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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-28

MAY.

Newmarket 18t 5p....2 to 5 1 Harpenden 20, 21
Chester. lO, to 13 I Bath 24, 25
Winchester lO, 11 I Stamford 26, 27
Salisbury l2, 13 I Croydon 2O, '2
York 17, 18 1 Epsom 81 to June 3
Doncaster 19, 20 I

JUNE.
Croydon 8, 9 I Newton '4, 2-3
Manchester 8,9, 10 Hampton 23, 24
Ascot 14 to 17 Bibury Club 21
Windsor 2l, 22 j Stockuridge...Bo, and JI,IT 1

JULY.
Newmarket 5 to 8 I West Drayton 14, j 3
Nottingham
1112:y11333 KingsburyHGluoondtiwngo clo 14, 20
Ohelmsford9l, 22
Reading
AUGUST.

Brighton 2, 3
Brighton Club 4
Lei?,48
Egham 9, 10
Windsor ll, 12
Bromley l6, 17 I

Stoat( l7 to 19
Oxford lB, 19
York 23 to 25
Plymouth
Derby
Weymouth 3O, 31

SEPTEMBER.
Warwick 6, 7 j Richmond 2C, 21
Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ayr)2l to 28
Doncaster 18 to 16 I Hendon 22, 23
Hampton 20, 21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 17 to 80

IVA VA L AND MILI7ARY 11\77ELL1GENCL.

The want of an adequate theatre for non-com-
missioned officers and .soldiers at Aldershott Camp
bas been more than once referred to in these
columns, and it is gratifying to find that there is
some probability of the erection of a suitable build-
ing as soon as the requisite funds can be procured.
The military authorities at the Camp fully recog-
xnse the desirability of providing the troops with
amusement within their own lines rather than leav-
ing them to find it in objectionable houses within
the neighbouring town. Ge:ieral Scarlett some
little time ago initiated a movement iu the Camp
to obtain subscriptions for the purpose, and it is
hoped that when the strength of the division re-
ceives an accession the project will be carried to a
successful issue. Should the local fund prove in-
adequate, it is thought in many quarters that it
supplemented by a Government grant,
lin't the laudable object attainedtefore the close of

another season.
Colonel Dillon, C. 8., 2d Battalion Rifle Bi
who Las commanded the 3d Infantry- Brigade at
Aldershott since the resignation of Major-General
Sir Alfred ilorsford, K.C.8., has been appointed
militiry secretary to Lord Na!!ier of Msgdala,
-whom he will accompany to India.
Orders have been received at the School of Mili-
tary Engineering, Chatham, from the Horse
Guards, directing that all non-commissioned
officers and men of the Corps of Royal Engi-
neers who have been i❑ the service for 21 years,
or more, are now to be discharged, of course with
the usual pensions.
The depot of the 2.1 Battalion of the 14th Regi-
ment will shortly leave Chatham Garrison to join
the service companies on their arrival home from
Melbourne. Information has been received at Chat-
ham that the battalion will embark on Tuesday next
for the homeward passage.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty:—Dr. Clark A. l)ucket, surgeon,
to the Egmont; and George A. Campbell, assist.-
surgeon, to the Egmont.
The following appointment has been made in the
Royal Naval Reserve:—To be hon. lieut., William
Alleyene Cecil (Marquis of Exeter).
London, England, 1870-01-28

THE RIGHTS OF MARRIED WOMEN.

Sir Roundell Palmer took occasion to address the
Juridical Society, of which he is president, on " The
Property Rights of Married Women." This was
after the reading of a paper to the members on
that subject by Mr. Droop. He said the
subject was of interest in a three-fold view. It was
one of common interest to the sex, to families, and
to society. There was, however, he contended,
one great consideration which applied to all. What
would be the tendency of legislation based upon
the principle of making wives independent of
their husbands ? He had, he said, grave doubts
upon the subject. He deprecated legislation con-
ceived in a spirit which would tend to make women
unfeminine. If women were to have control of
their property it might be thought neces-
sary that married women should be liable on
their contracts. Would it be well, he asked, that the
mother of a family should be liable to be withdrawn
from it by arrest for debt, or harassed by suits of
law upon her contract ? To this he answered
that no doubt when the husband did not do his
duty by his wife, she should have a more
easy and summary mode of obtaining protection.
income
of that extent, as well as with respect to the ‘
of married women, he might recognise the benefit of
legislation. Beyond that at present lie was not pre-
pared to go.
London, England, 1870-01-28

THEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET.
Sole Lessee. Mr. Buelcstone.,,

THIS EVENING, A KI 'S IN THE DARK.
Followed by, at 20 to 8, the New Comedy, NEW MEN
AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr
Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Bnckstone, jun.; Miss
Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss
C. Hill, dm.
After which, THE FAIR ONE WITH THE COLDEN
OCKS: Mr A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Gwyune Miss
/rands, Miss Murray.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Five.
London, England, 1870-01-28

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE
Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F.E. ChattPrton.

THIS EVENING, at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL.
At 7.0, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; or, OLD MOTHER
BUNCH : plisses Jessie Vokes. Victoria Vokes, Rosina Vokes.
Kate Santley, Hudspeth. and TL.rriet Coveney; Messrs. Fred.
Vokes, Brit Gain Wright, W. F. Voke,i, F. Moteland, Rowena, and
Harry Boleno.
London, England, 1870-01-28

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.

