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London, England, 1870-06-15

THE ANTIQUITIES OF FRANCE.

The question has, it is said, often been asked on
the Continent, why the archmlogical remains in Eng-
land are not valued and preserved by some such
system as that which prevails in France. ks most
satisfactory results have attended the efforts of the
French authorities it may be interesting to give a
brief outline of the scheme so deservedly and gene-
rally praised. It appears that after the fall
of the Bourbons, in 1830, a special fund for
the preservation of all the historical monuments of
the country was set apart by the Minister of the
Interior. Every year since a call upon the fund has
been made, with a view either to the purchase or
the renovation of old and curious buildings or places
of remarkable interest; and in the present year a
sum of no less than £44,000 is sought for with this
creditable obj ect. The care of all the works is entrusted
to a committee of literary men and antiquarians, and
an inspector-general, who (by order of the Emperor)
visits every building where restoration is sought for.
It is said that without the instrumentality of this
fund castles like those of Pierrefondes and Chambord,
the Roman amphitheatre at Arles, or the palace of
the Popes at Avignon, would long since have shared

the fate of the chateau of Johan de Joinville and
many other monuments of the middle ages which
perished at the Revolution.

WANTED.

Marshal Prim's fifth (!) candidate for the Spanish
throne is supposed to be Min Luiz, the King of Por-
tugal. This scheme would unite the two countries,
and realise the long-talked-of Iberian project.
But it is shrewdly suspected in many quarters
that Prim's wish is not so much to unite the two
countries as to retain the real sovereignty of Spain.
If the old man, Espartero, had got the crown, Prim
would have been paramount. If the young Italian
Prince had succeeded, Prim would still have been
the real ruler. knd if the King of Portugal come
into the Spanish property, the result will be just the
same. Whilst Dom Luiz is looking after his Portu-
guese possessions, Prim will be governing at Madrid.
forever the revolutionary leader knows that the Por-
tuguese King is not the man to give him
much trouble. It is but a very short time
ago since the Duke of Saldanha stormed
the royal palace and compelled this sovereign to dis-
miss his premier. The King was quite willing, in
fact he was delighted to oblige; but the invasion of
his palace by the soldiers distressed him—because it
was likely to wake the Queen !
London, England, 1870-06-15

SUSPECTED MURDER.

The body, of a girl named Young, 15 years of age, was
found on Tuesday lying dead in a pool of blood, with part of
her head blown off, in one of the rooms The farm house in
Craig's parish, Symington, near Ayr. girl's master,
Mr. Smith, with his wife and family and friends had gone
out for an excursion, leaving the deceased and a servant-
lad 17 years of age in charge of the house. The discovery
of the supposed murder was made by a relative of the
fomily, who called half an hour after they had left. A gun
belonging to Mr. Smith was found near the body. The
servant lad had packed up his clothes, and taken his
departure. The police are searching for him.
London, England, 1870-06-15

A TERRIBLE STORY.

Some most extraordinary revelations have been
made at the Lambeth Police-court, of a model baby-
farming establishment, which exceeds the worst
pictures that have been drawn of those miserable es-
tablishments. Eleven wretched looking infants were
produced in court. It seems a constable, whose
attention had been called to the house in question,
answered an advertisement proposing to adopt a
child, and, on inspecting the establishment, he found
some most tragic spectacles. Five infants, three or
four weeks old, were huddled together on a sofa in the
front kitchen covered over with shawls. They were
very dirty and neglected, two of them appearing to be
dying. They were all very quiet—a fact that is
possibly to be explained by the subsequent discovery
of a bottle labelled " Paregoric Elixir." Another
child had received, we may presume, an extra dose
of the soothing cordial, for the surgeon found
its eyes contracted and its mouth open.
Five children, whose ages varied from fourteen
months to two and a-half years, were at play in the
back yard, and were better cared for, but the ten
infants under three months were alike half starved,
neglected, and miserable. The corn flour and water
mixed for one was pronounced unfit for a child's food.
The milk provided for another was absolutely sour.
There was very little chance, said the surgeon who
was called in, of the children living with such food
as he found supplied to them. The " baby farmer"
thought it probable she had taken charge of
some forty children during the four years
in which she had been in the busi-
ness. How many of these helpless innocents have
passed into safer keeping since ? The case was
remanded for further inquiries, the infants being sent
to the workhouse to be nursed and fed, leaving us to
ponder in the interval on the very awkward com-
ments which might be made on this story of Chris-
tian England if it reaches the banks of the Ganges.
London, England, 1870-06-15

SUICIDE AT A RAILWAY STATION.

