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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-26

MR. CAVE'S BILL ON LIFE ASSURANCE.

The Economist, in discussing Mr. Cave's Bill on Life
Assurance, thinks all will agree that the State ought not,
to turn insurer unless it is absolutely necessary, and un-
less there is no other remedy. But we contend there is
another, and that what we have often proposed would be
effectual. What is wanted is not to hamper all compa-
nies, but to weed out all suspicious companies. The Albert
was for a long time in disrepute, and ought long before
the failure to have been required to suspend, 'What we
propose is an optional audit by suspicious policy-holders ;
let any thirty. of them have power to ask the board
of Trade to examine the office ' -make the Costs depend
on the event ; if the business of the company is certified
to be well conducted, let the petitioners bear the costs ;
and if the affairs are ill managed, let the company bear
them. Bad insurance offices would fear this more that
the publication of returns, which may be wrong or right.
Perhaps they would fear it more than the competition of
Government, for the people who wish to insure cheap (and
these are the best customers of bad offices) would not pay
dear rates to Government. And without imposing any-
thing on trade, without impairing the liberty of contract,
it would do what it wished—it would weed the trade ;it
would kill out the bad offices, and leave standing the
good ones.
London, England, 1870-02-26

LAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women
2,741 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions end donations are much
needed ,and will be received by Messrs. Ilatchard, Picca-
dilly ; Si r Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only Free Hospital for Diseas:s of Women :
2,5,.3 patients were treated l- et month without I,tters of
recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS
are much needed, and will ho received by Messrs. Hatchard,
Piccadilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

(\NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPH A N CHILDREN aro belng maintained in the
13,0YAL ALBERT ORPH AN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
Office, 54, Cheapaide, London, i✓•Ci
London, England, 1870-02-26

PARLIAMENT.

Town of Nottingham—The Qom Auberon E.lward
William Molyneux Herbert, in the room of Charles
Ichabod Wright, Esq., who has accepted the office of
Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.

Feb. 21, at 9 a.m., Flyfisher, out of Stewards' Steeple-
chase, Cambridge.

Fob. 21, at 9 a.m., Chaddington, out of Newton engage-
ments.

WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 25.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General Henry
George Toesdale to be Colonol-Commandant.

BREVET.

Brevet-Colonel Henry• James Warn, C. 8., Lieutenant-
Colonel half-pay, late 57th Foot, to have the temporary
rank of Brigadier-Ueneral while in command of a

Brigade.

Brevet-Colonel Elward Selby Smyth, Mnjor Unat-
tached, to have the temporary rank of Brigadier-General,
while in command of the troops in the Mauritius.

Major Lynch Stapleton Cotton, half-pay late G3d Foot,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

Lieutenant and Deputy-Commissary Alex ender O'Berne,
Bengal Public Works Department, to have the honorary
rank of Captain.

Ensign and Assistant Commissary T. Martin, Bengal
Public Works Department, to have the honorary rank of
Lieutenant.

Deputy Assistant-Commis3ary Q. S. Griffiths, Bengal
Public Works Department, to havo the honorary rank of
Ensign.

The ntkiermentioned officers, having completed the
qual:fjiug service with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, to be
Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of ...;(.1
February, 1866 :

Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Edtvyu S!terarl Bur-
naby, Grenadier Guards.

Liouteuant-Culouel Francis Edward Macraghter, Bth
hussars.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCF.

DERBY RACES-YESTERDAY.
SPRING HANDICAP.

Five ran.
DERWENT STAKES.

Four ran.
ELVASTON CASTLE STAKES.
London, England, 1870-02-26

IL IFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
! of the past twelve mouths the National Life-
boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,233 lives
from various shipwrecks and 29 vessels from destruction,
The Institution also expended £24,746 in the same period
on its Lifeboat Establishments, iu addition to granting
£2,741 for rewards.
The Institution has now 218 Lifeboat Stations under
its management.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelpht, London.
London, England, 1870-02-26

NOTTINGHAM.

