The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVE IN G, MA RCH 2. 1870.

SHARE LIST.

?;;DINA.UY 6LIA.KES ANO

Closing Businet s
hallways. Paid. Price. done.
at Best )1 and Exeter ...... 100 78 80
St Caledonian ........... 100 761 77 771
st Cambrian.
20 Cornwall. all 21 31
at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO - -
at Dun„Perth,& Ab. June loo
70 72
2J East London all 4 6
20 Do 15 - -
23 Do 10 - -
at Glasgow A. S. Western lOO 107 109 .
st Great Eastern .' ,00 3i; 37: 38/
et Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 61 71
at (treat North of Sootlaud lOO 10 10
at Great Northern lOO 1171 118 1171 1
at Do. A. stock.
et Do. B stock lOO 127 129
at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO OS 100 99
st 13 t. Western -Original llO 631 G 3 631 .1 4
It Do. South Wales l6O 6i 6i 67 1
at Do. W. Mld.-Oxford lOO 40 42
at Do. Newport
at Lancashire. Yorkshiro lOO 128 1101
at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 44 14i 421 1
- Do Scrip - -
it I•on., ehat., and Dover.. 100 15 101 141
t Do. Sletrup. Ex. A.... 100 11 13
4 Len. A. North Western.. 100 123; 1241 1241 1
4 Lon. 2; South Western.. 110 93 94 04 I .
Man., Sliet., A Lincoln.. 110 511 52 49;;
4t Metropolitan ... • lOO 78; 7tl ;71 /
at Do E'xitinsian ..
5 Do. New rd .. - -
at 112`r000litan District.. sll 35 36 r.;
12 Mctrop. it. John's 55 6011 10 - -
et bi. .I.usi
at i 0 Sirmin. A. Darbj lOO 8J pl.
at Noi./h British . .....
st 1.3 -.Ed., Pth., A. Dun lOO - -
et' Nor I4a3tern -Berwick lOO 127 128 1281 1 1
25 11_ G. N.E purchase-16.11.i -
st D Leeds .. 100 79 80 87 01 1
st D oVerk lOO 12 1 '2ll 131;
at D oCarlisle .... - -
at D oStock. & Darling lOO 167 109 1711
st North Lou ton
10 Do New 1868
st North Staffordshire . . 110 01 63
st North awl iS. W. Jnuction 100 91 101
10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... ..
at Rl,:imney
at :Shropshire Union 1(0 591 101
at South Desrou'..
at South Eastern lOO 781 764 761 1
at Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok all 13 11
st 'Cali Vale . . lOO 154 158
-- Do. C - -
- Waterford & Kilkenny ICO - -
lb Waterloo tk Whitcha.l 6 - -.-

RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SIIARLS AND STOCKS.

st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.eenf. 100 87 83
st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ...
8t Do. Scot. N.E., 46 per cent lOO ...
st Do. Aberdeen, gua G p.c lOO ...

et Do. do. —7
per cent. 100
st D. do. Ordinary 100 78 82
st Do. Midland
st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ...
20 Cornwall, S per cent gua
st Dundee, Perth, and Aber-
deen Junction lOO 105 107
st Po. Ist Class preference lOO
st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO
st Eastern, E.O Ex. No. 1 100 98 10J
st Do do No. 2 100 97 90
st Do do 6 per cent 100 110 113
st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ...
et Do do B 6 do. 100
st Do do C 7 do. 100
st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100
st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 63 72
et Do Norfolk 5 p.e.Ex.1846 100
st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 ...
st Great Northern, 5 per cent 100
st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. e. pm. 100
Do 43 do do do 100
st Do 5 do at sp.e. pm lOO 10h
st Do Leeds, Bradford, and
Halifax, 6 per cent lOO
st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 ,„
st Groat South. and Western
(Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 93 93