A gentleman named Edwards, residing at Clifton, while
waiting on the platform at the Dawlish Railway Station,
last evening, threw himself across the line as a train ap-
proached. The wheels of all the carriages passed over his
waist, cutting him almost in two. He was only 40 years
of age, and had been married only a few months. His
wife was on the platform and witnessed his death. De-
ceased had shown signs of derangement, and was accom-
panied by a man servant or keeper, who had only a
moment before left him.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening,

CROWN OFFICE, JUNE 14.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRES ENT
PARLIAMENT.

Couuty of the Isle of Wight—Alexander Dundas Whis-
hart Ross Baillie Cochrane, of Lamington, in the county
of Lanark, Esq., in the room of Sir John Simeon, Bart.,
deceased. .

County of Leicester—Southern Division—Wm. Unwin
Heygate, Esq., in the room of Frederick Louis Curzon
Howe (commonly called Viscount Curzon), now Earl
Howe, called up to the House of Peers.
FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 27.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir
Charles Sebright, K.C.M.G., now Her Majesty's Consul
at Cephalonia, to be Her Majesty's Consul in the lonian
Islands, to reside at Corfu.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
the Honourable Berkeley Wodehouse, C.M.G., now Her
Majesty's Consul at Zaute, to be Her Majesty's Consul
at Dunkirk.

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, Esq., now her Majesty's
Vice-Consul at Cyprus, to be her Majesty's Consul in the
Island of Crete.

JUNE 10. •
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Almon
A. Thompson as Consul at Goderich for the United States
of America.

BANKRUPTS.
W. N. Crampton, clerk at the Admiralty, Whitehall.
James Sparkhall Bacon, miller, Ely.
James Clark, Sunbury.
John Clarke, needle manufacturer, Redditch.
James John Coke, linendraper, Surbiton.
Samuel Peers Gore, wuod and ivory turner, Liverpool.
Mary Hancock, licensed victualler, Pembroke Dock.
Samuel Pointon, mine contractor, Hanley.
Joshua Rowbotham, licensed victualler, late of Dukin-
field, now of Ashton-under-Lyne.
Frederick Thomas Towill, Surbiton.
London, England, 1870-06-15

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

Mr. SINCLAIR AYTOUN asked the Chairman of the Public
Accounts Committee when the Committee would be
prepared to present their report. _

Mr. HUNT said great progress had been made in the
extent of the appropriation accounts, and he anticipated
that the report on that part of the subject would be pre-
sented before the close of next month. There was, how-
ever, no hope that the report on the army and navy
accounts would be presented before the close of August.
London, England, 1870-06-15

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THE SPANISH CROWN.

It is reported from Madrid that a copy of Queen's Isa-
bella's abdication has been received there. Espartero
has again declared that he will not mix in politics.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

THE AMENDMENTS ON THE EDUCATION
BILL.

A meeting of Nonconformist ministers and others was
held in Manchester yesterday afternoon to protest against
the inadequate character of the amendments proposed by
Government to the Elementary Education Bill. A reso-
lution to that effect was adopted, together with a decla-
ration that `Lunless such !amendments were introduced into
the bill as should definitely secure the unsectarian cha-
racter of schools supported or assisted by school boards, it
could not possibly be accepted by Nonconformists as a
final and satisfactory settlement of the question.
In the evening a conference of the Nonconformist Sun-
day school teachers of the counties of Lancaster, Chester,
and Derby was held, at which a similar resolution was
adopted. Twenty7three towns and unions in the three
counties were represented at the conference The consti-
tuencies of the delegates embraced nearly twenty thousand
teachers.
London, England, 1870-06-15

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London, England, 1870-06-15

THE HORSE GUARDS AND THE WAR OFFICE.

" One more instance has been given of Mr. Gladstone's
determination to subject every department of the
public service to a rigid scrutiny, and an impartial
.reform where it is required. No longer will the
question of precedence be allowed to lead to differences
between the Horse Guards and the War Office. Her
Majesty has just given her sanction to a regu-
lation founded on a suggestion made by
Lord Northbrook's committee long since. It
provides that the Secretary of State for
War shall be the recognised head of the military
department in the country, and that the entire affairs
of the army will be dealt with by Parliament under
the cognizance of this Minister. The duties of the
Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, on the other
hand, will consist in maintaining the discipline of the
forces, and arranging all questions of promotion in
the lower grades. The Royal Warrant, in this
matter, has secured changes which will be highly
important, inasmuch as they will render it impos-
sible to evade unpleasant inquiries, reflecting on cer-
tain orders of the Horse Guards, by a plea that the
Sovereign, and not the House of Commons, is alone
entitled to demand the required information. Never-
theless, they are merely primary changes to what
may be expected in the way of improving the army
governing system.
London, England, 1870-06-15

SEIZURE OF BOMBS IN PARIS.

