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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE ARMY AND THE PLEBISCITE.

The French colonels are still complaining of the conduct
of their men during the plebiscitary campaign. The colonel
of the 9th Regiment has issued an order of the day con-
ceived in the following terms : " The colonel was only in-
formed yesterday that 20 musicians and non-effe3tives met
clandestinely on the 6th of May last, at the house of a
wine-seller near the Tuileries, and were presided over by
a young man, an enemy to the Government, who boasts
that thirty soldiers are devoted to him, and ready to
obey his orders.. This is the first time such an insult has
been offered to the regiment. The colonel of the. 9th
knows the names of the bandsmen, what they said, and
that they drank ten francs' worth of wine, for which they
paid. The colonel, in the course of his career, has had to
do with worse men, and out of pity refrains from handing
over their names to the contempt and indignation of their
comrades ; but let them understand " tas d' . . . et
d' . . ." that from this day forth they shall be closely
watched, and that the Colonel will not hesitate to take
any measure, no matter how severe, and that he
will not tolerate that the scum of the barracks
men without probity, " les forts en gueule,"
cowards during the combat, lazy fellows during
the march and fatigues of war, should any lofiger com-
promise the honour of the 9th, and endeavour to destroy
the excellent spirit which animates the regiment devoted
to the Emperor. The Colonel directed this order
to be read out to the troops on two consecutive days.
London, England, 1870-06-04

Irish Convict Prisons.

There are three convict prisons in Ireland under
the control of the Government. They are stationed
at Spike Island, county Cork, at Lusk, county
Dublin, and at Mountjoy, in -the city of Dublin.
A fourth (intermediate) prison at Smithfield was
used until last year, when, as it was considered
that accommodation for a large number of extra con-
victs could be afforded,at Lusk, this institution was
closed, and resulted in a large saving of money. The
directors of government prisons in Ireland have just
issued their sixteenth annual report respecting the
Condition, &c., of the prisoners and the manage-
ment of the buildingsin which they are confined.
The directors state that within the past year the
office of inspector of convict prisons in Dublin, and
the office of inspector of released convicts in
the same city, have been abolished, in conse-
quence of which a saving of nearly -2800
annually has accrued to the public. It is reported
that the number of men and women in custody
in the three prisons on January Ist, 1870,
was 1,230, or 90 less than the number confined
in the previous January. The cost of the convict
prisons in Ireland for the year 1869 is stated
at £38,580. From this sum, however, £18;885,
earned by the labour of. the prisoners, must be
deducted..
London, England, 1870-06-04

RAILWAYS

Bristol and Exeter B4 86
Caledonian 761 761
Great Eastern
Great Northern
Do. A
Great Western 741 751
Lancashire & Yorashirel3s 1351 x n
L. B. and South Coast
Lon. Chat., and Dover
Lou. and North-Western 131 1311
Lon. and South-Western 91 921
Man., Shef., and Lincoln 51 54
Metropolitan 6 681
Midland
North Britiah 39 ni
North-Eastern Consols
Do. Leeds —
Do. York — -

South-Eastern
Boru.,l3ar.,&CLlnd.g.s pc 1071108
East India guar. 5 p o
Grand Trunk of Canada 15 15
Do. Ist Preference Bonds 63 60
Great Indian Pen. g. 5 108/1091xn
Great Western of Canada 14 151
Madras g.. spc
Scinde, Delhi, do.
&hide, Punjaub, do lO7 108
Dutch Rhenish 251 26
Eastern of France
Gpeat Luxembourg l4l 14
Northern of France
Odom. (Smyrna to Ahlin I 7 7
Recife and San Francisco 16 16
San Paulo (L.) guar. 7p c 201 21
S. Aus. & Lom. Venetu. 151 151

BANKING COMPANIES.
Pd I.
10 Agra Bank (L) A .... 11 11i 10 Imperial Ottoman 4l spm
25 Alliance (Limited) .. 15 151 20 Lon. Char. of Austrlia 241 251
10 Anglo-Austrian .... 15 17 pm 20 London and County 50 51
20 Anglo-Egyptu (Liin) 241 251 15 London Joint-Stock 351 361
50 British North•Amrcii 54 56 20 Lndn & Wstminstr 64 65
20 Ch.of India, Australia 161 171 10 Metropolitan Bl 91
25 Char. Mere. of India 30 31 20 Midland (Limited) 1 dts, par
10 City
25 Colonial
4 Consolidated (Limtd) 4 Ipm 25 Union of Australia.. 46 47
20 Eng., Scot., & Aust. 0 171 181 15 Union of London .. 40 41
24 Imperial ( I ,hui ted) • • 19 193

TIIII,F,UttAPII CO MPANINS

10 Anglo - American (L) 16/ 171
A tlantio
3 British Ind. Ex. (L) 61 7
10 British Indn Sub. (L.) 8 8
7 Fat, Gibraltar, &c. (L) 9 9

Pd
I 10 Great Northern .... 11 111
25 Indo-European (Lmtd) 14 18
10 Med. Extension (1.)).. 5 61
20 Soc. Trans. France (L) 151 15f
SW. India & Panama 7 71
,US SECURITIES.

