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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-14

MARRIAGE LAW REFORM ASSOCIA-
TION.—Instituted for the exclusive object of promoting
the passing of an act to render lawful marriage with a
deceased wife's sister. Persons desirous of co-operating
with the Committee are requested to communicate with
the Secretary, at No. 21, Parliament-street, where the
publications of the Association may be procured, and 'all
necessary information will be afforded.
JOSEPH STANSBURY, Hon. Sec.
No. 21, Parliament-street, S.W , London.
London, England, 1870-02-14

'TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.—The Proprietor of
the " CENTRAL PRESS" is prepared to supply
Tlegraphic News to Newspaper Proprietors, and to tho
managers of Clubs, News Rooms, and Exchanges: also
to Private Persons, in nuordance with the scale of charges
for telegrams which comes into operation on February sth.
The following servico of news has been arranged :
GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL NEW S.—At 8 a.m.
daily (except Sundays) a message containing all the im-
portant news known up to that time will be carefully pre-
pared and Telegraphed to Newspapers, News Rooms, Clubs,
and Exchanges.
At 12.30 a Commercial Message will ho forwarded, re-
porting th 6 London Stock Exchange and the Chief Mar-
kets.

At 2 p.m. a News Message will be sent, containing
everything of importance known at that hour.
At 6 p.m. a third message will be forwarded, containing
all the news which has transpired up to that time.
The morning and evening messages will each contain
about 100 words. The midday message will not usually
exceed 75 words, but on special occasions the number of
words will be doubled if necessary.
These messages will be prepared and telegraphed at a
charge of 2s. per week for each daily message. Sub-
scribers can take one or more of the daily messages ; the
charge for the four, daily, will be Bs. per week. Nu sub
scription for less than a month will be received.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. —At 7 p.m. a
message will be forwarded from the House of Commons
giving a statement of the proceedingi up to that hour, the
cost of which, including the charge for telegraphing, will
be 2s. per week.
The "CENTRAL PRESS," 112, Strand, London, W.C.,
Jan. 29th, 1870.
London, England, 1870-02-14

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prices charged by the retail houses.
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Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes. Travelling
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London, England, 1870-02-14

BIRTHS.

BATHURST—On the 11th inst., at 6, Eaton-square, Mrs•
Ilervey Bathurst, of a son,
I_ENY - On the 11th iLst., at Dalswinton, th© wife of W.
Macalpine Leny, Lg., of a son.
MARRI A CIE.

DAMIAN' —PATER— On the 10th inst., at f. t. Paul's. Cam-
den-square, Thotnaa, son of A. Parham, Esq., late of
( h ,vening, Kea, to Anne Matilda, second dtingiVer Of
W. F. Pater, Esq., of 3, Hilmarton-road, -roltd•
lIEIXRICII—IIAIItoTE—On the 10th inst., at. Ormest,y St.
Margaret's, John L. Heinrich' Esc'., of Loyton, Essex,
to Ellen Augusta Hanrott, of the above place, younges
daughter of the late Henry A. Hanrott.
DEATHS.
GRANT—On the Bth inst., at Tours, France, Lady Isabella
Catherine Grant, only daughter of the seventh Earl of

Kintore.
PAGAN—Ou tho 11th inst., at Glasgow, Mr. James Pagan,
Editor of the Glasgow Herald.

London : Printed and Published by WILLIANI ANDRE W 9
of No. Strand, Printer, at TRH SUN Office, ZO. 11'2, Strand,
in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex--
Monday, February 11, 1870
London, England, 1870-02-14

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION FOR WOMEN.

One.scheme amongst the many now set on foot for
the education of women may not be generally known.
The Syndicate of the University of Cambridge have
made provision for the examination of women
over eighteen years of age, and for the
award of certificates of merit of various
degrees. Regulations are published stating
the conditions on which an examination will be
granted, and it is required by the University
that in any town where an examination is desired to
heicl,.a local committee .of ladies shall be formed
to superintend it. One of their number is to act as
local secretary. Those candidates who are
strangers to the place will be assisted with
regard to suitable accomodation and other matters
by the ladies' committee. The first examination of
this sort was held last year in London and Leeds;
the next commences in London, Leeds, and probably
other places on July.4th. Of 35 candidates present
at last year's examination 21 obtained either passes
or certificates of honour, and the syndicate in their
report express themselves satisfied with the results
obtained. The advantages of the scheme
are these : a standard by which to test
the amount and soundness of knowledge acquired and
a guide for further study ; to teachers especially,
au
opportunity of obtaining a certificate of proficiency
to which the authority of the University is attached.
a.id which may bo made year by year, inclus:ve
of
fresh subjects. The regulations of the examinations
for women may be procured from the secretary to the
Syndicate of Cambridge.
London, England, 1870-02-14

BRITISH HOME for INCURAI3LES, Clap-
ham-rise. Instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for porscns over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted
The Home was opened in September 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Meseta. Barclay, L3van, and Co., 54, Lombard
street, E.G. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER, Soc.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

r IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
of the past twelve moEtl_s the National Life-
boat Institutio❑ contributed to the saving of 1,233 lives
from various shipwrecks and 29 vessels from destruction,
The Institution also expended £24,746 in the same period
on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting
£2,741 for rewards.

