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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-28

THE ICE QUESTION.

HUDSON, N.Y., July 13.
The difficulty, as far as concerns the thirty-eight car-
loads of ice that were seized by the Sheriff at the depot of
the Boston and Albany Railroad Company in this city,
has been adjusted by the Washington Ice Company giving
bonds in the sum of $4,000 to the Boston and Albany
Railroad Company, and the Railroad Company giving
bonds to the Sheriff of the county in a like sum. The
Sheriff had the ice stored on board the Washington Ice
Company's barge, and it has since been removed, and the
barge towed to Athens, where it is now finishing its cargo.
The Knickerbocker barges are still holding their position
at the railroad dock, awaiting the arrival of another cargo,
when the war will probably be•again renewed.

THE REDEEMING WORK OF THE
SESSION,

The Tax and Tariff Rill is out of jeopardy at last. The
Conference Committee, which has been some days engaged
in the consideration of details, yesterday adjusted its
differences, and its report was adopted by both Houses.
Mr. Sherman fixes the amount of tax reduction effected
by the bill at seventy-six millions. The enactment of
this measure is the redeeming work of the session. It is
not perfect, either in its principle or its range. It pro-
longs taxes which should have been repealed, and in its
tariff clauses it violates the principles which should govern
all revenue reform. For these reasons it cannot be
accepted as evidence of the familiarity of our legislators
with economic science, or of uniform regard for the wishes
of the people in preference to the sinister interest of
monopolists. A little more boldness on the part
of Mr. Schenck and Mr. Sherman would have
given us- fl reduction of a hundred millions,
instead of seventy-six, without embarrassing the
Government or imperilling the public credit. With
all these defects, however. the bill is a boon for
which the whole community will be grateful. It lightens
pereeptibly the load under which enterprise and industry
have staggered. It arrests the Treasury policy which has
sacrificed everything to a Quixotic desire to diminish an
unmatured debt. It commits the Republican party to a
policy of fiscal amendments which, thoroughly effected,
will infuse fresh blood into the trade of the country, and
increase its prosperity. Had Congress closed the session
without affording the relief which this bill provides, the
Republican party would have been required to wage an
up-hill fight in the Fall campaign. The odium arising
from continued indifference to an urgent and universal
demand would have entailed defeat in many districts. The
reduction of taxes is, then, a successful stroke of stra-
tegy as well as a wise measure of relief. It opens a
new page of the Republican record, and will be a
source of marked benefit in the canvass. It will be
hailed by tax payers everywhere as evidence that their
wants have not been overlooked, and as a pledge of
further retrenchment and reform.—New York Times of
July 14th.
London, England, 1870-07-28

THE ATLANTIC IAC EiT RACE.

A telegram dated New York, July 27, says the yachts
Cambria and Dauntless have arrived, the English yacht
Winning the race by one hour and a quarter. She was
met down the river by a large number of yachts and
steamers, and was enthusiastically eheered the whole way
up to Staten Island, The Dauntless arrived afterwards,
but the yachts never sighted each other after the night of
the start. This fact was owing to the Cambria taking a
northerly course, reaching as high as 55 N., while
the Dauntless kept the southern track. The
Cambria earried away two foretopmasts, but had
spare ones on board to replace them. She met with
no other mishap, and arrived at New York, all well.
She had strong westerly winds and fresh gales to Cape
Race, which she sighted on Monday, the 18th. After
that she had light headwinds to Sandy Hook. The
Dauntless had a succession of sfrong north-west winds,
with occasional gales and calms.
London, England, 1870-07-28

WHO GOES TO ST, JAMES ?

It is understood that some changes are shortly to be
made in our diplomatic •representation abroad, including
the recall of Mr. Motley and of Mr. Bancroft. For the
place of Mr. Motley Mr. Secretary Fish, ex-Senator
Frelinghuysen, Wendell Phillips and others have been
mentioned among the probabilities. We are also informed
that the name of Senator How, of Wisconsin, in this con-
nection has been discussed in the political circles at Wash-
ington. Senator Howe is a man of fine accomplish-
ments, though from his modesty his merits are not
generally known. He takes particular interest in
all matters of art and literature, and in all measures
looking to the education and elevation of the masses of
the people. He has been for some time acting chairman
of the Committee on the Library of Congress, and is the
author of the project of a grand national historical
museum at Washington. He has travelled extensively
abroad, and is well posted in European politics and
diplomacy. In the event, then, of the recall of Mr.
Motley, Mr. Howe would be a good appointment for St.
James, especially as on the Alabama claims he endorses
the broad and satisfactory American exposition of Senator
Sumner.—Nero York Herald of July 14.
London, England, 1870-07-28

RIVAL JURISDICTIONS.

