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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-11

-ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS.-TO
THE PARISHIONER.; OF EN; GLAND and WALES. The
Easter Vestries will shortly be held You are invited to elect
only such Churchwardens as will act upon the principle that all
Parishioners (poor as well as rich) are equally entitled to the use
of their Parish Church. This is the principle of our Ancient Paro-
chial Law. and is also in accordance with the Teaching of the
Gospel. On behalf of The LW. DON FREE AND OPEN
CHURCH A-SOCIATION.
ALFRED BUCKLEY. Chairman of Sub. Committee.
S. R. TOWNSHEND MAYER, F.R.S.L. _

Papers on the subject may be had gratuitously on application to
the Resident Secretary, 25, Norfolk-street, Strand, 117.0.
London, England, 1870-04-11

A ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE AT PARIS,

A Roman amphitheatre has been unexpectedly dis-
covered at Paris. It is a remnant of the old city of
Lutetia, the capital of Transalpine Gaul ; and it is remark-
able that so long a time should have elapsed before a relic
of such dimensions and so interesting as been brought to
light. The stranger who may have happened to visit the
Pantheon will find himself about five minutes' walk from
this remarkable spot, by following the Rue Clovis and
turning to the left clown the Rue Thouin. This Gallo-
Roman amphitheatre, in which public games were held
as late as the period of the Merovingian Kings, occupies
the eastern side of the Mons Lucotitius, now the Mon-
tagne Ste. -Genevieve. M. Henri Martin, in the Siecle,
states that its existence was known under Philip Augus-
tus, a fact proved by a Latin poem written under that
reign by. a monk of the Abbey of St. Victor, who calls
it the " Great Circus." In the deeds of that period, it
is mentioned as the Clos des Arenes, but it had since
disappeared from the map, having become gradually
hidden under a thick deposit of rubbish from seven to
eight metres deep. About one-half of its vast oval is now
uncovered, in the Rue Monge, on the site where not many
years ago stood a convent of English nuns. The rows of
stone seats on this side are nearly all destroyed, but the
main walls, built of stone and Roman cement, without any
admixture of brick, are still in good preservation. Two
of the recesses in which the wild beasts used to be kept
are still visible. The style of building denotes a
later period than that of the Palais des Thermes.
Several medals, and the fragments of a rich turquoise
and lapis-lazuli necklace, with gold' clasps have already
been found, and more such relics are confidently
looked forward to. Whether this amphitheatae, which
occupies ground partly belonging to the Omnibus Com-
pany, and partly to a convent, is to be preserved is still
doubtful.
London, England, 1870-04-11

CAUTION.

MOSES and S 0 N
E• beg to inform the Public that thoy have adopted and
registered a TRADE MARK, consisting of the words " The
Standard," with the initials "E. M. & S." underneath, and that
henceforward every saddle of clothing manufactured by them will
have a label or ticket attached to it, with the said trade mark
printed thereon. All persons are hereby cautioned against imitat-
ing the said Trade Mark.
For trades and addresses see following advertisement.
London, England, 1870-04-11

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Lessee and Manager—Mr. Benjamin Wester.
THIS EVENING, at 7, YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER
After which, PAUL LAFARGE: Messrs. J. Rouse, W. Rig-
nold, Geo. Belmore, Vollaire ; Mesdames R. Leclercq and Le-
thiere.
With A DARK NIGHT'S WORK; Messrs W. Rignold, G.
Belmcre, H. Crellin ; Misses R. Leclercq, Barnett, itc.
London, England, 1870-04-11

OUR FOREIGN SQUADRONS.