The Institution has now 218 Lifeboat Stations under
its management.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
trid country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis.
Esq., at the Institution, 11, John-strcet Adolphi, London.
London, England, 1870-02-14

WESTMINSTER.

ATTEMPTED SUI C IDE BY A WOMAN.— Eliza Coster,
a decent looking woman, about 40 years of age,
was charged with attempting suicide by cutting
her throat with a razor.

Mary Teahaw, of 21, Hide-place, Westminster,
widow of the constable whose case has been recently
before the public, said at half-past nine yesterday
morning the prisoner, who lives in the next room
to me, came in and said she had cut her throat ; it
was bleeding at the time. She said she had done
it with a razor, which was produced.
Prisoner said she had lost her husband ten weeks
ago, and had since been in a deal of trouble. She
had friends to whom she could go.
Mr. Selfe remanded her for a week.
London, England, 1870-02-14

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " ST. °LAVE'S."
Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 8 vols.,
IT A A
By the Author of "St. Olave's."
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY,
AND
A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH
Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by
Policy of the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY.
An Annual Payment of £3 to £6 .ss. insures £l,OOO at Death,
and an Allowance at the rate of per week for Injury.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against
by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies.
For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to
the Local Agents; or at the Offices, 54, CORNiii.U. and 10, RHGENT
STREET, LONDON.
WILLIAM J. WAN Secretary.
London, England, 1870-02-14

TIIE IRISII CHURCH REORGANISATION.

A meeting was held on Friday at Dublin of the clerical
delegates (19) of the united dioceses of Dublin, Kildare,
and Glandelagh—the Archbishop of Dublin in the chair.
Mr. Galbraith submitted a report of the hon. secretaries,
which gave a summary of the results of inquiries, and a
plan for maintaining the Church services in future. IY
the united dioceses the. Church population is 110,000,
with church accommodation for 50,000; the average at-
tendance is 32,000. Leaving out the clergy supported by
proprietary churches, the gum required to pay the clergy,
church officers, and requisites is £42,000. If the comma-
iation fund of £465,000 was invested at 4 per cent., the
proceeds would be .£lB,OO, leaving a balance of £23,400,
which it was proposed to raise by a penny weekly subscriP-
tion from each member of the Church.
London, England, 1870-02-14

AN ELECTION FRACAS AT WATERFORD.;

The Conservatives held a meeting on Friday at Water-
ford—Sir Robert Paul in the chair, Tne Marquis of
Waterford was also present. Aiter some discussion a
resolution pledging the meeting to support an eligible
Conservative candidate was adopted, and another resolu-
tion asking those not present to remain unpledged was
passed. Sir John Ennis has not commenced his canvass
yet. He was obliged to go to Athlone. His son, Mr.
William John Ennis, represents his father here. Messrs.
Osborne, Crean, and Smyth are all busy canvassing. Both
the latter had an open-air meeting on Thursday night.
On Friday night a crowd of several thousand persons had
assembled to listen to Mr. Smyth, when a number of men
with a band tried to create confusion. The consequence
was that a great row ensued; the knife was used, and one
man was stabbed. Several arrests have been made. The
city is in a very excited statr,
London, England, 1870-02-14

Just published, price is 6d., by post Is. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda., containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of thanefarions proceedings of the Advertising Quacks,
EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, end o ther
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.

lIIMMEL'S NEW PERFUMED VALEN-
TINES.—A Dream of Fair Women; Girl of the Period;
F I oral ; Shakesperian ; Mediteval ; Musical ; Watteau ; Cupid's
Magnet; Valentine Fans, and many others, all sweetly Per-
fumed and exquisitely Mounted, varying in price from M. to
.£lO 108. A detailed List on application. Sold by all the
Trade.
EUgrENE KIMMEL, Perfumer, 96, Strand; 128, Regent-
street, and 21, Cornhill.
London, England, 1870-02-14

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this wonc Jrful liquid. It is now offered to the public
It a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each,
including brush.

Red Buil Wharf, Angol passsage, 93, Upper Thames-
itreet London. E.O.

THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, at 7, WILLIAM TELL: Messrs T. C. King,
Neville, M•lntyre, Moreland; Misses E. Stuart and Yokes: At SO
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Messrs. Fred. Yokes, Brittain
Wright, Harry Boleno; Misses Yokes, ece.
London, England, 1870-02-14

THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;Messrs. Ransom, Bouvorie, and Co.—The Committee.
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-pationts who are treatod without letters of
rocotnmendation.
. HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-02-14

HARD POLITICS FOR THE POOR.