The division.of the London police force into two
distinct organisations has frequently proved detri-
mental to the best interests of the public, but in
spite of the evident disfavour with which this separa-
tion is regarded, the schemes hitherto submitted for
an amalgamation have met with very little success
The tale told by " A Country magistrate" in the
Times is an exemplification of the absurdity of the
system. While passing through Hatton Garden in a
cab a few days ago, his attention was drawn to smoke
issuing from a house. About two or three hundred yards
further on he met two police sergeants, to whom he
communicated his fears that a fire was smouldering,
and pointed to the smoke which was then rising. The
reply of one of the sergeants, delivered in a tone of
perfect nonchalance, was, " We were just looking at
the smoke: and thought there must be a fire." Had
instant measures been taken, the spread of the flames
might have been stopped and an immense amount of
property saved. But the policemen belonged to the
City force, and the fire was in the Metropolitan dis-
trict, and the consequence was that no means were
taken to prevent what was serious enough in itself,
but which might have been attended with loss of
life.
London, England, 1870-07-28

ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH.

The catastrophe to St. Saviour's Church,
Southwark, is discussed by Mr. Alfred Smee

in a letter. The south-east turret was
struck by lightning, and the stones of which
it was composed were scattered with so much vio-
lence that one was thrown fifty yards, where it broke
some iron rails. From the examination which has

been made it appears evident that had there been a
conductor from the vane to the water pipes, the accident
would not have occurred. Thus the outlay of two or
three pounds would have spared the present damage,
which must be estimated at £5OO. Mr. Smee
attributes the mischief that has ensued entirely to
the parsimony of the parish authorities. The moral
he draws from the -affair is that two surfaces of
metal in so high and exposed a situation should
never be left without a lightning conductor. In no
part of Europe are thunder and lightning so terrifi-
cally grand as in the centre of London; and it is
therefore important to protect the most valuable
works from their destructive agencies.
London, England, 1870-07-28

THE LOSE OF THE AURORA.

The Indian papers are full of the loss of the
Aurora, a cotton ship, which was destroyed by fire
the very first morning after sailing from Bombay.
The loss of the ship was not, in itself, so remarkable
as the circumstances attending it were suspicious.
In fact, before the Aurora. left the port the
underwriters felt so uneasy that they endeavoured
to get the police to delay her departure, but failed in
arranging the matter in time. Full investigations
have been set on foot, and they have resulted in
bringing to light a gigantic fraud, involving the
Captain, the brokers, and the carpenter of the ship,
all of whom have been committed for trial on their
own confession. The origin of the fire was mys-
terious and inexplicable, and there seems to have been
no effort made to extinguish it, while it appeared that
bills of lading representing large consignments of valu-
able cotton had been signed by the captain and turned
to account at the banks, whereas no such consignments
had gone on board, worthless bales of goods having
been substituted for good cotton. The brokers
say that the captain, on inquiring for the un-
shipped bales of cotton, for which he had already
London, England, 1870-07-28

THE RELIGIOUS CENSUS.

The Standard says that the House of Commons hae de-
cided by a very small majority that the census of 1871
shall not include an enumeration of the religious profes-
sion of the people. We earnestly trust that the House of
Lords will not consent to pass the bill unless this essen-
tial provision of an effective census is restored. No one
denies the importance of ascertaining, for legislative and
other purposes, the numerical strength of the various
religious denominations, and it is intolerable that the
fears or the jealousies of a knot of sectarians should be
permitted to mar the usefulness of what is really a great
public work. Does anyone believe that the considerations
which weigh so potently in the minds of Mr. Bruce and
his colleagues would have had any weight or influence if
they had not been advanced by the Radical Dissenters?
The religious census is a question of fair play for the
Church of England, and that is the reason why it is
opposed with such tenacious obstinacy. For nearly
twenty years past Dissent has made capital out of the
deceptive statistics of 1851, and the time has come when
the record must be once more tested and verified. Church-
men ask for no favour. They simply insist that the pro-
per and legitimate opportunity of asserting their position
shall not be denied to them merely because the Dissenters
shrink from the ordeal. Thanks to the weakness of the
Government, Mr. Miall and his friends have been able by
a bare majority to carry their point in the Commons ; but
we shall be gravely disappointed if the House of Lords
does not insist that the injustice of the last ten years shall
be redressed by a return to the practice of 1851. The
religious enumeration, according to the practice of this
and all other countries, is part and parcel of the census.
It is intolerable that it should be. abandoned to spite the
Church and gratify political Dissent.

PAUPER CHILDREN.—The "boarding out" of
pauper children is to have a trial in Liverpool, the
Industrial Schools Committee in that town having agreed
to recommend that as an experiment orphan children
shall be placed out in families at a cost of 3s. a week each,
exclusive of clothing and schooling, every case to be con-
sidered on its merits by thq select 'vestry.
London, England, 1870-07-28

THE CASE OF THE WELSH JEWESS.

