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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-27

A CAREER.

Mr. Thomas Carey, sometimes living in Chelsea,
but more frequently having a domicile at the public

IT ER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, JULY 26.

The Queen and Princess Beatrice drove out yesterday
afternoon, attended by Lady Waterpark ; and Her
Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with Princess
Louise. .

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Col
Elphinstone and Lieutenant Pickard, went to London
yesterday.
The Marquis of Hartington has left Osborne.

FASHION ABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY.
Lady Holland's fourth afternoon party at Holland House.
Mrs. Henry Bruce's second assembly, Queen's Gate,
Kensington.

NonwicH CROWN BANK.—A sub-committee of the
Norwich Crown Bank creditors has been attending, daily
at the bank during the past week to facilitate winding-up
arrangements. The general creditors' committee has
passed a further resolution to the effect that it is desirable
the winding-up in bankruptcy should be continued. A.
trustee and committee lof inspection will probably be ap-
pointed. Mr. E. C. Bailey, soliciitor, of Norwich, is
proposed for trustee.
London, England, 1870-07-27

A FRENCH DIVISION ON THE MARCH.

This morning a division, complete, that which had
occupied the Camp of the Polygon, marched through the
town, evidently not about to start by rail, but taking a
northerly direction. Would your readers like to know
how a French division marched ? First came a battalion
of Chasseurs, of which I only saw the tail, as it was
its music which roused me from a sleep in which I
fancied that drums were beating the attack for an
actual combat, which a wicked Minister of War was
loudly declaring I should not be permitted to see.
On going to the window of my apartment I saw the last
of the Chasseurs disappearsng. Then came the pioneers
of a regiment, few in number, followed by half a dozen
drums, eight or ten large brass instruments, and a dozen
trumpeters. These last carried rifles. A battalion
followed, keeping loose order and fllling the street nearly
as they chose. They looked as if they knew they had
before them a long day's march which would tax their
energies before it was completed, and they certainly bore
enough weight. Each man marched in his great
coat of which the blue colour was relieved by the
bright red kepi and trousers. These latter terminated,
and in their turn set off by white linen gaiters. A yellow
knapsack, from the leather of which the hair had not been
removed, was surmounted by a blanket and by the tente
d'abri, which folded down on both sides of the pack.
small ammunition pouch was beneath. It is made small
because the greater portion of the ammunition is carried
in the sack. At the left side swung the sword
bayonet and a haversack, or linen bag, like our own,
crammed with provisions. A water bottle and a
small cup formed also a portion of the kit. About
every third man had strapped behind him a huge
tin cooking vessel, smoked with the fire, and
capable of holding at least a gallon. About every third
or fourth had a metal dish with deep sides, out of which
half a dozen men might dine. All carried two or three
pounds of bread hung in a huge cake behind the pack.
The most singular portion of the kit was the shako, which
the man carried slung ; he wore the kepi or poised it upon
the two little pointed sticks upon the tentes d'abri. Why
has not this been given into store ? Has some new rifle
London, England, 1870-07-27

THE SOUTH AFRICAN MISSIONARY.

The Cape Mail steamer just arrived at Plymouth
had among her passengers the veteran South African
missionary Robert Moffat, who has laboured zea-
lously in his profession for fifty years. A generation
has gone by since he used to excite enthusiasm in the
cause of missions by his stories of African life and
adventure. Few missionaries have met with more
success than Mr. Moffat ; he has been fortunate
enough to bring the most barbarous tribes
under the influence of law and order. Mr.
Moffat is now engaged in the interesting task of
translating the Bible into the Sechuana language,
and he has come to thin country to see the work
through the press. The task has been one of great
difficulty, but has been so successfully accomplished
that it promises to remain a lasting memorial of the
zeal and devotion of the aged missionary. An ad-
ditional interest will be felt in Mr. Moffat from his
connection with Dr. Livingstone, the great African
traveller having married the daughter of the Jnis-
sionary.
London, England, 1870-07-27

THE DRAUGHT TREATY.

Pending further investigation, the authenticity of
the draught of that terrible treaty proposed by
France to Prussia remains practically undisputed.
Neither Mr, Gladstone nor Lord Granville cast any
doubt upon the document, though of course they do
not commit themselves to any contrary opinion. The
Post and the Standard disbelieve in the draught; the
Pall Mall Gazette and the Daily News believe in it ; the
Telegraph is neutral. But none of these papers are
prepared with any evidence. Arguments drawn from
the form of the document are of little value in the
case of a mere sketch, as this is supposed to be. Dr.
Brewer, in a letter to the Standard, says that the
treaty is proved to be a forgery by the fact that the
name of the King of Prussia is placed before that of
the Emperor Napoleon; whereas it is a standing rule
of diplomacy that the name of the Sovereign who
makes a certain proposition should invariably come
first. This point is worth attention ; nevertheless it
can hardly be deemed of sufficient importance to
prove that the treaty is a forgery. The plea that if
the draught were genuine it would have been made
public by Prussia is absolutely worthless.
As the Times points out, it is not likely
that such proposals would have been preferred unless
it were understood that Prussia was in a frame of
mind to receive them. Moreover, we cannot tell
what advances may have been made by Prussia,
which would render the publication of such a pro-
ject as damaging to her as to France. The Times
of yesterday reiterates its assurance that the docu-
ment is genuine, and adds that the proposals
which it contains have been recently repeated.
London, England, 1870-07-27

WAR FEELING IN AMERICA.