There is a time for all things, said the Wise Man, and
this the Standard ventures to think, is not exactly the
time for preaching hard politics to the poor. Just when
distress is at its height, when the season is most bitter,
when inquests in starvation cases appal us day by day,
and when tens of thousands, in the metropolis alone, depend
upon benevolence for a meal, a fire, or a bed, symmetrical
doctrines of social economy are declared, and the
public are rebuked for alms giving. Now,
roundly asserted, the truth is that these miser-
able people never, in the best of times, earn
more than sufficient to exist upon, and that, situated as
they are, tiley must always be, in a certain measure, depen-
dint upon the assistance of their neighbours. To this fact
the union returns, even of the summer season, year after
year, testify. It is 'very easy to sneer at incumbents of
parishes for soliciting aid from without; but are these
gentlemen, after exhausting their own means, and seeing
their parishes swept by hunger, and sickness, and cold,
to stand by silent, while solemn theories are debated
between Mr. Goschcn and the political economists ?
Happily, their notions of Christian duty are different.
They are in the presence of calamity, and they strive to
alleviate it. Say what you will, who would care to tra-
verse this huge city, from north to south, from west to
•ast, in all its labyrinthine maze, and see all that would be
of the poor ? Why, to begin with, there would be pestilence.
seen were charityabsent, and the guardians the sole protectors
We are generous in our own interest. Unless we ministered
to the destitute sick, otherwise than in the parish infirmary,
a perpetual epidemic would prevail. It is high time
that a stop should be put to pestering appeals from soft-
hearted incumbents ; that the poor should be taught, if
there be no room for them at home, that there is no room
anywhere else ; that frost and snow, and want of employ-
ment, and semi-famine are natural incidents which must
be endured ; that we cannot all be rich ; that charity
stimulates mendicancy ; and so forth. But the disciples
of charity will go about their mission, nevertheless.
London, England, 1870-02-14

THAMES.

A SANCTIMONIOUS THIEF.— John Williams, aged
24 years, bricklayer, and described as having no
home, was charged with stealing a pair of boots
from the person of a young woman, named Louisa
Collier, a dressmaker, of No. 121, Belgrave-street,
Stepney.
The prosecutrix was passing along the Commer-
cial-road, carrying a small parcel with a pair of new
boots resting on it, when the prisoner accosted her
and snatched the boots from her and ran away.
The prosecutrix pursued him, calling out " Stop
thief." He was stopped by a young man named
Whiting, of 25, Latimer-street, Stepney.
The prisoner evaded him and dropped one of the
boots. He was stopped again and secured. The
boots were recovered.

On the first investigation the prisoner said he
was a mat manufacturer, and hawked his wares
about the streets. lie was now remanded, and it
was stated that he had been inspected in prison,
and was unknown. He pleaded guilty, and now
stated that he had been out of work three days,
and without food all that time, and that hunger
drove him to it. He hoped the Lord would for-
give him, and that the magistrate would extend
that mercy towards him which all would require on
the great day of judgment. He then gave utter-
ance to a long supplicatory prayer, and finished
with an appeal to heaven.
The Magistrate said the prisoner had committed
a daring street robbery, and sentenced him to three
months' imprisonment and hard labour.

Iu consequence of the inability of the Irish
Attorney-General to obtain a seat, the Irish Land Bill will
be carried through Committee by. Sir Robert Collier. The
duty will be very arduous, especially for an English
lawyer but the distinguished ability shown by the
Attorney-General in the conduct of his Bankruptcy Bill
last session affords the best assurance that he will succeed
equally in the still more difficult task now to be imposed
upon biro.—Law Times.
London, England, 1870-02-14

VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit-
able buildings. The premises now occupiod are crowded
and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole-
sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want
of room for stowage, every inch of available space being
ocempied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the
staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children,
but no more can be admitted 'n the present building.
£B,OOO at least isTrequired to can y out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme
Contributions will be thankfully rec6i red by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris, Bsq., Shadwell ; or by
SHERRARD B. BURNABY, Hon See.,
Rectory Warping E'

ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of
OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lans.town, Bath.

Instituted, A.D., 1864.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN.

President—H.R.H. the Duke of Cemnirmax, K.G., &c.
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B.
This school has been founded upwards of four years,
and it is intended for the education of the daughters of
officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There are
already 70 pupils in the school, but more could be admitted
if the committee had further funds; they, therefore
APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out to its
full extent the benefits of the only institution specially
provided for the daughters of officers of the Army.
Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all
elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to
one vote at all elections during the current year. The
amount may be forwarded by an ordel on a bank, agent,
or post-office Charing-cross), payable to.
GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Secretary
Office 22 Cockspur-street London
London, England, 1870-02-14

THREATENING LETTERS.

