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London, England, 1870-02-26

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NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common,
Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 18G1.
Under the ue.tronage of 11.11.11. the Duke Of CAMBRIDGE, K.G.,
whereby a home has been afforded for 2SO Destitute Orphan
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.
The objeot of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other
wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age,
suitable situations for them.
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TreC:saurrietyr is
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London, England, 1870-02-26

VISITATION FEES.

Mr. LOPES alzed the Seereta:y of State for the nom(
Department whether it was the intention of her 3.glaje3ty.
Government to make any provision for the payment of
the " viAtation fees," hitherto legally chargeable on
church rate 3.

Mr. BRUCE said he had not yet ditxovered any
fund on which those funds could Le charged.
BRIDGWATER ELECTION.

Mr. PEMBERTON asked the First Lord of the
Treasury whether, inasmuch as no prosecution was in-
tended to be commenced by the Attorney-General against
Vie hon. member for Wednesbury, with reference to the
Bridgwater election, 1866, it was the intention. of the
GOvernment to move any resolution respecting that honour-
able member, who appeared by the Report of the Bridg-
water Commissioners to have been personally guilty of
bribery at that election, and of whom the Chief Commis-
sioner was repoi:ted to have said, " That it was for that
House to consider whether a member holding his position,
and conducting himself as the honourable member had
clone, was any longer a fit member of that House."
An HON. MEMBER asked whether the Mr. Brogden.
mentioned was the same person who had been implicated
in the Yarmouth election in 1865.

Mr. GLADSTONE said he had no means of identity
beyond those open to lion. members. With respect to the
question more particularly, It appeared to imply that it
was in the favour of the Government to institute a prose-
cution against the hon. member for Wednesbury under the
Corrupt Practices Act, but the time had lapsed, and with
respect to whether, independently of the Act, it was
intended to move any resolution, he must request
the hon. member to give them longer time to
consider, as the evidence had only been distri-
buted that day, and therefore it was mcst important that
hon. members should make themselves thoroughly ac
quainted with the exact position of matters before any
thing was done. The case was not governed by any
direct precedent, as the matter involved charges of a
grave character. It was desirable that due consideration
and consultation should take place. One of the first ques-
tions to determine was whether tehere were other members
of the house who stood in an identical position. (Hear,
hear.) Secondly, what steps were to be taken ; and,
thirdly, who was to take those steps. He did not meen
to assume that there was not a preper case for inquiry,
Mr. PEMBERTON explained the reason that so short
a notice had been given of this question. Ile said he should
not have put it had he not heard the notice given of the
hon. member for Wednesbury.
THE EDUCATION BILL.

Mr. STAVELEY HILL asked the Vice President of
the Committee of Council on Education, whether the word
" with " in Clause 22, page 8, line 2, of the Elementary
Education Bill was nova misprint?
Mr. FORSTER said it was certainly a mistake; it
ought to be the word " by."
London, England, 1870-02-26

THEATIZE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

TIPS EVENING,:at 7. NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS:
Mr Henry J. Byron. To be, followed by THE NIGHTINGALE ;
Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs Arthur Stirling. J. D. Beveridge,
Skinner, Miss Furtado. Mrs Alfred Mellon, Miss Eliza John-
stone, Mrs Caulfield, &c. And OPEN TO CONVICTION. Mr
George Behnore, J. D. Beveridge, C. 11. Stephenson, Miss L.
Grey, and Mrs L. Murray.

HER MAJESTY.

(R E U'E WS TELEGRAMS.)

FRANCE.

41 per Cent.
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End of,montli 73 90
Oredit Mobilier
Transatlantic 212 50
Credit Foncier l7BO

Paris Gag 1740
Suez Canal 337 50
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BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Feb.
Her Majesty walked iu the grounds this morn
ing, accompanied by Princess Beatrice.

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the Queen at Buckingham l'alace yesterday even
ing.

LATEST INTELL MENCE

PARIS, Feb. 25, Evening.

The Avenir criticises the eagerness to vote i►:
favour of the Government displayed by the mem-
bers of the Left in the Legislative body yesterday,
and says that to have abstained from voting alto-
gether would have been preferable.