Mr. Lyons, the father of Esther Lyons, whose case
attracted so much attention at Cardiff some months since,
has written to the editor of the Western Mail explaining
the circumstances under • which he abandoned the
action against Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, Mr. and
Mrs. Hallyer, and Mrs. Keef, for the abduc-
tion of his daughter. He accuses the opposite
party of deceivinc, him, and keeping his child from him,
and exults in the strong expression of opinion on the
part of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench.
Immediately after the appeal to that Court the defen-
dants proposed a compromise, each party paying his own
expenses and Mr. Lyons withdrawing his appeal. To
this he agreed, the defendants giving a written promise
that they would not attempt to influence Miss Lyons as
to her future course. A long correspondence ensued, and
it was arranged that Mr. Lyons should meet his daughter
at the solicitor's office, but the interview was postponed,
and finally refused by the defendants. Mr. Lyons, who
writes with considerable bitterness, says that he, there-
fore, became convinced proceedings at civil law were
virtually useless.
London, England, 1870-07-28

IMPEN DING BATTLE.

From Verviers we learn that " in the best informed
quarters it is thought very likely that on Saturday or
Sunday next there will be a serious engagement between
the French and Prussians ; but the precise whereabouts is
at present uncertain."

GENERAL ADVANCE OF THE PRUSSIANS.
The Prussians are concentrating their Rhine army on
tne French frontier, between Treves and Mouzingen. A
general and immediate advance of the Prussian army into
France is expected by all the Germans of the Rhine. A
force of 70,000 men occupies Mayence ; and in Cologne
there is a body of 30,000 cavalry fuuly equipped and
ready for any sudden transference.

THE FRENCH AND PRUSSIAN FORCES.
The French forces now collected near the German fron-
tier are about 350,000 men. The Prussians will muster
upwards of 400,000 men. The Prussians find they have
brought up too much cavalry, and are running short of
forage. They have got a very considerable force close to
the frontier of Belgium, but the French have very few
troops on theirs.

A FRENCH CRUISER IN THE CHANNEL.
A telegraph received from Portsmouth this morning
Bays a French corvette is off the Isle of Wight, just out-
side the three miles distance, boarding all merchant
shipping.

During the last two days more than a hundred Bavarian
and Baden deserters have arrived at Strasbourg.

- -
M. Roederer, a Prussian officer, who had been arrested
at Strasbourg as a spy, has been set at liberty, as his
arrest had taken place anterior to the declaration of war.
The Independance Beige says that a correspondent of one
of the Paris papers having published an account of having
seen from the steeple of Strasburg two Corps d'armee
march in a certain direction, the commanders have coun-
termanded the orders they had given, and the paper has
had to recall it correspondent.
London, England, 1870-07-28

THE SESSION.

The session of Congress now near its close will not be
remembered for its statesmanlike achievements, nor even
for its contributions to the glory and strength of the Re.
publican Party. The work thus far finished does not
present a very imposing appearance. The admission of
Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas has brought us to the
last stage of reconstruction—Georgia alone remains to be
restored. A Currency bill has been passed to meet the
wants of the South and .West, but clogged
with provisions which largely detract from the
efficacy of the relief that it professes to
afford. The census has been provided for, but
in a manner which inspires slender confidence in its reve-
lations ; the whole plan is crude, and the machinery
supplied not equal to the emergency. The unfinished
business embraces matters of the highest importance.
Whether it be completed as it should be, or be marred by
blundering and obstinacy, or be sacrificed altogether as
an offering to either Chamber, is the problem on whose
solution the redeeming characteristics of the session ob-
viously depend. The Tax . and Tariff Bill heads
the list. The bill might have been worse,
and ought to have been better. It rests upon
no intelligible principle, and so far as it relates
to customs' duties is flagrantly wrong. But, with all its
defects, it affords a relief to the taxpayers which will not
be unappreciated. The Funding Bill is by comparison
insignificant. Unless divested of provision for foreign
agencies, which the Senate favour, and of provisions
which confer upon the Secretary a dangerous discretionary
power, as sustained by the House, its defeat would be
preferable to its enactment. Of pending appropriation
bills this cannot be said. The loss of that relating,
to the Indians would be a calamity and a dis-
grace. And the loss of the Georgia bill would
be worth thousands of votes to the Democratic Party.
Of measures rejected, the Franking Bill is a conspicuous
example. For the retention of th costly privilege, we
must thank the senate. The failure to provide for civil
service reform, for general amnesty, and for the continua-
tion of the invaluable service rendered by Special Com-
missioner Wells, will be remembered to. the discredit of
the session. On the other hand, we cannot forget that to
temptations of no common sort the House has been supe-
rior. The virtue of the Senate may not be without taint;
the House has spurned subsidising schemes, and, but
for the tariff sections of the Tax Bill, might be said
to have yielded no tribute to monopolies.—New York
Times.
London, England, 1870-05-25

AMERICA.

