; Messrs Barrett, Howard, M•lntyre, Moreland, and
C. Moore; Misses Edith Stuart and Hudspeth.
After which, at 9, BEAUTY AND '['HE BEAST; or, OLD
MOTHER BUN C : Misses Jessie Yokes, Victoria Yokes, and
Rosins. Vokes, Messrs. Fred. Yokes, W. F. Yokes, Prittain
Wright, and Harry Boleno.
London, England, 1870-02-21

THE NEW DOMINION.

4. special despatch from Ottawa says that the Imperial
Goveniment hold the Hudson Bay Company responsible
for the Winnipeg trouble, and have decided that they
must bear the losses, which will be a deduction of the
2300,000 to be paid by Canada. It is reported that the
Cabinet have received despatches from Earl Granviv-.
by the cable taking this view.
London, England, 1870-02-21

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
BRIDGWATER MORALS.

The borough of Bridgwater, observes the Times, ha.
achieved in these days an unenviable fame. While the
£lO franchise existed it was commonly averred that not
more than fifty voters out of six or seven hundred were
beyond the reach of bribes ; and the addition to the elec•
toral register has not done much to improve the politica.
morals of the place. Out of eight hundred new electors
two-thirds at least, as the Commissioners have computer;
from the evidence laid before them, are accessible throne
pecuniary seductions. The whole atmosphere is taintei.
with bribery ; no class is exempted from the contagion.
the well-to-do not only engage in the work of bril3in2
others, but accept bribes themselves ; the needy work.
men, the new electors, stand, according to one skilled wit-
ness, " in the cattle-market, like cattle themselves, wait.
ing for the highest bidder ;" the patronage of every petty
municipal office, the commission of the peace for the
borofigh, and the influence of every manufacture.
or owner of coasting craft are expended silo
manipulated on the same principles and fen
the same purposes. Only it is worth while to
note that even , Bridgwater appears susceptible 01
some slight moral improvement, for we are told that since
15.57 it has not been thought either safe or decent to Frac
tine corruption " without some disguise." For the deep
seated disease that has eaten into the political life of the
borough, and become, we may fear, inveterate, there
only one remedy. The disfranchisement with which the
sins of Great Yarmouth, Reigate, Totnes, and Lancaster
were justly visited not long ago will surely be awarded
to the more shameless and habitual misdoing of Bridg-
water.
London, England, 1870-02-21

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London, England, 1870-02-21

INDIAN NEWS.

The Bombay Gazette of the 29th of January says that
the Duke of Edinburgh was expected to arrive there by
the 10th of March, and after staying a few days would
proceed to Madras or Ceylon. The Viceroy will join the
Prince for a short time and inaugurate the through
railway. The Government of India has received
notification by telegraph that Lord Napier of Magdala
has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Indian
army, and the appointment has given general satisfaction.
Lord Napier is expected in Calcutta, in March. Sir
Richard Temple will, it is believed, make his financial
statement at the end of March. The measures for reduc-
tion have not, it is said, met with favour at the India
Office. The Viceroy in Council has recorded his opinion
that Colonel Pelly has conducted the recent operations in
the PerssP.l Gulf with great courage and discretion.
London, England, 1870-02-19

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

Tani EVENING, at 7, OPEN TO CONVICTION. Messrs
George Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss L.
Grey, and Mrs L. Murray. At 15 to 8, NOT SUCH A FOOL
AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And THE NIGHTINGALE
Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge,
Skinner, Miss Furtado. /Ora Alfred Mellon, Miss Eliza John-
stone, Mrs Caulfield, &c.
London, England, 1870-02-19

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

THE. SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen
1- every Evening, at Eight o'clock, at Mr GILLMAN'S, " The
Wheatsheaf," High-street, I;amden-town.
London, England, 1870-02-19

TURNPIKES.

Mr• HARDCASTLE asked the Under Secretary of State
for the Home Department when the report and annual state-
ment of turnpike accounts would be presealip to Parlia-
ment ?

Mr. lIIIGESSEN Bald that some of [the [papers referred to
were in the hands of the printers, but the work should be
hurried on as rapidly as possible.

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.
Mr. EYRyN asked the Attorney-General whether her
Majesty's Government would bring in a bill for the appoint-
ment of a public prosecutor in England ?
Mr. BRUCE said he was afraid he could not promise any
bill on the subject during the present session.