MI SCELLANEO

Pdi
10i Berlin Waterworks (L) 141 15
27ICanada Company 78 80
lOlCeylon Company (L) 4 3 dis
20i Colonial ldis. IPm
10,Cred. Fonder of E (L)
100'Crystal Palace
13 Fore-st Warehouse (L) 415 pm
71 Gen. Cred. & Dent
14 Gen. Stm Navigation 29 31
45 Hooper's Tel.Wpskst, a Ws

Pd
51. Rbbr, GP Tel. Wks. 44 45
1005 dis
Aindtrr.asPiiin.umigctoiaulgiLsll;o. 1110111 r
s;National Discount (L) 12 121
50 Ocean Marine
2.2,Pniuslr & Orntl Stir,, 44 46
Telegraph Oonstrctn 32 321
St ,Tobacco 6 pc Ln, Gua.
51 by Italian Gvnamut 91 93
ITruet Ltt of II Onda f 1 pm
London, England, 1870-06-04

FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 31.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr John
Burden Blandy as Consul at Port Natal for his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don
Jonathan Biuns Were as Consul at Melbourne for the Re-
public of Peru.
WHITEHALL, June 3.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
Alexander Bryson to the church find parish of Alloa, in tho
presbytery of Stirling, and county of Clackmannan, vacant
by the resignation of the Reverend Angus Gunn.

CROWN OFFICE, JUNE 2.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Suffolk.—Eastern Division.—Arthur Philip
Stanhope (commonly called Viscount Mahon), it, the room
of the Honourable John Major Henniker Major (now Baron
Hartismere), called up to the House of Peers.
London, England, 1870-06-04

CONTRABAND CIGARS.

The members of Colonel Whitley's secret service force
have been actively engaged for some time past in ferreting
out the operations of cigar smugglers, and have, in con-
sequence, caused lively consternation among a large num-
ber of Havana and Matanzas steamship men, who have
heretofore enjoyed comparative safety in their schemes
for bringing costly and fragrant cigars into New York
without payment of import duty. For some time the de-
tectives were foiled in their efforts to detect the offenders
in any actual offence against the Government, so carefully
and systematically were the smuggling plans carried out.
Recently, however, they succeeded in making several im-
poetant arrests, and in confiscating several thousand dol-
lar's worth of contraband cigars, besides communicating
information to Collector Grinnell, which led to the seizure
of the steamers Columbia and Cleopatra, on a charge
of having been used for smuggling purposes.
William D. Hempstead, purser of the steamer Missouri,
running between this city and Cuba, was arrested on
complaint of one of Colonel Whiteley's deputies, for
having, it was alleged, assisted in introducing smuggled
cigars into New York. It was claimed that about 1,000
loose and unstamped cigars had been found in his room
at a search which was held on the previous evening. They
were taken from drawers having false bottoms, under
which they were concealed. It was reported that upward
of 30,000 smuggled cigars, of which a large number were
of the Henry Clay and Florida de Fuma brands, and
been discovered on the vessel. Some of them were taken
from false bulkheads and false scuttles. A large quantity
was, it is said, secreted in bags under a heap of coal and
wood in the hold of the steamer. The entire lot was
seized, and was placed in charge of two officers. The room
occupied by one of the mates was sealed up to wait fur-
ther inspection. It is understood that there is some
likelihood of the Missouri's being seized and libelled by.
the Federal authorities. Hempstead washeld by Commis-
sioner Osborn in 1,000 dole. bail to appear for examina-
tion.
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.

The London correspondent of the Manchester Examiner
says that formerly, when Mr. Disraeli was absent, Mr.
Hardy took the seat he usually occupies, and thus, as it
were, filled his place. But now Mr. Hardy leads from
his own seat, and carefully avoids going near that of Mr.
Disraeli. If his former course implied, as it seemed to
do, that he was only a deputy, does his present one mean
that he is setting up for a leader on his own account ? I
cannot help thinking that to some extent it does mean
so. There is certainly, from all I hear, a screw loose in the
relations between Mr. Disraeli and the party. The review
of Lothair' in Blackwood may be a feeler, but it is one
that chews how the wind blows."

THE REVISION OF THE SCRIPTURES.
The English Independent, on the Episcopal scheme for
revising the English Bible, says it will be impossible for
Dr. Newman to comply with the bishops' invi,tation. His
name must have been put down on the list for,the sake .of
fair seeming. And, before any Nonconformist divines could
possibly accede to the bishops' request, they would require
to be informed upon several particulars, and one very re-
mrkable omission in the " fundamental principles " would
have to be supplied. They could never consent to join
the " companies " unless the principle upon which eccle-
siastical terms are to be dealt with was strictly determined
and defined. The Nonconformist considers ' that the
bishops have chosen their helpers with great judgment and
fairness. Theaccuracy and breadth of their scholarships
will give the public confidence in the result of their
labours. The general principles that have been laid down
for the guidance of the companies also indicate great
judgment, and if they should be faithfully followed, as
will no doubt be the case, the work which will be done
will be of inestimable value, and, in the course of time. of
paramount authority.
London, England, 1870-06-04

Leicester-square.

Leicester-square is equally famous in town and
country. That a locality so horribly disfigured should
be allowed to disgrace the British Metropolis
has long been a source of grief to residents and
of amazement to visitors. When the beau-
ties of London architecture begin to grow
tame (as they soon do), the ugliness of Lei-
cester-square revives the flagging interest. Its
time, however, is come. The dreary area with a
statue on a horse in the centre, from which the rider
has' disappeared, the dead cats, and the turnip tops,
are doomed. It will interest everybody to know
that the owner who has long obstinately
refused to sell or improve his possession, is now about
to dispose of it for building purposes.
A Tale of Repudiation.