(By Cable.)
WASHINGTON, MaY 24
The House of Representatives refused to-day to take. 5,
Lynch's bill for the encouragement of American sblppting
A spirited debate took place in the House resPer,s
c-b ,
alleged outrages committed by Spanish troops in 1Y in
General Banks and other prominent members el:"9l`et,i.
favour of the appointment of a committee for an insre-
gation of the atrocities referred to.
The Committee for Foreign Affairs of the House of 11::;
presentatives agreed to give General Jordan, the Cu
leader, on Wednesday next, a hearing relative to Cu"-
affairs.
It is reported that Fenians in large numbers are lea
vid
Boston, New York, and other cities for the frontier. b
The United States steamer Michigan is guarding t
Welland Canal.
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NEW YORK, I‘-'3.724001
The steamers leaving to-day for Europe take out $353'

in specie. clO
Gold closed at 114 i; the highest quotation during tho .

was 1141; the lowest 1131. - -
Sterling Exchange on London lO9l
Five-Twenty U.S. Bonds, 1882 llll
Ditto 1885 llll
Ditto 1867 .. 1131
Ten-Forty ditto 1867 lOBl
Illinois Shares
Erie
Cotton, Middling Upland
Petroleum, Standard White gic
Flour, extra State .. 54.80 to $5 40c.
Corn, old Mixed $i 140.
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IThe following news appeared in our First Editioll r
lished at Eight o'clock this morning:—]
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
FRANCE.
3(10 24.ecl
P ARIS -
The Central Committee of the Plebiscite has diss°i the
itself, on the ground that its existence subsequent °
vote would be illegal.
Bourse flat. Rentes 74f. 62c. at the close.

SPAIN.
News from Gibraltar states that four AEDnEgilDis'll3:eln
been carried off from the vicinity of Gibraltar by brig 9", Are
The Government has given orders for pursuit.
no bands in the Peninsula.
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Espartero agrees to accept the throne, if norainA,,,odi°
the nation, though he will not come forward as a' With
didate. The Esparterist Committee is not satisfied
the result of the interview with Prim.

PORTUGAL. 13*
LissoN, o'loo
The new Ministry is expected to contain the fn."'
members :
Duke of Saldanha . . Minister of War. A foiri
Marquis d'Avila . . Minister of Foreign
Senhor Saraiba . . . Minister of Finance.
Senhor Andrale . . Minister of Marine. r
Bishop Viseu . . . Minister of the InteArr-°rlc.
Senhor Carvallo • . Minister of Public l' -.000
Marshal Saldanha has declared that he will 954,31,
the independence of the country, in contradictionfberi°
statments which set forth that he was in favour of "-
unity.

BELGIUM. 24.
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BRUSSELS,
Th Liberal party have succeeded in alna°st
elections of the provincial councils.

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London, England, 1870-05-25

A HINT TO PUBLISHERS.

The poems of the Rossetti family are justly obtain-
ing much praise for their originality. Considering
that the authors are Italians, the wonderful pre-
cision with which they adhere to English idioms
cannot be too highly appreciated. It is for
another reason, however, that reference is now made
to the Rossetti volume. In it, Mr. Dante Rossetti,
has had inserted about a dozen pages of clean paper,
on which he very properly thinks a few admirers
may be glad to record their impressions
of the work. If other publishers would only take
advantage of this hint, an important boon, which has
often been wished for in vain, will be conferred upon
the readers of the volumes issued from their esta-
blishments.
London, England, 1870-05-25

CANADIAN FISHERIES.

The Canadian fisheries have long been a vexed
question, and the last despatch from New York
chews how awkward the affair may become
if the contending parties are excited or
irritated by the controversy. According to
some old treaties, certain privileges were conferred
upon American fishermen, .but as they are now out
of date, the international right is all that the Ame-
ricans can lay claim to. Strictly defined, this permits
them to fish in waters three miles off the Canadian
coast., but the permission is so variously_. inter-
preted that endreirs—aisaussions- aiise.. The Colonial
anthorities wish the coast line to be drawn from
headland to headland of a bay, but the Americans
retort that by this definition they could enclose whole
tracts of sea. The simplest way of settling the matter
would be for the rival claimants to discuss the ques-
tion quietly and see if some arrangement cannot be
come to which would be for their mutual advantage ;
but this course they do not seem disposed to adopt.
London, England, 1870-05-25

CANADIAN FISHERIES.

The Canadian fisheries have long been a vexed
question, and the last despatch from New York
chews how awkward the affair may become
if the contending parties are excited or
irritated by the controversy. According to
some old treaties, certain privileges were conferred
u?on American fishermen, but as they are now out
of date, the international right is all that the Ame-
ricans can lay claim to. Strictly defined, this permits
them to fish in waters three miles off the Canadian
coast, but the permission is so variously inter-
preted that endless discussions arise. The Colonial
anthorities wish the coast line to be drawn from
headland to headland of a bay, but the Americans
retort that by this definition they could enclose whole
tracts of sea. The simplest way of settling the matter
would be for the rival claimants to discuss the ques-
tion quietly and see if some arrangement cannot be
come to which would be for their mutual advantage;
but this course they do not seem disposed to adopt.
London, England, 1870-05-25

MARK-LANE.