A telegram from New York says : In consequence of
the publication here of a telegram from Europe stating
that the Prussian Government would pay the passage and
furnish equipment to all able-bodied Germans who might
wish to return home and enlist in the Prussian army, large
numbers of Germans made application to several con-
sulates for transpert. The North German Consul-
General has announced that the telegram is untrue.
The Official Journal announces that the French
Government will not consider coal as contraband of war
The Pall Mall Gazette says :—" The telegram which told
us of General Goeben being appointed to the command
of the Bth (Westphalian) Corps of the Prussian army
should have brought the more important addendum,
which we learn privately from Cologne, that General
Herwarth von Bittenfeld was appointed provisionally from
the 21st to command the combined 7th, Bth, and 11th
Corps, representing the three provinces which cover
Prussia on the Lower Rhine."

The Pall Mall Gazette hears from Cologne that the
clearing of the glacis and neighbourhood of the fortifica-
tions is pushed forward with all possible speed. On the
morning of the 19th, General Frankenberg,who commands
the place, set 1,000 labourers to work, besides the soldiers.
The beautiful trees are falling one after another, and the
structures surrounding the town are disappearing fast.
The Prussian officers say they are not afraid of the flotilla
of cannon boats which the French intend to place on the
Rhine, as, owing to the shallows of the Rhine, it will be
found impossible to float the boats.

FROM THE FRENCH FRONTIER.
NANCY, SUNDAY.

This town looks like all the rest of the places, fortified
and otherwise, on the frontier. The uproar, hurry, and
crowd of war efface all difference. Is a town for-
tified, its works are hid by the cloud of
white tents which stretch out in front of its
bastions ; is it unfortified, the busy animation of a great
camp gives it a warlike aspect. Every place here and in
all the region round about is a rendezvous for troops. At
Nancy it is cavalry which is the predomi-
nating arm. The trains which arrive here on
the Eastern Railway contain apparently more horses
than anything ; vast files of horses are camped out in and
about the town ; and mounted soldiers ars galloping about
the place in every direction. A good deal of artillery,
too, has arrived, and more is coming. Indeed the guns
and horses at Nancy bear an unusal disproportion to the
foot soldiers. The number of mitrailleuses sent here
is very considerable, About thirty of these machines
arrived a couple of days ago. A large crowd collected
about them, but they were speedily withdrawn from
London, England, 1870-07-27

IMPORTANT DIVORCE DECISION

Lord Penzance gave judgment yesterday, in the case of
Shaw v. the Attorney-General, which raised the question
as to whether a dissolution of an English marriage by a
foreign court held good in this country. The present case
stood thus :—Betty Shaw petitioned the court to decree
her marriage with William Shaw a valid one. She had
formerly been married to aJohn Suthers, and had cohabited
with him in England. They subsequently returned to
this country ; but shortly after, first Suthers and then his
wife went to America. She seemed to have settled
in the State of lowa, but did not see her
husband. She afterwards obtained a divorce from
him on the ground of his adultery and desertion. There
was evidence that both parties always intended to return
to England, and the petitioner did so and married a man
named Shaw. His lordship was of opinion that where
two persons went to a foreign country, and became domi-
ciled there, and by their own act were part and parcel
of the community, it was only fair that if grounds
existed for a divorce which would be good grounds
in the English court, the decision of the foreign court
should be looked on as a good dissolution in this country.
But in the present case Suthers had never set foot in the
State of lowa, and had no domicile there. He had never
received the petition, so that the lowa Court acted on an
ex parte statement. Besides this, neither party intended
permanently to remain in America. He should therefore
dismiss the petition.
London, England, 1870-03-17

FRAULEIN LAURA.

The _Daily News is comforted at having been the
means of withdrawing from Fraiilein Laura's exhi-
bition the presence of the child whose life, it says,
she used to risk along with her own. It is surprised,
however, that the answer given in the House of
Commons to Dr. Luith!s inquiry of he aub.iwt,.wts
London, England, 1870-03-17

PROFESSOR MAX MULLER'S LECTURES.

A correspondent of the Morning Advertiser is
frightened. Professor Max Muller is, ho fears, an nip( el,
and the interest excited by his lectures on the science
of religion shows that there is a tendency
abroad to exalt heathenism and to depre-
ciate Christianity. The fact of so many per-
sons of high rank being amongst his listeners is
deplored.:lf Voltaire and Rousseau, Theodore Parker
and Dr. Channing had been there, troy might have
been interested, and have concurred in the sentimenti
eipressea. Tom ranie nimseir would" nave assented;
but it is sad to find such feelings encouraged by the
present generation of Englishmen. To agree with
Professor Dias Miiller is " to reptat the theories of
Gorman Rationalism, and to entirely quit the faith
both of the Bible and of the Prayer-book,"
London, England, 1870-03-17

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London, England, 1870-03-17

THE WELSH FASTING GIRL. !