The traffic receipts on this company's lines, for
the week ending the Bth inst., amounted, for the
conveyance of 25,925 pissengers, to £6,980; for
mails, &c., to £1,233 ; and for live stock ant the
carriage of 17,570 tons of freight to £l6,Bs3—total,
£24,976 ; and for the corresponding week last year
to £27,533, showing a decrease of £2,557.
London, England, 1870-01-28

LA TV INTELLIGENCE--(This Day).

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
This morning Mr. Staveley Hill, Q.C., showed
cause against a rule obtained by the Attorney-
General, calling upon Mr. Stracey, sou of Sir Ed-
ward Stracey, to show cause why the information
which had been filed against him for bribery should
not be removed for trial from the county of the
city of Norwich to tne county of Norfolk, or such
other country as the court might direct.

The court made the rule absolute, and directed
the case to be removed to the county of Norfolk.

DIVORCE COURT.
The Judge Ordinary this morning fixed the
hearing of the Warwickshire scandal case, " Mor-
daune v. Mordaunt, Cole, and Johnstone," for Sa-
turday, the 12th of February.
London, England, 1870-01-28

VORMIEN'S TRAINS IN TILE METROPOLIS.

Mr. Bright yesterday received, at Whitehall,
working men's deputation on the subject of cheap
railway trains. He was asked by Mr. Chules
Reed, M.P., and Sir Sydney Waterlow, on
behalf of the deputation, to interfere with
the railway companies to make them provide cheap
trains. Penny trains were advocated by one of the
speakers. In reply, Mr. Bright agreed with the
deputation as to the object its members had in view.
They might accomplish it, howover, he thought,
without legislation, if workmen would, as they
very fairly might, concede the point as regarded com-
pensation, the amount being limited say to £lOO.
On this point of compensation the President of the
Board of Trade let fall a hint which, while it will
gladden the hearts of railway shareholders, will
canse by no means universal satisfaction amongst
railway travellers. lle said that in the coming ses-
sion there would be an inquiry into the subject of
excessive damages given by juries against railway
companies.
London, England, 1870-01-28

THE TOPIC IN IRELAND.

As the approach of the opening of Parliament draws
near the land agitation in Ireland becomes less vifforous.
The Dublin Conference is the only great " ature "
at present announced. Though small meetings are held
here and there, the great mass assemblages of yore
have almost disappeared. At the last meeting in
county Antrim the proceedings were very orderly
and temperate. One Roman Catholic clergyman
repudiated any confiscating intentions, and
said he appeared on the platform because
he believed that the only real foundation for the
loyalty of the people was in their contentment and
prosperity. But whilst this moderation is shewn in
some quarters, in others the farm classes entertain
strange delusions as to the benefits they expect from
the coming subdivision. One Irish paper
gives an account of a violent quarrel between
two parties as to which of two gentlemen's properties
in the district they should respectively possess under
the new division of the land. One of the gentlemen,
whose estate they proposed to assign without waiting
for a formal declaration of title or the cumbrous pro-
cess of conveyance, is worth £lO,OOO a year and the
other nearly double that sum. Neither of the dis-
putants, of course, wanted the smaller estate. The
return of holdings in the county of Cork shews that
the number of leases is much greater than might have
been expected.

THE " COMMISSIONER'S " REMEDY.

The Times' Commissioner, in his concluding letter
on the Irish Land question, puts forward what, in his
opinion, would bo a fair solution of the problem. He
recommends that the State should intervene between
landlord and tenant in all cases where their relations'
have not been already settled by the terms of written
contracts. lie says that the tenant should be pro-
tected against the capricious exercise by the land-
lord of the powers ho has hitherto in law raher than
in fact possessed. To do this he thinks that the
State must take upon itself the functions of arbiter
in the last resort between the two contending parties.
The two parties should be compelled to ob-
serve towards each other, and both towards the
law, those duties they ought to discharge spon-
taneously and of good conscience. By this means he
considers that the law would become a constraining
power over those who would do evil, while it would
in no way interfere with those who do good.
He contends that the landlords who are
at the head of a tenantry loyal, prosperous, and con-
tented, because they have been treated with justice,
would maintain their position as they now enjoy it.
Those whose grasping acts have violated natural
duties, and endangered the peace and stability of the
commonwealth, would alone suffer.
London, England, 1870-01-28

THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at
J. SMITH'S, as, Bow-street, Covent-gsrden.

LIE.BIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEAT.
—AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION, 1869, FIRST PRIZE,
being ABOVE the Gold Medal. Supplied to the British, French,
Prussian, Russian, Italian, Dutch, and other Governments. One
pint of fine flavoured Beef-tea at lid. Most convenient and
economic "stock."
CAnnoN.—Only sort warranted genuine by the Inventor, Baron
Liebig, whose signature is on every genuine Jar.
Ask for LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT, and not for
LIEBIG'S EXTRACT of MEAT.

THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton,

THIS EVENING. at 7, lii NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.45,
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Messrs. Fred. Vokes, Brittain
Wright, Harry Boleno, &c.; Misses Yokes, Harriet Coveney,
Kate Santley, &c.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

.rms ErENTITG, at 7 o'clock, A KISS IN THE DARK.
After which. at <0 to R, EW MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr
Buckstone, Mr Chippendale. Miss Robertson, &c. Concluding
with THE FAIR ONE WITH TitE GOLDEN LOCKS:
Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, Sc.
London, England, 1870-01-28

PRESIDENT SALNAVE SHOT.

President Salnave was not an interesting personage
to Englishmen, but he deserves a passing word now
that he is gone. The Central Press Telegram
announcing that he has been shot leaves
little doubt that, whether he has been
assassinated or executed, his career is at
an end. His fortunes had long been declining,
and had latterly become hopeless. In May 1800
Spain renounced possession of Hayti, and. since then
the Republic has been a prey to civil war. First one
President and then another gained supreme
pov.-er. GefFrard, Baez, Cabral, and Salnave
were all proclaimed rulers in the space of
a very short time before and after the
Spaniards left the miserable island to its fate. These
Presidents were always battling with each other.
Salnave was proclaimed in March 1800, and has
been fighting ever since. oeveral heavy defeats
during a very short period completely ruined hint.
Part of the island of Hayti, which includes the two
republics of Hayti and San Domingo, has been sold
to the United States, and there can be little doubt
that the whole will follow, Nothing better could
happen to the territory.
London, England, 1870-01-28

GI:EAT CENTRAL OF BELGIUM.

Tbe traffic receipti on this company's lines for
the month of December last amounted to £39,217,
and for the Sallie month of 1868 to £37,452, show-
ing an increa,e of £1,765. The total receipts from
the Ist of January to the 31st of December, 1869,
amounted to £195,740, and for the same period in
1868 to £460,437, showing an increase of £35,303,
or 7.67 per cent.
London, England, 1870-01-28

PRICE OF GOLD.

roe quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
tie short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per £1 sterlin,,
kin comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
lia.loo. per ounce for standard irold, it appe4,s that
gold at the above price is slightly dearer in Paris than in
Loudon

The Horse Guards have sent orders to Chatham
for draughts of about 50 men each from the depots
of the Ist Battalion of the 2d Regiment and the Ist
Battalion of the Bth Regiment to be held in readi-
ness to proceed to India to strengthen the service
companies of the respective battalions which are now
in the Bombay PreEidency. The draughts are to
leave during next month.
On Wednesday orders were received at Aldershot
countermanding the departure of the 2d Battalion
23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers for Portland and Wey-
mouth, to which place the 2d Battalion 7th Fusiliers
is now ordered to proceed, instead of to Newport
and Brecon. The 33d (Duke of Wel:ington's)
Regiment, now stationed at Portsmouth, is under
orders to proceed to Aldershot on the 7th February,
and on arrival will be attached to the Ist Infantry,
or Major-Gen. Lyson'a brie ade.
London, England, 1870-01-28

LIFE ANNUITIES.-MANCHESTER CUR
?ORATION WATERWOIZ.KS.

The Waterworks Committee of the Corporation of the
City' of Manchester is prepared to issue, free from all
official charges, ANNUITIES for LIVES, jointly or sepa-
rately, in such amounts as may suit investo•s, on security
of the Borough Pates of the City, and the Rates, Rents, and
other Waterworks Property.
Applications, personally or in writing, may he made or
sent to the City Treasurer, or to Mr. Perrey, Waterworks
Offices, Town Hall, Manchester.
By order,
JOSEPH HERON, Town Clerk.
Town Hall, Manchester, January 6, 1870.
London, England, 1870-01-28

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

TFIIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. OPEN TO CONVICTION.
Messrs. G. Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss
L. Grey, and Mrs. Leigh Murray.
At 8, TIT 1.1 NIGHTINGAL 1,. Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs
Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge, Skinner. Miss Furtado, Mrs
Alfred Mellon, Miss Eliza Johnstone, Mrs Caulfield, &c.
To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr U. BO
more and Mrs Leigh ',fumy.
Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking.
Plao 3s can be secured a fortnight in advance.

R 0 YAI, PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Lessee and Mann ger—Mr. Benjamin Wester.
THIS EVENING, at 7, AFTER DARK: Mr.VininT: Messrs.
Phillips, Ashley, Taylor, Rignold, Leeson, Eburne ; Mesdames
R. Leclerc% Barnett.
After which, TIIE STREETS OF LONDON: Mr. Vining
Messrs Phillips, Ashley, Stuart, Rignold, Taylor, Leeson, and
Eburne ; Mesdames Barnett, Stoker, Brewer.
London, England, 1870-01-28

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THE CHINA THEAtt.

The China Treaty
_is on first impressiena regarded
as unsatisfactory at Manchester. It was on Wednes-
day discussed in the Chamber of Commerce, and
generally condemned. Strong opinions, it was stated,
were expressed against it by the leading firms in the
China trade. A. resolution was. adopted asking the
Foreign Office to withhold its confirmation until suffi"
cient time is allowed for consideration, or until
Sir R. Alcock reaches Englandtand has had an oppor-
tunity of explaining several of ithe provisions, which
are of leading importance.
London, England, 1870-01-28

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE:

AGILA AMAIIELLA restores the Human Hair
to itq pristine lane, no matter at what age.
iNO. GOSNELI, and CO. havo at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ini; this won(torful liquid. It is now offered to the public
11. a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and Lis. each.
Including brush.
Ited Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames-
atrset tondon.E.C.