• Mr. lands, M.P., has made _an attack on . the
policy of the nation With respect to the number
and size of the foreign squadrons maintained.
He commented on the numerous petty dis-
turbances created abroad by the presence of
a British fleet, and declared that in many parts of
the world the consequence was that the English
name was detested. China was the bugbear' on
which he dwelt most, the frequent rows between
our gunboats and the piratical populations of the
villages affording him scope for his attack. The
Army and Navy Gazette speaks on this new
at enipt to run a tilt on that "many-headed monster,"
the navy. It allows that flying squadrons might
suffice to preserve the efficiency of the service, but it
as'ts if the foreign squadrons could be abolished
without loss of prestige and power. "Once
withdraw our ships from Chin.i and neither
the seas would be navigable, nor residence
tolerable to peaceful traders." If foreign squadrons
were abolished, too, the money would be grudged
for the maintenance of flying squadrons, and it would
never do for the number of blue jackets to be re-
duced. The naval strength of many foreign Powers
is much larger than formerly, and any reduction
either in men or ships is a matter serious enough to
lead to the hope that Mr. Childers will stick to his
present policy.
London, England, 1870-04-11

MR. 'STIGGINS IN DIFFICULTIES.

A fellow with various aliases, whose proper name
should have been Stiggins, has been committed by
the Bilston magistrates for robbing a widow of a sovereign.
The man is 50 years of age, and appeared in the
dock, wearing dark coloured clothing and a white neck
tquth. Like his antetype, described by Charles Dickens,
Mr. Stiggins had a particular prediliction for that
class of humanity of which Mr. Weller, sen., had
so terrible a dread. Owing to the fact, perhaps, that the
local Mr. Welters were somewhat numerous about Bilston
and advised their Samuels never to marry a " vidder,"
Mr. Sti,,e__Tins had a rather extensive field for his opera-
tions. With the exception of the pine-apple rum, the
rev. gentleman seems to have taken a leaf out of the
earlier Stiggins book. His habit was to get some know-
ledge of the history and domestic relations of
needy widows ; and then to represent himself at
one time as a Methodist preacher, and at others as
a man of wealth who believed it to be " his
mission as a well -to- do Christian to promote
the well-being of widows" to visit them at their houses, read
the Scriptures to them and their children, and pray with
them. After such preludes he usually found little diffi-
culty. in obtaining refreshment, and by-an-by in inducing
his victims to believe that he was in earnest when he pro-
tested his intention of marrying them right away, and
placing them and their families beyond all farther want
in this life. This, in its turn, secured him bed
as well as board. In one instance the conduct
of the fellow was still more disgraceful. He
seduced a widow under promise of marrying her the fol-
lowing morning, instead of which he made off with a sove-
roign— all the money she was possessed of. He was
apprehended, and as the police have a long list of cases
a;ainst him, there is a chance of his acquaintance with
" vidder3" circumscribed for some time to come.
London, England, 1870-04-11

A TELEGRAPH KNIGHT.

The Pall Mall Gazette kindly gives Sir Francis
Ronalds, who was lately knighted, a little fame. Few
persons, we believe, know who Sir Francis Ronalds is,
and yet he was a man well worthy of more than the
distinction which is given to country mayors and
other small fry. He was the very first, either here
or abroad, to invent an electric telegraph so con-
structed as to be capable extensive
practical application, and • so far back as
1823 he fully developed its principle and
mode of action. Still earlier, viz., in 1816,
he had constructed a working electric telegraph, and
on offering it to the then Government received an
answer which can never be too often cited as an
illustration of official complacency; " Telegraphs of
any kind are now wholly unnecessary, and no other
than the one now in use will be adopted." Nothing
daunted by this apathy, Mr. Ronalds matured his
invention, and in 1823 published a " Description of an
Electric Telegraph, and of some other Electrical Appa-
ratus," in which he strikingly predicted the great
achievements which this splendid invention would
secure for mankind. "Why should not our Govern-
ment govern at Portsmouth almost as promptly as in
Downing-street? Why should our defaulters escape
by reason of our foggy climate." Alas ! no man is more
surely born to misery than he who is wiser than his
generation. Sir Francis Ronalds has lived, how-
ever, to see his triumph.
London, England, 1870-04-11

CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS.