The Telegraph remarks that after a protracted investi-
gation, the father and mother of Sarah Jacob, the "WeLli
Fasting Girl," have been committed for trial on a charge
of mans4ughter. In the proceedings before the magi-
strates several medical men were accused of contributing
to the child's death, but with regard to them the prosecu-
tion has failed. 'Mere can be no doubt that if any
number of persons are engaged in a common course of
action which is obviously dangerous to human life, and
if it is followed by a fatal result, those persons are
guilty of manslaughter. It is no defence to allege
that the purpose of the conspiracy was not criminal
but philosophical ; that the victim was a,. martyr
of science and the subject of an interesting medical ex-
periment. Our law does not permit savants to try dan-
germ's experiments upon the human body. Of course, at
the present stage of the inquiry, we make no suggestion.
as to the guilt or innocence .of the parties incriminated.
It is enough to narrate without comment or criticism a
tale which involves so instructive a moral. The medical
men who were defendants before the magistrates are dis-
charged, but the investigation will have had the useful
effect of teaching curious
.people that they cannot, with-
out danger and inconvenience to themselves, take part,
even passiyely, in experiments which involve a risk of
human life.
London, England, 1870-03-17

REPRESENTATION OF SLIGO.

Several gentlemen, we understand, are prepared
to come forward for the representation of Sligo, in
the event of the Government consenting to the issue
of a new writ. Mr. Sergeant Armstrong, Q.C., is
spoken of ss the Liberal candidate, and Mr. Abbot,
who recently contested Cork, as the Conservative,
whilst the Nationalists will propose 2.1 r. O'Dowd,
brother of Mr. O'Dowd, of the Board of Trade.

RENSRTED RETIREMENT OF R. BRIGHT,

There is no truth whatever in the report prevalent
that the President of the Board of Trade was about
to resign his office and to be replaced by Mr. Card-
well. There is nothing in the latest accounts -of Mr.
Bright's progress towards recovery to justify the
rumour of any re-arrangement of the Cabinet. The
right hon. gentleman will leave the Queen's llotel.
Upper Norwood,. to-morrow for Brighton. During
the five weeks tha•. 111 r. Bright Las iesided at Nor-
wool he has duly takon d-ives and walks.

Leing, St. P.itrick'd awn, Ni,iB a speciaT
s3rvice this morning at the Chun;ly.f St. Va,rick: near Boho-
i.quare. '1 ha Duke of Abele on will pre.t.ido this evening at
th 3 annual festival of the Binevoleut Society of SC Patrick,
which will be held at Willis's llo:nns.

WATERFORD ELECII3N.—A petition against the
return of Mr. Osborne has been mined an t t iii i,e filt.d ar
once. It alleges bribery undue influence, :ail treating, and
prays that the el(ction may he declared veil. The Let--
ti ners are Thom :s W. Condon and Mich tel O'Shea.

Tne funeral cf the late Mr. William Brough will
bo solemnised at Nunhoad Jemetery to. morrow at half-past
three o'clock.

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WINDSOR CASTLE, March 16.

•
The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove
out yestertlay afternoon.

To day being the anniversary of the death of the
lamented Duchess of Kent, the Queen and the Royal
Family visited the Duchess's mausoleum at Frog-
more.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 16.

The subscription to the New Turkish Railway
Loan was opened here yesterday. The number of
obligations subscribed is not exactly known, but it
is stated to be about 40,000, of which 5,400 have been
taken by the Sultan, the Va'ide Sultana, and the
Grand Vizier.

It is rumoured that an English company has pro-
posed to the Porte to construct without subvention
a railway from the Sea of Marmora to Bassora, across
Asia Minor.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, March 16.—Three o'clock—The marke
closed as follows :

mand
London, England, 1870-03-17

CRIME IN IRELAND.

Baron Deasy, in opening the commission at Castle-
bar, made some observations on the increased crime
in that county. There were on the calendar three
cases of homicide, two of 111 ausla tog hte r,
three of crhninal assaults„ two attacks on
houses, one of forcible entry, three of threatening
letters, three of having arms, and three of riot.
These, the learned judge oh,erved, he was sorry to
soy,.. serious as the I:st wan, .wele not a true
indication of the clime committed in the county.
119 referi.o.d to the •murder of Mr. Hunter,
and other on tray es, and to the dangerous system
which had latelya 'sprung up of assembling large
bodies of men by night, who visited the houses
of farmers, administered oaths, , and took
arms. Ile enumerated other crimes, and -expressed
his regret that security of life had been rudely
shaken. • This state of things, he said, called for
twtion. The document laid before him by the
county inspector was the most serious he had seen
during the nine years he had been amongst them.

ELECTION NEWS.