THE UNITED LAND COMPANY
(LIMITED).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL
MEETING of the COMPANY will be held at the Offices,
No 33, Norfolk-street. Strand, London, at Two of the
Clock p.m., on WEDNESDAY, the 2d February, 1870, for
the pu pose of receiving the Report of the Directors, of
declaring a Dividend, and of transacting the ordinary busi
nor a of the Company.
By order of the Board.
CHARLES LEWIS °RUNE ISEN,
--- mow et retary
38, ICorfol k- street, Strand.
Landon; W.C., 17th latinvy, 1870.

The rapid approach of the first session of the new
decade is becoming matter for general comment. We
are preparing ourselves for a campaign which
threatens to be a formidable one, and which probably
neither Ministerialists nor Opposition regard with
much satisfaction. After dallying for years with
questions of pressing interest which admitted of easy
solution, the moment party feeling personal pre-
judices and ambition were put on one side, Liberal
and Conservatives alike find themselves face to face
with a grave perplexity, which they would gladly
escape, or evade, or ignore were any alternative3pos-
sible. They have no choice, however. The Irish
Land question is a Sphinx, which demands an imme-
diate solution of the apparently insoluble, and which
will pitilessly crush the unfortunate blunderer who
fails to solve the riddle.

The opening of a Parliamentary session, however,
has its brighter and more attractive side. True,
there are troublesome questions awaiting us, but as
yet we can hardly estimate our own capacity to deal
with them. The full strength of the Reformed Par-
liament is as yet scarcely known, and possibly when
" a fair field and no favour" have enabled the new
members to prove their prowess, and the new eonsti-
tuents to justify their judgment, we shall find reason
to suspend our jeremiads over the decay of British
statesmanship in modern times.

The first night of a new Fusion always gives the
opportunity to some young knights to win their spurs,
and the debuts of the movers and seconders of
the Address are always watched with kindly interest
by more experienced politicians. The occasion, it is
true, is a trying one, for the young member has to
travel over somewhat hacknied ground, and the for-
mality of the task is burdensome to him. Neverthe-
less the speeches generally afford a fair test of the
orators' powers, and although there have been
noteable instances in which brilliant future orators
completely collapsed in their first Parliamentary

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London, England, 1870-01-28

WASTE LAND IN IRELAND.

Ai a meeting of the Statistical Society of Dublin,
when the irrepressible topic of the day was brought
up, a paper on the utilisation of the reclaimable
waste lands of Ireland was read by Mr. Mallory.
The meeting was reminded that, according to correct
statistics, more than one-fifth of the entire area,
of Ireland is bog and waste land. It was recom-
mended that the State should have power to purchase
the fee of two million acres of these lands from the
proprietor, fbr the purpose ofreclaiming them, and then
dividing them into farms,varying from five to a hundred
acres, and lease them out to tenants. Mr. Houghton,
however, suggested a rather remarkable, but cheaper,
method. He argued that lands which had been
left waste from the creation—which would
be difficult to prove, by-the-bye—should be
taken from the present owners, and handed over
to whoever would cultivate them. Prsfessor Baldwin
mentioned an instance where two barren mountains
in the county of Tyrone had been allotted to tenants
to work free of rent for seven years. This plan was
working beneficially.

THE IRISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

At the renewed meeting of the general assembly
of the Presbyterian Church at Belfast, the corres-
pondence with the Government was read. The
letter from the Irish Chief Secretary, stating that the
Government understood that the Presbyterian bodies
did not desire that the Reg iurn Donum should be
renewed, produced an exceedinglyn warm discussion.
The assembly has not yet decided on any plan for
providing a sustentation fund.
London, England, 1870-01-28

THE LAW COURTS.

It is rumoured, says a writer in the Globe, and in
authoritative circles, too, that the Judicature Com.
missioners contemplate recommending a convict(
alteration of the machinery by which the administra
tion of the law, civil and criminal, is at preset'•
conducted. Even more extensive powers and jurisdiction
than they now possess are to be given to the County
Courts, while I hear it is also under consideration tc
localise and expedite the trial of prisoners by
the creation of a tribunal of a similar character
throughout the country for the dispatch of
criminal business. This last reform would be
a most desirable one, and likely to work sub•
stantial good to the community. I understand (thE
correspondent of the Globe goes on to say) that an honour-
able member intends calling the attention (4 the llousc
to the non-filling up of the place in the Queen's Dena
vacant by the death of Mr. Justice Hayes, and asking Mr.
Gladstone under what statute or authority he has arro-
gated to himself the right of annulling an Act of Parlia-
ment, or rather refusing to carry out its provisions.
London, England, 1870-01-28

JAPAN.

According to the New York papers, ale Mikado of
Japan, fearing a combination of the Southern princes
under Satsuma, has made his peace with the old governing
family, of whom the late Tycoon is the head. Stotbasbi,
the late Tycoon, has been pardoned, and it is thought that
he will be again restored to power in some shape. He is
an enlightened man, and exerted himself when in power
to extend commercial intercourse with Europe and
America.
London, England, 1870-01-28

SPAIN.