A short time since some citizens of the State of
lowa visited England to invite subscriptions
for a large number of 8 per Cent. Bonds of
the Des Moines Valley Railroad, and their representa-
tions were most attractive. But advises were subse-

quently received she wing that the State of lowa has
for a number of years persistently pursued a career of

repudiation. According to a reading New York
journal, about fifteen or twenty years agu certain
municipal corporations of the State borrowed money
on bonds to build school-houses, railroads, &c. When
the earliest of these obligations matured, some of the
towns, cities, or counties, were reluctant to pay,
pleading that there was no authority for their issue
under the constitution and laws of the State ;
but the Supreme Court of lowa held that the in-
debtedness was legally made, and therefore binding.
In the course of a few years a larger amount of these
bonds became due, and the same tribunal adjudged
them to be illegally issued, whereupon some of the
bondholders brought suits in the Federal Courts, the
judge assigned to which confirmed the last decision
of the Supreme Court of lowa. In due course the
case worked its way to the Supreme Court of the
United States, which held that the legal issue of the
bonds having been admitted, it was a disgraceful
line of conduct on the part of the lowa cor-
porations to repudiate the payment. Judgments
were entered in the Federal Courts for the amounts

due on which the Marshal returned nulla bona. The

Federal Circuit Court was applied to for a manda-
mus, directing the delinquent corporation to raise the
amount by taxation, but this was refused. It was
then carried to the Supreme Court, which decided
that the people of the counties and municipalities
concerned must meet the bonds, and that the officers
of the court would be supported by the Federal
arms. So far, so good, but English money-lenders
will doubtless know how to meet the next "advances"
of the people of lowa.
London, England, 1870-06-04

HOLIDAYS AND INTEMPERANCE

The Standard says that on the morrow of such a holi-
day as that of Epsom a question is apt to suggest itself,
for which we wish a satisfactory answer could be
obtained 3 What are the causes which conduce on a
large scale to the temperance or intemperance of
nations Is natural climate the only physical cause
of extreme desire for stimulants ? Alas ! the arti-
ficial climate of the miserable garrets and cellars and
work-rooms in which so large a portion of our popula-
tion live is tenfold worse as an, incentive to strong drink
than all the mists of Scotland or the snows of Russia.
Here it is, in the vitiated atmosphere, laden with the
emanations of unhealthy bodies, amid the reeking odours
of bad drains, stale tobacco, and all things coarse
and foul —here it is that the worst thirst is awakened.
Quite apart from all those classes of what may be
called regular drunkards are those who, on festive
occasions, such as the Derby-week, partake of the
" refreshments " of the very non-refreshing kind usually
contained in hampers, or obtainable at public-
house bars, till " freshness " becomes either quarrel-
some folly or dead stupidity ; and they terminate
the day's pleasure in a police-station. This a most
lamentable feature about English amusements. Between
one cause and another our poor holiday maker finds his
rare day's pleasure end in a night's pain and a morrow's
shame. When will he be persuaded to learn how to take
the pleasure, and save himself the pain and the shame ?
London, England, 1870-06-04

BIRTHS.

Ou the 31st ult.. at Wall House, near Lichfield, the wife °f
E. Ley, Esq., of a son.
On the 31st ult., at Sloane-street, S.W., the wife of W. 11"
Palk, Esq., of a son.

MARRIAGES.
On the 31st ult., at St. John's, Hackney, G. P. Weight, 6-4
of G. P. Weight. Esq., of Hackney, to Fanny, daughter
J. Long, Esq., Elm House, Hackney.
On the 31st ult.,Brighton, Wat the parish church, •
Gripps, Esq , of Cirencester, son of the late W. Crigit.
Esq., M.P., to Maria Harriett, Arabella, daughter of J.
Daniel-Tyssen, Erq., of Brighton.

DEATHS
J•
0
On the 30th ult., at Hastings, G. M. Traill, son of .•
Trail, of the Inner Temple, aged 10.
On the 29th ult., at Willow House, Chiswick, Mrs. Frailoeo
Sanders, aged 80.

London Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREI
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office, N 0.,., 01
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Connu
Middlesex.—Saturday, June 4, 1870.
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE WIFE MURDER NEAR CHELMSFORD.

At the Chelmsford Petty Sessions yesterday, before T.
Kemble, Esq., chairman, and a full bench, Isaac Finch
was placed in the dock charged with murdering'his wife,
Martha Finch, at Sandon, by cutting her throat with a
bill hook. Prisoner, who appeared to be in a deplorable
condition, was attended in the dock by Mr. Aldrich,
surgeon, and Mr. Wilson, the surgeon of the gaol. During
the hearing prisoner fainted, and the proceedings webs
delayed for a considerable time. The prisoner was fully
committed for trial on the charge of wilful murder.
London, England, 1870-06-04

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
J NO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated
form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 38 each; also is., 7s. id., and 15s. each, includ-
ng brush.
Red Bull Wharf Angel-passage, 98, 'Upper Thames-street, Lon-
don, 141. C.
London, England, 1870-06-04

DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders
of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended
by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup-
)lied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations
on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis-
tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings
Strand, W.E)
London, England, 1870-06-04

BOILER EXPLOSION AT BIRMINGHAM.