The grain trade at Mark-lane this morning has been in a
very quiet state. The supplies of English wheat have been
only moderate, but they have been sufficient to meet all
inquiries. In all qualities sales have progressed slowly, at
the late reduction. The show of foreign wheat has been
tole ably good. The trade has been steady at the quota-
tions of Monday. The supply of barley has been moderate
The inquiry has been restricted, but prices ruled firm. Malt
has been dull at late ra es. Oats, the show of which hes
been moderate, have been in healthy request, at full quota-
tions. Beans have been quiet, but firm, and peas have
realised extreme currencies. Flour has sold slowly, at
Monday's quotations
London, England, 1870-05-25

THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL.

At a general conference of the clergy and Noncon-
formist ministers, at Nottingham, in reference to the
Government Education Bill, it was resolved that all
existing and future denominational schools established
under the provisions of the Bill be sustained and
managed as they are at present; but that in all elemen-
tary schools there should be a time-table conscience
clause—that is, a regulation fixing a definite period
during school hours, in which religious instruction
should be given, and during which any child whose
parents or guardians desired it should receive other
instruction instead. It was further resolved that
existing schools, where they are insufficient, should
be supplemented by schools to be erected and partly
maintained by local rates, and to be under the direction
of local school boards. Also that in such supplemental
schools religious instruction should be taken solely
out of the Bible, and only by the regular teacher, all
human creeds and formularies being excluded.

ARC.

The Archdeacon of Taunton has not yet ended
his labours in reference to the Government
Education Bill. He forwards to the Standard a
copy of a letter which he has addressed to the
Secretary of the National Society for the education
of the poor in the principles of the Established
Church. In it he says that being unable to
accept the position taken by the Committee
in respect of the Education Bill as de-
tailed in their memorial lately addressed to Mr.
Gladstone, he has to request that his name be re-
moved from the list of members of the society.
London, England, 1870-05-25

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BILL.

Mr. LEATHAM asked the First Lord of the Treasury
whether, since the Parliamentary Elections Bill, which
stood for second reading on Monday next, had been post
poned, he was able to name a day after Whitsuntide when
the second reading of this bill would be taken.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he could not fix the date for pro-
ceeding with the bill, but they were desirous of doing so
without the least delay. There were the Educa.
tion Bill, the University Tests Bill, and the
Parliamentary Elections Bill are to be disposed of, and
they could not all be taken together. The Government
proposed to proceed first, with as much speed as possible,
with the Education Bill. That disposed of, the others
would be taken up without delay.
London, England, 1870-05-25

BLOWING UP OF A. SHIP.

The Western Morning News has the following particu-
lars of the calamity which occurred in the Bristol Channel :
—On Thursday morning the barque Asturias, owned by
Mr. Ramlett, of Boston, U.S., 800 tons register, sailed
from Cardiff for Hong Kong. The crew, which numbered
14 hands, all told, consisted of Captain S. W. Sloane,
the first officer, the second officer, and 11 coloured sea;
men. Everything proceeded well until a quarter to ten on
Saturday morning, when, the vessel being at this time
about twenty miles west of Lundy Island, a fearful ex-
plosion took place. Commencing forward, the shock
travelled aft laying open the cargo and stores, the deck
parting in the middle, dislodging the bulwarks and
stanchions, and throwing the crew about in all
directions. A coloured man named John Johnson, who
was at the wheel was flung in the air, and never seen
again. Another man was thrown into the sea, but he
caught a rope, and was hauled on board by means of it ;
and the men in the forecastle were tumbled over each
other, the forecastle rising and falling at the time, and
were buried in debris. The captain was found between
the main and mizen masts, bleeding from the ears and
mouth and he died twenty minutes afterwards. Two men
below were badly burnt, another had one of his thighs
broken, and a fourth was severely scorched. The ship
took fire and the men tnrew bodily into the water a fine
long boat, slightly injured, and a lifeboat, and scrambled
into them the best way they could, taking with them
Captain Sloane. They had hardly got into the
boats before the masts, which had so far stood
firmly, together with the remaining portion of
the rigging and sails, came crashing about them
again threatening them with instantaneous death. From
this danger, however, they also escaped, and pulling
away from the Asturias, which was left burning, they
were picked up two hours afterwards by the bri-
gantine Success, of Dublin, bound to Caen,
and arrived about half-past nine on Monday morn-
ing at Mount's Bay. The crew stated that the
second mate and a seaman went below with a light, in
order to find something, and this caused the explosion.
It is also said that two ventilating hatches had been kept
open up to the time of the explosion. The men who were
on deck at the time of the catastrophe fared much worse
than those below, and the escape of any of the crew alive
is marvellous.
London, England, 1870-05-25

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MORNING EDITION.