The Pays denies that the fifty-six votes of the
minority signify hostility to the Cabinet and ex-
plains that those fifty-six Deputies did not
pronounce apinst the Cabinet, but had in
view rather the maintenance of conservative
principles of constitutional forms and the safety of
the dynasty.
In to-day's sitting of the Legislative Body M.
Buffet, the Minister of Finance, said, in reply to
an interpellation, that it was impossible to allow
Papal money to be received as legal tender at the
public offices, the Papal coins, representing francs
to the amount.of 201 millions, being short nine cen-
times per franc, as compared with the French coin
of the same description. The public Treasury
could not bear such a loss.

BOURSE, Feb. 25.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

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It&Pan rives 55 85
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan
Do. Debt 45 60
Spanish Threes 2(i
Home Debt 22
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Orleans ... 995
Western 630
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Lombard 4981
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London, England, 1870-02-26

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London, England, 1870-11-04

THE CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFICULTY IN AUSTRIA.

Great anxiety is felt as to the result of the Bohe-
mian elections, as the direct system has not been tried
before. The members of the Czech districts will not
in all probability take their seats. Should the
Government carry its candidates against the opposi-
tion of the Federal party, there will be a sufficient
number of representatives to support a Constitutional
policy. This result is of importance to a Govern-
ment which desires to maintain Parliamentary union
in the State. Surprise has been expressed that
the Ministry, which was accused of Federalist lean-
ings, should have introduced direct elections, which
have formed the subject of dispute between the
Federal and Centralist parties. A Hungarian paper
in referring to this says that such events are not
unusual in the history of Constitutional States, and
that the most important Whig principles have been
practically carried out by Tories.

Court "`IA.4 Ciri it Tat
London, England, 1870-11-04

FACTS FOR THE METEOROLOGISTS.

It appears from the intelligence which arrives from
various, sources that the year 1870 is as likely to be
famous in the records of meteorologists as in political
and military annals. Within the last week or two
we have received details of tremendous floods in the
southern part of the United States, of a disastrous
hurricane in Cuba, and of an almost unprecedented
rainy season in Victoria. While on the north
of the Equator there has been a very general
complaint of the drought, which in many countries
has made itself severely felt in the Southern Seas,
the winter season just/terminated has been unusually
wet. The rain which has fallen since the beginning
of the year reaches the remarkable height of upwards
of 22 inches. The creeks and rivers up the country
were nearly all bank high when the rain, which had
stopped for a few days, again set in. As was appre-
hended so soon as the unwelcome change was per-
ceived, great damage was dono, a sudden flood sub-
merging the lower lands and carrying away the
bridges, sweeping down the fences and destroying a
vast amount of property. The agriculturists have,
of course, suffered heavily, and there were some
narrow escapes at sea, but happily the loss of life, so
far as known when the mail left, was not serious.
An idea of the severity of the rain storms may .be
gathered from the statement that at midday on the
Bth of September, when the "water came down in
sheets," an inch of rain fell in the course of an hour.
London, England, 1870-11-04

THE FOOD PRICES IN METZ.

The atmosphere is full of stories of the prices paid in
Metz during the siege for articles of food. Most of these
are to be taken cum gram), since the beleaguered, now that
it is all over, not unnaturally take a pleasure in piling
on the agony. But the one which I am going to
narrate I have from an undeniable source, and I give it
as illustrative of the profligate frivolity among the
wealthier and more aristocratic officers which has been
one of the chief causes of the ruin of the French army.
There has been here during the siege a certain lady of
the Parisian demimonde, who came to Metz when the
Emperor came, and could not get away when he
retired via Verdun to Chllons. Two officers of the
Garde Impsriale have been rivals for this lady's
affections. The lady, it seems, has a fanciful and
delicate appetite, and one day in the early part of the
present month she expressed a fervent wish to be reeled
on turkey and truffles. " Ah, you know that is an im-
possibility," was the rejoinder of one of the swains. " I
don't know that," said the other, eager for an opening,
" I shall try what I can do." The other, in: his
jealousy, offered to bet 500 francs that he would
not succeed, and the wager was accepted. The officer
came to the landlord of one of the hotels and gave him
the oommission, adding that money was no object. The
head-waiter went on a frogging expedition, and after two
days' search brought the officer a turkey and truffles,with
a little bill for a thousand francs ; so the gay guardsman
won his bet and lost 500 francs.
London, England, 1870-11-04

SIR FRANCIS GOLWARDSMID, ALP., ON THE

Sir Francis Goldsmid, M.P., in presenting the prizes
to the Reading Volunteers last night, made allusion to
war and to the article on the subject which has appeared
in the Edinburgh Review, presumably from the pen of Mr.
Gladstone. In the opinions expressed in that article he
to a great extent concurred. He could not but admit
that at the opening of the war France was in the wrong,
and that she was responsible for the quarrel. The Prus-
sians now had become the aggressors. For his own part,
he did not at all like the position that was being taken by
Russia, and was rather inclined to think that sbe would
support Prussia.