The police have discovered some new explosive bombs
in Paris. Some of them were in the canal. They seized
at the house of a member of the International Working
Men's Association some capsule cases filled with powder
and seditious pamphletf. Other proofs of the conspiracy
have been discovered at the residences of four persons.
They have been arrested.
London, England, 1870-06-15

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

FLOWERS 1 THE GRAVE.

Yesterday afternoon when it became known that
Charles Dickens bad been quietly buried in West-
minster Abbey before London was well.awaretbat
any conclusion bad been arrived at as to
the. final resting place . fur his loved and
honoured remains—Poet's Corner became rapidly
.crowded, and continued to be so throughout the day,
and on until late in the evening, by those who were
eager to take one last look into his grave before it
should be closed as rapidly as it had been opened.
Among those who • thronged about the open
tomb it was impossible not to recognise that
the vast majority were guided to it, not
by a mere passing interest but by feelings of personal
affection. Not only were sorrowful glances thrown
into the grave, but flowers and tears were dropped
into it as well by those who hold his name, and will
long hold it, in loving remembrance.
London, England, 1870-06-15

BIRTHS.

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On the 12th inst., at 9, Gresham-park, Brixton, the w'''"f, oi
Henry Drake, of the Stock Exchange, of a son. tb°
On the 12th inst., at 5, Phillimore-gardens, Kensieg'°"„ /
wife of Viscount de la Vega, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES. er
On the 9th inst., at St. John's Church, Brecon, Aloz3"„ d
o.est
Davidson, Lieut.-Colonel RE., to Emma Juliana, runina
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daughter of the Rev. S. Phillips and the Hon. ul`
Phillips. of Fairy Hill, Glamorgaushire. niviara
On the llth inst., at St. Mary's Church, Battersea, ---,dot
William Frank Orton, of East Dereham, to Louisa. e' 0
daughter of James F. Haldane, of 9, Marlborough-
Battersea.rrac

DEATHS
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On the 12th inst., at Clymping, Sussex, Josep
86.
On the 12th inst., at Talbot-road, Bayswater, Margaret, iNv
of Sir Wm. Brooke, aged O.

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London, England, 1870-06-15

THE LAND BILL.

Lord Derby's declaration on the Land Bill is gene-
rally regarded as " a settler." The Standard tells the
Peers that they must pass the measure, andin doing so
it makes some remarkable admissions, which shews
the Standard to be in a more reasonable frame of
mind than we have known it for some time.
"In the first place, it is of great mo-
ment that an Irish Land Bill should pass
this session. The peace of Ireland requires it;
the Ministry could hardly undertake to govern
Ireland without it, so deeply are they committed to
its justice and necessity, and no party is at present
prepared to turn out the Ministry. The Irish land-
lords themselves probably desire that the measure
should pass, though they would wish it to be mate-
rially modified. Secondly, there is no probability
that an appealto the nation will reverse as yet the ver-
dict of 1868 in Mr. Gladstone's favour. It would weaken
him and strengthen his opponents; but it would
leave him still Minister, and only render him more
than over dependent on the worst portion of his
party, (aid more amenable to Irish pressure."
These are very noticable and creditable
words. They go to prove not only that the
House of Lords will behave reasonably, but
that the Standard has either got a new editor or the
old one has repented of his ancient practices. How-
ever, he' still urges some salutary amendments, but
even these are not formidable. He does not say that
the great point of compensation for eviction is to be
determined absolutely against Mr. Gladstone, but
merely that the principle on which it is to be assessed
should be better regulated. So that everything
looks well at present.
London, England, 1870-06-15

LOCAL TAXATION IN IRELAND.

Colonel FRENCH moved for a select committee to in-
quire into the increase, during the last thirty-three years,
of local taxation in Ireland, and report in what manner
it might be diminished, and how far its incidence might be
be more equitably distributed.
Mr. URQUHART seconded the motion.
Mr. M`LAREN hoped that if the committee were ap-
pointed the scope of its inquiry should include Scotland
and England as well.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE thought that the time was inoppor-
tune for the inquiry. At present two bodies wore sitting
in relation to the subject, and he hoped by the next session
to be in possession of definite information.