At noon on Thursday a boiler explosion occurred at the
sawmills of Mr. Amos Roe, Worcester Wharf, Birming-
ham, by which two men lost their lives. The boiler was
of the kind known as Cornish. It was 20ft. long and 6ft.
in diameter. Mr. Roe, the proprietor, and a friend had
just passed out of the boiler-room, when a noise resemb-
ling thunder was heard; and the gentlemen were buried
in debris. On search being made the engineer (William
Cowley), the foreman (Henry Alexander), and a boy,
named 'George Cook, were found lying in different parts
of the room. The former two, both dreadfully scalded,
were removed to the Queen's' Hospital, and they there
expired in a short time. Cook was taken home. Mr.
Roe and kis friend escaped with slight bruises. Cowley
and Alexander each leave a widow and family of four or
five children. About fifty men have been thrown out of
employment. The chinabey stack was shattered, the place
took fire, and a large quantity of timber narrowly escaped
destruction. The damage dune to other property is con-
siderable.
London, England, 1870-06-04

AN UISPLEASANT ADVENTURE.

Mr. Daniel Mathien, 8.A., relates the following police
grievance in a letter to the 'Ames :—" On Saturday, before
the Horse Guards, after the review was over, I was
among a crowd, when all of a sudden I felt myself
roughly apprehended by. two men connected, no doubt,
with the police, and carried away, despite my resistance,
to the neighbouring police-station in King-street.
What was my guilt? I had merely made a rather abrupt
movement of my right hand along my trouser. and
to these two infallible men that meant I had the
real intention of thrusting it into the pocket of a lady
who stood by me, but whom I had not yet noticed.
However, when we arrived at the police-station, one of
the detectives searched me, but to his great disappoint-
ment could only find a few reading-tickets from the British
Museum and a copybook in which I had written down some
notes on M. Villemain, whose necrologic and literary notice
I wrote for the International, and also a few others relating
to Miss Berry, of whom I had just read the ' Diary and
Correspondence.' Now, when that searching was over, my
man seized with a firm hand the cuff of my coat, and took
me along many streets up to Bow-street Police Court,
where I was locked up, waiting to see the magistrate. It
was then about one o'clock, and some time later I was
told I could not on that day appear before the judge.
Perceiving now that I should have unhappily to pass
something like forty-eight hours before the sittings at
court reopened, I naturally asked to communicate
with my family, and inform them where I was ; but that
most just and elementary right was denied me, and even
I asked in vain for a messenger to go and fetch me pro-
visions for the two days of my preventive detention. It
was only on Sunday, about one o'block, that my wife
came and brought me some food, for she had by this time
been informed of my case, and had received the
visit of two police-officers. At last, when Monday came,
and I was ushered into an ante-room of the
court, the very person who arrested me pre-
sented himself in my presence and said these textual
words :--` Don't fear, Sir, all will be right. . . We
have good characters of you. . . That has been an un-
fortunate affair altogether." Is it necessary to say after
all this tragic comedy that the court discharged me, and
had not much to say in such a case, except to recommend
me for the future to avoid crowds, and for more security,
if possible, to keep at home on days of large gatherings !
Well, Sir, the advice may be good, as it was graciously
given, and I may profit by it : but the facts, nevertheless
are as I stated them, and they suggest of themselves, I
should think, their own reflections."
London, England, 1870-06-04

£lOO

Interest will accrue from the dates of payment of each instal-
ment, but subscribers will have the option of paying the whole
of the instalments on allotment, in which case interest at the
rate of 6 per cent. per annum will also be allowed on such pay.-
ments.

The interest will be payable half-yearly, on January 1 and July
1 in each year, at the National Provincial Bank of England,
London.

In the event of any Subscriber not paying any instalments
that may be due from him, the amount already paid shall be for-
feited to the Company.

Scrip certificates, COuntersigned by the Chairman and the
Secretary of the Company, will be issued on allotment, ex-
changeable for Debenture Stock Certificates when fully paid ug.
The capital of the Company consists of—
lst.—A. Debenture Stock (First Mortgage), bear-
ing 6 per cent interest (the Stock now offered
for subscription, being the balance unissued) 4270,000
2nd.—B Debenture Stock (Second Mortgage),
bearing 5 per cent. interest .. ' 166,000
3rd.—Preference and ordinary Share Capital .. 272,700

£708,700

'l.'he Acts of Parliament, and that embodying the agreements
with the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and the scheme of arrange-
ment may be seen at the offices of the solicitors of the company,
Messrs. Combe and Wainwright, 9, Staple Inn, London.
Applications, accompanied bp the payment of £lO per cent.,
will be received on the enclosed form, which must be filled up,
and forwarded either to the National Provincial Bank of Eng-
land, 112, Bishopsgate-street Within, London, or its branches ; or
to the Secretary at the Company's offices, 10 Little Queen-street,
Westminster, London.

DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY.
DIRECTORS.