The great meeting of Roman Catholics at the
Stafford Club, convened to consider Mr. Newdegate's
motion for a select committee to inquire into the cha-
racter of conventual and monastic institutions in this
country was strongly demonstrative against what
was termed this parliamentary inquisition." Sir
Charles Clifford, who first addressed the meeting
zharacterised Mr. Newdegate's motion as an endea-
vour to bring about an unconstitutional, tyrrani-
ml, and abominable act. He denounced
the principles of the motion in their entirety,
and if in the end they were obliged to submit to an
examination, it ought to be, he contended, in the
face of open day and before a court of law,
where evidence was given at the peril of the
slanderer and the perjurer. Lord Howard said
the Roman Catholic body asked for nothing exclusive,
but in a country of civil and religious liberty they
3ertainly asked that civil and religious liberty might
be extended to them. The Hon. W. North, Mr.
Stonor, and Mr. Charles Weld also addressed, the
meeting. The latter contended that the inquisition
would be a revival of the penal laws against Catholic
unions and institutions. Resolutions strongly ex-
pressing the feelings of the meeting against the pro-
posed motion were carried.
London, England, 1870-04-11

D OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
n Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh.

THIS EVENING, at Seven, WIDOWS' WEEDS. Messrs
Croueh, Turner, and Mesdames E. Button and Anstiss.
Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs.
James, Terry, Fenton; Mesdames Santley, Dashwood, Goodall,
Hughes, Anstiss. and Metcalfe.
And A FISH OUT OF WATER.
London, England, 1870-04-11

INCENDIARY FIRES.

This (Monday) morning Captain Shaw reported
two fires as having been caused by incendiarie
One was in an unfinished house belonging to a
builder named J. Lond, Situate at 130, Grant-road,
Plough-lane, Battersea. The flames were not ex•
tinguished until the building was burnt out, and the
roof off. The second wilful fire was on the estate
of Mr. T. Tapley, a farmer, known as Langley Farm,
South End, Lewisham. When discovered the
fire had obtained possession of a rick of wheat,
and from the fact that the four sides were on
fire at one time it was quite clear that some
evil disposed persons set fire to the wheat. The en-
gines and London Salvage Corps very promptly
attended, but the fire was not conquered until the
rick was nearly destroyed. The property was unin-
sured. Twelve other fires were also reported as
having occurred since six o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing up to six o'clock this (Monday) morning. One
was at Messrs. Daveys, lamp black factory, Marsh-
gate-lane, Stratord, by which the " Black House"
was burned out, and the roof of an adjoining build
ing burned. A fire that destroyed a part of the
premises of Mr. Byron, 5, St. John's-street, White-
chapel, also took place, and another destroyed the
flour stores of Mr. Wenzell, a baker, in Bow Com-
mon lane. A large fire also took place in the oil and
grease factory of Messrs. Barrett and Co., Meeson's-
wharf, Stratford, which was destroyed.

Air. Barry has pubilshed a letter in reference to
the demand made by the Office of Works, in which he
states that he hall offered to furnish Mr. Ayrton with
those drawings which he has himself prepared for works at
the Houses of Parliament. This (observes the Architect)
does not touch the question as to the bulk of the drawings
in Mr. Barry's possession, which are those prepared by
the late Sir Charles Barry.
DISASTER IN VIENNA.—A serious accident has
occurred in Vienna, in the street Maximilian. Some
scaffolding, fell down and killed, it is said, nine persons,
seriously wounding seven others, and slightly injuring
many more. The Emperor himself went to the scene of
the disaster, and gays .
%,:roctions for the relief of the
sufferers.
London, England, 1870-04-11

ACCIDENT TO A MAIL TRAIN.

The mail train from the north to London, on the
Lancaster and Carlisle section of the North-Western
Railway, met with a very serious accident yesterday
morning, at Greyrigg Bank, six miles north of Oxen-
holme, in Cumberland. At about half-past one,
whilst travelling at the rate of nearly fifty miles
an hour, all the carriages suddenly left the
rails, ploughing up the ground, and creating
the most alarming confusion. Some of the
carriages were seriously damaged. The engine,
and a guard's van immediately behind it, kept
upon the rail. The driver stopped the engine
immediately, and afterwards, to prevent a collision,
steamed to Oxenholme, giving instructions for all
the trains going north to be stopped there. Whilst
this was being done a messenger was des-
patched northwards to keep back all the trains
proceeding south. On looking through the car-
riages at the scene of the accident, it was found
that "several passengers had been seriously injured.
They were conveyed to Oxenholme, temporarily
attended to by a surgeon there, and thence sent on
to Kendal. Some new rails are being laid where
the accident happened, and it is supposed that the
packing of some of the sleepers had become loose and
caused them to give way. The mail was delayed
between three and four hours.
London, England, 1870-04-11

THE APPAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE
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WORKMAN,HIP, and LOWEST PRICES, at
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Every description of Clothing ready-made or made
to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes,
at E. ➢LOSES and SON'S.