THE GLOBE MARINE INSURANCE COM-
PANY (LIMITED).

Capital, £500,000, with power to increase, of which it is pro-
posed to call up only £lOO,OOO, or £4 per share.
£1 per share will be payable on application.
£3 „ f f „ allotment.

BANKERS :
The London Joint Stock Bank.
The Manchester and County Bank,
.. .

The List of Applications for Shares will be closed on Wednes-
day, the 25th instant, and the allotment wiil be made on Friday,
the 27th instant. . . • _

Copies of the Prospectus Circular can be obtained, and copies
of the Articles of Association can be inspected, on application to
Mr. Edward Carey, at Lloyds ; Messrs. G. and A. Liudo, Solici-
tors, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street, E.C. ; Messrs. Chad-
wick, Adamson, Collier, and Co., 65, Moorgate-street, E.C., and
64, Cross-street, Manchester ; and Messrs. Shepherd and Grieve-
son, 10, Old Broad-street, E.C.

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS.
London, England, 1870-05-25

RUPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of
Itsl and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical
men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment
of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its
effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-
Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and cicse
ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep.
A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
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body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu-
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London, England, 1870-05-25

BLOWING UP OF A SHIP.

The Western Morning News has the following particu-
lars of the calamity which occurred in the Bristol Channel :
—On Thursday morning the barque Asturias, owned by
Mr. Ramlett, of Boston, U.S., 800 tons register, sailed
from Cardiff for Hong Kong. The crew, which numbered
14 hands, all told, consisted of Captain S. W. Sloane,
the first officer the second officer, and 11 coloured sea;
men. Everything proceeded well until a quarter to ten on
Saturday morning, when, the vessel being at this time
about twenty miles west of Lundy Island, a fearful ex-
plosion took place. Commencing forward, the shock
travelled aft, laying open the cargo and stores, the deck
parting in the middle, dislodging the bulwarks and
stanchions, and throwing
,the crew about in all
directions. A coloured man named John Johnson, who
was at the wheel was flung in the air, and never seen
again. Another man was thrown into the sea, but he
caught a rope, and was hauled on board by means of it ;
and the men in the forecastle were tumbled over each
other, the forecastle rising and falling at the time, and
were buried in d4bris. The captain was found between
the main and mizen masts, bleeding . from the ears and
mouth and he flied twenty minutes afterwards. Two men
below were badly burnt, another had one of his thighs
broken, and a fourth was severely scorcheil. The ship
took fire and the men tnrew bodily into the water a fine
long boat, slightly injured, and a lifeboat, and scrambled
into them the best way they could, taking with them
Captain Sloane. They had hardly got into the
boats before the masts, which had so far stood
firmly, together with the remaining portion of
the rigging and sails, came crashing about them
again threatening them with instantaneous death. From
this danger, however, they also escaped, and pulling
away from the Asturias, which was left burning, they
were picked up two hours afterwards by the bri-
gantine Success, of Dublin, bound to Caen,
and arrived about half-past nine on Monday morn-
ing at Mount's Bay. The crew stated that the
second mate and a seaman went below with a light, in
order to find something, and this caused the explosion.
It is also said that two ventilating hatches had been kept
open up to the time of the explosion. The men who were
on deck at the time of the catastrophe fared much worse
than those below, and the escape of any of the crew alive
is marvellous.
London, England, 1870-05-25

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brought. The only delay in the matter arises from
a want of funds, but as a collection has
been now set on foot to defray the costs of
the legal proceedings, it is expected that a hearty
response will be given to the appeal for money by
those in the metropolis who believe that ladies have
some rights in the question of government which
may be established by a little strenuous exertion and
determination.
London, England, 1870-05-25

VOTING PAPERS.

A. past " deputy returning officer " affords the
public the benefit of his experience in reference to
the voting papers scheme of the Government. He
submits that, however delightful in theory, it is a
most unpractical one. In proof he in-
stances the necessary manipulation in the
folding up of the papers, which will never be pro-
perly accomplished in the hurry and turmoil of an
election by any but the more intelligent and cool-
nerved voters. Then the deputy-returning officer
is to be so careful in the way he opens
and unfolds the papers that neither he nor those
around him are to catch sight of the names of the
candidates voted for. The ceremonial prescribed he
really considers borders on the ridiculous. Besides
these difficulties, the past deputy sees no end of
others. If the voter is to retire to a compartment
alone to mark his vote and fold his paper, he believes
that the time thus occupied will be found so im-
mensely to retard the proceedings that the poll
would close before even a majority of the voters had
polled.
London, England, 1870-05-25

was something extraordinary. The consequence was
that the occupants of the strangers' and ladies' galleries,
as well as the reporters, had to withdraw, and the
debate was carried on until a quarter-past eleven,
whe❑ it was adjourned. Mr. T. Hughes then moved
for leave to introduce a bill, having for its object the
suppression of turf betting, and the evils arising
from horse-racing. He was successful, but no.
without a division.