The Right Hon. the Lord Poltimore, Poltimore Park, near
Exeter, Devon, Chairman.
John Arthur Locke, Esq., North Moor House, Dulverton,
Somerset, Deputy-Chairman.
Sir William G. Throckmorton, Bad., Buckland, Faringdon,
Berks,
Thomas Collett Sanders, Esq., Minchenden Lodge, Southgate.
Henry Georges Moysey, Esq., Bathealton Court, Wellington,
Somerset.
John Thomas Nash, Esq., South Molton, Devon.

• • ENGINEER. •
Richard Hassard, 'Esq., M.J.C.E., 1, Westminster Chamheis,
Victoria Street, S.W.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Combe and Wainwright, 9, Staple Inn, London.
Messrs. Ricea.rd and Son, South Molton, Devon.
London, England, 1870-06-04

SKETCH OF A BRIGAND CHIEF.

The Times Athens correspondent, who has enjoyed
very special information on the subject of the late massa-
cres in Greece, furnishes a remarkable sketch of Takos
Arvanitakos, the leader of the murderous band. He and
his six brothers belong to the Vollock nationality. Takos
and his brother Dinos were two of the inhabitants
of Mount Pindus who joined the Greek officers
in King Otho's service when they invaded Epi-
rus b.,t the commencement of the Crimean war, and
were put forward by the Greek Government as representa-
tives of the suffering Christians who were goaded into in-
surrection by Turkish oppression. When the Hellenic
invaders retired into Greece carrying off 10,000 head of
cattle and 40,000 sheep which were robbed from the
Christian subjects of. the Sultan, Takos and Dinos
became drovers and cattle stealers, like Rob Roy. In the
year 1857 Takos was at Athens where he had a powerful
protector. But at some period between that year and
1860 he went by another name than Arvanitakos, and was
engaged as a brigand in lifting the sheep and cattle which
his more peaceful brothers sold, and in robbing,
murdering, and ransoming men, women, and children.
Through the influence of the men who used brigands from
time to time as the representatives of oppressed orthodoxy
and calumniated Hellenism, he obtained an amnesty and
was employed with good pay in the corps of guides, which
accompanies the troops who are sent in pursuit of
brigands. As Takos knew very little of the topography
of the Hellenic Kingdom at that time, the
appointment was one of those job§ which have
demoralised the civil and military administration of
Greece. Takos was merely kept in leash to be let loose at
a convenient opportunity as a bloodhound, to advance the
party, political, or patriotic schemes of his patrons.
After an interval he obtained his discharge, either because
he thought he could do better by resuming the profession
of a brigand than by continuing to serve as a military
guide, or because he was wanted by the agitators
of "The Great Idea" to figure as an oppressed
Christian when Epirus was to have taken up arms to aid
the war of annexation in Crete. The dangerous charac-
ter of Takos was so well known that the shepherds of
his own nationality secretly made anxious demands to an
officer under whom he has served that his discharge
should not be granted. This officer represented to
the Minister of War that Takos was an amnestied brigand
and a dangerous character, and stated that it would be
well to refuse his discharge, and prudent to keep a strict
watch over him. The recommendation of the officer was
disregarded, and the influence of the patrons of Takos'at
at the War Office obtained his discharge. This is the
career in Greece of a man whom the Government of M.
Zaimis is telling us with noisy reiteration came into
Greece as a chief of brigands from Turkey in the month
of January of the present year.

The French committee for the construction of a
monument to Lamartine at Macon has decided upon
erecting a statue in the Place d'Armes. It is to be loft
gin. in height, including the plinth.
London, England, 1870-06-04

Leicester-square.

Leicester-square is equally famous in town and
country. That a locality so horribly disfigured should
be allowed to disgrace the British Metropolis
has long been a source of grief to residents and
of amazement to visitors. When the beau-
ties of London architecture begin to grow
tame (as they soon do), the ugliness Of Lei-
cester-square revives the flagging interest. Its
time, however, is come. The dreary area with a
statue on a horse in the centre, from which the rider
has disappeared, the dead cats, and. the turnip tops,
are doomed. It will interest everybody to know
that the owner who has long obstinately
refused to sell or improve his possession, is now about
to dispose of it for building purposes.
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE AGE OF GOLD.

The Golden Age, if not of literature, of the literary
profession, is the golden age we live in. Time was when
the highest literary men were little better than beggars.
Now we might name a host of them on both sides of the
Atlantic who, in their estates, incomes, and expenditures,
are among the nabobs of the land. Dickens, for instance,
makes a pleasure excursion to and through a part of the
United States, and from a series of evening readings of
his own fancy sketches he returns to England richer than
he was by two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And
now Disraeli, as a diversion from.the cares of State, writes
a novel, and for the English copyright pockets ten thou-
sand pounds, or fifty thousand dollars. " What's in a
name ?" asks the simple-hearted Juliet. Why, Signorina,
if it is a popular literary name there is a California gold
mine in it in this golden age of light reading.—New York
Herald.
London, England, 1870-06-04

PROFESSOR MAX MULLER.

Professor Max Muller last evening delivered a lecture
at the Royal Institution, on the Migration of Fables, and
traced them through the various nations and languages of
the world back to the early Indian traditions. He began
with the familiar adage, "Do not count youß chickens
before they are hatched," and traced it back to Persia,
in the year 560 of the Christian era. The lecture was
numerously attended, the Dean of Westminster being
among the audience,

IHE GIBRALTAR PRISONERS. —News 11,8 been
received from Madrid yesterday that an emmissary of the
Spanish Government has found traces of the Gibraltar
prisoners. They are well and cared for, their release
being only a question of money.
A new comet was discovered on Saturday night
by Dr. Winnacke of Carlsruhe, as announced by Mr. Hind,
our great astronomer.