For the convenience of Ladies accompanying
their Sons there is a separate department for Boys'
Clothing, and it is furnished with a splendid assort-
ment of Suits, Ov,rcoats, and Clothing, for all occa-
sions, including all the favourite designs and the
most fashionable materials.

Orders by Post are attended to with care and
punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of
self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON
enables them to guarantee a faultless fit.

Any article not worn or injured will be exchanged,
or, if desired, the money will be returned.

All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from
whichno abatement can be made.

The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and
Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is unequalled for mag-
nitude, variety, and cheapness.

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

Complete Outfits for all climates, with every re-
quisite for the v)yage.

List of Prices, with Rules for elf-measure, Pat-
terns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free.

E. MOSES and SON, Ready made and Bespoke
Tailors, Habitmakers, Wooliendrapers, Hatters,
Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General
Outfitters for all classes.

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

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

LONDON

CORNER OF 31INORIES AND ALDGATE.

NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET.

CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON-

ROAD.

Country Branch:

BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.
London, England, 1870-04-11

THE FRENCH MINISTRY.

Rumours of Ministerial changes have been rife in Paris.
M. Buffet, the Minister of Finance, was confidently said
to have resigned, and there appears to have been some
truth in the statement ; but the Minister was afterwards
induced to retain his place. It seems that
M. Buffet was in reality very much of the same
opinion as M. de Choiseul with respect to the desirability
of a plebiscite being discussed in the Chamber of Deputies
before being submitted to the people. M. Buffet, upon
hearing M. 011ivier's positive refusal to allow the interpel-
lation, concluded to resign, and, as was observed at the
time, abstained from voting in the division on the ques-
tion. A subsequent conferenee with the rmperor and his
colleagues brought about a compromise, by which M.
Buffet consented to retain his place on condition that
in future any plebiscite should be submitted to
the Chamber for discussion. A report has been circulated
to the effect that M. Magne (who was Minister of Finance
in the previous Administration) is to replace M. Buffet
and M. Drouyn de Lhuys is to succeed Count Daru at
the Foreign Office. Both these statements are denied,
but the Liberte, generally well informed in Ministerial
matters, points out significantly the frequent communi-
cations between the two statesmen and. remarks that
their policy on the German and Roman • 'questions is
identical.
London, England, 1870-04-11

NOTICE AND CAUTION.

MACNIVEN AN I) CAMERON,
Proprietors of the renowned Waverley, Owl, and Pickwick
PENS, beg to intimate to the Trade that the NILE PEN is patented,
and that the Name and Trade Mark "Phaeton" are registered.
Several parties who infringed our rights have by the i aw Courts
of England and Scotland been found liable in heavy damages. A
Reward will be given for information of the manufacturing or of
the vending of spuri ms imitations. 717 JOURNALS have recom-
mended these Pens to their Readers; see Blackwood's Magazine
for May, IS7'.
Standard says: - "The Waverley Pen Is a treasure "
Sun says:—" 1 hey create both wonde: and delight."
Sold everywhere, ls per uox By Post, ls ld.
MA C EN & CAMERON,
23, BLAIR-STREET, EDINBURGII.
A GENTS—MILLINGTON & HUTTON, LONDON; and
FAEDERICK GREEN & CO. 21, WALL-STREET, NEW YORK.
Shippers supplied by the Patentees.
London, England, 1870-04-11

THE UNIVERSITY BILLIARD MATCH.