et GC- West.—:Orig.&Jnt.-Itent
_ chg., per gueTs p.c lOO 106 103

Do. Orig. U. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100
Do do 44 per cont. 18.30 100 90 9'2
Do do 4 do do lOO 80 82
Do do .5 per cent. rodent 100 97 911
Do do Birmingham gua 100 68 72
Do do do pref 100 ..„
Do do Chester gua 1 'A) 85 94
Do do do 8 per cent lOO
Do do do 5 do 100 •••
Du South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 m
Du do 4i p.c lOO
at Do do 41 1859 lOO
at Do do 5
st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 116 118
st Do do 2d gua lOO 113 121
et Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 96 98
st Do do 22 do 100
at Do gua. 5} per cent. 1863 100 ...
00 Lancaster & Carlisle 4; p.c. all
st Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 133
at Do Barnsley, £5 3s 102 p.c. 100 •••
at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135
st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 93 100
at. Loudon & Brizhton. sp. c.
guaranteal, No 1 lOO ...
at Da 5 per cent. gua No. 2. 100
at Do 6 do do lOO
st Do 5 do No. 4. 100
at Do 7 per cent lOO
at Do 6 du (W.E. & 0.1? ) 100
st Da 4 du 1859 lOO
at London, Chatham, 2 Dover
5 per cent lOO
at Loudon and 11 W., C. and
Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 111
at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO
at Do Shrews:3'y & Welelipl lOB
st London and 6 W. 7 p,c ••• •••
late 3d shares lOO 145 150

B Do (Portsm.perp ans 2560) all ...
s Man., Shof.,&Lineln. 6 p.c 100
Do
s Do 31 per cent lOO 64 66
1 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5
st Mid. Consolidated, 6p. c lOO 130 135
a Do Bristol& Birin., 6p. c lOO 1:3 135 133
s Do 41 per ceut. redeatu lO6 98 100
a Du 43 per cent. irrouto.in lOO Jo 1,1
Do LeicesterA;U clm,4 p.c 100 8t NL
at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lO3
at Do E. &G.4p.c.S. & D 1 00
at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO
St Do Border Unioa, 53 p.c lOO •
St N.-Eastern—Cous. 1 p.c lOO 87 85
st Du 43 per coot. redce.n lOO 37 39
st Do C. 4 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO
17 Do Barwick capital 8.13.4.
Do York, IL& S. purchase lO 13 loi
Do Stektu & Drliug. A. 5 p.c Lou 107 10i

et Do W, Llartlepoel if. aui it 100 8,1 83 901
20 North Staffordshire all 201 211
108 S. Doyen Annuities, Ls all 9 10
103 Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 81 91
10s Du Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81
10.6. S. tast. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23
st Do 41 per cent lOO ••• •.•
st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO
st Tall Vale No.l lOO 154 153
at Waterford & Kilkenuy, 6pc lOU • • ..

RAILWAYS.-PREFERENOE S lIARES AND STOOKS.

With Dividends coatiagent ou the Proats of each separate yea

bt Calledonian 41 p c gua.
at Do Scot. Cen. min. 7 p c lOO
at Do 41 p irredeein all
at Do 4pc con. issued at SO 65
at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 SU
st Do 5 do, 1862 100 87 90
at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 84 88
at Do do 5 do, 1861._ 100 83 88
et Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100
et Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100
at Do Boston & Sloan', 41 pc 100
st Great West., W Mitll., 5p c 100
at Do Jointperpo.s pc, 1865 100 88 Nt
at Do do 6p c irred., 1836 10J 115 120
20 Do Vale N oath perp. 5p c all
at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO
5 Lane. and York New 41 per
cent till July, 1871 2 Ip
at Lond., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100
st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ...
at Do do 41 do, 1861 100
at Do do 41 do, 1863 100
at Do do 5 do, 1365 100
st Do No. 6 5 do, 1466 100 ... 111
at Do No. 7 5 do
at Loud , Chat., .Ic., 'Ad, 6 p.c
at Do sletrop.Ex.,l3 6 p.o 100
Do do C G ice 100 ...
at London & N Western, 5p c 100 103 110
at London& S. Western, 41 p c 100 93 95
10 Man. Shef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 9 91
at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102
st Midland, it. 5 per cent prof lOO 107 102
at Do 8.5 do 100 107 109
18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to
Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 201 311
18 Do InconY, Now Shares all 19 191
22 Do 5p o con. into Old
Stk., Aug. 31,1872 Bl 11 21p
at North British, E. and G

-
No. 1, 5 per cent 100 ...
at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100
Do E ,P., &Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ...
at Do E. &G , N 0.2, 6 p.c 100
at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1362 100
at Do K & G., No. 3, 5 p.O 100
at Do E. &G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100
at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 961 100
at Do Stock. & Darl., D 100 113 Ili
at North London, 41, per cent
(➢lax. 5 per cent)
at North Staffordshire 6p e lOO ... .6.
at South Eastern, 41 pe, 1859 100 ...
st Do 5 do 1801 100 ...
st Do 6do (Ch. Cross) 1803 100 ..
at Do A do, 1801
at r.ctoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ...

RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT VLIFID RENTALS

. _
et Birkenhead •-• • - • •••• - • • 100 93 9.3
90 DO: 41 pet' tt!) lit: All 98 100
it hire
at Chester and Holyhead lOO 04; 6
st Do. 5i per coat.
st Do. 5 do. 100 lit 14
st Clydesdale, traatittiteed- • 100
st Qvidlester StO.ti• Valley :v. 100
Bt 19,tst Liliailh; gat. ti p: 13 13.4
20 G-icatef Red I*aq 511
s BOIL. 1.10Vt11., &C., b p.c 100
s Do. E. H. Harwich, 4 p.c 100
st Do.do.Woodlirg.Ex., do 100 .„
st Gt. West ,W. Uid., Heref 100 91'
60 Hull and Selby, • lie 10
st Laucasta and Oatlisie
st Loudon . 100 1!150 Olf
st Do. •44 per -etlaW,t,- lOO ••••.
st LOadola, Chat.; &C.., 4¢ pc. 100
st Dts. Coin. Ftind, 5 do 100
st London o..nd Graeh*tell :P. 09 62 64
St Do. Pl.-61,61'l.hiee:;. 100
st Lom-1.)3h, & South 00 8.4 8.5
st Lovrestoft,gua. 4 pqalint.:-. tt
st Do. P 6 i 3, :tt 104 .11 ...
5t
I S It. ,Le11..u.',13-rarlitors(l:ol:reoefu t 1004aa: 94-6.1
10 Mid licut Cray
••• •••
508
''i
' ''
''
;;•
A per!), prpt, 30 C. 140 1117 109
st .0o B nliniillunl 11 100 • • ..
st Notting. it Granthll: & C.:. 1.4
23 Preston, )110 W ytt •' • Ali 48
Slie,/). 100 132 134
st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 104
10 Do do 8 2 91p
ti S. Yurksh. and River Dun 100 100 103
D 4 per cent gua lO ) 73 80
du
st Viet. Station and Phulice,) lOO .
st West Cornwall
20 West London, Class A all 13 14
20 Do do B all .41 111
20 Du do C all .„
st Weymouth and Portland lOO
st Wilts and Somerset

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT.
PRONGE V. MATTIIEWS.-A ROMANTIC CASE.

This case concluded to-day before the Lord Chan-
cellor and Lord Justice Giffard. The Lord Chan-
cellor said it was not often that the court had to
exercise its jurisdiction in eases before foreign
courts. Mr. Pronge, the plaintiff, contracted a
marriage with an English lady, and they lived to-
gether in France, there being only one child issue
of the marriage, namely, James Leon Pronge
Some time after its birth Madame Pronge eloped.
with a paramour and came to London, bring-
ing the child with her. She afterwards returned
to France, and her husband forgave her arid
cohabitation between them was resumed. Hui%
ever, finding that she meditated another elopement
with the same paramour, it was agreed that they
should separate, and he settled on her 10. E
francs a month for the maintenance of herself
and the child, and they never afterwards lived
together. In 1836 Madame Pronge formed an
illegal connection with a person named Chevron
with whom:she went to Calcutta, where she assumed
his name and went into business. Subsequerrly
Chevron returned to France, taking the child with
him, which he delivered to M. Pronge, who re-
ceived and treated it kindly, although he was
informed by the wife that she did not be-
lieve he was its father. When the child
had grown up, M. Prongs procured a situation
for him in the Admiralty. James Leon formed au
intimacy with a married woman, by whom he had
a daughter. Ho afterwards came with her to Lon-
don, and went through the mock ceremony of a
marriage with her. They then went to Calcutta,
and James Leon entered into business with his
mother. It appeared that the child of James Leon
being born during the lifetime of the husband, the
latter was, by the laws of France, legally the
father. After his arrival in Calcutta James Leon
died. Madame Prongs returned to France,
and wrote to her husband, who refused to receive
her, and who at the time was living with another
woman. She came to London with the child, and
renewed her acquaintance with a lady named
Mathews, the wife of the defendant, mho is a
solicitor. In 1865 Madame Pronge, who was
residing at Bordeaux, became very ill, and she
settled the property she had acquired, amounting to
between £7,000 and £B,OOO on the child. On
her • death the huSband instituted a suit to
recover a casket containing nearly £5,000, the
property of Madame Pronge, which was in the
possession of Mr. Mathews, one of her trustees.
The French Court of law considered that by
the marriage deed of settlement, which was agreed
to between Mr. Pronge and Madame Pronge
that any property they might have acquired
by mutual consent inter vices, should be
given up to the former, and the casket was
ordered to be delivered to him. M. Pronge
then commenced proceedings in this country to
recover the remainder of the money which kid
been sent here. Some of the avocats in France
considered that, on the ground of morality,
M. Pronge was not entitled to the remainder
of the money left by his wife, as he was living
with another woman. The greatest difference
sthhiepFdreencicdhedbatrhaa:
i‘toiadtahme
eissp%)sger,aiws2hdo.
existed between some of the most eminent mem-
ibieirss
loofr
had kept all she had done with regard to be a
child a secret from her husband, under the marriage
deed could not make any disposition of her pro-
perty. The money in question must be paid to
Pronge, and the defendants must pay the costs.