MR. COWPER TEMPLE, M.P., ON COMPETITIVE
EXAMINATIONS.

The Hon. Cowper Temple, M.P., in presenting the
Science and Art Prizes at Southampton last night, spoke
strongly in favour of competitive examinations. It would
be a great advantage, he thought, if some scheme of
literary competion could be devised to ascertain the quali-
fications of men for the post of Cabinet Ministers, mem-
bers of Parliament, and municipal councillors.
London, England, 1870-11-04

DEATHS.

On the Ist inst., at Biddick Hall, in the county of Durham
Henry Morton, aged 90.
On the Ist inst., at Eltham, Kent, very suddenly,
William Lee, Esq., in his 63rd year.

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THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the
Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.
Friday, November 4, 1870,
London, England, 1870-11-04

A BANKRUPT CLERGYMAN.

At the Bankruptcy Court the case of the Rev. Andrew
Holmes Belcher was taken. The bankrupt was described
as of No. 9, Arundel-street, Strand, clerk in Holy Orders,
late of Boulogne, and of Tomgrarey Rectory, county
Clare. His debts are £19,538, of which £8,349 is due to
unsecured creditors. This 'was a sitting for examination
and discharge. The case, which is under the old Act,
had been adjourned from June last with a view to in-
quiry being made into the bankrupt's property.
Mr. Aldridge, for the official assignee, now stated that
the principal property was the advowson of the bank-
rupt's living in Ireland, valued at £7,000, but which was
charged to the full amount. The mortgagees, how-
ever, held, ae collateral security policies on the bankrupt's
life to a considerable amount, and when these fell, in
there would be a surplus for the creditors; but the pro-
perty was not such that the official assigne could venture
to redeem, or find any purchaser for the equity of
redemption. Mr. Bagley and Mr. Cole, for creditors,
and a creditor in person, opposed, and asked that the peti-
tion should either be dismissed or transferred to Ireland,
where the debts were owing and where the property was
situate. After hearing Mr..Lawrance for the bankrupt,
his Honour said that he had no power to transfer the
petition, as a non-trader was not subject to the bank-
ruptcy laws in Ireland. As the adjournment in Juno had
been made to give the Irish creditors an opportunity of
deciding on making such application as they thought pro-
per, and as no such application had been made, and no
sufficient objection being taken to the accounts, he would
now pass the examination, but would adjourn the sitting
for discharge until the 30th inst.. of which sitting the
creditors would have notice.
London, England, 1870-11-04

WRETCHED CONDITION OF THE INHABITANTS OF DIETZ.

As I was driving out to Courcelles this morning my
coachman quietly told me that his wife and three children
wore starving. When we returned at night I went with
him to ascertain the circumstances for myself. He guided
me into a part of the town close to the middle branch of
the Moselle, inhabited only by the poorest of the poor.
I had before then only been on the top of the crust
which overlies the misery caused by this siege. I had
dined and eaten dessert, I had called for.wine and so it
wat forthcoming. So far as concerned the hotels, the
world seemed to wag very much as its ordinary. I saw
no ghastly face in the streets pallid with want, as were
the faces of those citizens of Antwerp, who cheered
the lean Stadtholder when he swore to eat his
boots before he would surrender. But it was not
because there are no pale faces and attenuated for4s in
Metz that I did not see them in the streets, but because
the miserable ones care not to make a parade of their
misery. It was a sorry sight the squalid room of the
coachman presented. Of bread the family had not had a
morsel for three days, then they had received as ration
two pounds for six. One of the six—an infant two years
old—wants rations no more. The little boy lay on
two planks under the window, the victim of bodily ex-
haustion, from deficient and improper food. How can a
child of two years survive on sinewy horseflesh, in scanty
quantity, and on a casual morsel of bread, the meal of
which is mixed with sawdust and chopped straw to make
it eke out ? All up and down the poverty-stricken
street the wretchedness was much the same. Horseflesh
and want of salt had killed off the children like flies.
The mortality among the little ones has been frightfuL
The elder children are covered with blotches and scor-
butic sores, caused by want of salt and of variety in
_their
food. •
London, England, 1870-11-04

SELLING EXCISEABLE LIQTJORS TO CHILDREN.