The betting man has little opportunity for
sharp practice in the University Boat Race, know-
ing that it is won and lost upon its merits alone.
The Daily News cannot say so much for
the University Billiard Match. It began
and ended in a discreditable scene of open
riot. Before the play commenced a loud and
angry protest was raised against the single match, on
the ground that Mr. Richardson, who was selected to
represent Cambridge, was disqualified. The remon-
strants were not undergraduates, but professional bil-
liard-players and -betting meirvlio had staked large
sums on the event. Richardson, who was to play
Lascelles, the Oxford representative, was supposed
to be more than a match for his opponent, and
the betting men who had backed " Oxford against
Cambridge,"—not, it must be observed, " Las-
celles against Richardson "—were anxious to get
a worse representative for Cambridge. Hence
all the row and confusion. Mr. Richardson gave
way, and the result was that Oxford gained an
easy victory over the Cambridge second-best man.
If such proceedings as these occur again, the• public
will begin to associate the University Billiard Match
with gentlemen of very doubtful character. With re-
gard to the disqualification of Mr. Richardson, a
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that on-
cool reflection there are few who will justify the ob-
jection raised against the proposed representative of
Cambridge. lie had been elected weeks before, and
it was well known that he was a graduate. The
objection of his being of too long standing was un-
tenable.

TItF. LATESI EDITION of "THE SUN,'
supplied as so pn as published, containing all the LATEST
NEWS Lud SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H. W. HARRIS,
Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road , London.
London, England, 1870-04-11

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, April 10, 11 40 p.m.

Buffet and Darn have resigned. Their successors
will not be appointed till after the Plebiscite.
Parieu and Olivier will take charge of the Minis-
tri, sad interim. The other Ministers are expected
to remain for the present.
M. de Banneville left to-night for Rome with a
Note to the Council, but its presentation will pro-
bably be deferred.

PARIS, April 11.

It is asserted in offic!al quarters that M. Mangani
is certain to be elected at Lyons, in opposition to M.
Ulric de Fonvielle.

The rumours of the ill health of the Emperor are
wholly unfounded. During the past week his
Majesty has hold several reviews on horseback, and
has actively and regularly transacted the business of
the State.

Count Daru, up to the present time, has not
withirawn his resignation.

LYONS, April 11.
M. Mangini, the Conservative candidate, has been
elected by 15,348 votes, M. Ulric de Fonvielle poll.
iog 7,827.
BOURSE, April 9.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

11 per Cent.
per Cents 73 50
Erd of month 73 85
'.)redit Mobilier 268 7.5
Transatlantic 2OO

Bank Shares 2817 50
Ital'an wives 55 40
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan 334 50
Do. Debt 47 55
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred —

Orodit Foncier 1270
Paris Gas 1717 50
Suez Canal 272 50

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North of Spain
Saragossa
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AMERICA.
(By Cable).

NEW YORK, April 9.
The North German Lloyd steamer BLltimore ar-
rived out at Boston to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1131 ; the highest quotation during the day
was 113; ; the lowest, 1121.

,
Sterling Exchange on London
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882
1885
If 1867
10-40 „
Illinois
Erie - 251
Cotton—Mid. upland
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour—Extra Stato, $t 40c. to $5 Oc. Corn—Old
tnixei, $t 9e

PLY3IOUTfi, April 11.

The Hamburg and Americal Company's t arn er
Saxonia, from New York, has arrived hen; Hi h 89
passengers, 89 sacks of mails, and $1,200 in specie
Four passengcri,, 58 sacks of mails, al:d specie were
landed here, and the Sasonia proceeded for Cher-
bourg.
The mails were forwarded by special train at
8.30 a.m.

The Saxonia, experienced heavy easterly gales and
high seas from New York to lat. 37 west, then
light westerly and variable winds. On April 1 she
passed the Norwegian steamer Columbia, bound
west ; on the 3,1 an Inman steamer, and on the 10th
a North German Lloyd steamer, both steering wes t.
NEW YORK, April 10.
The Guion steamship Nevada arrived here at one
p.m. to-day.
London, England, 1870-04-11

VOTES FOR WOMEN.