MADRID, Jan. 27.

The result of the recent elections in the North
is as follows :-519,000 votes polled by the
Monarchist party, 149,000 by the Republicans,
and 89,000 by the Carlists.

BAVARIA.

MUNICH, Jan. 27.

The draft of the address of the Upper House, in
reply to the Speech frotn the Throne, expresses a
decided want of confidence in the present Hohen-
lohe Ministry. It says :

" Confidence will not be restored to us until your
Majesty succeeds in electing as counsellors of the
Crown statesmen who in an equal degree poesess
the confidence both of the King and of the coun-
try."

INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN
(HEAVY) MAIL.

GIBRALTAR, Jan. 27.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Tanjore (from Southampton 22d inst,) arrived at
seven, and left at eleven this morning for Alexan-
dria. All well.

THE BRAZILIAN MAIL.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 28.

The Brazil and River Plate Company's steamer
Hipparchus arrived here this morning. Her dates
arc Rio, Ist inst., and Babia sth. Exchange at
Bahia had been 201, but had dropped to it, and was
expected to .tally again. Cotton receipts were
small. Sales at 14 milreis and 200 reis per arroba.
Sugar in demand :at 17s. 6d. for Nazareth, and
265. 6d. for clayed biown. Freights dull.
There is no news of importance from Rio since
the departure of the Cordillera.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, Jan. 2 7.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

Bank Shares 2925
ItaPan Fives 55 10
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan
Do. Debt 44 20
Spanish Threes
Dome Debt 23
Deferred
.YB,

ii. per Cent.
3 per Cent
End of month 73 GO
Credit Mobilier
Transatlantic 2OO
Credit Fonder _1773
Paris Gas 16e5 _
Suez Canal 337 50
ItAiLwA' Cash_
Orleans
Western
Northern .... ll3O
Strasburg
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6OBl
Sardinian
Austrian 7BO
Lombard so6}
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman
London, England, 1870-01-28

39,876,100 -39,580,6 A
33,542,150 - 33,047,050

and debentaires
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

1,167,600
1,148,200 -

1,149,300 -
1,212, tOO

60,000,000 -

12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
80,595,187 21 80,595,187 21

serve
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June '2, 1857) 11,0,000,000 -- 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture o
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-

9,072,534 -

9,074,384 -

went
Sundries

15,561 35 39,918 02
5,748,393 82 5,490,301 70

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of FraLce.

(Signed) ROULAND.

The Bank Returns.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir
culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending the 4th of Dec.
These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch
and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir-
culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended
the Ist of Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their
returns), will give the following results of the circulation
of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the
previous month :

Nov.
Banks
In4cl:_iaisoe.iDecrease
Nov. Deci 4,
7
Bprainvkatoef ---23,*:E71-2-23:715.811:179109
_ 133,721
,Tolnt-stock Banks 2.4'45,072 2,3u8,739 56,333
•
Total In England. 29,251,459! 28,301,648, 948.411
Scotland
Ireland27,ol7
United Kingdom. 1 41,503,957 40,913,269 416,140 976,828

And as compared with the month ending the sth of
Dec., 1868, the above returns show a decrease of
£363,505 in the circulation of notes in England, and an
increase of £105,046 in the circulation of the United
Kingdom.
On comparing tho above with tho fixed issues of the
several banks the following is the state of the circulation:—
The English private banks aro below their _ _

- -
fixed issue ••• •• £1,290,907
The English joint-stock banks are bolow their

fixed issue

3G9,901

Total below fixed issue in England ... £1:660,808
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2 538,187
The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 992,669

The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending Ist
of Nov. was £18,443,206, being a decrease of £388,284,
as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£71,692 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the
Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th
of Nov.:—

Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £3,776179
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,714,884

£5,924,651
being an increase of £518,118 as compared with the pra-
vious return, and an increase of £321,393 wlteu compared
with the corrorroudin period last year,.
London, England, 1870-01-28

OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
F Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr
CI srke.
Followed by THE TOOD LES : Mr Clarke.
After which, INO ; Messrs Thorne, James, Fenton, Turner :
Aesdames Sheridan, Newton, Maitland, &c.
To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL'
London, England, 1870-01-28

SILK MANUFACTURE.

Mr. John Chadwick has sent to a Manchester paper
a long account of the history of our silk manufacture.
From his earliest acquaintance with the trade, the
writer says an idea existed that we were unable to
compete with the French, but having visited Lyons,
with a desire to inquire for himself, he returned
with the conviction that there were no reasons
for that idea, except that the special training
and education for the business that is given in France
does certainly confer an advantage on that country.
lie speaks strongly against protection, and disposes
in detail of the arguments that have been
made use of in favour of it. It should be
looked upon as a badge of degradation and
disgrace. Though the re-imposition of a duty on
foreign goods, under the circumstances, might 'be a
boon to us for a time, it is wrong in principle, and
would be certain in the long run to produce evil
results. Mr Chadwick thinks that, instead of bene-
fiting those whom it professes to serve, protection 15
calculated to destroy that spirit of independence and
self-reliance which is always stimulated by free com-
Petition.