- _
The motion was withdrawn.
MEDICAL OFFICERS ON THE WEST COAST OF

AFRICA.

Mr. RAMS drew attention to the hardships inflicted on
medical officers serving on the west coast of Africa by the
determination arrived at by the Secretary of State for
War to disallow their claims to promotion, and moved that
in the opinion of the House it was undesirable to deprive
medical officers, who volunteered for service on the West
Coast of Africa, before the Ist day of April, 1867, of
those advantages by the prospect of which they were in-
duced to undertake that service.
At five minutes past seven the attention of the Speaker
was called to the number of members in the House. There
not being forty members presant, the House was counted
out at ten minutes past seven.

A CHANCERY CASE SETTLED AT LAST.
The Master of the Rolls delivered judgment yesterday in
the case of the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Re
Carnegie's claim). His lordship admitted the claim, but
hoped that the protracted litigation in this case would be
settled by his decision.
London, England, 1870-06-15

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, June 13.
The Queen, with Princess Louise and Princess Beatfice'd
attended Divine service yesterday in the parish church
Crathie.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGtMENTS
The Duke of Devonshire's second assembly, at Devonso
House, Picadilly.
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The Marchioness of Salisbury's first evening Pv'x's
Arlington-street, Picadilly.
Mrs.VT. E. Gladstone's evening party, at 11,
House Terrace. Carlton

MEETINGS TO-DAY. At
National Education League meeting at Exeter li a"'
8 p.m., Mr. G. Dixon, M.P., chairman.

THE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA• be
Yesterday evening the Crown Princess of Trussi3 5--
birth to a daughter at the Palace of Potsdam.

The Queen of the Belgians has returned to Laci°3ll
from her excursion in Austria and Hungary.
t his
Admiral Bennett died on Sunday morning, a-
residence, Broomy Hill, Hereford, in his 85th year.
Marriages are arranged between Mr. Gaisford
and Lady Alice Kerr ; and between Captain Jaulli4
late of the 2nd Life Guards, and Miss Mitchell. On
likewise, that Lord Rokeby is engaged to the daughter 0
an Irishman.

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London, England, 1870-06-15

TRADE INTIMIDATION.

At the Sheffield Town Hall, yesterday, four Unionists,
formerly employed at the Shorncliffe colliery, were com-
mitted for intimidating a non-Unionist, now working for
Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co. Two were sentenced
to three months, and the other two to two months impri-
sonment.
London, England, 1870-06-15

A TERRIBLE STORY.

Some most extraordinary revelations have been
made at the Lambeth Police-court, of a model baby-
farming establishment, which exceeds the worst
pictureS that have been drawn of those miserable es-
tablishments. Eleven wretched looking infants were
produced in court. It seems a constable, whose
attention had been called to the house in question,
answered an advertisement proposing to adopt a
child, and, on inspecting the establishment, he found
some most tragic spectacles. Five infants, three or
four weeks old, were huddled together on a sofa in the
front kitchen covered over with shawls. They were
very dirty and neglected, two of them appearing to be
dying. They were all very quiet—a fact that is
possibly to be explained by the subsequent discovery
of a bottle labelled "Paregoric Elixir." Another
child had received, we may presume, an extra dose
of the soothing cordial, for the surgeon found
its eyes contracted and its mouth open.
Five children, whose ages varied from fourteen
months to two and a-half years, were at play in the
back yard, and were better cared for, but the ten
infants under three months were alike half starved,
neglected, and miserable. The corn flour and water
mixed for one was pronounced unfit for a child's food.
The milk provided for another was absolutely sour.
There was very little chance, said the surgeon who
was called in, of the children living with such food
as he found supplied to them. The "baby farmer"
thought it probable she had taken charge of
some forty children during the four years
in which she had been in the busi-
ness. How many of these helpless innocents have
passed into safer keeping since ? The case was
remanded for further inquiries, the infants being sent
to the workhouse to be nursed and fed, leaving us to
ponder in the interval on the very awkward com-
ments which might be made on this story of Chris-
tian England if it reaches the banks of the Ganges.
London, England, 1870-06-15

THE LORDS AND THE LAND BILL.