The recent conviction of a spirit dealer at Glasgow
whose salesman had supplied a child under fourteen
years of age with a quantity of whisky for its father,
has created no little consternation amongst the pub-
licans. The licensed grocers, too, seem alarmed, and
the question of their responsibility under similar
circumstances is raised. A. grocer, writing to
the North British Daily Mail, thinks it
hard that those who, like himself, sell both
groceries and spirits, should be compelled to refuse
to "implement" a mixed order, and to serve a child
with bottled beer and spirits, along with tea and
sugar. He thinks it could not be maintained that the
child would be likely to purchase the spirit for its
own use, or to have a cork-screw in its possession.
It is difficult to see how the writer :hould be in a
state of doubt as to the liability of a rocer for
serving a child under age. The Scotch law is perfectly
clear upon the point: it simply places a prohibition
on the sale of intlxicating drinks to a child of tender
years. The object of the legislature is quite obvious,
it is to prevent as far as legal enactments can, the
familiarity of the young with a pernicious custom,
and to remove them as far as possible from tempta-
tion. To argue that the law should draw a broad
distinction between a publican and a grocer, simply
because the trade of the latter has a duality about it,
is preposterous.
London, England, 1870-11-04

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Nov. 1.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and
Prince Leopold, drove to the Linn of Dee.
The Marchioness of Ely was in attendance.

The Princess of Wales drove out !yesterday, attended
by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey.

THE MISSION OF M. THIEB.S.—The Lille corres-
pondent of the Manchester Examiner, writing on
Monday evening, thinks the crisis of the mo-
ment is now with M. Thiers. When he enters Paris
he will probably convey the news of the disaster at Metz.
Is it possible that it will not rouse them to see their
position' at last, and to accept counsels, we may rest
satisfied he is prepared to give, if he has the courage to
tell them the country is not prepared yet to come to their
aid, that the hopes and prospects held out by
Gambetta on his arrival at Montdidier and since are
exaggerated, and if they don't tear him in pieces
for saying so. It cannot but be hoped that if such a man
as Trochu will not risk waste of human life and suffering
for so barren a prospect of success, all now depends on
what Thiers may dare tell and counsel Paris, and in what
humour she listens to him.

HUNGER IN PARlS.—After my meagre dinner, I
was strolling along the quays near the river, Vestontac as
leper as M. 011ivier's heart, when I saw a woman leaning
over the parapet. She turned as I was passing her,
and the lamp from the opposite gate of the
Tuileries shone on her face. It was honest and
homely, but so careworn, so utterly hopeless, that I
stopped to ask her if she was ill. " Only tired and
hungry," she replied ; " I have been walking all day, and
I have not eaten since yesterday." I took her to a e,af6 and
gave her some bread and coffee, and then she told me her
story. She was a peasant girl from Franche Comt6, and
had come to Paris, where she had gone, into service. But
she had soon tired of domestic service, and for the last year
she had supported herself by sewing waistcoats in a great
wholesale establishment. At the commencement of the
siege she had been discharged, and for some days she
found employment in a Government workshop, but for the
last three weeks she had wandered here and there, vainly
asking for work. One by one she had sold every article
of dress she possessed, except the scanty garments she
wore, and she had lived upon bread and celery. The day
before she had spent her last sou, and when I saw her, she
had come down to the river, starving and exhausted, to
throw herself into it. " But the water looked so cold, I
did not dare," she said.—Diary of a Besieged Resident.
London, England, 1870-11-04

THE VICTUALLING OF PARIS.