DUST AIM DISEASE.
Professor Tyndall's lecture on "Dust and liisease
has excited the attention which might have been ex-
pected from the importance of the subject. In reply-
ing to a correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette,
he relates some interesting facts regarding the air of
Manchester to support his theory. Dr. Angus Smith,
ho says, to catch in water the floating matter of
the air, placed a small quantity of the
liquid in a bottle, and shook it up with
successive changes of air. The microscope, he
states, revealed spores, or sporidice, to the extent of
37t millions in 2,495 litres of air, a quantity Which
would be respired in about ten hours by a man of
ordinary size when actively employed. Tro
reports that apart from their other effects,
the mere mechanical irritation produced by the de-
position of these particles in tender lungs must go
for something. These might, he contend.s,
be entirely withheld by a cotton wool re-
spirator. In a letter to the Times, Professor
analysis commu-
Tyndall states that according to an
nicated to him by Dr. Percy, theclust collected from
the walls 91 the British m 9ytabks..
t, r t • ''•
60 per

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London, England, 1870-01-28

THE LEAGUE.

Reports of more League meetings flow in. At
Dudley, Mr. Dixon, M.P.—that Achilles of the
League camp—was the leading speaker. At Hinckley
the secretary of the society expounded its scheme,
and a branch organisation was formed. At Devon-
port there was a very powerful gathering, and a very
stormy one, too. A Roman Catholic clergyman spoke
on behalf of religious education, a Unitarian
minister argued for compulsion, a Baptist was for
sectarian teaching, and an Independent went in
favour of free education. A resolution embodying
League principles was carried at last by a large majo-
rity. The London Association in connection with
the League is actively organising local committees in
the metropolitan parishes. Nine such have been
formed already.
London, England, 1870-01-28

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.

THIS EVENING, at 7. OPEN TO CONVICTION. Messrs
George Nlmore, J. D. Beveridge. C. H. Stephenson, Miss 1..
Grey, and 3lrs L Murray. At R, THE NIGHTINGALE:
Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs Arthur Stirling. J. O. Beveridge,
Skinner, Miss Furtado. Mrs Alfr3d Mellon, Miss Eliza John-
stone, Mrs Caulfield. c,:c. To conclude with DOMESTIC
ECONOMY: Mr G. Belmore and Mrs Leigh Murray.
London, England, 1870-01-28

LORD SHAFTESBURY'S OPINIONS.

The predecessors of the present Earl of Shaftes-
bury—the tower of strength to LoW Churchism—
were not all exactly the men whom the Earl would
revere, were they now in the flesh. The Shaftesbury,
whose works roused the ire of the religious world
in the last century, our Earl would regard with
horror. He would hardly sit at meat with him.
For his ancestor was a Deist. Yet the present Earl
has allowed the deistical works. to be published, and
given permission to have them dedicated to him.
The Pall Mall Gazette, in reviewing the reprint,
expressed surprise at the dedication, and hoped
that after allowing his name to appear in connec-
tion with such an obviously heretical book, he would
look more kindly upon the much less unorthodox
"Essays and Reviews" and "Ecce Homo"—that ad-
vancing years would bring toleration. The Earl is
justly indignant at being thus made to sympathise
with views he detests; and he writes to the
.Pall
Gazette saying that the only change advancing
years has brought to him is to strengthen his deep
aversion to the works named.
London, England, 1870-01-28

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 27.

The Queen went out yesterday afternoon.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Christian,
Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Bea-
trice walked and drove in the groun is this mom-

LATEST INTELL MENGE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
London, England, 1870-01-28

THE LAW COURTS.

The Telegraph makes an announcement which is
sure to please. It says that Mr. Lowe has,
after a hard struggle given way on the sub-
ject of the law courts, and no longer intends
to waste the public money by allowing the Carey-street
site to lie useless and ugly. He has finally
given up the Embankment scheme. Such at least
is the only construction we can put upon
the Telegraph's statement that "the First Commis-
sioner of Works has turned his attention in earnest
to the Carey-street site for the Law Courts. Mr.
Street is engaged in adapting to that posi-
tion his plans for the construction of the
new edifice. Instructions have also been
given for completing the purchase of some
portions of the adjoining ground, the acquisi-
tion of which had remained in abeyance during the
late controversy as to the respective merits of the
Embankment and Carey-street sites." The net result
of Mr. Lowe's opposition is simply a delay of the
building of the courts for nearly twelve months.
London, England, 1870-01-28

'IIIIE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE
MAN."

BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES
BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST
PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S.

Every description of Clothing ready-made
or made to measure, hr all ages, all occa-
sions, and all classes, at E. ➢LOSES and
SON'S.

An immense assortment of WINTER
CLOTHING, in all the newest designs and
materials, at E. MOSES and SON'S.

OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5.1

BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 6d. to 455.
For the convenience of Ladies accom-
panying their Sons there is a separate de-
partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur-
nished with a splendid assortment of Suits,
Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions,
inclnding all the favourite designs at.d the
must fashionable, materials.
Orders by Post are attended to with care
and punctuality, and the easy and accurate
system Of Pelf-measure introduced by E.
OSES and SON enables them to guarantee
a faultless fit.