Mr. Digby Seymour, the defeated candidate at
Nottingham, speaks of a petition against the return
of the Hon. Auberon Herbert. On whatever grounds
this appeal may be based, it is clear that the " lambs"
lost none of then: activity at the late election, and
that they received from somebody the due reward
of their services. More than five hundred who had
been engaged attended to receive payment. Each
had a ticket bearing his name and address. There
was so much crushing to get up the stairs
to the pay " office " that a ladder had to be reared at
the side of the chamber window, by which mewls
the lambs descended after being raid.
London, England, 1870-02-26

FAGGOT VOTES.

Mr. CF AUFURD asked the Lord Advocate whether
his attention had been called to the systematic way in
which faggot votes were being created in some of the
Scotch counties ; and whether he was prepared to take
any steps, by legislation or otherwise, to put an end to
the practice.

The LOEI) ADVOCATE said his attention had been
called to the practice referred to, and he had no hesitation
in saying that he concurred in what he believed to be the
opinion entertained by the hon. gentleman who had put
the qtestion.
London, England, 1870-02-26

TELEGRAPU COMPANIES.

10 Anglo-American Tel., UM all I-21 101 171 1
10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1im.... 10 201 21 201
et Atlantic Telegraph • 10 14 16
at Do. 8 per cent.
et Band I. Magnetic Tel., 11m lOO 183 100
et Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267

10 Do. New
25 Indo-European Tel., run—. all 22 25
5 Lend. Provincial Tel. lira all 3 4
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all
10 Mediterra. Exton. Tel., lira all A 10
25 Reuter's Telegram all 12► 13 1
20 Societe Transatlant., Bin— all 16 16 10
et Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 14 If
5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira all 7 8
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 4
London, England, 1870-02-26

CHIEF BARON KELLY.

The statement of the Law Times respecting the
probable retirement of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the Lord
Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer is, we are
informed, without foundation, and there is also no
truth that he is unable to proceed upon the circuit
owing to ill health. Lord Chief Baron Kelly has
left town for the Western Circuit.
London, England, 1870-02-26

LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel-road, E.
The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
Wit!. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary.

ANGLO -AMERICAN TIMES,
AN INTERNATION AL NE WSPAPER,
Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24
PAGES. R ?ports of Congress, Perso.rtl, Financial, Mining,
Railroad, .h°. Members of Parliament, Commercial Men,
and those having an interest in the United States, will find
this newspaper of use.
Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price Id.
15, Catherine-street, Strand.

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.-
The medical profession for Thirty Years have ap-
proved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best
remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn, Headache,
Gout, and Indigestion ; and as the best rothl ap,aieut for
delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Chil-
dren, and infants.
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, .

172 New Bond-str,,et, London ; and of all other chemists
throughout the world.
London, England, 1870-02-26

THE BISHOP OF SOUTHWARK.

We regret to hear that Dr. Grant is suffering at
Rome under a relapse of his serious illness, but his
physician does not apprehend immediate danger.

THE EDUCATION BILL.

The leading members of the National Education
League have decided to offer some amendments to
the Government bill, and the utmost endeavour
will be made to induce the House to accept them.
London, England, 1870-02-26

• SECOND EDITION, in 2 cols., Bvo., 3(5., bound,
zik BOOK ABOUT THE CLERGY.
By J. C. J FFRESON, 8..3., Oxon.
" This is a book of sterling excellence, in which all, laity as
well as clergy, will find entertainnirmt and instruction—a book
to be bought and placed permanently in our librarle3,"—"l
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1870-02-26

WOOLWICH CADETS.