There is a dead lock at Bristol. Mr. Robinson's
friends are willing to settle the question between the
three Liberal candidates by a test ballot ; but Mr.
Odger still refuses to try another experiment of the
kind, and Mr. Robinson will have no ballot, unless all
three consent. A. triangular duel between the Liberal
nominees, Robinson, Hodgson, and Odger, is thuspro-
mised. The Conservatives, even with this opportunity,
do not seem disposed to bring forward, a candidate.
Their efforts are to be confined to keeping out the
most obnoxious Liberals—an arrangement which bodes
little good to Mr. Odgef. Shrewsbury also is blessed
with three Liberal competitors for the seat
which Mr. J. W. Clement was expected
to leave vacant .by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds.
But Mr. Clement says he is not likely to do anything
of the kind, so that these three gentlemen's labour of
love has been lost. •
London, England, 1870-03-17

ELECTORAL REFORM.

The select committee on Parliamentary, and muni,
cipalselections has decided upon its report. It it
agreed on all hands that the Ballot is recommended
for both species of elections. The Daily News it
addition promises a trenchant scheme of electors
reform—the abolition of nomination day, pay-
ment of expenses by the con.tituency, multiplica-
tion of polling places, and prohibition from
employing public-houses as committee rooms.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
'rho Rtablished Church in Wales is to have a
llttle respite. Nr. Watkin -Williams's motion and
resolution in favour of disestabghment, which have
been in abeyance so long, will not come under dis-
cussion until the Tuesday after the Easter recess.
The pressure of public business is malting sad havoc
already with private bills and motions. The PO Mat
Gazette understands that an attempt will be made in
the House of Commons, when the Navy Estimates
are again brought forward, to carry a motion to the
effect that it is not desirable to place a flag officer on
the retired list, if ten years have elapsed since he was
last afloat. Mr. Childers, on the part of the Govern-
ment, will resist any such interference with his
scheme of retirement.
London, England, 1870-03-17

BURKE, THE FENIAN.

A correspondence between Mr. Downing, M.P.,
and the Home Secretary, with respect to the release
of the Fenian convict Burke, is published. The Home
Secretary regrets that he cannot recorcunend the re.
lease of Burke, his participation in the Clerkenwell
outrage making his case a very bad one.
London, England, 1870-03-17

THE BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS.

The Post is of opinion that when the Government bill
teaves it to the decision of the local board whether or not
the Bible shall be read in the national school, ihe device,
though it may be the best to be had, is not so satisfactory
as could be wished. In some respects, indeed, it is not at
all satisfactory. In the first place, though decision by a
majority is a fair way of settling questions which do not
involve matters of conscience, it may become a form of
oppression when such questions are involved. Again, the
constitution of-these boards must be put in the scale,
and we have seen enough of them in various ways not to
have much confidence either in their discretion or
their morality. Taking them at at their best, however,
their decisions npon this question will, after all,. amonnt
to a contracted and ill-defined from of denouunational
education. If the majority of the board are members of
the Church of England, they will, as far as the Act,
allows them, and perhaps a little farther, give the religi-
ous instruction of the school a Church of England hue.
The same may be said of the Dissenters ; and if the•
board is mainly composed of Secularists, they will make
their opinions felt by ignoring religion altogether.
London, England, 1870-03-17

ANNEXATION.

• The Alaska experience has evidently given the
United States Senate- enough of annexation for the
present. The Foreign Relations Committee have de-
cided to recommend that the treaty for buying San
Domingo be rejected. The West Indian republic is
much better worth purchase than the miserable
.wilderness which was formerly Russian America ;
but the Committee will have noise of it. The
bargain, they object, is costly. If San Domingo be
annexed, Hayti, which forms part of the same
island, must follow. San Domingo is inhabited by
a branch of the Latin race (a fine specimen it is !)
and the Senate objects to Latin races. Lastly,
smuggling will increase. On these ground's the
Foreign Committee recommend the rejection of the
treaty, and it is believed that it will not secure the
necessary two-thirds vote in the Senate, though
President Grant has exerted himself to the utmost
in its favour.
London, England, 1870-03-17

T LEE PEACE PRESERVATION BILL.

As might have been expected, a groan of discon-
tent has arisen from the ranks of the Irish members
at the Government measure for the better security
of life and property in Ireland. A portion of them, says
the,Post, intend to offer strenuous opposition when Mr.
Chichester Fortescue moves that the bill be brought
in, and to divide the House of Commons against it.
It'does not appear, however, that the Irish represen-
tatives think an attempt to prevent murder and
destruction .of property wholly unnecessary. They
object chiefly to the proposal to dispense with a jury
in the trial of certain offences. The gallant thirteen
who voted against the second reading of the Land
Bill will be the leading, if not the only opponents of
the new measure. The Irish National papers are of
course vehement against a bill which threatens
their existence.
London, England, 1870-03-17

TREATMENT OF FENIAN PRISONERS.