The triumph of anarchy pursues its way in Ireland.
In the Dublin Landed Estates Court, the sale of an
estate in Roscommon, west of Ireland, was postponed,
on account of the low bidding. A gentleman, who
was believed to be an intending purchaser, received a
threatening letter. In Westmeath things are no
better. Lord Castlemaine and a number of the
county magistrates have signed a requisition for addi-
tional constabulary. Two tenants who Were asked
for a higher rent, and were willing to pay it, received
threatening letters, and in consequence retain their
-farms without any addition. Resistance tG
increase of rent, no matter what may be the nature
of the lands, is becoming wide-spread.

BISHOP TEMPLE AND "ESSAYS AND REVIEWS."

---
The Bishop of Exeter is still the subject of contro-
versy. Several of his late friends are com_plaining
bitterly that he has deserted them. The Pail Male
Gazette is most deeply aggrieved. It reads in his
speech to Convocation nothing but a confession that
ho did wrong publishing a contribution to an
heretical work. The right reverend prelate has
been (our contemporary says) overawed by
bis brethren of the lawn sleeves; his faint-
heartedness must be deeply deplored. The
Standard sings a song of triumph. The
Bishop is not a heretic after all; he has turned
out a very commonplace person. The Times approves
thoroughly the Bishop's speech. The Daily News,
on the other hand, thinks Dr. Temple's position
" almost humiliating." He was silent long enougb
for his own personal dignity; but ho would not,
remain so long enough for liberty of opinion. The
Spectator has an article rather beside the mark,
inasmuch as it denounces the mode in which tha
announcement of the withdrawal was made ; Dr
Temple has himself disapproved the mode. Otherwise
the Spectator entirely sympathises with the Bishop
London, England, 1870-02-14

DANCER HOSPITAL (Free): founded 1851.
—Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JUPP.

T ONDON AND COUNTY BANKING
I
COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a DIVIDEND
on the Capital of the Company, at the rate of 6 per cent.
for the half year ending 31st December, 1869, with a
BONUS of 21 per cent., will be paid to the Proprietors
either at the head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of
the Company's Branch Banks, ou and after MONDAY, the
14th instant.

By order of the Board.
W. Ad'KEWAN, General Manager.
21, Lombard-street, Feb. 4, 1870.
London, England, 1870-02-14

ESCAPE OF FENIAN CONVICTS FROM
AUSTRALIA.

The Yew York ,Tribune of the 27th 'ult. publishes a at
spatch from E.!an Francisco of two days earlier date
stating that the British ship Baringer had just arr:vcd
there from Australia, bringing the following
escaped political prisoners, sent from Iroland
to the British penal colonies in 1865 and 1867--john
Kenny, Dennis B. Castilian, Dennis Hennessey, Maurico
Figenbohm, Patrick Lchy, Thomas Fogarty, David Joyce,
John Thehan, Patrick Wall, Michael Moore, David
Cumming, Eugene Geary, John Walsh, Patrick
Doran. and Patrick Dunns. They were son-
tenced to terms of transportation varying from five
yeas to life. They say that they suffered indignities such
as no other country but England offers to political offal-
drs. As soon as the vessel reached the harbour, Mr.
Smith, the Fenian Head Centre of California, was notified
of the fact, and a committee was at once sent on boar I to
escort them to the city. During the afternoon they were
visited by large numbers of our Irish citizens and others.
who gave them a warm welcome to American soil.
London, England, 1870-02-14

THE THORNCLIFFE RIOTS.

As we have stated by telegraph, a threatening letter
has been received by Mr. Chambers, of the firm of New-
ton, Chambers, and Co. The following is a copy of it

" Mr. Chambers, 1870.

"Sir,—Prepare to meet thy God, as I insist on thee been
a dead man before long if thou means to keep us out this
winter. We are determined not to let you see the end of
it, if thou means to let us clam and starve. We mean to
have it out of you, you —, as thy days are numbered,
so prepare to meet thy God.—Yours truly, and one who
wishes you in hell fire."
The letter bears the Sheffield and Barnsley postmarks,
and no signature. This gross attempt at intimidation was
the subject of discussion by the magistrates and counsel
at the proceedings on Friday, the fifth day of the exami-
nation of the twenty-nine men charged with participation
in the riott. It was urged that it would be unfair to
allow the letter to be read in court, as it might tend to
prevent the course of justice, and injure the cause
of the accused men. The prisoners have been
in custody since the 24th of January, so that
it seems impossible that the letter could have been written
by one of them. The bench, in discharging the five men,
Ibbeson, Pratt, Pickering, Nash, and Tipping, said
they wished it to be understood that by so . doing
they did not in any way invalidate the testimony
of the witnesses who respectively swore to their
identity; but in a case of this kind they did not feel
justified in committing for trial those prisoners who were
sworn to by only one witness. With regard to the
remainder, the bench had come to the conclusion that if
the evidence in each case against the prisoners appeared
conclusive, even if an alibi were sworn, that they should
not feel justified except in committing the prisoners. In
such cases they considered it their duty to submit the
evidence on each side to the judgment of a higher court
The examination was again adjourned.
London, England, 1870-02-14

THE NORTHERN IRON TRADE,

The dispute which was submitted to the arbitra-
tion of Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., has been settled
without further inquiry. It has been agreed that
the men should have an advance of 10 per cent. in
their wages for twelve months, ending January next.
The agreement is to bind both parties for this
period. Thus another trade dispute has been ami-
cably settled.