The Times observes that a debate which is to end in the
passing of a bill without a division is necessarily pursued
at a great disadvantage, and the Lords were certainly
not perfectly successful last night in overcoming this
initial difficulty. Lord Oranmore, dogged as he
may be in resolution, can scarcely persist in forcing
a division upon the Land Bill against the feeling of
the House and the counsel of the leaders of the
Opposition, and if he did prove himself sufficiently deter-
mined to divide, he would hardly find half a score to vote
with him. The opposition to the bill may, therefore, be
be treated as non-existent. The Duke of Richmond
avowed his intention of supporting the measure, and
though he found many hard things to say of it as un-
necessary, and even unjust in some of its main
provisions, the Amendments of which he gave
notice were trifling in character and touched none of its
essential elements; and there can be no doubt that the
Duke accurately reflects the opinions of the great party
of the House of whom he is the leader. They with him
do not like the bill, and they do not scruple—so little is
their policy—to show their dislike of it while they, are
ready to accept it. It would have been wiser to have
made a generous show of
Lord
before swallowing the
unwelcome morsel. Lord Salisbury, who was the only
other speaker last night from the front Opposition bench,
did, indeed, praise the principles of the bill, and con-
fined himself to a criticism of the details of the means
proposed to make them operative. With an opposition
In front of • him which was no Opposition, it is
not surprising that Lord Granville should have
put off all show of fighting. The fact that
Lord Salisbvry confined his attack to the figures
of the scale, following,. as it did,. the Duke of Richmond's
practical acquiescence in the prmciple of the measure, is
sufficient to show that the bill will soon be added to the
Statute-book, with few alterations, and those of slight
moment, in its present provisions.
London, England, 1870-06-15

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FRANCE AND THE HARVEST.

The Emperor is suffering from a slight attack of rheu-
matic gout, but the fall of 40c. in the Bourse- was rather
attributable to the 'drought than to this illness. Flour
rose five francs in the course of the day.

THE CONSEILS GENERAUX.I

The returns of the Conseils Generaux elections, so far
as they are as yet known, are favourable to the Conserva-
tives. Four hundred and thirty-four Councillors were re-
elected, of whom only nine were Radicals. Of the 274
new candidates, only 44 were Radicals, 10 of whom were
unopposed. In 72 contested election the Conservatives
won.
London, England, 1870-06-15

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AQUATICS AT OXFORD.

The University pair-oar races at Oxford took place last
evening, when two heats were rowed. In the first heat
Moss, Baliol bow, and Leslie, Pembroke stroke (who had
first !station), beat Armistead, Exeter bow, Parnall,
Exeter stroke, by half a second. In the second heat
Veasey, St. John's bow, and Mair, Worcester stroke
(who had first position), beat Smith, University bow, and
Lewis, University stroke, by four seconds. The winning
pairs row the final heat this evening.
London, England, 1870-06-15

SEC UL A RISM OR D ENO MIN ,ITIONA LI SM.

Commenting upon the letter of "An Oxford
Liberal," which appeared a few days ago, and which,
while acknowledging a preference for secular educa-
tion, advocated a concession to the prejudices of
those numerous parents who believe religion to be of
the essence of education, "A Cambridge Liberal "
calls attention to the confusion existing between
the functions of colleges and universities.
Those who are engaged in investigating and teaching
science ought to be the best men that can be got,
and not merely the 'best men that can be found in
some particular religious communion ; but the case
is different with the colleges, who have properly
nothing to do either with learning or teaching.
They are artificial households, in which the
students are assembled for the purpose of
discipline. By separating the functions of the
university from those of the college, "A. Cambridge
Liberal" thinks the difficulty of prejudice would be
got rid of, for it would provide a safeguard for the
sons of parents whose religious opinions lean to
Denominationalism. If a father objected to the
university teaching as being opposed to his own
opinions, or not running parallel to them, the
university ought to reply that its sole
duty is to teach truth, and in so replying
it ought to be supported by the nation. The fear
of exposing a son to the risk of proselytism would be
best met by the parent seeking some private school
or college belonging to his own denomination.
London, England, 1870-06-15

TRADE INTIMIDATION.

At the Sheffield Town Hall, yesterday, four Unionists,
formerly employed at the Shorncliffe colliery, were com-
mitted for intimidating a non-Unionist, now working for
Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co. Two were sentenced
to three months, and the other two to two months impri.
sonment.
London, England, 1870-06-15

THE FRENCH PRESS ON CHARLES DICKENS.