Major GAVIN asked the Secretary of State for War
whether the new regulations as to admission of cadets to
Woolwich after the examination in July was come into
force absolutely, or whether any allowance would be made
as to limit of age in favour of those who had already been
up for examination under the existing regulations.
Captain VIVIAN said the new regulations would not
come absolutely into operation at the time mentioned.
The old limit with respect to age would remain in force
until Christmas, and the new limit would not take effect
until Midsummer, 1871.
CORRUPT PRACTICES.
Mr. EYKYN asked her Majesty's Government whether
the William Henry Cook, scheduled as a briber in the
report made to the House of Commons by the commis•
sioners to inquire into corrupt practices at Beverley, was
the same person as William Henry Cook, esquire, Q.C..
now one of the judges of the County Court for the county
of Norfolk ; and, if so, whether he would not, under
sec. 45 of 31 and 32 Vic., c. 125, be rendered incapable, as
being found guilty of bribery, of holding any judicial
office ; and if in the jud2,-ment of her Majesty's Govern-
ment the statutable incapacity did not attach without
further proceedings, it was the intention of her Majesty's
Government to institute such proceedings as might be
necessary, in the present state of the law, to subject the
person so scheduled to the disqualification imposed in the
said Act.

Mr. BRUCE said the evidence had only been delivered
that morning, and it would be desirable to see how far
the matters were accurate with respect to Mr. Cook before
any steps were taken. With respect to the operation of
the section mentioned, it was extremely doubtful.

EDUCATION.

Lord ROBERT MONTAGU asked the Vice-President
of the Committee of Council on Education, whether the
words in the Elementary Education Bill," The school shall
be open at all times to the inspection of Her Majesty's
Inspectors," were intended to apply to the inspection of
those schools only which may hereafter be built under the
Act, and not to schools only which now existed, and were
secured by trust deeds which had been framed in ac-
cordance with articles 13 and 20 of the revised code, or
whether it was intended to obtain powers to send any one
of the inspectors to inspect the schools of a different
religious denomination.
Mr. FORSTER said with respect to the first part of
the question, he must refer the noble lord to the 82nd 'see.

STAMPED.

et the naucation rut, wmcn set out tnat no grant was to
Le given to any school which was not a public elementary
school. With respect to the other branch of the ques
tion, it was not thought necessary to have inspectors to
inspect schools of the description mentioned, and with re
Bard to the restrictions, he was not- aware of any such
existing.
London, England, 1870-02-26

NIA DAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
Bake --street A PORTRAIT MODEL of TROP nANN
is now added.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the
original Lunette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the
decapitation of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and upwards of
<2,0( 0 persons of the best and worst blood in France. Also an
exact copy of the guillotine as in use. Admission, 1.5.; extra
rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 5, and from 7 till 10 p.m.
London, England, 1870-02-26

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES,
SG, Great Marlborough-street, W.
Bankers, Messrs. Ransom.
SUPPORT is earnestly solicited.
ALEXANDER 111171NGTON, Hon. See.

riIHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
1. the CHEST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-02-26

A SOLUTION OF THE IRISH DIFFICULTY.

An amusing notion about Ireland appears in the
Pall Mall Gazette. It would be an interesting experi-
ment, our contemporary thinks, to people that country
with Chinese. They are just the kind of people best
fitted to deal not only with Ireland, but also with
the Irish. They would not understand the threaten-
ing letters which they would probably receive, and if
once they took root in the country no amount
of oppression would put them down. 'they
would be inoffensive industrious neighbours,
who would soon draw out tke capabilities
of the soil, and be really contented with their lot. In
fact the Chinese are par excellence the mechanical
and agricultural labourers of the earth. They form
one-third of the human race, and do about two-thirds
of the manual labour of the world. They are match-
less for docility, sobriety, and endurance, though they
may not possess some of the good qualities which apper-
tain to other races. The Americans seem to be fond
of the Irish and to dislike the Chinese. Let them
exchange their Celestials for our Irishmen._
London, England, 1870-02-26

THE CONVOCATION OF YORK.