The letter in _ the AI arseillai se purporting to
come from the Fenian convict, O'Donovan Rossa,
has been met by an official statement, in
which the charges of ill-treatment are fully
replied to. Some of these mischievous falsehoods
have been contradicted previously. It is not the
first time that the public has been assured that
Rossa's diet is good in quality and sufficient in quan-
tity, and what is more, that ho thrives upon it. He
works either in an airy well-lighted room, or out of
doors when the weather is favourable. He
is of very violent and ungovernable temper, and some-
times it has been needful to put him in
irons—a form of restraint required in the case
of few other prisoners. Rossa has been treated
with indulgence in respect of the number
of letters written by him; but some that
contained untruths were withheld. The governor
did, as Rossa complains, flatly refuse to allow him
to visit another prisoner, simply because such a prac-
tice:is contrary to the rules. The complaints as to flan-
nels, being stripped naked, and being compelled to
bathe in dirty water are absurd. Rossa tells also a
long and dismal story abOut his being nearly strangled
by a rope with which he was mad to drag a cart,
the fact beinc, that, a slight accident took place, by
which neither°Rossa nor anybody else was hurt. " The
plain truth is that extraordinary pains have been taken
throughout the whole period of these men's
prisonment to guard against anything which
might even have the appearance of undue
severity." - If they will set themselves
up in opposition to the prison authorities they must
take the consequences. The late M.P: for Tipperary
seems to think that if the Government will not allow
ltim to play at revolution in Ireland, the only reason-
able alternative is to give him a gratuitous residence
in a luxurious abode with a few officials to abuse ad
lib., and nothing else to do.
London, England, 1870-03-17

RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY.

The Pall Mall Gazette, in referring to the Inspector-
General's report on the recruiting system, observes that
it is not merely satisfactory from the point of view of
actual accomplishment, but because of the promise of
further improvement which it holds out to us, and be-
eause it seems to bring nearer to us those prospects of
substantial army reform which we have ever looked
forward to. If by a few few common-sense alterations
in our system of recruiting we can effect the bene-
ficial results which are here recorded, what may
we not hope for when the conditions of service
are made more generally favourable, as is now proposed ?
The Royal Commissioners fitted their propositions, it
must be remembered, to the existing state of things.
They were, indeed, themselves in favour of retaining a
long period of service, of encouraging re-engagement, and
of raising the price which a man must pay for
his discharge. All these conditions are obviously
unfavourable to the attraction of recruits, and
all these things it is now proposed to change.
We are to have short terms of service and increased faci-
lities of discharge. Surely we may derive from this report
encouragement in the hope that under such a system the
flow of recruits will be fuller and more abundant, that
the army will really -become a coveted profession,
and one to which it will be an honour and advantage to
belong.
London, England, 1870-03-17

DEA7'IIB.

JONES - On the lZth lust., Peter Jones, F.L., of Norton
Folgate, aged G 2. S
Tostux—On the llth inst., William Tonkin; Esq., of the
Stock Exchange, aged 49.

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London, England, 1870-03-17

THE NEW JURIES BILL.

A correspondent of the Daily .News draws atten-
tion to one or two points in the New Juries Bill.
He says that while the fine of is indicted on special
jurors for non-attendance, no amount is named as
a fine for common jurors. Reconsiders that if the latter
are not fined, they will not attend, and that if they
are to be fined it should be specified. With
regard to the remuneration of jurors, he thinks the
provision inex.plicit. He takes for example a common
occurrence. In a cause lasting a week the twelve
occupied in trying it would receive seventy-two
guineas, which would be paid by the parties to the
suit, but as'thirty are to be summoned for each court,
there would be eighteen in attendance unemployed,
who would be entitled under clause 31 to a hundred
and eight guineas. The Daily News correspondent
Asks who is to pay them for doing nothing ?
London, England, 1870-03-17

Hoene» Ayres 6 per Cont.
Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per 03nt.` —
labs., 6 per Cent.
CAllian 6 per Cent _—
Do. 44 per Cent..., —
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Do. 3 per Cent.,
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Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
Do. 6 per ce-A. 1867 —
) lornbian, 6 per Cent.
nansti, 3 p,r Cent.,1925........
Dan.ibian Principalities, 7 tor Cent...
Do Account
Do 8 per Cant.,
1867
E:r_iador New Consolidated, 1 per Oen; ...
E cyptitin, 7 per Cent B5
1.30 Secout. lssuo ............. ~.. .. ••• — -
Do. £596 Bads
Do. 1864
bo. Account ...
Do. #5OO Bon-is
Do. AIN Bon is •
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. ..
Do. Acecunr
Do. £IOJ Bonds .••••
Government Railway Debontures ...... 9,9}
Greet spor Cent., 1324 5, ox Coups —
Do. Coupane ...
Gaitemala 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov Rail. Los n., 10 p. Ot., all pd
Do. Ace A ant
ltalian 5 pa: Cent., 1865
Do. A; count ... _-
Do Marennutina Railway - 551
1113XICtIL 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864
Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French —
It ,ntevideau 6 per Cent. —
tlenrish imperial 5 par Cent
N'evr Granada
Do 3 per Cen —
Do. Deferred . l2l 1
Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .. ......••• 5i
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1365
Do Account.
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Do. do. Scrip, ..C2O paid —
R nssian 5,,,ar Cont., 1822, £St .. . —
Do 4+ per Cent 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
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Do 3 per Cont., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 -
Do. Angle-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bondr 931 1
Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0....,.;
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds —
Do. do £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 691 1
iardinian 5 per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Cen .
Do. Account
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferred
Do. Passive —
Do. Cone. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Do. Account —
S wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864 —
Do do, 1868
T irlash 6 per Cent.
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Do Account
Do 5 per Cent. 1938
0 ) Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Po 6 per Cont., 1862
Do.'Account
no £lOO Bonds
Do. 5 per cent. 1835
Du. A,count
Do 6 per Cent., 1865
Do Account
D, 1 per Cent., Guaranteed.
Do do, Scrip
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do 6 k!Ar Cent.,1862 - 22
Dividends on the above payable in London.
&ustrisn o per Cent Ex 10 Florin), ...
Belgian, 4+ per cent., Ex. 25f. ........ .
Dutch 2+ per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil., —
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insols, Money ..
Do. Account, April 7