The French press, with one exception, has paid
unanimous tribute to the memory of Charles Dickens,
although many of the obituary notices shew an
inability to appreciate that tenderness, geniality, and
humour, the blending of which is peculiarly English,
and of which no abler exponent has ever lived than
the great author whose loss is universally deplored.
The exception in question is the Temps, which dis-
covers, among other things, that Dickens had faults,
the gravest of which was his propensity to depict
hideous and atrocious things. His eyes, according
to this organ, had miscroscopic powers, but he only
caught the outer aspect of objects ; the world of
sentiment to him was a sealed volume. He never
describedthe state of a man's mind; he never analysed
passion. But for Sam Weller the Temps would be
tempted to think that Dickens had more animal
spirits than wit. Dickens, it thinks, will not leave
any permanent trace in literature properly so called.
London, England, 1870-06-15

SUNDAY TRADING.

Mr. THOMAS CHAMBERS asked the Secretary of State
for the Home Department whether he would lay before
the House a copy of the memorial sent to him in January
last of the West London Association for Enforcing the
Law against Sunday Trading, and all correspondence
relating thereto.
Mr. BRUCE said there would be no objection to lay the
papers on the table if asked for.
London, England, 1870-06-15

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, June 13.
The Queen, with Princess Louise and Princess Beatricei
attended Divine service yesterday in the parish church °
Crathie.

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House Terrace.

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National Education MEET
LeaguelN meeting at Exeter Hall' at
8, p.m., Mr. G. Dixon, M.P., chairman. to
National Society's annual meeting at Willis's R00n307
3, p.m., the Archbishop of York chairman.

THE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRITSSII4-• 00
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birth to a daughter at the Palace of Potsdam.

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from her excursion in Austria and Hungary.
Admiral Bennett died on Sunday morning, a'
residence, Broomy Hill, Hereford, in his 85th year. ,3(1
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late of the 2nd Life Guards,' and Miss Mitchell. i/n,
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CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR STOPPING
THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUN-
DAY. London Auxiliary.
A great open-air Working Men's Demonstration will take place
at Trafalgar-square, Charing Cross, on Saturday evening, June
25th, in support of Mr. Rylands's SUNDAY CLOSING BILL.
Addresses will be delivered by Revs. C. S. Whitman, who will
refer to the success of Sunday closing in Scotland, J. B. Wright,
W. C. Van Meter, of New York, who will refer to the success of
Sunday closing in the United States, E. Mathews, M.A., travelling
secretary of the Central Association, and Messrs. G. Dibley, J.
West, J. Berinond, P. Carigan, and other friends of the measure.
A petition to Parliament will be submitted to the meeting.
Thechair will be taken at half-past six by Benjamin Whitworth
Esq., J. P., Ex-M.P.
Mr. Rylands will move for the second reading of his billon the
29th instant.

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ADMIRALTY REFORM.

A. correspondent in the Times calls attention to
this subject in so far as the recent innovation in the
mode of purchasing coals for her Majesty's ships is
concerned. The quality of the coal raised in all the
important colleries in the kingdom being thoroughly
well-known, there would seem to be no necessity for
the experience requisite in judging of the quality
of manufactured articles. The Admiralty, however,
in its zeal for the public service, has engaged
brokers, who receive a percentage on these con-
tracts, and one agent is remunerated at the rate of 3d.
per ton. There is no reason why this money
should be paid to a specially appointed
broker, considering that the work could be performed
by an ordinary clerk. Nor does it require more
trouble to purchase 100,000 tons than 100 tons,
though the sum to be paid in the former case
would vastly exceed that in the latter. The wisdom
of using a mixture of North country and Welsh
coals -is open to question, but searching trials by
competent officials do not seem to have borne out the
necessity for the change. The economical tendencies
of the Admiralty have evidently outrun discretion.

THE VACANT LORD JUSTICESHIP.

The vacancy that has existed for some time on the
Chancery Bench is producing great inconvenience,
and is as unsatisfactory to the judges and the pro-
fession as it must be to the Chancery suitors. To
have a decision of the Master of the Rolls, a Vice-
Chancellor, or a Commissioner of Bankruptcy, re-
viewed by a single Lord Justice, however high the
estimation in 'which the judge be held, is
manifestly wrong. An analysis made by a
barrister of all the appeal cases decided by Lord
Justice Giffard while sitting alone, and reported in
the Law Reports from January to June of the pre-
sent year confirms this view. Of 14 appeals from the
decision of the Master of the Rolls 7 were affirmed,
and a like number reversed. The decisions of Vice-
Chancellor Stuart were questioned in seven instances,
and of these 2 were affirmed, 3 reversed, and 2 varied.
Vice-Chancellor Malin's decisions were appealed
against in 8 cases, of which 3 were affirmed, 3 re-
versed, and 2 varied. Vice-Chancellor James's
decisions were given in 5 cases, and of these 3 were
affirmed, 1 was reversed, and 1 varied. Six appeals
were made against the decisions of various Commis-
sioners of Bankruptcy; 2 were affirmed and 4 reversed.
There was but one appeal against a County Court in
Bankruptcy, and this was reversed by the Lord
Justices. Out of the 41 appeals only 17 were up-
held, while 19 were reversed and 5 varied. The
necessity for an alteration of the present state of
things could not be urged with greater force than is
done by these simple figures.
London, England, 1870-06-15