In Thursday's sitting of the Convocation of York the
Dean of Ripon put forward a resolution with regard to unity
amongst Christian Churches. The substance of it declared
that, for the attainment of true unity among the Churches
of Christendom, there must be a re cognition of lilerty
for every Church to ordain• or change any rites or
ceremonies, so long as nothing be ordained against God's
word. With a Church however, maintaining dogmas repug-
nant to the Scriptures there can be no Christian union. The
Dean considered that it was the duty of the Convocatiou, in
these days when union with the Church of Rome or
with the Greek Church has been so much discussed, to give its
opinion on the subject of such a Christian unity. lie re-
marked
that while a disposition for unity Lad been shown
by members of the Clutch of England with bodies holding
entirely contrary beliefs to their own, no such disposition
has been shown in favour of Xteiconformist bodies where no
fundamental contradictions in doe rine stand in the way. No
one seconded the proposition,and the president said he inferred
that the Synod was indisposed to discuss the subject. A reso-
lution was carried asking the President to obtain from the
sister Convocation any report which it had drawn up on the
subject of the appointment of Bishops, and bring it before the
next session of the Northern Province. A judgment
was given in answer to an appeal against an elec-
tion of proctors by which the Archbishop decided
that a Bishop has a light to preside at such an
election in spite of any established custom to the con-
trary. It was stated that the Ecclesiastical Dilupidations
Bill had received no real opposition. A motion was carried
to the effect that the House, though prepared to receive
with respect the now lectionary recommended by the Royal
Commissioners on ritual, yet thinks it right to refer the
subject to a committee of its own.

L 157 FOR THE USE. OF VISITORS TO

THE METROPOLIS.
London, England, 1870-02-26

LORD DERBY'S RENUNCIATION.

The Spectator remarks that Lord Derby has had the
firmness— a firmness which has already elicited many
sarcastic comments,—to insist on being himself, in pre-
ference to

_
" Heading his party with a sense
0' bein' tip-joint in the tail on't,"
--which •would, we take it, have been exactly Lord
Derby's position had he acceded to the request of the
party meeting of last week,— in other words, waived
his own really intermediate position between the
two parties in order to take the post of nominal leader to
a body of • Peers. whom he could only have led by con-
senting to follow. . Wipt would it have meant had Lord
Derby accepted the request made to him, except that as
responsible leader of the Tory Lords, he consented
to pursue for years to come the very same policy
of tacit acquiescence in the necessities Of party
organisation which has brought upon hiM, quite naturally,
during the last few years; so many severe nritiaisms—
years during which he sat tamely under Mr. Disraeli,
moving one day a party amendment in a speech in which
he involuntarily betrayed how much less he agreed with
the party he was trying to serve than he did with the
party he was trying to check—making grand but vain
promises another day, that the Conservatives would never
consent to household suffrage pure and simple, or to any
merely democratic Reform Bill—and soin fact continually
making himself the tool of a policy with which he could
not agree, and scarcely disguised the fact that he dis-
agreed ? He seems to us to have shewn his usual clear
-ood sense, and not to have shown even a modicum of
hesitation—it would never even have occurred to us to
think Lord Stanley's frigid and neutral good sense indica-
tive of a hesitating character, in the decision he has come
to, and the frankness with which ho has avowed his reason
for it.
London, England, 1870-02-26

LIVERPOOL, COTTON .11.111KET.-(TIIIS DAY.)

Sales probably 10,000 b.les. h mai ket quiet.

The very extensi,e Dieirety now being erected
at Belfast, with a;11133..31t improvemmit3 for th 3 manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Messts. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gaine,l
a world-wide celebrity for their tine old Irish whisky, is to be
called " The Royal Irish Distillery."
London, England, 1870-02-26

NORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Accidents and Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earneslv solicited to meet the
annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000.
The committee also plead for help for the sick children,
the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who
enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges
of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank-
fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19,
Chester-terrace, Regent's-pars; and at tho office of the
charity.
HENRY J. KELLY, RN., Secretary.

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.—LONDON
Pn. EV E TI V iC and - REFORMA.T.OIIY lld

President- 11ev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the liomos in 1568 aro ear-
nestly solicited, which may he sant to bankers, Messrs. Blon
qua, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, K.C.; Francis Nicholls
keg. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers,

E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road,
London, England, 1870-02-26

THE. LEAGUE AND THE BILL.