Forty days have passed since it was officially stated
that, with good management, the provisions in Paris
might be made to last 75 days. This calculation
implies a possible reduction of rations as time goes
on, inasmuch as there were then only 24,600 head of
cattle in the city, and 150,000 sheep, and the maxi-
mum number to be killed daily was fixed in the last
week of September at 500 bullocks and 4,000
sheep. The whole stock of fresh meat, ex-
clusive of horseflesh, would only serve the
inhabitants for between forty and fifty days. The'
corn and flour amounted to 54,000 tons, which, sup-
posing one pound of flour to produce 111 b. pound of
bread, and allowing only one pound of bread per day
for each person, would barely give more than seventy-
five days' consumption. Soldiers, however, cannot
fight on bread alone, and it is inconceivable that any
commander could think of defending a city contain-
ing two millions of inhabitants till provisions of
all descriptions had become exhausted. It will,
however, be a month before the people feel
the real pangs of hunger.
London, England, 1870-11-04

ADVANCE ON MAUBERT.

LILLE, November 2.
Prussian advance guard of about 800 men is an-
pounced as approaching Maubert, near Ilirson. It
Is supposed to be a portion of the enemy's forces in-
tending to operate in the North.
The Echo du Nord announces the receipt of
letters from the South and East of France, the de-
tails of which, for military reasons, it withholds ;
but they furnish conclusive evidence that the
Armies of the Rhone, of the Loire, and of Britany
do not only exist on paper, as there is a tendency
to believe—but are constituted, concentrated, and
ready to oppose a worthy resistance to the
Prussians.

In Normandy a considerable force is assembled
tC' oppose the Prussian advance upon Rouen and
ir
'avre• Brest has been made absolutely impreg-
nable, and, in case of Tours being menaced, the
POEt Would offer to the Government a secure place
of refuge.
The Gazette de Voss says :---" The forces surren-
dered athletz comprised 67 regiments of infantry, in-
cluding 13 battalions of chasseurs, 36 reliments of
cavalry, 115 batteries of artillery, and 17 batteries of
.Mitrailleuses. The arsenals and military store-
houses are filled with enormous quantities of war
materiel,"
London, England, 1870-11-04

THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PEASANTRY.

As regards.the inhabitants of Metz Itself, the misery
will soon come to an efid. There is no end of wealth iu
Metz, and the rich citizens are public-spirited. Nov that
,fepid can be bought it will be bought and distributed
freely. But let me once again call attention to the
wretchedness—a wretchedness almost without hope---Qf the
'villagers inhabiting the country around Metz. They
fiave nothing—not even a roof above them, in this
pitiless rain. Of their cottages nought stand but the
bare walls, often pounded with shells. Their gardens are
waste, their cattle are gone, their furniture is wrecked, their
straw is dung, their fields are fallow and studded with
graves. Seed-corn What boots it to talk of seed7corn
when the food for to-day is not ?By the end of this week
every village will be a nest of typhus fever. By the time
that the winter is over, if something is not done, there
will not be many left to catch typhus or any other
fever.

THE UNIVERSITIES.—From Oxford the following
intelligence reaches us :—Mr. Abraham Spencer, Scholar
on the Sower*et Foundation of Braseuose, has been
nominated by the Hulmeia,n Trustees to one of the
valuable Hulme Exhibitions, which are held by members
of Brasenose College only. The Hulme Exhibitions, of
which there are now seventeen, are at present worth
2120 per annum, and 235 to be spent in books to be
approved of by the principal. From Cambridge we learn
that the Rev. Dr. Lightfoot Hulsean Professor of
Divinity, has offered to the -University £5,000 for the
purpose of founding three scholarships for the encourage-
ment of the study of history, and more especially of eccle-
siastical history. Each scholarship is to be tenable for
three years.
London, England, 1870-11-04

THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF METZ.

The same correspondent writes thus—The people of
Metz seem to me morally stunned. They are not in terror
of the Prussian soldiers, while they have sufficiont coiipro-
ltension of the situation not to manifest any animosity
which they may feel. The men stalk about the streets,
stopping to gaze on the Prussian columns as :they
tramp past with their brisk quick step, and then
resuming the moody walk with. a muttered " Mon
pieu." After nightfall yesterday there was a good deal
of disorder in the lower parts of the town. The streets
still swarm with French prisoners, 'and they are not by any
means careful of the rights of art eum and Mgrn in
fitting themselves out for their pilgrimage
into captivity. A woman appealed to me last
night to interpose for the prevention of the for-
cible abduction of her horse by a French under-
officer, who, in a state of semi-intoxication, had got on
its back and- insisted on carrying it off. The Prussian
gendarmes patrol the town, interfering as little as they
can help, but firm and prompt when they do interfere.
The turbulent prisoner very soon found himself no longer
an equestrian.
London, England, 1870-11-04

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PRUSSIA OFFERS AN ARMIS-

TICE.