Any artielo not worn or injured will be
exchanged, or, if desired, the ..stoney will
be returned.

All Goods are marked in Plain Figures,
from which no abatement can be made.

The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats
Ind Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un-
aqualled for magnitude, variety, and cheap-
ness.

A very large assortment of BLANKETS,
from ss. 4d. the pair.

Complete Outfits for all Climates, with
every requisite for the voyage.
List of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea-
inre, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and
post-free.

E. MOSES and SON'S 'Establishments
are closed every Friday evening at sunset till
Saturday evening at sunset, when business
is resumed until eleven o'clock.

E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be-
spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers,
Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shce Manufac-
turers, and General Outfitter for all
Classes.

The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES
and SON:—

LONDOY.
CORNER OF MINOP.IES AND ALDGATE.
NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET.
CMINER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON
ROAD.

Country Branch

BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.
London, England, 1870-01-28

RAILWAY BILLS.

The Examiners into Standing Order Proofs held
their Courts yesterday in the House of Commons'
Committee-rooms. Before Mr. Frere, the Great
Eastern Railway (Metropolitan Railways, &c.)
(unopposed) was found to have complied with the
Standing Orders; as was the case with the
Pimlico, Peckham, and Greenwich Street Tram-
ways (Various Powers) Bills. The Birmingham
and Staffordshire Tramways (opposed) Bill was
postponed to the 3d of Feb., as was the Birming-
ham Tramways (opposed). The Standing Orders
were complied with in the Liverpool Street Tram-
ways (opposed) Bill, the Manchester Street Tram-
ways (opposed) Bill, and the Pimlico, Peckham,
and Greenwich Street Tramways (Extensions, &c.)
(opposed) Bill. in the opposed Manchester Tram-
ways Bill the Standing Orders were complied with ;
the Birmingham Street Tramways Bill was post-
poned till the 3d of February ; and the North
London Tramways Bill was to be taken to-day.
Bofors Mr. Robinson the following unopposed
bills were found to have complied with the Stand-
ing Orders :—The Newport Paguell Railway, the
Worcester Railways and Tramways, and the Leeds
Tramways.
London, England, 1870-01-28

LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs Mansell (elegantly redecorated by MacTntosh).
TFIIS EVENING, at 7, !CORRUP f PRACTICES: Messrs
Coghlan, Vincent; Mesdames L. Thorne, S. Rignold, and Fitz-
Inman.
After which, CHILPF:RIO, by ITeryt: Messrs M. Marius, G
Vincent, Odell, Lapierre, Coghlan. and )E. Ilery4: Mesdames
Dolaro, Fitzlnman, Romanelli, Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily
Muir.
London, England, 1870-01-28

GENERAL CREDIT AND DISCOUNT (LIMITED).

The report of the directors states that the ac-
counts for the year 1869, including £10,279 brought
from the preceding year, showed that the gross
profit was £147,895. This was subject to rebate
(for bills and loans not due) amounting to £17,250.
After payment of all expenses there remained a net li
profit of £115,603, of which £37,500 had already
been distributed "among the proprietors as in-
terim dividend. The directors proposed to distribute
the further sum of £37,500, being at the rate of 5
per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, and to carry
£30,000 to the reserve, leaving £10,603 for the cur-
rent year's accounts. The business of the company
continued to make satisfactory progress. The de-
posits figured at £3,576,663 in 1869, against
£2,491,551-in 1868. The proprietors had not done
anything like as much as they might be expected
to do in the way of opening deposit accounts with
the company. The directors again urged upon
their attention the importance of this point. The
company's claim upon the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway Company was now fully before
the arbitrators. A compromise of the claims of
the South Eastern of Portugal Railway Company
upon the Portuguese Government had been
arrives]. at. The Government were
.to deliver
to the railway company, on the 31st of May next,
Portuguese Bonds of the recent 3 per cent. Loan,
bearing interest from the Ist of July, 1869, for the
nominal amount of £1,850,000, which, under the
sanction of the Court of Chancery, it has been agreed
to accept in full of all demands. The distribution
of the assets among the creditors would be mado
in due time under the orders of the Court. The
balance-sheet showed a total on both sides of
£5,907,138. The paid-up capital on the debtor
side amounted to £1,500,000, the contingent re-
serve to £175,000 ; the reserve, in Government
securities, to £lO,OOO ; the bills payable, £567,372 ;
the deposits, loans, &0., to £3,576,663 ; and the
profit and loss account, £78,103. On the credit
side, the cash and securities amounted to £361,055 ;
the bank and commercial bills discounted to
£3,968,390 ; the other securities and loans on
securities, including cover for acceptances, accounts
current, and freehold premises, £1,266,343 ; loan
on charge of land at Blackfriars, £160,050; and
loans on South-Eastern Railway of Portugal,
£151,300 —total, £5,907,138.
London, England, 1870-01-28

THE WEATHER ANT) THE PARKS.