11r. Syme, the woll-know surgeon, the Lances
says is at present suffering from another paralytic seizure.
But slight hopes are entertained of his recovery.

A cricket match, we learn by telegram from Gan-
fytantinople, was played. on Wednesday last between the
officers of the Mediterranean fleet and the Constanti-
nople Cricket Club, at the Valley of Sweet Waters, on
the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus. The officers won by
64 runs.

A. number of clergymen have announced their
secession from the Evangelical Alliance, because the Rev.
T. R. Birks, who is a member of that body, holds what
are deemed unsound views upon the subject of future
punishment, and the Council decline to excommunicate
him.

The six year old daughter of a farmer at Haworth
had her hand blown to pieces by the accidental discharge
of her father's gun. So soon as the little heroine had got
over the first feeling of terror, she exclaimed without a
tear, " I'm fain it were no' but me that were hurt." Am-
putation was afterwards performed, and she is now doing
well.

The -family of the Lord Chancellor has been
thrown into mourning by the death at Surbiton, of Lord
Ratherley's niece. The deceased lady, Mrs. Sarah
Boger, was the eldest daughter of his lordship's younger
brother, the late Mr. Western Wood, M.P.,for the City
of London, and married August 22, 1857, illiam Shad-
forth Boger, Esq.

Canon Hornby has written to the Bishop of Man-
chester to knew if his lordship disapproves of the office of
guardian for a clergyman: • The bishop replies - that he
has beeii a guardian of the poor himself, and in that
capacity he hopes he did the poor some service. The
Ample question for a clergyman to consider i 8 whether
such duties interfere with those of a spiritual nature,
London, England, 1870-06-04

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London, England, 1870-06-04

THE ITALIAN REFUGEES..

MILAN, June 2.
Nathan the Italian refugee has returned to Switzerland,
giving up his undertaking, and paying each of his fol-
lowers ten francs. Some of his men have been seen on
the mountains and pursued.

The Italie publishes a statement that the Foreign Mini-
ster has complained to the Swiss Government that it has
not been sufficiently vigilant in watching the movements
of the refugees, and in keeping them to the interior.

SPAIN.

MADRID, June 2 Xventng).

•
A riot took place to-day at Valladolid among the work-
men on account of the octroi duties. Order is now re-
stored, but some arrests have been made, and several
people are said to have been injured.
The bill for the abolition of slavery has been reported on
by the Cortes Committee, and they suggest tbat sixty
years after the proclamation of the law complete emanci-
pation shall take place.
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE GRANVILLE HOTEL, ST. L AWRENC
RAMSGATE, ISLE OF THANET, the most comfort-
able and " recherche" residential Family Hotel in the kingdom,
and furnished from the designs of Welby Pugin. Ball-room,
Billiard-room, and Roquet Lawn, facing the Sea, and overlook-
ing the Gerrit= Ocean.
London, England, 1870-06-04

A VESSEL ASHORE.

The barque Medora, of Penzance, Read master, 360
tons register, principally belonging to Messrs. W. D.
lUatthews and Sons, Penzance, which left that place in
ballast yesterday bound to Quebec., went ashdre Ina donee
fog this inomihg about five o'clock, on the cocks. near
Verret., Mctunt's Bay. The r3twarrer Esefi of Arran
went out to try to tow her off, but etruld rot-, but will
wait till next tide to make another attempt. Yesterday
afternoon the steamer Earl of Arran went out again to
try to tow off the barque Medora, which went ashore near
Perran, in Mount's Bay. The steamer succeeded in her
efforts, and bconght the Medora safely into Penzance
licabour. The amount of damage done to ber cannot be
estimated at present, but it is supposed to be small.
London, England, 1870-06-04

SPAIN,

The Post thinks it is curious that in the present critical
state of Spain so wild an idea as that of the Iberian
Union should have seriously suggested itself to men's
minds. Yet there is no doubt but that many have
attributed the late outrage of the Due de Saldanha to a
concerted plan arranged between himself and the Spanish
Government. The truth of such a supposition has been
denied both by the Portuguese Minister and by
Marshal Prim and his Government. But the fact of the
surmise having gained numerous believers in political
circles generally is very significant, and would naturally
suggest that it was not entirelywithout foundation. There
is no doubt that the Iberian idea is popular in
Spain, and if the Spaniards were perfectly free to
devote themselves to its realisation, it might be
seriously considered. But such is not the case at present,
and it is well known how unacceptable the union would
be to Portugal. The demonstration in the last sitting of
the Portuguese Chamber of Deputies was not needed to
prove what is a well-established fact, viz., that Portugal
is in no mood at present to link her destinies with those
of a country so critically situated as Spain is at this
mom 401):
London, England, 1870-06-04

Education in Ireland.