THE WELSH FASTING GIRL
Thp oymil folk; of efirMarthAll RYA in a state of

uncertainty,- as to the Government intenfions in the
fasting girl prosecution, but all of them who had
any dealings with that unhappy child wish them-
selves well out of the trouble. A. Unitarian Minister,
who acted as secretary to the watching
committee, has been waited upon by an official, and
has supplied the names of the committee. They are
fifteen in number, and it is believed that all will be
tried for conspiracy, as well as the medical men,
though none of the surgeons were on the committee,
but were simply appointed in order to give warning
upon the appearance of fatal symptoms in the girl.
There is one little problem in connection with this
case : the Government have not stated on what
ground they prosecute the father of Sarah Jacobs
and the watching committee, and yet refused to inter-
fere in the Overend, Gurney, and Co. affair.
London, England, 1870-02-14

THE LICENSING SYSTEM.

The Spectator summarises what it considers ougnt
to be the chief points in the new licensing measure.
It believes that some day there will be a very strong
effort to suppress the trade altogether; but'at present
the feeling of the country is to limit the supply to
the real needs or fancied needs of the people, so that
the trade should not 'also be the temptation, and to
ensure the respectability of the dealers. "In other
words a maximum shall be fixed by Parliament, beyond
which houses shall not be multiplied. Licenses are
to be granted only by responsible and disinterested
officials, and the opinion of the inhabitants shall
ha accepted as important evidence for or
against any such grant." The Spectator
holds " that the London stipendiary magistrates
and, in the country, the Judges of the County
Courts would be the most eligible persons. But it
says nothing about the limitation of hours, or the
other reforms which would make an act of this kind
of even tolerable effect. Revolutions are not made
with rose-water, but drunkenness, it seems, can be
cured by knocking off a few licenses. At the same
time the principle of the Permissive Bill is admitted
by accepting the opinion of the inhabitants as "im-
portant evidence."
London, England, 1870-02-14

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

MR. BRIGHT.
The case of the Board of Trade President is ista
proving. His health is much better, and the Times
14 brio:Lined that there is no apparent reason why
Mr. Bright should not return in a few weeks to his
place in the House of Commons and his official
duties at the Board of Trade. He has left London
_
and will go to the seaside for a few days(
London, England, 1870-02-14

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

1000 R SICK and lIELPLESS CHILDREN.
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and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridgo-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this hospital.
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E•
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-02-14

issues.

The following is from the Anglo-Italian Mining
Company :—" Mr. Pearson Morrison, the com-
pany's manager, under date Feb. 8, advises, No
change to note at the mines with the exception of
a change for the better at Cavetta South.'"
It is stated that the working of the sinking fund
of the New Grenada ex all debt has reduced the
amount to a little over, in round numbers,
£3,000,000. The Three per Cents. quoted at 4.0 ,
have no sinking fund, but the amount is small, less
than £BOO,OOO. Should future remittances bear the
same proportion as they have done to late ones,
they will suffice to pay 3 per cent. on the ex all.
By an oversight on Friday, in the detils of stocks
and shares, New Granada was stated to have de-
clined instead of to have advanced. The rise in the
stock was, however, correctly represented in the
introductory remarks.
With respect to the petitions praying for a com-
pulsory winding-up of the Albert and Arthur Ave-
rage Associations, the Master of the Rolls has
granted the application, the petitioner to have the
conduct of the application.
The Royal Sardinian Railway Company have
Oren notice that, by permission of the Italian
Government, an extraordinary general meeting of
the shareholders will be held at ther Terminus
Rotel, Cannon-street, on the 22nd inst.
The half-yearly meeting of the Tower Subway
Company will be held on the 28th inst.
The half-yearly meeting of the Submarine Tele-
graph Company is called for the 22nd instant, to
declare a dividend.
A special meeting of the North Metropolitan
Railway Company will be held on the 22nd inst.,
to consider a bill to extend the time for the com-
pulsory purchase of lands.

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OVERNMENT EUNDS.
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London, England, 1870-02-14

EAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off
Greenwich. for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Nations, who aro received without any recomendation.
The Committee require upwards of .£1,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, .Birchin-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street,
:EC., by
S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, .£lO 10s.
London, England, 1870-02-14

ENGLISH SEATS.