After a night's frost, there is certain to be a vast num-
ber of persons desirous of practically testing the strength of
the ice in the London parks. Thursday morning proved no
e2:cdpticn to the rule, and by an Early hour the lake in St.
James's Park was visited by some thousands cf persona.
The ice was very weak; it required another day's frost to
make it strong enough for skaters ; yet, not withstanning
all the entreaties of the Royal Humane Society's men
hundreds of persons ventured upon the lake. As might,
have been expected, numerous immersions took place, and
the Humane Society's men had plenty of employment.
Before midday over a score of foolhardy persons
had received a good drenching. Fortunately it was on the
left side of the bridge, near the palace, where the ice was
strongest, as there is only some four to five feet of water
there, and this no doubt prevented more than one fatality.
The most serious accident which occurred was that which
happened to a boy, who fell lengthways on the ice, which
broke from the weight thus placed on it. He remained
in this perilous position for a few minutes, and was then
rescued by the society's men. In another instance a skater
was observed to disappear near the bridge, and suddenly
come up, and was endeavouring, though without success,
to get on the ire again. Another person, seeing his, to
say the least, unpleasant situation, seized hold of a ladder,
and pushed it towards the unfortunate skater, but, in
doing so, he slipred, and broke the ice, and received him-
self a good " ducking." When this occurred—as is always
the case on these occasions—a crowd of some dozen or so
surrounded the spot, and the ice giving, three others be-
came acquainted with the depth of the water.
London, England, 1870-01-28

NEW KNIGHTS.

The bestowals of knighthood during the past year
(according to the Times) have been unusually nu-
merous. Fifty-six persons during the year 1869 were
allowed to prefix " Sir" to their names. This is not,
to be sure, very far from the number of knights created
under Conservative administration in 1867-53; and
it must be remembered that a large proportion of the
knights belong to the Order of St. Michael and St.
George—the new Colonial Order whose rank must be
filled. Eighteen of the new knights filled offices in
the colonies, either judicial or administrative—viz., in
Canada, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, New-
foundland, Mauritius, Australia, Bahamas, and New
South Wales. The army and navy, including the Indian
service, has contributed also 18. Science and kindred
subjects number six, and the remainder of the list is
made up of local magnates who have entertained
royalty, inaugurated public buildings, or long borne
official greatness in their respective towns.

BIIISTOL.
The report that Mr. H. F. Berkeley intends to resign
his seat for the borough of Bristol is incorrect. It
first appeared on the authority of the Bristol
papers.
London, England, 1870-01-28

AMERICA.

(Per FrenchAtlantie Cable.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.
The Ilamturg and American steamer Allernan-
nia arrived out at 2 p.m. to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1211 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 122 ; the lowest, 1211.
Sterling Exchange on London lo9k.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll4.
i 4 " 1885 ll5l.
C 4

" 1867 ll4g.
10-40 tl,
Illinois 1371.
Erie
Cotton—Mid. upland 254e.
Petroleum—Standard White 3lle.
Flour, extra state,:.ss.loe. to $5.70c. Corn, old
mixed, sl.6e.
London, England, 1870-01-28

LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND,

Dr. Armitage, hon. secretary of the British and
Foreign Blind Association, has delivered a lecture, in
the hall of the Society of Arts, on " The Modes of
Reading in use by the Blind." The subject, ho said,
was one which affected a very largo portion of the
human race. In the United Kingdom the number of
blind persons was believed to be one in every thousand
of the population. About two-thirds of these became
blind in adult life, and, sad to sav, from preventible
causes. In proceeding to consider the modes of
education which addressed themselves to the touch,
the lecturer remarked that he had always found agreat
improvement in the physical as well as in the mental
condition of the blind result from their acquiring the
power of reading.. lie was much applauded during
his lecture by many blind gentlemenlli9l:l,st the
/Jading&

. 't
London, England, 1870-01-28

Tilt. MADDEN'S SY3IPATHISERS.

Some of the magistrates and deputy-lieutenants of
Fermanagh, amongst whom aro the Earl of Erne,
Lord Crichton, and Sir Victor Brooke, have signed
a protest against the removal of Mr. John
Madden from his honorary office of deputy-
lieutenant. Having read the correspondence that
took place between that gentleman and the Right
Honourable Chichester Fortescue, the signers of the
protest' declare that they cannot see evidence
of "an intention to use language of studied
insult to the Government of the Queen,"
or to " scoff at the honour of serving her Majesty." It
is urged further that meetings have been held during
the past year at which inflammatory speeches have
been delivered by persons holding the commission of
the peace, and that these cases have not been noticed,
while Mr. Madden is superseded for havinc, exercised
his right as a citizen, to criticise the conduct Qf the
Government.
The Dublin Evening Mail is informed that, in the
event of a vacancy in the representation of London-
derry, arrangements will be made to secure a candi-
date who will unite the strength of all the Protestant
voters. "It seems plain," says the journal, "looking
to the precedent of Belfast, that this can be none
other than Mr. Madden, of Hilton Park."
London, England, 1870-01-28

MA RRIA G ES.

REYNOLDS JAAINSKY—On the 24th inst., at St. Peters-
burg, Mr. Edward Reynolds, of St. Potersbarg and RO-
- Snrrey, to Miss Charlotte Jasinsky, of ISt.
Petersburg.

WEI3B—SHAKSPEARE On the 27th inst., at Streatham,
William, elder soa, of W. Webb, Esq., Clapham-rise, to
Sarah, eldest daughter of Wm. Shakepeare, Esq., Stoat-
well Park House, Surrey.