The annual report of the state of education in
Ireland records progressive improvement. The num-
ber of children on the rolls has increased by 23,700,
and the daily attendance by 3,707. The total num-
ber of children on the school registers in Ireland is
now a million, minus a few thousands. In 1833
it was only 107,042. The number in Ulster
is much larger, than in any other province.
It is 347,919 against 267,093 in Munster, and smaller
totals in the other provinces. The number of
children owning allegiance to`the Established Church
is, in Ulster, 56,671 against 178,755 Roman
Catholics. In Munster there are 5,019
children of the Established Church against
260,978 Catholics; in Leinster, 6,786
against 204,532 ; and in Connaught 4,442 against
158,548. There are 106,769 Presbyterian children
in Ulster, and scarcely any in the other provinces.
The total percentage of Catholics in the whole
'country is nearly 81. The arguments for the Irish
Church Act do not grow weaker by keeping,
London, England, 1870-06-04

The Future of Cuba.

There are rumours of an important negotiation
having been set on foot in which General Prim, the
Washington Cabinet, the Cuban Junta, the Spanish
volunteers in Cuba, and several English capitalists
are taking part. Its object is the restoration of
tranquility to Cuba, and, looking at the influences
represented in the matter, there seems reason to hope
that substantial good may come of it. Telegraphic
communication has been constantly going on
between New York, Washington, and Phila-
delphia on the one hand, and London, Madrid, and
Habana on the other. General Prim wants to
obtain the money, which Spain so greatly needs, in
London, where the bankers are willing enough to lend
him the required amount, provided they have got
security. This security General Prim hopes to find
in Cuba, and he would very willingly mortgage her
revenues if he could obtain sufficient control of
the island. The Cuban volunteers, who really rule
the island, dislike the idea of the American Pro-
tectorate, and between them and the insurgents
Prim's efforts are paralysed, as the English
capitalists will not risk their money in the
present disturbed state of affairs. The in-
surgents themselves are unwilling to lay down
their arms without an amnesty, while the volun-
teers are only eager to retain the control
of the island, whoever may claim its allegiance. The
United States are anxious to see Cuba tranquillised,
and American property secured. They look forward
as a matter of course to the ultimate absorption of
Cuba in the Union, as they consider that the natural
destiny of every outlying State.
The Small-pox in Paris.
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Mr. Alfred Smee gives the result of his inquiries
into the state of the small-pox epidemic in Paris.
He says he is informed that 1,400 persons have died
from the disease, and that the weekly mortality
has risen from 86 to 218 deaths, which
occurred last week. With regard to vaccination he
concludes that the French as a whole are well pro-
tected. For example, out of nine cases that came be-
fore him one had been vaccinated several times, one
three times, one twice and the remaining six had been
vaccinated once. He never remembers seeing a French
case for assurance returned as unvaccinated. Mr.
Smee urgently counsels that no person who has not
been vaccinated, or has not had the small-pox,
should go to Paris at the present time, and even
those who have been so protected, should use due pre-
caution. Finally, he warns those who, in the pre-
sent crisis, continue to remain unvaccinated, that
they subject themselves to unnecessary peril, and
.commit a crime against society by tending to imperil
the lives; or lead to the disfigurement o.ftheir fellow
creatures,
London, England, 1870-06-04

LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART.

The Athenceum says :—We are authorized to announce
that Punch has been fortunate enough to find its second
editor in Mr. Shirley Brooks, who, although he enters on
office at a rather mature period of life, is in the fullness
of intellectual vigour, and in every respect worthy to
occupy the place so long held by Mr. Mark Lemon.—Mr.
C. G. Leland, the author of the now famous " Breitmann
Ballads," has been travelling in Europe during the last
twelve months, for the benefit of his health, and is ex-
pected to arrive in London shortly. We trust he will
meet with a warm reception at the hands of his many
admirers.—We hear that the late Prof. Grote left his
"Examination of the Utilitarian Philosophy" complete.
It had not, however, been finally revised, and has, there-
fore,been edited by,
Mr. J. B. Mayor, who has illustrated
the text by notes.—England in the Nineteenth Century,
which has been advertised of late, is not a book,
but a monthly magazine, edited by Mr. George Augustus
Sala. It is designed to illustrate social features and to
discuss social problems.—The art of publishing books by
subscription seems highly developed in America, and some
of the works thus brought out have attained a large cir-
culation. The Civil War has " furhished," says the
Nation, "not only popular subjects for book-making, but
a host of cripples to serve as agents." Between 1861-68
there were issued in this way thirty books at Hartford,
Connecticut, the sale of which amounted to 1,426,000 copies.
We understand that the Commissioners for the Interna-
tional Exhibition of 1871 have adopted the report of the
committee recommending that the judges for the admis-
sion of pictures shall be three laymen and six artists, and
that the Royal Academy, the Society of British Arts, the
old Water-Colour Societn, and the Institute of Painters
in Water-Colours, have each been invited to name one
artist, the remaining two being elected by the whole com-
mittee.
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE PRINCE OF WALES'S GLOVE,