The writ for Bridgnorth has arrived, and the
nomination is likely to take place on Tuesday. Mr.
W. IL Foster is at present the only candidate, and
there are no signs of opposition. He is an independent
sapporter of the Government. At Nottingham it
is considered certain that Mr. Dighy Seymour will
ivr:iin try his luck. On the death of Sir Robert
Cli ton, h© contested the seat with Mr. Seely, jun., and
though beaten, ran a good race. Two Conservative
candidates aro mentioned—Alderman Rose and
Colonel Nassau Lee.
London, England, 1870-02-14

ELECTION EXPENSES.

The strange discrepancies in the costs of our eke-
tons are continually staring us in the face.
,An official return chews that in North Durham,
where there were three candidates. tie expenditure
was a little over £27,000. At Downpatrick, Mr.
Keown, who was not opposed, paid only £9,158 for
his seat. Things are of course different in a county
and a small borough; and a contest greatly multiplies
expenses ; but most returning officers would be amazed
at having to do business for less than ten pounds. In
Southwark it is interesting to note that the struggle
between three candidates in 1868 cost £507 ; whilst
the High Bailiff has estimated the forthcoming battle,
also between three candidates, at £625. At Glasgow
the expenditure was £1 for every 30 voters ; at
Belfast the same ; at Birmingham it was £1 for
every 21 ; at Merthyr Tydvil, £1 for every 17 ; at
Dundee, £1 for every 15; whilst at Windsor it
reached the sum of £1 for every 41, of the electors.
London, England, 1870-02-14

TIIE GREAT BANK NOTE ROBBERY.

The Bank of England is lending its aid in the
recovery of the £lO,OOO in bank notes, which were
stolen from Masrs. Barnett and Co. They
have issued a new series of £l,OOO notes,
dated 1870, whereas all paper of that
denomination now in circulation is dated 18E8.
As the average existence of a note for £l,OOO is not
longer than about a week, it is likely that within a
few days the whole circulation bearing date 1868 will
come back to the Bank with the exception of the
stolen notes, which will thus be easily detected.
Robbery on these terms can scarcely be very profitable.
London, England, 1870-02-14

FREE TRADE.

A correspondent of the Econoamt says that M
01livier's speech at the conclusion of. the debate it
the Corps I.46gislatif on the Commercial Treaty has
greatly disheartened the French Protectionists
Everywhere the cause of free trade looks promising.
The Republican newspapers in Paris, whilst they
proclaim that the late debate could interest only the
7,ourgeoisie, shrink from raising the Protectionist
flag. Some of the Paris Republican deputies
abstained from -.oting with the Government on poli-
tical
Jgrounds, but others did vote. The speech of
J. ules Simon, who knows more about the artisan
class than any man in Europe, is calculated to
advance the cause of free trade throughout the Con-
tinent.
London, England, 1870-02-14

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London, England, 1870-02-14

NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS.

There are not many important items of Horse
Guards or Admiralty news this week. Mr. Childers
has announced his intention to bring forward the
navy estimates in the House of Commons on the
24th instant. It is expected that the long-
desired scheme of naval retirement will then make
its appearance. The United Service Gazette says that
Mr. Henwood, who some time ago proposed a scheme
for utilising our screw line-of-battle ships, by con-
verting them into coast-defence monitors, has suc-
ceeded in proving the desirability of such a trial being.
made, by which a saving of two hundred
thousand pounds would accrue to the country.
The reductions are no myth. All the depot battalions,
with the solitary exception of one Indian depot at
Chatham, are to be abolished at the end of the
present financial year. The junior majors of both infan-
try and cavalry regiments will in future be borne as
supernumeraries to the corps, and orders have been
sent to officers commanding regiments to reduce
their establibhments by the discharge of men who
have served eleven years, and do not wish to remain
in the service, and also to weed out bad characters.
London, England, 1870-02-14

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CITY BETTING—SATURDAY.
WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP.
3to I agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (offered)
33 to 1 agst Mr Neville's nom. (taken)

LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst Royal Rake (taken)
50 to 1 agst Spider (wanted)
LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL.
7 to 1 agst Colonel (offered)
100 to 8 agst Doctor (taken)
100 to 7 agst Coutts (taken and offered)
100 to 7 agst Honolulu (offered)
100 to i agst Cristal (offered)
16 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Burney (taken)
25 to 1 agst Cinna (taken)
33 to 1 agst Brick (taken)
40 to 1 agst Gardener (taken)
40 to 1 agst Moose (taken)
40 to 1 agst Alcibiade (offered)
40 to 1 agst Costa (offered)
50 to 1 agst Dispatch (offered)
4to 1 agst Doctor 1,2, 3, (taken)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
13 to 1 agst Walter (offered)
100 to 7 agst Sabinus (taken)
100 to 6 agst Ashfield (taken)
20 to 1 agst Blue Bell colt (offered)
20 to 1 agst Miss Dayrell (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 on the field (offered)
40 to 1 agst Perry Down (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
stolon the field (offered)
DERBY.
6to 1 agst Sunshine (offered)