M. Thier's mission appears to have been success-
ful. A telegram from the Prussian head-quarters
states that, after an interview between M. Thiers and
Count Bismarck, the latter has offered an armistice
of 25 days to allow of the general elections being
held in France. The armistice to be based on the
military statu quo as existing on the day of signa7
ture.

NEGOTIAIIONS FOR THE ARMISTICE.
VERSAILLES, November 2, 8 p.m.
M. Thiers had a long interview with Count Bis-
marck to-day, but the result is not known. It is
Supposed that negotiations do not make rapid pro-
gress towards an armistice.

German reinforcements and supplies are arriving
rapidly. Weather fine. The forts were firing
heavily last night and to-day.
It is positively stated that Count Waldersee,
Colonel of the Queen Augusta Gnard Regiment,

was treacherously fired on and killed at Le Bourget
on October 30. The French regiment hoisted a
white flag in token of surrender. Captain Verotha,
- who ran to help him,..waa-alsa_killed.--Great in-
dignation is manifested.

REFUSAL TO FIGHT UNDER GARIBALDI.
BERLIN, November 3.

Tho Gardes Nationale and Mobile, having at
Besancon refused to fight under Garibaldi, he is at
present engaged in organising Francs-Tireurs at Dole
and Dijon.
Prince Pless, chief of the sanitary department, has
been despatched from Versailles to Metz, to superin-
tend the improvements to be introduced into the
French hospitals.
When Schelestadt surrendered the soldiers and the
mob plundered the shops and stores,- and set the place
on fire. The Commandant, Count von Reinach, was the
first to leave the town, under the escort of the Prussian
officers who had come to complete the document rela-
tive to the surrender. At Count von Reinach's request
three Prussian battalions were sent into the place to
take possession of the powder magazines even before
the documents in question could be ratified.

Frankfort bankers have offered to advance money
to sundry French towns to enable them to bear the
War burdens. This negotiation is countenanced by
the Prussian Government.
London, England, 1870-11-04

LORD COURTENAY'S BANKRUPTCY.

At the London Bankruptcy Court, before Mr. Registrar
Brougham as Chief Judge, the case of Edwin Baldwin
Courtenay, of Powderham Castle, came on for
bearing.—This was the day fixed for the last examination
of the noble bankrupt.—Serjeant Sargood said this
meeting was fixed for the public examination, of
his lordship, who was in court. The learned counsel was
instructed by the trustee, Mr. Challeris, and the debts of
his lordship were of considerable amount, the unsecured
debts amounting to £215,000, and the secured to £502,000.
There was no actual property in hand, and everything
in the interest of the creditors must depend on anything
left after payment of the mortgagees. His lordship had
given every assistance to the trustees up to the
present time, but notwithstanding that fact
they thought in the interest of all, as well
as his lordship himself, an adjournment would
be necessary before he passed his final examination.
The accounts which had been filed were, no doubt, now
made out with as much approximation to accuracy as
could be expected from a gentlemen in his position, but he
thought, in order to be accurate, they required some revi-
sion. An amended account was already prepared and
ready for filing, but had not yet been filed. It was only
fair to say that the trustees were assisted by
his lordship in their preparation, and were, of course,
aware of their character. But another circumstance had
happened since the adjudication of bankruptcy. A gentle-
man, named Prior, a mortgagee to the extent of £60,000,
had filed a bill of foreclosure. This claim would, of course,
be fully examined, and in the mean time an appearance
had been entered to the bill. Under these circumstances
he would ask the leave of the court that the matter should
be allowed to stand over for six months, in order to give
his lordship an opportunity of making a further investiga-
tion into the accounts, and to deal with the matter referred
to with a view of bringing out some more practical result.
Mr. Griffiths said his lordship was residing abroad,
and had been for two years. The moment
he obtained information through the papers that he had
been adjudicated a bankrupt, he left the Continent
hastily and returned to England, with a view of putting
himself entirely and unreservedly in the hands of
his creditors, and since the appointment of trus-
tees his lordship had been very assiduous in-
deed in making out the accounts required.
by the Court, and had done every thing in his power to
alleviate the difficulties he had brought on his creditors in
consequence of the debts which he had unhappily con-
tracted.—His Honour asked if there were any creditors
present, and none appearing, adjourned the hearing
accordingly.
London, England, 1870-11-04

MAREIAGES.I

On the Ist inst., at St. Mary's, Oatlands, Surrey, Thomas,
son of the late Thomas Phillpotts, Esq., to Mary Ann,
eldest daughter of Robert Upperton, Esq., Lansdowne'
place, Brighton.