SOLDIERf3 AND TELEGRAPHS.
Mr. H. TRAOY asked the Secretary of State for Ws.
whether it was the intention of the Government to utilise
the labour of soldiers daring the time of peace in the
construction, maintenance, and working of the telegraph
systems of the country ; and whether there were any sol-
diers at present trained in telegraphy whose services might
be thus economically employed?
Captain VIVIAN said he was able to give, he thought, a
very satisfactory answer to the question. Last year, when
it was apparent that the telegraphs would come under Go-
vernment control, about 100 were told off fur instruction
and were now undergoing instruction. Since
in telegraphy,
that the Secretary for War had communicated with the
Postmaster-General to ascertain how many mare could be
employed in the same occupation, and he had no doubt as
many as was possible would eventually be so employed.
London, England, 1870-02-19

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by aSisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed.
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,

Rey. J. W. Ayre
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield

Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker

Rev. S. Brooke

The Lord Clinton

Roy W. Cadman

E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain
Rey. E. Capol Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octsvius Coopo, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell

Rev. C. W. Furse

C. J. Froake. Esq.

J. S. Gilliat, Esq:
Rev. Dr. F Hesaey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasarer

Subscriptions will be mei'
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secrotrry, Rev. S. W. Lloyd
man-square, to whom comtuu
London, England, 1870-02-19

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

THIS EVENING, at 7, FORMOSA: Messrs J. Rouse, Rignold,
Taylor, Philips, Leeson, Eburne, &c. ; Mesdames Billington, K.
Rodgers, Brennan, Bartlett, Grey, &c. Followed by AFTER
DARK: Messrs Rignold, Ashley, Rouse, &c.; Miss Rose Le-
elereq and Miss Barnett.
London, England, 1870-02-19

THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

Mr. S. AYTOUN asked the First Lord of the Treasury
whether he would have any objection to lay upon the table
of the House, before the motion of the hon. member for
Brighton was debated, copies of any Treasury minute that
might have been passed on the subject of first appointments
to the subordinate offices in the Public Service by unre-
stricted competition, and of any correspondence that might
have taken place thereon between the Treasury and the
heads of the other Departments?
Mr. GLADSTONE said it was true th 3 attention of the
Government was given to the subject. The Treasury had
issued a minute, and some answers had been returned. The
correspondence, however, was yet incomplete ; but he would
take care that when it was produced the beat information
should be given in order to enable hon. members to enter on
the debate with the best information it was in the power of
the Government to give.
London, England, 1870-02-19

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Lessee and Manager—Mr. Benjamin Wester.

THIS EVENING, at 7,. FORMOSA: Messrs. J. Rouse, Rig-
nold, Ashley, Taylor, Lin Rayne, Phillips, Leeson, Eburne,
Romer, &c.: Vesdames Billington, K. Rodgers, M. Brennan, E.
Barnett, L. •rey, so.
' With Al. TER DARK; Messrs Rignold, Ashley, Rouse, Lee-
son, Phillips, Rayne; Misses tt. Leclercq and Barnett.
London, England, 1870-02-19

LONDONDERRY RIOTS.

The report has been issued of the Commissioners
of Inquiry into the riots and disturbances in the city.
of Londonderry. It is addressed to Earl Spencer, the
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and contains, besides
the report itself, the minutes of evidence in full of
the witnesses examined, and many interesting
letters and returns relating to the riotous proceedings
that have taken place at various times in London-
derry. The insufficiency of the local police for the
suppression of disturbances is dwelt upon. On the
day when Prince Arthur arrived in Derry uo
more than twenty policemen were on duty.
The apprentice boys were in their glory ; they fired
a royal salute twice, and their band played, " God
Save the Queen." Another mob, less loyal, displayed
a flag with a harp upon it, but no crown, and their
band played " Patrick's Day" and " The Wearing
of the Green." A collision, of course, took
place. The constables were ordered to "fix
swords." Their small numbers were utterly power-
less against the mob, and the mayor hesitated to call
out the military, because he did not wish to disturb
the Prince. Then occurred a scene in which several
men lost their lives. In reviewing the events of this
day in particular, the report censures the want of
any arrangement to provide for what was a most
probable contingency.

DR. TEMPLE'S EXPLANATION.

The Bishop of Exeter addresses the following
letter to the Timse :—" I think it due to Archdeacon
Freeman to say that he was fully justified by the
letter which he had received in making the
authoritative announcement concerning 'Essays
and Reviews' which he made in COlll.O-
- and that the writer of that letter
was fully justified in writing it. I had not
intended any such announcement to be made, and it
took me by surprise ; but the making of it was owing,
as I have since ascertained, to my own carelessness
and to nothing else, for the authority given both to
the Archdeacon and to his informant was full. lam
sorry for any annoyance that this carelessness of mine
may have caused to either,"
London, England, 1870-02-19

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

THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, OPEN TO CONVICTION.
Messrs. G. Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. IL Stephenson, Miss
L. Grey. and Mrs. Leigh Murray.
At 15 to 8, NOT BITCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr. H.
.T. Byron; Mersrs J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Georeg
Edmore, Miss Lavis. Mrs Leigh Murray. and Miss ,M. Harris.
And TH .; NIGIITINGAL . Mr Benjamin Webster; Messrs
Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge, Skinner, Miss Furtado, Mrs
Alfred Mellon, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs Caulfield, &c.
Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking.
Places can be secared a fortnight in advance.
London, England, 1870-02-19

BUTTER.