RACING FIXT URES-1870.
FEBRUARY.
Lincoln 15, 16 Derby
LHarrow 17, 18 Nswtou ............ .23, 26

--- .
MARCH.
Nottingham... 1, 2 I West Somerset ...... ... 13, 17
Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick .............. 22, 23, 24
Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom ...................... 29. April 1
30
Cambridgeshire l4, 15 I Bromley- ........ 31 and ..
A PHIL.
Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22
West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenny ............ 21, 2
Think 7, 8 1 Lewes . ............ 26, a
Kingsbury lB, 13 I Croydon. .............. ~..28, 'a
Durham lB, 19 I
MAY.
Newmarket Ist Sp 2to 5 I Harpenden ............... 20, 21
Chester. lO, to 13 1 Bath ........................ 24, '2 a
Winchester ............10, 11 I Stamford ................. .26, 27
Salisbury l2, 13 'Croydon ............
:31t...0 Juuo A
York 17, 18 , Epsom
Doncaster ... . 19,20 I
London, England, 1870-02-14

TIIE SUEZ CANAL.

The entire removal of the Serapeum rock obstacle
leaves twenty-nine feet of water in that part of the
canal; and thus, M. de Lesseps announces, the largest
vessels can now pass from sea to sea. Meanwhile,
the Austrians, who expected to gain so much traffic
by this new route, are not making great progress.
The screw steamer Apis, belonging to the
Austrian Lloyd's Company, of 1,200 tons
burden—a first-rate vessel, whose departure fox
Bombay was largely and widely advertised—sailed
with a cargo of only 130 tons. The tariff fixed by
the company is R 3 10s. a ton, the vessel pays a toll of
480 to the canal, and consumes 400 tons of coal on
the voyage. This beginning, therefore, cannot be
deemed promising. But new branches of commerce
are not built up in a day, and the company have
resolved to start another vessel. Half the cargo of
the Apis came from Italy. M. de Lesseps has pro-
mised to publish regularly a detail of the receipts,
but he warns shareholders that a remunerative
traffic will take some time to accumulate.
London, England, 1870-02-14

TELEGRAPHS AND THE GOSPEL.

Electric telegraphs are very good things in their
way; but a goniliman who has written a pamphlet
on behalf of submarine cables, Dperoes a little too far.
This " impudent attempt to bolster up a specula-
tion," as the Railway News calls it, enlarges upon the
great work which submarine cables can do in the
way of propagating the Gospel. He says the British
Indian and other lines in connection with it will be
" the means of disseminating the Bible and of
making Christianity known amonc, the heathen "
and he asks, "If St. Paul had been able to
communicate from Rome to Ephesus by tele-
graph, how many more thousands might he not
have'made converts to the faith of Christ?" This con-
nection between the wire and the Gospel would
be incongruous under any circumstance in a commer-
cial pamphlet. But the writer makes matters worse
by a violent attack upon land telegraphs in general,
and especially upon the Indo-European line. His
theory is that submarine cables are the salvation of
mankind, land lines are heresy, whilst the Indo-
European is the Beast itself.

"PRACTICAL VALENTINES."

Tha Telegraph last year conceived one of its
brilliant ideas. We do not allude to the flower-girl
brigade—though that notion was hopelessly fine, but
to practical valentines. Instead of sending skewered
hearts, cupids who have been guilty of over-eating,
dyspeptic doves, and the conventional lady and gen-
tleman walking up the regulation gravel path to
church, why not, asked the Telegraph, send some-
thing useful? This hint in the materialistic
direction has been followed up. One Lon-
don firm has embowered a packet of gloves
amid the perfumed groups of flowers, delicate
grasses, butterflies, and hoc gpnus onzne. Another
encloses pencil-cases, pins, Mooches, patterns, &c.
So the 'Telegraph rejoices. It is to be hoped, how-
ever, that the fourteenth of February in England
will not resemble the first of January in Paris.
There the practice of younc, gentlemen giving presents
to their lady friends all° round has grown into a
rigid and most burdensome custom, imposing a sever..
fine upon the less well-to-do classes.
London, England, 1870-02-14

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London, England, 1870-02-14

POSTAL DELAYS IN LONDON.