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On the Ist inst.. at St. Peter's, Eaton-square, Edwin
Crow, of Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, to Caroline Martha,
only daughter of John Longden, of Coleshill-street,
Eaton square.
London, England, 1870-11-04

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THE NECESSITY FOR EDUCATION.

Now and then isolated cases, 'exhibiting the dire
need of some compulsory educational process for the
young, and the great want of guardianship that is
manifest with respect to their lives, crop up to our
astonishment. Two striking instances, exemplifying
neglect in the cases of poor children have occurred
this week. At the Lambeth Police Court three lads,
of about twelve years of age, " whose heads reached
barely above the top of the dock," were charged
with being drunk and incapable in the streets.
It was proved that a man had given the boys a large
bottle of rum between them "to warm them up," as
he said, in return for their efforts to push home a:
heavy barrow for him. Al the Wednesbury Police-court
a lad of ten was accused with stealing a quantity
of iron, the property of the Darlaston Steel
and Iron Company. The prisoner had been found
" sneaking " from the Iron Stores, with a quantity
of scrap iron in his hat. As this prisoner
was of so tender an age, the magistrate
thought it would be best to bind the father of the
child over to watch him carefully for three months,
after which time if he did not show
signs of reclamation, he would be sent to
prison. The parent, on being called,
declared he had already done his best for the lad.
He had a large family, and this boy he had managed
to send to a Sunday school,, and to make him "at-
tend a night school a bit." The magistrate
dismissed the case with the following words: Thank
God, the time is coming when every one of you
parents who neglect to send your children to school
will be broug•it before me and punished.
London, England, 1870-11-04

A SERIOUS QUARREL.

Yesterday, George Longmore, a miner, twenty-two
years of age, living at Wednesbury, quarrelled with his
sister-in-law, Eliza Longmore, and shot her twice with a
revolver. He fired a third time, but missed his aim.
Mrs. Longmore lies in a dangerous state. The brother-
in-law made his escape.
London, England, 1870-11-04

BIRTHS.

On the let int., at 7,. Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park, the
Hon. Mrs. Graham Manners-Sutton, of a daughter.
On the let inst., at Edinburgh, the wife of C. L. Hamil-
ton, Esq., 72d Highlanders, of a son.
London, England, 1870-11-04

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A PRINTERS' STRIKE.

The cempesitors of all the painting ofEces in Vienna
have anneurced their inte.ltion of striking work in
fifteen days' time. They demand an increase of waves.
All the proprietors of the journals have come to au
understanding that in case of the strike being carried out,
they will publish a journal jointly Eo long as it lasts.

STATE LEGISLATURES.
Upon the receipt of the information of the President
signing the Virginia bill, Governor Walker will issue a
proclamation at Richmond, calling the Legislature
together. General Canby will give up all con-
trol of State affairs when the Legislature meets and fills
the civil offices that are now filled by military appointments.
The Georgian House of Representatives has been orga,
nisecl and elected Mr. Whort;_ll (Republican) speaker. The
Military Commission have declared three members of tho
House ineligible. The seats of sixteen members have
been declared vacant because they refused to take the oath
required by the law of the United States.

TIIE RED ravun DIFFICULTY.
The Leader, the Government organ at Toronto, has
published intelligence from Ottawa which denies the
statement that the Dominion Government wished to
govern the territory from Ottawa without consulting the
interests cf the resident population. Mr. McDougall's
instructions will shew that so far from its being contem-
plated to impose a ready-made Council upon the people
and to ignore their wishes, he was authorised to make
himself fully acquainted with the wants of the country
and the character of the population, and to report the
mines of the most capable men he found to represent the
different classes, to be confirmed by the Dominion Govern,
ment. It is further stated that any just demand of the half-
breeds will be attentively considered, but that any
rebellion will be put down. The responsibility of com-
pleting the transfer of the territory rests with the Hudson'
Bay Company and the Imperial Government. A
special despatch to the Chicago Tribune from
St. Paul says that a conference was held at
Fort Garry between the insurgent leaders and the
Roman Catholic dignitaries from Quebec, but that no.
result was arrived at. The 16th of January was a
fearful day on the plains of the north-west. The ther-
mometer stood at 45 deg. below zero at Fort Abererpnabie.
Two soldiers and a mail carrier were frozen to death.'
London, England, 1870-02-10

BIRTHS.