The Daily News remarks that the Prince of Wales on
his way home from the Derby was politely lifting his hat
to a group of ladies, in acknowledgment of their re-
spectful greeting, when he dropped one of his gloves.
This was too much for the ladies. Cinderella racing
against the clock, in her agony of mind lest the
fairy godmother's gifts should leave her too soon,
and the same heroine's re-transformation into squalor, are
the only parallels we can find to the fuss and perturbation
which came over the beauties of Tooting when the royal
glove fell. Bland and simpering loyalty gave way to
fierce impulsiveness and muscular competition. A burning
desire to possess that bit of warm leather, to put it under
a- glass-case, to label it " Glove worn by his Royal
Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 1870,"
to take it with her when she travelled, to have
it with her when she visited friends, to acquire
a social reputation as its possessor, and to be-
pleath it when she died to the Clapham Insti-
tute or the Tooting Museum, stirred the pulse
and fired the blood of every fair athlete. So " a rush was
made, his Royal Highness laughing heartily at the
scramble of the ladies." The once popular refrain,
Thom gloves, those gloves, they never belonged to me,"
which used to be heard unceasingly on the road home
from the Derby, has been revived this June, and at Clap-
ham, by every damsel and matron who tried for and failed
in securing the regal prize.
London, England, 1870-06-04

SCINDE RAILWAY (INDUS STEAM
FLOTILLA ; PUNJAUB AND DELHI RAILWAYS)
COMPANY.

At an extraordinary General Meeting of the above Company,
held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of
London, on Monday, the 30th May, 1870.
W. P. ANDREW, Esq., Chairman of the Company, presiding,
The following resolutions were carried in conformity with the
provisions of the Scinde Railway Company's Amalgamation Act
(32 and 33 Vict., Sess. 1868-9.
1. That the scheme for amalgamation of the several undertak-
ings of the Company contained in the notice convening this
meeting, having been submitted to the meeting, be agreed to.
2, That the name of the Company be changed to the Scinde,
Punjaub, and Delhi Railway Company.
The following resolutions were also carried :—Proposed by R. B.
Morrice, Esq., seconded by A. Devaux, Esq.-
3. That as one of the chief objects contemplated by the pro-
prietors in the amalgamation of the several undertakings of the
Company thits day agreed to was to place the Company in a more
advantageous position for obtaining a concession of the Railway
between Mooltan and Kotree, originally designed and
surveyed by this Company, this meeting deeply regrets that the
representations made on former occasions have failed to induce
the !Secretary of State to recognise the justice of the Cempany's
claim for the concession of that line, which, in the opinion of this
Meeting, is absolutely essential to the proper development and
success of the Company's system, and would be more speedily
and cheaply constructed by the Company than if the works
were executed by Government.
That the Directors be therefore requested to use their best
efforts to obtain a reconsideration of the decision arrived at
by the Secretary of State as to the construction of the line by
the diroct agency of Government, in order that justice may yet
be done 'o the Company.
Prope_t. d by Tames M`Donald, Esq., and duly seconded.
4. That the cordial thanks of this meeting are tendered to W.
P. Andrews, Esq., for his able and courteous conduct in the
chair this day.
W. P. ANDREW, Chairman.
S. H. R. PARRY, Acting Secretary.
Gresham House, Old Bond Street, E.C., 30th May, 1870.
London, England, 1870-06-04

DEVONSHIRE VIEWS ON EDUCATION.

A large and influential meeting of clergy and others was
held at Newton Abbot on Thursday, to protest against
any system of education being adopted by the Legislature
which should not be connected with religion. The Earl
of Devon in opening the proceedings, also expressed
his entire concurrence in the movement, which
was, as he understood, to express an opinion to the effect
that in any measure of education that should be sanc-
tioned by the Legislature religious teaching should not be
separate and distinct from general teaching. A resolu-
tion was proposed and carried accepting the Government
bill as it at present stands, and condemning any
interference with the present system except to
the extent of enforcing the conscience clause. The
Dean of Exeter, in moving a petition to Parlia-
ment on the subject expressed his opinion that
no education would be complete unless it was based
on religion ; but he did not think it advisable that the
clergy should refuse to yield anything, for if they did lie
believed they would lose a great deal if not all their influ-
ence over the education of the people. They might
depend upon it that when rate-aided schools came to
• work against voluntary schools the latter would go to the
ground.
London, England, 1870-06-04

Gratuitous'Writing Materials.

The plan of issuing halfpenny postage cards,
though no doubt . the means of vast convenience
to the public, will, it is feared (under present arrange-
ments, at all events) give great and apparently just
dissatisfaction to stationers. Some years ago the
Government adopted a scheme of selling stamped
envelopes, which at first caused serious anxiety. It
was ultimately arranged, however, that a slight extra
charge should be made by the Government
for these envelopes over and above the price for the
stamps, and so fears of an unfair monopoly
were removed. In the case of halfpenny postage
cards, however, Government evidently in-
tends to give a card and a stamp affixed for the half-
penny, and it is a question even if they will issue a
halfpenny stamp distinct from the material. Whe-
ther they do or not, a serious loss will, no doubt, fall
on the stationers. Supposing that an adhesive stamp
is issued, no stationer can expect to compete with
the authorities, who will supply stationery and
stamps for the same sum; while, on the other
hand, if no . distinct stamp be issued, there
will be millions upon millions of postage cards used
throughout the country, taking the place of other
cards, and paper, and envelopes now supplied by the
stationers. A writer in the lhizes makes two sugges-
tions to prevent the apprehended grievance. He pro-
poses that the Government should either allow
stationers who sent in their own cards to be stamped,
a sufficient deduction from the charge for the stamps,
to cover the cost of the cards, or that they should
make a similar allowance in the charge for large
quantities of the half-penny adhesive stamps, should
such be issued.