It is to be hoped that London butter is no fair
sample of the article consumed by the population
generally. It really is a very bad business. Dr.
Muter, who has been engaged during the past month
in examining samples of London butter, reports in the
Food Journal that out of twenty-six fifteen
were adulterated. One firm alone in London sells
eighty tons weekly of animal fat, melted down,
whitened, and refined for the express purpose of
mixture with butter. What is meant by " animal
fat " is not quite clear ; but perhaps the less we
know on that subject the better. It sells for 625.
a hundredweight, whereas common butter is worth
1325., so that the motive for the trade is evident
enough. In addition to this delightful animal fat,
" prime butter " is adulterated with many other nice
ingredients, such as tallow, suet, boiled brains, starch,
potatoes, chloride of calcium, silicate of soda, and
permanganate of potash. What are we to do with
all this stuff? The answer to the question is very
simple : we must eat it. The idea of getting GI
Legislature to interfere is out of the question. -

PRINTERS' WAGES IN VIENNA.

The printers' strike is still going on in Vienna and
Pesth, and there seems little more prospect of a
settlement being arrived at between them and their
employers than between the miners and Messrs.
Newton, Chambers, and Co. These printers are said
to be the most intelligent of German artizans. They
know exactly what they want, and, how fax they
and their opponents can go. They ask fOr an in-
crease of 20 per cent. in their wages (which now
average about £2 a week) ; for the limitation of
work to eight hours a day; and also for an increased
rate for work done after nine at night. All the com-
positors are on strike, with the exception of those
employed upon the official Vienna Gazette. The
masters are determined, it is said, not to give way,
and talk of employing women in place of the men.
London, England, 1870-02-19

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
aro as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Ohurch-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
18, Camden-street,Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland street. wick.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, ITturtridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Bnckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Homo-85, Queen-street, Cheapside
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women tlttd girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The ,piety's Report (of which a contributor writes, " I
never read t of any charitable institution which so
entirely commendea itself to my mind and awoke my
.. .i
sympathy") may be had on coca! on.
of the Earl of
l The Society is under the prep_:_ 4encY
prebl
Shaftesbury. Its hauliers are Meeare..l3l"ay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly mmend I‘,. work
_, ,to the
benevolent. DANL. CODPEtb, °ma
At Q.naeu-street Cheanside.

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PANY (Limited).—New Telegraphic Route OVERLAND
TO INDIA, by Special Lines, in connection with the Govern-
ment of India Cables, through the Persian Gulf.
NoTICE.— Ihe Tele raphic Lines of this Company, via the
above route, are NOW open for transmission of messages for the
public.
he Charge for a message of TEN words from LONDON to
CALC LITT A , BOMBAY, MADRAS, and all places west of Chit-
tagong, is £1 17s. 0(1.
Messages for this Line, marked via Indo-European, will be re-
ceived at any of the Offices of the ELECTRIC and INTERNArioNir,
TELECIRATH COUPANY throughout the Kingdom, and at the
Offices of this Company, 18, Telegraph-street, City,
R. WEAVER, Secretary
London, England, 1870-02-19

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--FUNDS
ll_ are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food wild
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Ohichester Training Ship.
110 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Ealing;
870 children.

£lB will koop s boy or girl for one year.
Oontributionerooeived by the London and Weattalnaterl3ank
214, High Holborn, tir,d. 41. Lothbury, E. 0.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queon-etreet, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
London, England, 1870-02-19

It T. Pigott, Esq.

R. R. Pyin, Esq. -
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigrarn, Eso.

ved by any of the abo V 9 by
and Co; and by the non.
1, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
itications may be addressed.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.

The privato medical attendants of the patients are
invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.

VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit-
able buildings. The promises now occupied are crowded
and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole-
sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want
of room for stowage, every inch of available space being
occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the
staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children,
but no more can be admitted 'n the present building.
£B,OOO at least is'required to can y out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea-
sumr, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon Sec.,
Rectory Wapping E'
London, England, 1870-02-19

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enamel from dew-. and imparts n pleaonnt fragrance to
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Thames-street London.