.he Central Executive Committee of the League
has finally resolved upon its campaign. The League's
own measure will be withheld for the present, and
the energies of the body will be concentrated
upon the amendment of the Goverznent
Bill. The points which will be most ener-
getically assailed aro those already so much
discussed and censured by thinkers of League
principles. Compulsory attendance is to be generally
enforced, instead of being left to local boards. Admis-
sion to board schools must be free. The in-
struction in such schools is to be entirely
un sectarian, religious teaching being given
before or after the ordinary work. Fourthly,
the boards themselves are to be elected by the rate-
payers, and not by the town councils or vestries. The
League intends to make every effort to pass these
Amendments. It may well withdraw its own mea-
sure, for if all these changes are made, the Govern-
ment Bill will be the League Bill, and nothing else.
London, England, 1870-02-26

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CONSERVATIVE PEERS
The Conservative party in the Upper • Heusi
will meet again to-day to settle the question
of a leader. The Pall Mall Gazette understand!
that two names are to be proposed—first, the
Marquis of Salisbury, and next, the Duke of Rich-
mond. " The informal advances made some time
since to the Marquis will be renewed in a formal
manner ; and should he accept the invitation, there
the matter will end. If he likewise declines, we
understand that the post will be pressed upon
the acceptance of the Duke of Richmond."
Of course it is impossible to forecast the result, but
the strong feeling in favour of the Marquis of Salis-
bury was evidenced by the fact that on Wednesday
morning all the leading party and independent jour-
nals appeared simultaneously with strong recommen-
dations that he be chosen. There are, however,
various well-known considerations on the other side.
the weight of which this important meeting will
shew.
London, England, 1870-02-26

LlOlOl of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury giro and bequeath to tho
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, este.lishod in London iu
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 Soc'ety to relieve the more de.iti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.
E. 11. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec.

110SPITAL 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.
London, England, 1870-02-26

THE REVISION OF THE BIBLE.

The John Bull says that the recent edition of the New
Testament, published by Baron Tauchnitz, and edited by
Dr. Tischendorf, has opened the eyes of English laymen
to a fact very well known to, though not always con-
fessed by, the clergy—the fact that our received version
contains many MistranslationS, many additions, and some.
omissions. It would be disingenuous to say that either
class of faults is unimportant. In the first place, nothing
can be unimportant which affects such a book as the Bible,
and in the next place, the errors themselves impor-
tant. Probably, as the Bishops ofnTinchester and Glou-
cester and Bristol observed, the popular impression as to
the nature of these errors is exaggerated. At the same
time it cannot be denied that the Sinaitic manuscript has
considerably increased the necessity for a revised version.
This very fact will, with some persons, weigh the other
way. In proportion as they find that some of
their cherished texts—texts which they haye
freely used to support a doctrine or to con-
found a heretic--are not to be found in the
best manuscripts, will they oppose the revision that would
deprive them of their props and weapons. Not so will a
sincere lover of truth, a reverent lover of God's Word,
act. We rejoice to see that men so free from love of inno-
vation as Bishops Wilberforce and Ellicott have declared
for a revised version with a boldness that Archbishop
Thomson may envy, if he cannot imitate. We rejoice, too,
at the announcement which this discussion in Convocation
has elicited--that the long-promised., too-long-delayed
" Speaker's Commentary" will shortly be published. We
hope, with some degree of confidence, that this volume will
both hasten and facilitate the high and noble task to
winch the present generation has just been called by twe
of the most trusted Fathers of the English Church.
London, England, 1870-02-26

NEGRO SUFFRAGE.

The American States have occupied themselves
for several months past with an amendment in the
constitution, giving the suffrage to all citizens with-
out distinction of race or colour. This measure would
let in Negroes and Chinamen. Being a
change in the constitution the consent of
three-fourths (twenty eight) of all the
individual State Legislatures was needed, and tha
process of ratification has been slowly going on dur-
ing the summer and autumn. The twenty-eight
States have at length given their consent, and the
formal proclamation may soon be looked for. It would
be made, indeed, at once, save that the decision of
Indiana is in some way informal, and that New York
has rescinded the resolution of its late Legislature.
Thus, the action of one or two more States will bu
wanted before the formal step is taken.
London, England, 1870-02-26

LORD ELMO AND THE VOLUNTEERS.