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The Princess of Wales drovo out yesterday morning and
agz,in in the afternoon.
The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting of the Albert
Hall Committee, held at Marlborough House.
His Royal Highness in the evening dined with Lord
Houghton, in Upper Brook-street.
London, England, 1870-05-25

A FACT FOR EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS.

While our several rival leagues and unions and
associations are waging war to the knife over tech-
nical differences of detail and abstruse theo-
logical disquisitions, there are a few awk-
ward facts which it would be well not
to overlook. The Middlesex sessions have just opened,
and as usual the calender is a tolerably heavy one. It
contains the names of 71 prisoners, whose antecedents
and belongings are specified, as well as the crimes
with which they are charged. Let us see what rela-
tion these seventy-one English worthies bear to our
national and denominational perplexities. Of these
seventy-one, forty-one, or considerably more
than half, have been imperfectly edu-
cated; eight, or more than a tenth, can
get no further than elementary reading. Twenty-
one more can neither read nor write, while the
remaining one has been well educated ! So much for
the combination between vice and knowledge,
of whose dangers we have heard so much !
Truly, the easy and convenient fashion of suffering
our City arabs to grow into manhood untaught,
while we are settling whether we can reconcile the
elaborate doctrines of Catholic, and Church-
man, and Nonconformist, and whether the
Decalogue shall be taught before or after geography
and spelling, produces practical results that can
hardly, we should imagine, satisfy the religious
scruples of the denominationalists, or suit the philo-
sophical enlightenment of the secularists.
London, England, 1870-05-25

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WHO SHALL BE MAYOR ?

The Canadians are not content with Fenian
troubles on the frontier; they are indulging in a
small civil war in their chief city. Quebec has been
the scene of a most extraordinary municipal dispute.
Two 0-en tlemen claim the office of Mayor,and what is the
most remarkable part of the story, they appear to
have taken the law into their own hands in the
matter. M. Tourangeau claims to be the lawful mayor,
but M. Garneau, his rival, having succeeded in gaining
the control of the police by his own vote in the
Police Board, of which the acting mayor is
chairman, took possession of the City Hall.
M. Tourangeau, instead of ruling his fellow
citizens, found himself a prisoner, for M.
Garneau was determined to wield his wand of office
with resolution, and astumed, according- to the ac-
count, a kind of military dictatorship. A
military guard from the citadel garrison was,
by the last intelligence, in full possession
of the avenues to the City Hall, with orders to "let
anybody out, but nobody in." Very likely the
thieves and pickpockets of other cities would
have no objection to a double judicial
authority: if it ended in so convenient
a standing order for the guardians of the police
courts. Of course the good citizens of Quebec are
quite capable of managing their own business, but
prejudiced observers at a distance are a little puzzled
to know, while mayors, and police, and military are
all so busily employed, who is looking after the
thieves ?
London, England, 1870-05-25

THE THEATRES, &c.

ElvaAjtKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book.
And A Sias in the Dark.
PRINCE OF WILES'E—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest
Mamma.
LYCEUM—At 7,80, Jiis Own Rival, Breaking the Spell. At 8.30,
Little Faust.
ADELPIII.--At Seven, Paul Pry. The Prompter's Box. The En-

chanted Wood.
OLYMPIC -At Seven, Music bath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner.

—iie;Vaisity Boat 'Race,
GiIETY—At Seven, The Man of Quality, Tile Princess of Tre-

biZonde.

QtrEicieS —At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown.
f3TBAND.—At Seven, Loving Hearts, Sir George and a Dragon.
VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos.

BT. JAMES's—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage,
GLOBE—At Seven, The Man e' Adrift). Robert Macaire.
WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND nETOH Bp9K. Egyptian Hall, Pic-
cadilly, every
Kvening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturdayllorn-
legs at 3. Admission ls, 2s, 3s.
OITHIS'rE MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Eve Night, at A ; Wed-
nesday
s and Saturdays, at 2 and 8 all they ea ry
r round,'
MADAME TOSSAIJD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till
5.30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls.; extra
rooms, 6d

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Opan daily except Sun-
days). Admission, )s.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under
LWOITO,

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London, England, 1870-05-25

MIRACLE PLAYS.