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THE LONDON POLICE.

The Home Secretary on the recommendation of
Colonel Henderson has granted considerable conces-

sions to the police force in the metropolitan dis-
tricts. The " police-order " is likely to.afford general
. satisfaction, as it remedies some defects which haVe
previously existed. Promotions are to be. made only by
seniority, and in cases where they have.been made on
other grounds, the irregularity is to be rectified. Those
officers who are not qualified for the advance by
their education are to attend instruction classes
until they become competent. The increase of pay
which has been conceded, will do away with a great
deal of the discontent and discouragement which
have prevailed in the force, besides furnishing an
inducement to a better class of men to join the ranks.
The Home Secretary has thus, inaugurated reforms
which have long been called for, and if ho perseveres
in the task he will doubtless before long effect some•
striking improvements in the police system of the
Metropolis.
London, England, 1870-06-15

ANOTHER RAILROAD HORROR.

TWENTY PERSONS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Another serious accident occurred on the Delaware,
Lackawanna, and Western Railroad about seven o'clock
on the morning of June Ist, near Paterson, N.J. This
road is just being built through that locality, and fatal
accidents have occurred nearly every week for the present
month or so. That of June Ist, however, was more serious
than any that has yet occurred. About twenty-five car-
penters left Paterson early in the morning on a car heavily
loaded with timber for the new bridge over the Passaic
river, near Ruthurfurd Park. The track is down
grade, and it is customary to send the cars down alone
without any locomotive, the gravity, being suffi-
cient for its propulsion. The car was an charge of a
brakeman, named Joseph McNeal. In attempting
to apply the brak&upon approaching a sharp curve leading
to the trestle work carrying the road over the Paterson
and Newark railway, the chain of the brake broke, and
the car dashed around the curve at full speed, and free
from all restraint. The car went partially around until,
when a few feet upon the trestle, it jumped from the
track, and precipitated its load of human beings and
heavy bridge timber in one confused wreck some twenty
feet below. The first impression was that nearly all were
killed, as all were more or less stunned by the shock, and
for an instant no one stirred, except one or two who had
foreseen the inevitable calamity and had jumped. The
uninjured, however, one by one jumped up and shook
themselves, and at, once proceeded to extricate the
wounded from the ruins, while a messenger was hastily
despatched for surgical aid. Drs. Ballery, Quin, Leal,
Warner, and others, from Paterson, soon arrived upon
the spot.
London, England, 1870-06-15

PRESIDENT GRANT AND ST. DOMINGO.

General Grant seems to be anxious to signalise his
Presidency by the extension of the territories of the
United States. All the applications that have been
made to him, from outlying dependencies, for direct
incorporation with the Republic have been favourably
received at the White House. The purchase of
Alaska has been completed and there have been
rumours respecting the extension • of the
American protectorate over more than one
of the West Indies. The unsettled condition
of affairs in San Domingo has naturally enough
attracted the attention of American citizens, and it
is difficult to say whether Hayti or Dominica has
seemed to stand most in need of a competent and
efficient protector. The wise men of Congress, how'
ever, are not very well inclined to second President
Grant's views on the matter, and he has therefore
taken the opportunity of transmitting to the Senate
an additional article to the San Domingo treaty to
recapitulate all the arguments in favour of
annexation. He contends that the Monroe Doctrine
has been adhered to by all political parties, and that it
is equally important that no territory on the Amer'.
can continent should be regarded os subject to trans"
fer to a European Power. San Domingo has
voluntarily sought annexation. It is a weak Power,
numbering less than 120,000 souls, yet possessing 11
territory so rich that it might support a population
of ten millions in luxury. President Grant added, as
a further inducement, that he had information that
a European Power was ready to offer two million
dollars for the possession of Samana Bay alone. Tile
acquisition of San Domingo was also desirable no
account of its geographical position, and it would
undoubtedly become a large consumer of Northern
products; while, as a conclusive argument, its annexe'
tion by the States would render slavery insupportable
in Cuba and Brazil.