Cocas—On the Bth inst., at 11, Leinster-square, W, the
wife of John Coles, Esq., of a daughter.
HosELY—On the 6th inst., at Woodside, Croydon, Mrs.
Mosley, of a daughter.

MARNA G ES.
IIAvILLAND J osEs —On the Bth inst., at St. James's
Paddington, Lieut.-Colonel James do Haviland, R. A.
to Caroline Rainier. eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-
Colonel E. Jones, Kuolton Hall, Overton, Flints.
PALMER--DAY - On the Bth inst., at Stepney, William H.
Palmer, of Weston Colville and Cambridge, to Ann
Eliza, only daughter of John Day, of Stepney.

DEATHS.
BAINBRIDGE —0 n the Bth inst., at Down Hall, Epsom
Thomas Drake Bainbridge, Esq., aged GG.
BENBOW —On the Bth inst., at -Richmond, Mrs. Benbow,
sen. (lato of Ham-common, aged 93.

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London, England, 1870-02-10

THE DIFFICULTY IN SOUTHWARK.

The High Bailiff of Southwark has made himself
a somewhat conspicuous personage by refusing to
allow Mr. Odger admission to the hustings, or ac-
commodation in the polling booths, unless the candi-
date prepaid the whole of his share of official expenses
—4200. Mr. Odger deposited ;0100, but the High
Bailiff 'would have the whole amount, and
hence the dead-lock. Mr. Odger has forwarded a
petition to the House of Commons setting forth the
facts, and praying that the issue of the writ may be
suspended, until an inquiry has been made into his
allegations. The matter is to be brought before the
House by Mr. Eykyn. Sir Sydney Waterlow's com-
mittee, too, have generously interfered. They have
forwarded a communication to the High Bailiff,
regretting his refusal, and suggesting that the expense
of constructing booths for three sets of check clerks
can little exceed the cost of accommodation for two.
London, England, 1870-02-10

SPANISH AFFAIRS
The Agence Havas publishes despatches from .Alaclri 1,
dated 7th, which state that the dissensions which
had occurred between the Radicals and ''xi he
Unionists respecting the reforms proposed .t.y
Senor Ruiz Zorilla era appeased. With the view
of preserving concord, a commission, composed of Radicals
and Unionists, has been appointed to decide
upon those measures en which agreement is
possible, which will be then discussed by the
Chamber, the consideration of the others being postponed.
In the private meetings held on this occasion, the Unionist
deputies agreed that if a King, a major, a catholic, and of
royal lineage, was proposed they would accept him.
This declaration was made by all the Unionists, with
scarcely a dozen exceptions, so that there is reason to
believe that when the question is again brought forward,
a King will be almost unanimously elected.
The Epoca believes the news of a Carlist movement
being imminent, has been greatly exaggerated. The
same journal states that reports of the abdication of Queen
Isabella have been received from two or three quarters,
but it reserves its opinion until it receives authentic
information.

CONFLICT BETWEEN TURKS AND B4SSIANP.
The Eastern Budget announces that a conflict has take
place at Rustchuk between three Turkish soldiers and the
employes of tho Russian consulate in that town. The
soldiers were in pursuit of a Bulgarian, who took refuge
in the consulate, and the Turks upon this attempted to
break into the house. The Russian Government has
demanded satisfaction from the Porte.

TUE RUSSIAN BUDGET. N „
The Russian Budget has just been yublished, and shew 3
that an increase of 50,000,000 roubles in taxes has taken
place, and the increase from various sources, make an addi-
tion of 28,000,000 roubles to the revenue. The total revenue
is thus raised to 440,000,000 roubles (£60,000,000,) which,
however, is still 9,000,000 roubles short of tho estimated
expenditure.