A. visitor to Munich gives an interesting account
of the singular Passion Play, which was to be per-
formed at the little retired village of Ober-
Ammergau on Sunday last. This remote corner
of Bavaria- boasts the distinction of being the
only place at which the old traditional mysteries or
miracles are still performed. The Church at first
tolerated them, only stipulating that they should not
be played until the afternoon, for fear of their attrac-
tions withdrawing worshippers from the churches.
After a time, however, the rivalry grew dangerous,
and the 'anathema was directed against them. The
only one which survived the ecclesiastical maledic-
tions and.the restrictive deerees was the one we have
specified. At first they were too popular to be easily
suppressed, so the Church turned them to account
by interpolating a sermon between the parts. Our
modern oratorios are said to have originated
thus, as the members of the Oratory wrote hymns
and set them to music to draw the young people to
the churches. This device succeeded so well that a
musical sacred drama was called by the name of
" The Oratory." The play itself is of some-
what formidable dimensions, extending from nine
in the morning to six in the afternoon, so that the
audience or spectators, whichever they are called,
must be tolerably patient. Great interest is felt in
the performance at Ober-Ammergau on account of
its rarity, and strangers flock to the little village
from all parts of the continent to witness it.
London, England, 1870-05-25

THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL.

At a general conference of the clergy and Noncon-
formist ministers, at Nottingham, in reference to the
Government Education Bill, it was resolved that all
existing and future denominational schools established
under the provisions of the Bill be sustained and
managed as they are at present; but that in all elemen-
tary schools there should be a time-table conscience
clause—that is, a regulation fixing a definite period
during school hours, in which religious instruction
should be given, and during which any child whose
parents or guardians desired it should receive other
instruction instead. It was further resolved that
existing schools, where they are insufficient, should
be supplemented by schools to be erected and partly
maintained by local rates, and to be under the direction
of local school boards. Also that in such supplemental
schools religious instruction should be taken solely
out of the Bible, and only by the regular teacher, all
human creeds and formularies being excluded.
London, England, 1870-05-25

LADY GUARDIANS OF THE POOR.

The question of Miss Burdett Coutts's election as a
guardian of the Bethnal Green Union will shortly, it
is expected, be tried in the law courts. Mis,- Coutts,
it may be remembered, was nominated by a working
man, and although the lady received a majority ofvotes,
the clerk of the union did not take them into account
in the belief that a female could not hold office as a
guardian of the poor. The working-man proposer Mr.
Atkins by name, thereupon appealed to the Poor.
Law Board, who suggested that the case should
be referred for decision to a court of law, and to the
Court_ of Q.ueou'a Beuch .it will 119 W Mbablv be
London, England, 1870-05-25

ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT,

The repeal of an Act which, though of compara-
tively recent date, has long been absolutely obsolete,
is at length fairly in contemplation. The Ecclesias-
tical Titles Act is no longer to encumber our
statute book, in which it is certainly undesirable
to retain a mere dead letter. The bill now before
the House of Lords recites the Act of 1851, and also
the Irish Church Bill of last year, and pro-
ceeds to recite that no foreign prince or potentate
has power to confer any title or dignity within the
United Kingdom, and that all assumptions of
rank not conferred by the sovereign are wholly void,
but it is not necessary or expedient to impose
penalties on those ministers of religion who may be
designated by certain titles of office, even though
they are connected with the name of a town or place
within the United Kingdom.
London, England, 1870-05-25

NATIONAL TEMPERANCE LEAGUE.

Yesterday, what was designated a Missionary Con-
ference was held at the City Terminus Hotel, in connec-
tion with the above League, papers having been promised
by a number of returned missionaries, on the obstacles
presented by intemperance to ,the progress of Christian
missions. The Rev. Lord Wrottesley Russell presided,
but the attendance was not very large. The chairman in
opening the meeting, said they were engaged in a most
important work, and they had a large field before them.
They knew the great evil drink was at home, but how
much more mischief did it produce in heathen
countries, and how fearfully did it stand in
the way of the spread of Christian truth among the
heathen. It was their duty, first, to hold out their hand
and rescue these poor creatures from the effects of drink,
and then place within their reach the glad tidings contained
in the Bible. So far as he was concerned he
became a teetotaller for the sake of others, believing if he
did so he could extend his own usefulness as a servant of
God. He had not been disappointed in this respect, mid
now he adhered to the principle for his own sake. He
had carried it out consistently for seven years, and had
found himself a better man. He could do as much
work as he could before, and he brought a more unclouded
mind to bear in considering the various subjects which
came before him. He therefore hoped to see the useless-
ness of the society appreciated, and its good work suc-
cessful and greatly extended. Several interesting papers
were then read upon the subject. The paper of the Rev.
John Gritton, M.A.' secretary to the Lord's Day Obser-
vance Society, and formerly missionary in India, was
listened to with much interest. It dealt chiefly with the
evil effects of the opium traffic in that country.
Papers were also read by the Rev. T. W. Blanchard
(Wesleyan), formerly a missionary in Africa, and
others. Finally, it was agreed that a committee,
consisting of the Rev. John Gritton, M.A., anal
the Rev. Andrew Kesser, LL.D., be appointed
to draw up a set of pointed queries in reference
to intemperance and Christian missions, to be
forwarded to all British missionasies abroad, and
that the information so obtained be classified
under the direction of the committee of the National
Teinperance League. After the meeting tea and coffee
were served in the refresnment rooms, and in the evening
a conversazione took place.
London, England, 1870-05-25

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