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

Mr. SINcLAIR AYTOUN asked the Chairman of the Public
Accounts Committee when the Committee would be
prepared to present their report.
Mr. HUNT said great progress had been made in the
extent of the appropriation accounts, and he anticipated
that the report on that part of the subject would be pre-
sented before the close of next month. There was, how-
ever, no hope that the report on the army and navy
accounts would be presented before the close of August.
London, England, 1870-06-15

DR. LIVINGSTONE.

Sir R. Murchison referred to the position of Dr.
Livingstone, at the Royal Geographical Society's
meeting, and contradicted the report that an expe-
dition was about to leave this country in search of
the traveller. He had received applications from
many young men' who were anxious to join it. These
admirable young volunteers wished to distinguish
themselves, but did not know what they were about.
It appears that the Consul of Zanzibar, who happens
to be in this country, will take out the thousand
pounds subscribed by the Government. Dr. Kirk, the
Vice-C onsul,will refit the same expedition which started
before, but which was impeded by an attack of cholera.
Sir Roderick is so farhopeful that he says "the cholera
has passed away entirely, the country is free from
Zanzibar, and the only difficulty now is to get to
Ujiji, where my dear and valued friend was, and still
is. I hope in about seven or eight months hence
you will have good news, and that very soon after
that we shall see our friend again in his native
country." This is certainly encouraging, but many of
those who take an interest in the fate of Dr. Living-
stone would be more inclined to follow Sir Roderick
Murchison's advice, and " put aside all anxiety for
some months to come," it new life and vigour were
infused into the expedition about to start from
Zanzibar in aid of the great explorer.
London, England, 1870-06-15

THE INCOME TAX.
The Income Tax has been the subject of exciting debate
in the House. A motion to omit the section of the
pending Tax Bill which re-enacts that odious levy
developed a stronger opposition to its further infliction on
the public than there was previously reason to believe
existed, The debate is not concluded, and we have great
hopes that it may yet end in the refusal to re-enact the
tax. At any rate it is evident that the exemption will be
increased, and the rate may be reduced. But this is not
what is wanted. The people demand that the tax shall
he wholly repealed. It is a premium on fraud, and for
this reason alone it ought to be blotted from the statutes.
The officials who assess and collect it are of necessity, do
what they may to relieve their duty of its offensiveness,
regarded in the obnoxious light of spies and informers-
For this reason alone, without considering the question of
cost, the army they form should be disbanded.—New York
Tribune.

FUNDING BILL.
If any of the members of the House of Representa-
tives who are opposed to the leading principle of the
Funding Bill which passed the Senate some time ago, wil,
deliver a speech containing the arguments in opposition
we will give them consideration. We have not, thus far,
heard anything of the nature of a decent reason,
,against giving Secretary Boutwell permission to at-
tempt to fund the public debt at a lower rate of
interest than we are now paying. We know that
a number of members say it can't be done ; but,
as the secretary anxiously desires to be permitted
to try it, why should he not be granted leave to
do so, under proper restrictions ? It is not sensible to
oppose the bill on the ground that its passage might re-
duce the nominal price of bonds; for, by simultaneouslj
reducing the price of gold and bonds, it would only equal-
ize values, and establish them upon a more legitimate
basis than they now enjoy. But we should like to hear
the very strongest arguments against the measure, from
some one of the members of Congress who have taken
ground in opposition to it. If the arguments are not
strong enough to be made public, then we should like to
see the Senate bill passed through the house without delay
and without debate.—New York Tribune.

OHIO.
CLEVELAND, June 1, 1870.
An oil train on the Atlantic and Great Western Rail-
way took fire this morning while approaching the city.
The flames were communicated to the railroad bridges
over the Cuyahoga river and Ohio Canal, and destroyed
them. A frame building occupied by the Kritch and
Crane Manufacturing Company as a machine shop was
damaged to the extent of $20,000, probably covered by
insurance. The loss by the fire this morning, in addition
to that of Kritch and Crane, is estimated at from $50,000
to $lOO,OOO. Sixteen tank cars, containing 145 barrels of
oil, and six empty freight cars were destroyed. Most of
the oil was owned by Messrs. Hussey, Paine, and Co.
There was no insurance on the railroad property or oil.
Dodge, Moriarty and Weller, dry goods dealers, to-dap
made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors.
Their liabilities are about £45,000.