Lord Justice Giffard concurred in the decision.

CEN2 RAL CRIMINAL COUR7.—This Day.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO 11URDER BY AN ARTIL-

LERYMAN.

John Harris, a powerfully-built young man, was
charged on two indictments with feloniously wound-
ing Henry Jones and John Pack, with intent to
murder them.

The prisoner, an artilleryman at Woolwich, had
been under orders to proceed to India, but had ex-
pressed his nuwilitngneis for to go, and hal been
locked up in a guard room where there w ere seve-
ral other sZlers. During the night he seemed to
have obtainei possession of a piece of iron, and
with that he attacked two of Lis fellow prioncrs in
a very violent manner, and inflicted slch severe
injuries that they were for some time in danger of
their lives.

On the prisoner being asked whether he was
guilty, he replied quite cooly, "I do not se,: that I
am."

The jury were sworn to try whether the prisoner
was of sound mind and capable of defending him-
self.

Dr. Gibson, the surgeon of Newgate, was then
sworn, and said the prisoner had been daily under
his observations since the 10th of February, and he
was decidedly of opinion that he was insane.
The jury returned a verdict accordingly, and
the prisoner was ordered to be detained during her
Majesty's pleasure.

and the prisoner has been reman lel from time to
time in consequence of her refusal to give any ac-
count of herself, further than that she was a ser-
vant out of place. The robbery was clearly
brought home, as the purse was found on the
prisoner.

Inquiries had been made, and the prisoner's
sister now attended and said that her name was
Pitt.

Mr. Arnold sent her to prison for ten days, and
afterwards to be sent to Litupley Stoke Reforma-
tory, near Bath, for four years.

THAMES.

Amelia llanwood, a dirty and dissipated old
woman, who is batter known to the police and
others by the title of the " Countess of Dirty
Water," was brought before Mr. Lushington charg d
with stealing a silver watch and guard, value £5,
the property of Henry Middleton, of Bolton's-yard,
Church-street, Whitby, Yorkshire.

The prosecutor, who said he was the master of a
ship lying in the Regent's Canal Dock, met wiih a
woman on Monday night, and she "regularly
dragged" him to a hous,3 in Victoria-street, Shad-
well, where he missed his watch and guard
and gave informati.m to the police.
Isaac Pawsey, a detective officer, said 13., made
icquiries, and ascertained that the " Countess of
Dirty Water " had been dealing with the sailor's
watch, and took her into custody. She said another
woman gave her the watch to pawn. She took him
to a publichouse where she had left the duplicate
of the watch, and it was handed to him by
the landlord. The watch, which had been pawned
for 255., was produced by a pawnbroker, who said
he lent 2bs. on it.

The prisoner, in defense, said it was only the
police and blackguards who called her the Countess
of Dirty Water, and that the Yorksliireman gate
another woman the watch to pawn, and sent out
for some Irish hot, upon which they all got drunk.
The Yorkshire Captain identified his watch, and
said it c)st £5.

The pawnbroker said the trade value of the
watch was 80s. only.
Mr. LuMhington committed the prisoner for trial.

FIRE NEAR THAMES-SI ItEE7.