CRIME IN IRELAND.

Yesterday Judge Lawson, in opening the Commis-
sion for County Armlgh, said he had reason to con-
gratulate the grand jury on the state of that large
and importint county. The number of prisoners
was greater than usual ; but this was caused by a
riot which took place in the county on the 13th of
July last, aris'ng oty, of one of chose manifestations
of party spirit the existence Of which was to be so
much deplored. The remaining c!larges, with the
exception of one threatening letter case, were
tci9ing; an 4 he was rejoiced at the peace, order,
and security which prevailed in the county.
London, England, 1870-03-17

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

THE BALLbi'.
the -Timee considers that the iiresent positio.ii of the
Ballot, when cleared from the elements of confusion in-
troduced into Wednesday's debate, is not obscure. - The
Select Committee have by a majority reported in its favour,
and Sir George Grey gave some of the reasons which in.
duced him to concur in the opinion of the majority,
thinks it will have a tendency to check bribery, and espe
cially afternoon bribery but, like Mr. Osborne, he can-
not express a more positive confidence in its efficacy. It
does not seem to have occurred tohim to'consider. whether
its effects might not change the form rather than destroy the
existence of the vice. As long as men of great wealth
desire a scat in the House of Commons,. they will be
.empted to use their special advantages to secure their
aims, and it is sufficiently clear from the experience of
France—to say nothing of constituencies at home—that a
district may be demoralised by a lavish expenditure, even
when no money passes simply and directly into the hands
of a voter. But this question, and questions like it, must
be considered by the assistance of the light thrown upon
them by the Select Committee. Their report is now pub-
lished, and when it is digested,Parliament will be seriously
invited to enter'upon the work of legislation.
The Standard thinks that Wednesday's proceedings
the House of Commons ought to teach the great Liberal
party a very needful and useful lesson. They are in a
majority, an overwhelming majority, it may readily be
admitted. They can carry any measure upon which they
generally set their heart, if they will not impede its
passage by the simultaneous pressing on of other mea-
sures about which they are just as anxious. But they can-
not do that which the more devoted members of the party
and especially the new members, seem to have fancied
they might do. They cannot suppress discussion ; they
cannot hurry on their measures by disgraceful
Surprises ; they cannot, until they revolutionise the whole
procedure of the House of Commons and suppress all the
rights of the minority, commit with any - success such
breaches of good faith as that which was tried on Wednes-
day afternoon, Mr. Leatham and his friends would have
acted more wisely as well as more honourably if they had
agreed at once to that adjournment of the debate upon
the Ballot Bill which they, were, in the end, compelled
to accept without a division. The course adopted by
she Opposition is conclusively justified in the short
speecher of Colonel Patten, of Colonel Barttelot, of
Mr. Floyer, of Lord Sandon, of Mr. Newdegate, and of
Lord Claud John Hamilton. Its complete justification
is to be found in the speech in which Mr. Leatham
seconded the last motion for the adjournment of the
lebate. It was, in substance, a vindication by inde-
pendent members of the rights of the House of Commons:
an assertion of those principles 'which have hitherto
guided the procedure of the House of Commons ; and,
on the whole,Wednesday's proceedings were, perhaps, the
most interesting of any day of the session.
London, England, 1870-03-17

Tilt CITY OF BOSTON.

The Daily News says that these welcome westerly
winds have not brought the longed-for news of the miss-
ing_ steamer, the City of Boston. A rumour that she
had arrived at Queenstown gained a little currency on Wed-
nesday night, but it was traced to the Dublin Stock Exchange,
and had no foundation in fact. The public anxiety as to
the fate of such a vessel, with her great freight of valu-
able lives, is sure to form itself now and then into rumours
which are alternately favourable and unfavourable. But
in consideration ol the private anxiety of many persons
who have relatives on board it is at least to be hoped
that any rumours about the vessel may be well investi-
gated before currency is given them by the press. The
one only remaining hope for the missing vessel is in the
long prevalence of easterly winds, which have kept large
fleets of vessels lingering out at sea and unable to approach
the coast. The wind has now changed. In a few days
the public suspense will be over, for if these westerly
winds do not bring us speedy news of the vessel, it wul
soon be evident that, like the President seine years ago,
she will never be heard of more.
London, England, 1870-03-17