A deputation, headed by two members of Parlia-
ment, has waited upon the Marquis of Hartington,
Postmaster-General, to complain of the great incon-
venience experienced by the public consequent upon
alterations made in the delivery of letters in South
London. It seems that in 1868 the Post-office
authorities promised that a new sorting office should
be opened in Kennington. This promise had never
been fulfilled, and it was stated that nearly every
vestryman from Westminster Bridge to the Crystal
Palace had felt the inconvenience. South London is
sharply defined by the Thames, and when the
Southern District Office was established, it was
a matter of rejoicing, insomuch as letters
posted in the South had not to cross the water
as formerly before they returned to their destination.
This advantageous plan has since been done away
with, the result being that a decrease of four has
taken place in the number of daily deliveries, and of
three in the collections. It was also stated that a
saving of L 20,000 would be effected by proper altera-
tions. South London is a great seat of manufac-
ture, and it is to be hoped that the Post-
master-General will see the force of the arguments of
Sir James Lawrence, who stoutly denied the notion
of the Marquis of Hartington, that the letter "S"
was a sentimental grievance. The matter is to hay:,
his lordship's consideration.
London, England, 1870-02-14

THE PARIS DISTURBANCES,

Of the leading weekly papers two assail the conduct
of the French Ministry, and one defends it. The
Saturday Review regards the persistent prosecution
of Rochefort as foolish. He is only one amongst
many turbulent journalists, and yet M. 011iviei
makes him the single exception to a system of absolute
tolerance. "Three days of disturbance and uneasiness
aro a heavy price to pay for the privilege of having
M. Rochefort under lock and key." The Economist
says it looks as if M. 011ivier were pedantically
anxious to fulfil all his obligations to the Emperor.
"Would it not have been far wiser to have treated M.
Rochefort, once sentenced, as an offender of the least
possible importance ; to have let him choose his own
time and place of imprisonment; and to have turned
away from him and his treasonable designs to the
steady prosecution of the great work to whi3k M.
011ivier had set himself before these unfortunate poli-
tical distractions occurred?" The Spectator, on the ()the'
hand, holds that M. 011ivier has passed through six
weeks of disturbance greater than any that has
threatened the Empire, and has effected divers reforms,
throughout assuming the full responsibility of action
for the Ministry, and withdrawing the Sovereign from
the scene.
London, England, 1870-02-14

FIRE IN CIIISWELL-STREET.—Tins DAY.

Captain Shaw reported to the Board of Works
that during the last 48 hours, ending at six o'clock
this (Monday) morning, not fewer than 15 fire 3 had
taken place in different parts of the metropolis.
With the exception of one they were of a trifling
character, and that one happened in the premises
belonging to the following persons :—Messrs. Cohit
and Bilston, jewellers ; Mr. Rowland, tobacconist ;
Mr. G. Keightley, patent medicine vendor; and
Mr. W. Westbury, a lithographic printer, situate
at 6, Chiswell-street, Finsbury. The flames corn+
menced in the lower part of the premises, and when
discovered bad obtained a firm hold of the build-
ing and its contents. The London Salvage Corps
and the Metropolitan Brigade quickly attended,
and the firemen managed, with the aid of one of
Shand and Mason's engines, to get the flames ex-
tinguished, but not until the lower part of the pre-
mises were burned out and the upper floors severely
damaged by heat, &c.
London, England, 1870-02-14

CIIATIIAM DOCKYARD SRIPIVRIGHTS.

Some 200 hired, not established, Chatham ship-
wrights have not fallen victims to the reduction scythe,
but are fearful lest they may. They have accordingly
'sent a deputation to Mr. Otway, asking him to place
'their case before Mr. Childers, in order that they
• may be dealt with less harshly (as they say) than
,some of their unhappy fellows. Mr. Childers, how-.
ever, declines to submit to "parliamentary pressure.'
The men must make their grievance known through
the heads of their department. The Pall Mall
Gazette, which tolls the story, would, nevertheless.
like to know whether there is any truth in some of
the statements they make—whether, for instance.
there are some thirty men who are being discharged
without compensation, although they have been
disabled by accident while in the dockyard
to such an extent as to have scarcely any
chalice of getting employment elsewhere whether it
is true that most if not all the men who were en-
cm-red for the Achilles in 1802 were brought to the
a ockyard at the expense of the Government with
'a promise that when discharged they should have
free passes to return, and that in consequence of the
free passes being now withheld, numbers of the dis-
. charged hands are unable to remove from Chatham;
whether it is a fact that the men were given to under.
stand a certain sum per week was deducted from
their wages to form a fund to assist hands discharged
without pensions, and if so, what has become of the
money.
,)
London, England, 1870-02-14

PRINCE HOHENLOHE.

Before the vote on the address in the Bavarian Chamber
of Deputies, Prince Hohenlohe made an important speech,
in which he declared that he had sufficiently explained
his German policy. Its object was to main-
tain the union between North and South Germany
and preserve at the same time the independence
of Bavaria. He could not believe that the majority were
under the influence of frivolous motives, and he must,
therefore, conclude that they did not share his wishes.
The consequences of their resolve would lead them further
than they expected or desired. His speech was received
with great applause. The Augsburg Gazette reports from
Munich that the resolution of the King not to accept the
address of the Reichsrath Chamber has caused general
satisfaction in the capital.