This morning about two o'clock, a fire attended
with a great loss of property, happened in a long
range of premises, belonging to Mr. Thompson, a
packing-case maker, situate in Brook-yard, Upper
Thames-street. The discovery was made by Po-
lice-constable Banham, No. 581. At the .com-
mencement of the fire a number of poor people
living immediately opposite and separated only by
a narrow pathway, rushed out of their habitations
in a state bordering upon frenzy, and they com-
menced removing their furniture to a distant place
for protection. The engines were quickly in at-
tendance, but the fire could not be extinguished
until three o'clock, and not until the premises of
Mr. Thompson were totally destroyed, and the
opposite houses severely damaged by heat. The
origin of the fire is unknown.

METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE-
SQUARE, CITY.—The comriittes gratefully announce the
receipt of a munificent donation of five hundred pounds
from "Anonymous," per Messrs. Harrison, Beal, and Harri-
son, of 19, Bedford-row, W.C.
THE PUBLIC HE A LTIL—The weekly return of tne
Registrar-General states that the annual rate of mortality
last week in seventeen English cities and boroughs ranged
from 19 to 39 per 1,000. Leicester is the lowest, and Man-
chester the highest in the list. The rate in London was
30, while in Birmingham it was 25. In Edinburgh and
Glasgow the deaths were at the rate of 28 and 33 per 1,000,
and in Dublin 32. In Paris the rate was 38, and in
Vienna 30 per 1,000. The deaths in the seventeen towns
phew an increase of 121 upon those in the two previous
weeks, the largest increase being in London, Bristol, and
Manchester. Three deaths are recorded as having been
caused by horses or vehicles in the streets.
"Cumuli MISSIONARY Annowitoor"—We find
in the Daily Express an advertisement setting forth the
excellence of " Church Missionary Arrowroot." The
idea is not bad, but we fear the Church Mission folk will
not be left long in exclusive possession of it. It will be
plagiarised by rival societies and we shall probably soon
sae advertised something of this kind—" Irish Church
Missions to Roman Catholics —calves'-feet j elly," "Society
for the Conversion of the Jews—Preserved Artichokes
(Jerusalem), " Irish Society for Promoting the Scriptural
Education and Religious Instruction of Irish Roman
Catholics, chiefly through the medium of their own lan-
guage—concentrated essence of beef tea (strongly recom-
mnided)." The writer of the advertisement we have
iwarnekl has brought puffing beyond mere art or even a
sHence. lie has made it almost a religion--Freeman's
Journal.

11 ETIIA CTATION REFLTSED.—There is an anecdote of
an editor in one one of the most important provincial
Owns in England. He was seated at his desk, reading
the letters received by that morning's post, when an unan-
nlunced visitor presented himself. " I believe, Sir, that
yeti conduct the —Journal?" The reply was a nod of assent.
" I am Mr. Moore, banker, in (naming a neighbouring
town), and you have had the audacity to state, in your
last issue, that I had committed suicide in a fit of tempo-
rary inamity." The editor was puzzled, but undismayed :
"We had the paragraph from our local reporter in your
town, and have always found him reliable and accurate."
The banker became more angry. " Well, sir, you
see that I am alive. Of course, you will publish a
contradiction and apology in your next number ?"
" I am afraid, .my dear sir, that this would
violate our invariable rule—which is, never to admit that
that we have made a misstatement. But, as you appear
greatly annoyed by the paragraph, I am willing to state,
in to-morrow's paper, that the rope broke, and that you
are fortunately alive. More than this cannot be done—
our principle is never to retract."—Dr. Shelton Mackenzie.
LORD MA LiNIESBURY'S MISSING STEWARD.—This
gentleman, who has been missing since Thursday morning
last, has not been found. Since his disappearance the
river has been systematically dragged, except at night,
and the coppice near has been ransacked, but so un-
successful has the search been that last night it was
decided not to continuo it, but to keep a watch
on the river for any trace of the missing man. The
locality in which he was last seen has been daily visited
by hundreds of people, and is a spot of some beauty, about
a mile and a half from' Christchurch, and in the heart of
his lordship's estate. Its shape is that of an irregular
triangle, formed by the River Stow on the west side, and
by the road to Heron Court on the cast. About 100 yards
further northward the road and the river run side by side.
Nearest the road is a small wood, which runs to the
river in the point of the triangle, behind which
is a small field, and next the river a small meadow. This
meadow is the piece of land which it was supposed he left
his carriage to see. The northern end of this meadow
narrows almost to a point from which point a path leads
up a steep
inclineinto tie woods above. The river is
exceedingly deep. at this point, and the path slants towards
the river ; and it is thought that the unfortunate gen-
tleman was seized with sudden cramp, and rolled off into
the river. No motive appears to exist which would have
led him to commit suicide, or to wander away into the
woods and covers, which extend for miles to the north-
east. No reward has been offered for his recover":