Mrs. Fawcett continues her lectures in different
parts of the country on the electoral disabilities of
women. Her last address was delivered at
Greenwich, to an audience consisting largely of ladies.
rho able lady's arguments were necessarily a
repetition of these which she so elaborately discussed
at Brighton a little while ago. Mrs. Fawcett urges
that women are not indifferent to the franchise, that
there are many obnoxious laws which would be
doolisbea Qr ot right if W 0133011 had_ votes. and that

there can be no objection to conCe7ing the iranchise
to the class. She argued that a woman should be
something more than merely a housekeeper or nurse,
whilst the argument that politics would withdraw
women from domestic duties was equally applicable
to women attending meetings, reading newspapers,
going for a walk, or going to church, &c. She
doubted whether the male electors of the borough of
Greenwich devoted an hour a week to their political
opinions; and women were not therefore likely to
let politics interfere with the comfort and duties of
home. Her experience was that women who
devoted a fair attention to the public questions of
the day had the best-managed homes. It is objected
by some that if women once got votes, they would
strive to enter Parliament. This Mrs. Fawcett holds
is entirely a question for the constituencies to settle,
London, England, 1870-04-11

THE LIBERAL PATLIT.

The reduced number of followers which Mr,
Gladstone leads into the lobby, and the refractory
behaviour of the Radicals, are political symptoms too
grave to be overlooked. The Spectator thinks the
position of affairs very threatening. The members for
Brighton, Mr. Fawcett and Mr. White, are both of
them confirmedly cavernous this session, and so
apparently is Sir C. Dilke, for Chelsea, and Sir H.
Hoare often runs with his colleague.
Mr. P. A. Taylor never grudges a blow to
any Government, and Mr. Morrison, if not
actually cavernous, is steadily tending to the
concave—has reached what the mathematicians
call the point of " contrary flexure." " Then, again,
Mr. W. Fowler, M.P. for Cambridge—able and
sagacious man, of great culture and cautious ways
—moves an amendment on the Irish Land Bill on
Thursday night, which Mr. Gladstone declares must
lead to the failure of the bill if it is carried, and
while several of its other Liberal supporters walk out
of the blouse Mr. Fowler declines to withdraw it, and
places the GovernMent in the narrowest majority of
the session—only 32. It does not look nice."
London, England, 1870-04-11

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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1870.

SHARE LIST.

RAILWAYS-ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Closing Business
Paid. Name. Quotations. done.
St Bristol and Exeter lOO 77 78 771 1
St Caledonian 100 771 79 781 1
St Cambrian lOO 15 20
20 Cornwall all 21 3/
St Dublin and Belfast Junction-100
St Dun, Prth, and Aber. Junc 100 7.0 7.2
20 East London all 4 6
20 Do
20 Do
St Glasgow and S.Western 100 111 113
St Grcat Eastern lOO 371 L9l 391 1
St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 6:- 71
St Great North of Scotland 100 13- 16
St Great Northern 100 114 115 118
St Do A 100 119 1191 1211
St Do B. lOO 126 128
St Gt. So. and West (Ireland).-100 98 100
St Great Western - Consolid 100 681 691 G 9 1
St Do South Wales 100 68 70
St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45
St Do do Newport-100 36 38
St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 1251 1271 1281 1
St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 451 41
St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 141 151
St Do Metrop Extension A 100 9 11
St London and North Western 100 1231 123/ 1251 5
St London and South Western-100 881 891 881 1
St Mauch, Shef, and Lincolnsh.loo 51 511 51/
St Do New. issued at £5O dis 3O .- ...
St Metropolitan lOO 791 80 78 71
St Do Preferred... lOO ... ...
St Do Deferred 100
10 Do Redeemable 111 .9j 101
St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 38 .i.
St Midland - 100 1241 125 12511
St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 91
St North British. lOO 31 35 311
St Do Ediu, Perth, and Dunde 100 13 15
St North Eastern--Berwick lOO 1261 1271 135
St 'Do Leeds 100 841 851 90
St Do York
St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 178 180 ;
St North London 100 116 118
10 Do New, 1868 6} .11 I 1
St North Staffordshire 100 59 61
St North and So. West. Junct 100 102 105
St Rhymney lOO 52 54
St Shropshire Union 100 62 63
St South Devon 100 46 48
St South Eastern 100 741 75-1
St Do Preferred ...100 1091 1101 1101 10
St Do Deferred... lOO 41 411 43
St Staines, Wok'ham, & Wok');. all 121 131
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Albert Gibson, picture frame maker, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to p'ck the
pocket of Ellen Gray, a servant, at Camden New-
road, Kensington, while on the platform of the
Portland-road station of the Metropolitan Railway.
The I,rosecutrix said she was about entering a car-
riage at the Portland-road station last night when
she felt a pull at her dress, and thought it was
done by her sister, but on turning round she saw the
prisoner in the hands of an inspector, who said he
had seen the prisoner's band in her pocket. Albert
Morgan, station inspector, said that seeing the pri-
soner on the platform, and knowing he was regularly
" working " the line, he watched him, and saw him
put his hand into the prosecutrix's pocket, and he
then took him into custody. It having been proved
that he was an old hand he was sent to prison for
three months with hard labour.
London, England, 1870-04-11