At the meeting of Volunteer commanding officers,
held for the purpose of forming a Volunteer Associa-
tion, reference was made to a letter of dissent from
Lord Mao. This nobleman now publishes the letter
which he wrote to Lord Ranelagh disapproving of the
establishment of such an association. Firstly,
he is afraid that the plan of meetings taking place in
London during the sitting of Parliament, and watch-
ing over all parliamentary doings with regard to the
force, would be looked upon with disfavour by
Government. Again, Lord Elcho thinks that there is
no necessity for the formation of this association.
Twice only since the existence of volunteer corps has
any occasion arisen when it appeared necessary to
ascertain the yams of the whelp force upon any
matter; once in 18G7 relative to the capitation grant,
and again lately with reference to the War-office
"suggestions." On these occasions the opinions and
wishcs of the volunteers throughout the kingdom
were made known, without being expressed through
any commanding officers' association.

THE SEIZURE OF TIIE TORNADO.

Further correspondence respecting the seiz•ire of
the Tornado has been published among the parlia-
mentary papers. It extends from May 9, 1809, to
February 5, 1870. The latter part of the corre-
spondence is the most interesting, containing, as it
does, the letters offering £1,500 as compensation
for the crew of the seized ship. Mr. Forbes Camp-
bell, the anent for the officers and crew of the Tor-
nado, is at first highly indignant at the smallness of
t ha sum oared. The amount lost by the
crew was J.:1,0:)3, which when deducted from
lie !7:1,f300 offered, leaves a bah:l:cc of ;0407. This
cl:s.,ributed among the seamen giveseach a little over
Li, or a mohth's v.-a:7;es for §ix month's imprison-
ment. The total amount claimed ter wages, compen-
sa: ion, and property lost or stolen by the 55 men coin-
rosing the officers and crew of the Tornado, is f.:13,("4?3:
at which, it must be acknowledged, the £1,500 offered
forms but a very small part. The answer from Mr.
k, Hammond is that the Spanish Government refuse to
acicnowledge that the Spanish sailors seized
:,,•i. a: .y private property, and they do not
:-7- -.Trofess to pay the wages owing., but
1-. ", dy to give some " pecuniary assistance''
. , the crow, owing to their unfortunate position. The
a',,.:,, immander, Captain Collier, on hearing the terms in
7.2V;hich the offer is made, declares that it adds insult
el'to injury, and contrasts Lord Clarendon's conduct in
the affair with that of his predecessor in office, very
, unfavourably to.the.former, . It isithen Proposed by

the claimants to submit the matter to the mum-
tion of the Emperor of the French, a
proposal which our Foreign office refuses to enter-
tain. Consequently, after a prolonged paper war the
offer of £1,500 is accepted, apparently in despair of
obtaining bettor terms. Her Majesty's Government
having acquiesced in the condemnation of the Tor-
nado, refuse to entertain the claim for £64,000 put
forward on behalf of the owners of the vessel by the
inspectors of their estate.
London, England, 1870-02-26

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 private medical attendants of the patients aro
incited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars -can be obtained on applicatio❑ to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.
London, England, 1870-02-26

NOMINATION AMENITIES.