ORTII A MILLION OF MONEY AND YET !—Wlttlt
a million is worth in some minds may be judged from the
the two bon mots just crept up. Hope, the celebrated
banker, who was suffering from an inexorable malady
which prevented him from eating, seeing a friend at work
upon a chop, exclaimed with accents of emotion, stopping
his friend's hand as it was conveying a piece of chop
on a fork to his mouth, " Cherished friend, I would give
a million to be able to eat a chop as thou art doing !" And
M. Nathaniel Rothschild, who was- paralysed, on hearing
of the accident to his brother from a fall from his horse,
exclaimed, " Ah l how happy he must be to be able to get
on horseback at the risk even of breaking his neck by
fall I I would give a million to be able to risk as much.'
THE, gtiItBTION OF DISARMAMENT.—An article
on disarmament which appears in the Constitutionnel is
said to represent the policy of the French Government.
France, says the writer, is giving an excellent example to
the other nations of Europe by her reductions. She is
powerful enough not to hesitate for any considerations of
tioltiove when she wishes to give a pledge of her deference
ofto civilised Europe. The numerical strength
le Cwhat it was under the
of her army has Inaill.et nearlyfinotv reckons three more
ipinistry o July, E.ll-1.,1E-4.-
departments and a'""million 4n2 0141
,inhabitants than in
000 men in the an-
-1848: fix propUsittg kfliminution. - --,ment proves
dual cceitiiigeilt for 181 I, thlljtoperial'Govb..„ (riven
its desire to satisfy piiblie feeling. Having eau., •
inch eild6n€6 et her? NI *ill and of her confidence iL
tt
tha pacifi AsflYtA a stirgi France ipay be allowed to
wait until she has faun iiilitetore, Vinsoda; „to the pre.
siding power in North Germany, is the first to liilooked to
in this matter. The military state of the Confederation
is filed tip to December 11, 1871, but the Prusso-German
ontirigeilt of
•1872 will have to be fixed by a new law.
the Mott:lent is, therefore, near when Prussia will be able
ti shtrif whether she is disposed to harmonise with the
pacific aspirations of the German States, and the deter-
minations of the Cabinet of Bei4in Will have a consider-
able influence on the march of events in Eurond.
Dr, O'Neill, of Lincoln, writes to the Medical
Press and Circular that a disease resembling Asiatic cholera
has broken out in the parish of Bullington, near Wragby,
Lincolnshire. So far, the fatalities have been confined to
children under ten years of age. Four children, belonging
to a farm laLourer, have been attacked, and three have
died ; and two children belonging to tho foreman on the
same farm have also been attacked, and one has died. The
fatal cases lasted Aunt thirty hours.
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES FUND.—A Parliamentary
return shows the great variety of "ccntingencies" which
befal the national purse. All sorts of odd items, ranging
from very large to very small sums, are brought to the light.
It it; interesting to know that the costs of presents given by
the Duke of Edinburgh at the Cape and Australia amount to
£1,:374 14s, The commander of her Majesty's ship Investi-
gator has lavished the people's wealth on "King Ilaba- ba," to
the extent of 2s. 4d.
A man is reported killed at Phillipstewn.
County, in a dispute about a right of way.
Nothing has yet been settled as to the succession to
the vacant sees of Chichester and St. Asaph,

The Earl of Derby has accepted the presidency for
this year of tho Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Asso-
ciation.

It is rumoured that the friends of Kiekbam,
Diatiorudiat oa diday), intend to petition sisainq plc) roturn
s'..:r~~

THIRD EDITION

The Third Edition of " The Sum " of last Evening was
published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

IMPERIAL PARLIANIENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENING.

The Speaker took the chair at two- o'clock:

Mr. MONK gave notice that on Friday he would ask
leave to bring in a bill to enable the officers hi the Collee.
tor of Taxes office, Dublin, to vote at the election of
members of Parliament.