"FINEST NEW TEA SIFTINGS.'3

At a meeting of the City Commissioners of Sewers
at Guildhall, Mr. Hewett called attention to a sale
that has just been held by a firm in the City, of
fifty chests of tea, described as " Finest new season's
scented or Pekoe siftings, per Paliwan," which was
the vilest stuff he had ever seen. He believed that it
contained cast-steel filings. Dr. Lethc by replied that he
had received notice of the sale, and had caused some
s flaples to be taken in case of any future proceedings
that might appear necessary against the, parties by
whom the sale was being conductel. It seems that
th 3 uncertain state of the law has hitherto protected
tilt S 3 gentlemen from any penalty for palming off on
the public their disgusting- "finest- new scented sift-
ings.". Now, however, • it has been decided
that tea is "food," and . also a " vegetable,"
and it will therefore come within the terms of
the statute. Dr. -Letheby's last fortnightly report
is a lively one in other respects. Eighty-one houses
had been found to require sanitary improvement;
nineteen bakehouses required cleansing ; and lastly,
5,4051b5. of meat had been seized during the fort-
night in the markets and slaughter-houses, and con-
demned as unfit for human food.
London, England, 1870-03-17

THE CITY O.k' BOSTON STEAMER.

Some excitement was created in the London
Stock Exchange last evening by the receipt of a tele-
gram announcing that the steamer City of Boston,
from New York, had reached Queenstown. -A sub-
sequent despatch, however, contradicted this state-
ment. The arrival of the City of Antwerp seems to
have led to the mistake. Fresh insurances have been
effected at Lloyd's upon the City of Boston at the
reduced rate of sixty guineas premium owing to the
reports recently made by the Captains of the Ben
Nevis and Leader. Up to yesterday afternoon no
word has been heard of the Cunard steamer Samaria,
eighteen days out fiomLiverpool to New York, and•
seven guineas premium had been paid on her.
London, England, 1870-03-17

THE BRITISH MUSEUM

A meeting of the inhabitants of East London has
been held, for the purpose of adopting resolutions
favourable to the opening of the British
Museum on certain evenings during the
week. Mr. John Holms, M.P., occupied the
chair, and stated that the object of the meeting was
to aid the motion of Mr. Allen, which it was in-
tended to propose in the House of Commons next week,
that the British Museum be opened to the public
three nights in each week, and that a
better use might be made of that national institution.
The chairman drew attention to the statement of
one of the Museum superintendents, that working.mon
formed interesting collections of natural history for
th emselves, and within a range of a few miles from the
Museum there wore between 200 and 300 private
collections. A resolution was carried in support of
Mr. Allen's motion.
London, England, 1870-01-25

THE BISHOPRIC OF SIERRA LEONE.

M. Gladstone has been variously criticised about
his offer of the Bishopric of Sierra Leone to Dr.
Massingham, of Warrington., That gentleman was
the most active among the :opponehts of the Irish
Church Bill. Ile
.preached = and lectured
against it; he wrote -letters denouncing Mr.
Gladstone ; and stun** the whole district
in favour of the reoction of the measure.
It was (said some) like heaping coals of fire upon his
head when Mr. Gladstone promised to promote him. A
little like it (others replied). Sierra Leone is a warm
place; and it was very generous of Mr. Gladstone to
endeavour to "pack off' such a man to the warmer
latitudes of Africa. Whatever motive the offer be
ascribed to, Dr. Massingham has declined it.
London, England, 1870-01-25

DOES MALARIA GENERATE DISEASE?

The lecture of Professor Tyndall on " Dust and
Disease " seems likely to bring about a discussion,
from which much valuable information may be
derived. Lord hinnaird writes to the Dundee
Adz:either expressing his disbelief that mala-
ria generates diseases. He thinks it only lowers
the vital powers to such an extent as to render the
human frame peculiarly sensitive to either infection
or contagion. The noble lord gives his experience
of being shut up with Dr. Angus in an air-tight
chamber with a certain number of candles, in order
to ascertain how long they could bear the effect of
impure air. lle says they found the pulse to decline
rapidly, a feeling of langour came over them, and in
his case a headache, but followed by no bad effects.
-Similar results, ho contends, are produced on the
system by breathing impure air in close and ill-ven-
tilated dwellings of the poor.
London, England, 1870-01-25

AMERICA.

(Per French Atlantic Cable.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.
The National Steamship Company's steamship
Denmark arrived out yesterday.
The India (of the Anchor line) arrived hat
yesterday.
The North German Lloyd steamer Hansa arrived
here at 8 a.m. to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 121; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1211 ; the lowest, 1201.
Sterling Exchange on London lO9.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 llsk.
66 " 1885 ll5l.
" 1867 ll4l.
10-40 it
Illinois l3B.
Erie •
Cotton—Mid. upland
Petroleum—Standard White 3lkc.
Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70c. Corn, oli
mixed, sl.6c. _

BOSTON, Jan. 24.
The extra Cunard steamer Palmyra arrived out
at 2 p.m. to-day.