The proceedings on nomination day at Maidstone
appear to have been a grand mistake. They certainly
dialer from every other late exhibition of the kind,
and it would appear that we are in some danger of
losing our ancient reputation. The mob did, it is
true, make a little excitement, but of a very good-
humoured kind, whilst the politeness of the two can-
didates was most discreditable to our electoral system.
Mr. Foster White, the Conservative, said that the
late Liberal member, Mr. Lee, had retired with the
good wishes of all classes. He hoped that
similar feelings would be entertained towards
him, and he would do all that lay in his
power to ensure that this should be the case. Of
his opponent he spoke in the highest terms, and
declared that neither Sir John Lubbock nor his
friends would have any ground for complaint as to
the manner in which the election had been
conducted by the Conservative party. Sir
John Lubbock, the Liberal candidate, spoke in a similar
strain. lie thanked the Conservative electors for
the courtesy with which they had received him.
The behaviour of the Conservative employers had
been irreproachable. He only wished that, all elec-
tions were conducted on the same principles. Of
such speeches the leading impression is that they
properly belong to some future golden age of elec-
toral purity, and not to this bribing, bullying,
and rioting year of grace 1870. Mr. White and
Sir John Lubbock ought to think seriously of the
effect of such examples. The idea of decency at a
British election, and above all at a British nomina-
tion, is simply absurd.
London, England, 1870-02-26

IRISH JURY LAW.

Mr. SYNAN asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether. he intended to bring in a bill, in the present
session, to carry out the recommendation of the select
committee of 1868, to amend the Grand Jury Laws.
Mr. FORTESCUE could not speak with confidence as
to bringing in a bill with a fair prospect of carrying it.
London, England, 1870-02-26

STATE OF TIIE IRON TRADE.

The Iron and Coal Trades Review states that the
reduction of the Bessemer royalty has given consi-
derable stimulus to the hematite pig iron trade. It
reports the intention of extending the finished
iron trade by the erection of plate mills at
Barrow-in-Furness; also that iron shipbuilding is
likely to form an important industry at the same place
before long. The accounts from South Staffordshire
it says, continue unsatisfactory, as do those from
South Yorkshire and the West Riding. At
Leeds the Monkbridgo Iron Company are
making careful experiments with their Siemens
puddling furnaces with every hope of eventual
success. In Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire the
manufacture of pig iron is likely to increase with the
additional furnaces in contemplation. Accounts from
the Continent, says the same authority, are of an
equally satisfactory character.
London, England, 1870-02-26

A PM3LISIIER'S SUBTERFUGE.

At the Guildhall police-court the attention of
Alderman Lusk, M.P., was called to the character
of a publication which had on its title-page,
in large letters, " Tl:e Infidelities of a Prince,"
" The Prince of Wales's Feathers," and
in still larger letters "Unparalleled Revelations."
The Chief Commissioner of the Police, it was stated,
considered the publication a very unjustifiable one.
The publisher stated that the contents referred to
George the Fourth. It was composed solely of parlia-
mentary papers and reports which were in the British
Museum. He admitted that it was published on the 24th
of February, in consequence of the proceedings in the
Divorce Court. Alderman Lusk expressed his
opinion that it was a very offensive publication. lle
said he was surprised at the state of morality of
persons of respectability who could for the sake of
a penny fraud on the public, disgrace themselves.
The matter ended with a promise, on the part of the
delinquents, that the publication should be with-
drawn.
London, England, 1870-02-26

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

THIS EVENING, at 7, FORMOSA: Messrs J. Rouse, Rignold,
Taylor, Philips, Leeson, Bburne, &c. • Mesdimes Billington. K.
Rodgers, Brennan, Barnett, Grey, ie. Followed by AFTER
DARK: Messrs Rignold, Ashley, Rouse, &c.; Miss /toss Le-
elereq and Miss Barnett.
London, England, 1870-02-26

THE OPPOSITION.

The opposition to the dogma (the Vatican says) is
becoming weaker. The German bishops are so
startled at the construction put upon their acts that
they recoil from them altogether. The Archbishop
of Cologne has issued a pastoral telling his flock that
they need be under no apprehension, for everything
will be settled by the Divine Spirit—the
dogma, its opportuneness, and everything
beside. The French bishops are very
much divided; and Bishop Casimir, of Laval, has
issued a protest against what Mgr. Dupanloup, Bishop
of Orleans, and leader of the "Gallicaus," has been
doing. No notice is taken of the compromise which
seemed likely a short time ago.
London, England, 1870-02-26

SILK SUPPLY ASSOCIATION.

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Many influttntial gentlemen, and amongst them
representatives from India, Egypt, China, and the
United States, have met together in London for the
first time as an association for promoting
the supply of silk to this country. The re-
commendations of a committee will probably
be acted upon in endeavouring to induce the
further production of -silk in the various British
colonies. It is said, too, that the United States con-
tain immense districts su. table to the growth of the
mulberry tree. At the meeting referred to, it was
contended by the chairman, Mr. Thomas Dickens, of
Manchester, that their efforts should be directed
towards keeping the reeling in the hands of the
►manufacturers, and to have the cocoons imported.
London, England, 1870-02-26

INSANE PRISONERS.

Viscount ENFIELD asked the Secretary of State for
the Home Department whether his attention has been
called to the
.case of George Whitehead, who was sen-
tenced to ten years' penal servitude on his own confession
for arson at Hayes, near Uxbridge, in the month of Octo-
ber last, another man, named Holden, having been pre
viously convicted and sentenced for that offence ; whether
at the trial of Whitehead evidence was not adduced to
prove that he was of unsound mind, and could not have
been present at the time in the locality in question ?
and whether any inquiry had been made into the sanity
of the said George Whitehead since his conviction.
The HOME SECRETARY said if the man could be
let out of prison with safety to the public, it would be his
duty to order his release.
WOOLWICH EXAMINATIONS.

Colonel BERESFORD. asked the Secretary of State
for War whether the examinations for Woolwich, after
next July, would de discontinued, and, if so, for what
period ; and, if not • discontinued, when they would be
conducted on the system recommended in the report of
the military commission.
Captain VIVIAN said the- examination would take
placc at Woolwich in July. It would be conducted by
the Civil Service Commissioners, but be under the old
regulations.
London, England, 1870-02-26

WATERFORD.

The nomination in the South of Ireland, on the
other hand, was not only up to the usual mark, but
far beyond it. Such a scene of scurrility and violence
has seldom been equalled, even on the hustings. Sir
Barron, who proposed Mr. Smyth, termed Mr.
Osborne a hypocrite, an abettor of treachery and
perjury, a second edition of Jeremy Diddler, &c., &c.
Mr. Osborne was not behindhand in his mastery of
Billingsgate. Alderman Redmond he spoke of as
"the original old donkey ; " Sir H. Barron as " the
old woman," who never would be admitted to
society. One epithet procured. for him
the threat of being knocked down, but
still he pursued his triumphant way, deliverinc, a
speech bristling with personalities, and devoid of a
single allusion to a public topic. This is indeed the
right kind of thing, and obviously superior to the
tame Maidstorte doings. For it is needless to say
that the purport of elections is not to advance the
business of the nation, but to give extra facilities for
disturbance, and to enable candidates to look smaller
and meaner than in any other relation of life.
London, England, 1870-02-26

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London, England, 1870-02-26

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

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London, England, 1870-02-26

'DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 24.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel George
A. K. D'Ar&.y (formerly G ivernor of her Majesty's Settle-
ment on the lt;ver Gatubil, to the Western Coast of
Africa) to be Governor and Commauder-iii-Chik f of her
Majesty's Settlements on the Falkl:►ud Isl Ands and their
Dependencies.

FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 14.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Walter Daring, Esq., now Attadid or her Majesty's Em-
bassy at Vienne, to be a third Secretary in her Majesty's
Diplomatic Service.
London, England, 1870-02-26

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The Lord Uhandellor took I►l3 seat on the woOlsack at
five o'clock.

The Earl of SIIAk'TESBURY presented a petition
from Leicester in favour of the repeal of this Act.
Lord ROMILLY presented a petition from the Baptist
associations in Glamovs.nshire, representing 119 or,,,anised
churches, 31 branches, 18,350 members, and 17,000 Sun-
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London, England, 1870-02-26

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London, England, 1870-02-26

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S ILOMES
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girls from 10 to 16. Tho committee ate deeply anxious to
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