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 25.

The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of Paris,
from New York on the 16th inst., arrived here at
9.4 a.m. to-day, and having landed passengers she
proceeded immediately for Liverpool. All well.
This steamer brings no mail, the disarrangement of
the United States postal authorities still continuing.
The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Aleppo, from
New York, arrived here at 4 a.m. to-day, with 75
passengers, some of whom she landed, and the
despatches, and proceeded for Liverpool at 4.15
a.m. All well.

THE PEABODY FLEET.

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.

The convoy of vessels in charge of Mr. Pea-
body's remains was spoken on Sunday about
sixty miles south-east of Montauk Point, Long
Island.
London, England, 1870-01-25

AMERICAN CURRENCY.

A bill providing for a national currency of coins and
notes, and equalising the distribution of circulating notes,
has been reported in the United States. The
first section authorises an additional issue of forty-
five million national bank notes to banking
associations having less than their proportion
under the old apportionment, but a new apportionment,
based on the census of 1870, is to be made as soon as pos-
sible. The second section requires the Comptroller
of the Currency to make a monthly report of
the amount of circulating notes issued to the national
banking associations, -whereupon the Secretary of the
Treasury shall retire an amount of 3 per cent. tem-
porary loan certificates not less than the amount of cir-
culating notes so reported. The third section
provides that upon the deposit of any United
States' bonds bearing gold interest with the
Treasury, it shall be lawful for the comptroller to
issue circulating notes of different denominations not
exceeding 80 per cent. of the par value of such bonds to
the association making the deposit, the circulating notes
being redeemed in coin upon their presentation by such
association. The fourth section requires every new banking
association to keep on hand not less than 25 per cent. of its
outstanding circulation in coin, and to receive at par the gold
notes of every other association which at that time shall
be redeeming its circulating notes in coin. The bill was
reported by Senator Sherman on behalf of the Committee
pf Finance.
London, England, 1870-01-25

DEA77IS.

FOWLER—On the 21st Jan., at Bedford, W. L. Fowler►
Esq., aged 62.
LONERAGAN— On the 20th Jan., at the residence of her
brother, Mr. Frank Store, No. 10, Trinidad-place, Liver-
pool-road, Islington, deeply regretted by all who knee
her, Mrs. Susanna Loneragan, aged 63.
WILLIAMSON—On the 21st Jan., at Putney, Elizabeth,
widow of the late J. G. Williamson, Esq., of Wands-
worth, aged 92.

London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS,
of No. 12, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, o. lit, strand,
in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of IlliddleseE!
Tuesday, January 25, 1870.
London, England, 1870-01-25

WESTMINSTER.

CO3I3IITTAL OF ANOTHER RECEIVER.-- JOh n
Lazarus, a man with a wooden leg, who has been
twice sentenced to penal servitude for felonies, be-
sides other convictions, was finally examined,
charged with receiving a portmanteau and contents
value £BO, the property of Captain Stewart, of
Lancaster-gate, and a case of sample boots, value
£l6 10s., the goods of Mr. Jacob Davidson, an ex-
tensive boot manufacturer, of 15, Princes-street,
Spitalfields.
Mr. W. D. Smyth, solicitor, of Rochester-row,
defended.

Captain Stewart's portmanteau was stolen from
the top of a cab in transit from Victoria station to
Lancaster-gate, supposed to be in Park-lane, on the
rough macadamised road, and the case of sample
boots was stolen from the back of Mr. Davidson's
cart, driven by his traveller, Henry Day, between
Stratford and London on the sth of January in-
stant. The police traced the portmanteau to the
prisoner's house, and on Sunday fortnight made a
raid on the establishment early in the morning, and
succeeded in finding some of Captain Stewart's pro-
perty as well as Mr. Davidson's boots. The wife
was given in custody as well, but discharged after-
wards.

Two convictions of penal servitude were'proved
by Chuter, a plain clothes' constable of the W
division, who stated that he lost his leg in prison
trying to escape.
He was fully committed for trial to the Old
Bailey without bail.
London, England, 1870-01-25

RAILWAY BILLS.

Yesterday the Examiners of the House of Com-
mons of Standing Order proofs met in Rooms 16
and 17. The opposed bill of the Surbiton, Cobham,
and Ripley Railway came before Mr. Frere, and it
was decided that the Standing Orders had been
complied with. The Manchester, Salford, and
District Tramways Bill (No. 2) and the Mane`Jes-
ter, Salford, and District Tramways (No. 1) were
postponed until the 31st inst.
Before Mr. Robinson the North-Eastern Railway
(Consolidation of Stocks), the North-Eastern Rail-
way (Hawes and Malmerby, &c), and the Exmouth
Docks, all unopposed Bills, were passed as having
complied with the Standing Orders. In the case cf
the Alidland (Additional Powers) Railway Bill the
Standing Orders were complied with, and that of
the Midland (Wirksworth Rowsley Line) Railway
Bill was adjourned.