THAMES.

John Smith, described as an engineer, and the
landlord of the Black Horse, a house of public enter=
ment, in Catherine-street, Bromley, was brought
before Mr. Lushington, charged with assaulting
George Church, of No. 60, St. Leonard-road,
Bromley. It appeared that the prisoner is in the
service of a steam-tug company, and was quarrelling
with his wife, and said in the hearing of the complain.
ant, "If I was to murder her, they would hang me,"
on which Clarke observed, " And serve you right,
too ;" on which the prisoner struck him a heavy
blow with his fist, and knocked him down. The
prisoner then brutally kicked the complainant on the
mouth while he was on the ground, and dislodged two
of his teeth. The Prisoner—l was the worse for drink,
sir. Mr. Lushington—And committed this cowardly
assault. You courted an observation from the com-
plaivant, and then knocked him down, and deprived
him of two teeth. You are quite unfit to keep a
public-house. I sentence you to six weeks' imprison-
ment and hard labour. The Prisoner—Will you
take a fine, sir ? I can pay a fine. Mr. Lushington
I daresay you can ; I will take no fine. Six weeks'
hard labour.
London, England, 1870-04-11

TOUN G °SNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
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gives the teeth a pearl whiteness protects the enamel from decay,
and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—
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London, England, 1870-04-11

OVER-REGULATION PURCHASE.

The Royal Commission to inquire into the
practice of officers paying higher sums for their pro-
motion than is authorized by the War Office, has
b3en gazetted. The chairman is Sir George
Grey, G.C.8., and amongst the Commissioners
are the Earl •of Devon, General Peel, Sir James
-Yorke Scarlett, G.C.8., and others. They are com-
manded to obtain information by the examina-
tion of all persons most competent to afford it,
with respect to the extent and manner . in
which the alleged practice has been carried on,
and all the circumstances that will throw light on
the matter. There seems to be little doubt that the
circumstances of the practice must be almost as well
known to most of the Commissioners as the existence
of it, but of course many witnesses will be called,
amongst whom the army agents will necessarily
figure most conspicuously. The result of the inves-
tigation will be waited for with interest by those
who have ascended the military ladder by the rapid
and potent agency of gold.
London, England, 1870-04-11

MR. MURPHY AND THE PRESS.

Af. Whalley's famous missionary has received
arsh treatment from newspaper writers. One
journal delicately informed Mr. Murphy that he was
sure to meet a violent death through some of
his lecture riots—an exceedingly consolatory assur-
ance, to which the Protestant champion attributes
much of the ,uproar at Woolwich. The press, too,
has done much injury to the Protestant cause
by terming these disturbances " Murphy
Riots," instead of "Papist Riots," as they obviously
ought to be. Mr. Murphy's view of the matter is
that he should abuse a section of the community and
denounce their religion at will, whilst they calmly and
benignantly look on. Possibly it might be better if the
Catholics did take no notice of Murphyism, but
human nature is not always guided by the logic of
things.

CAN THE JOCKEY CLUB PREVENT BETTING ?
According to " Senex," who writes to the Daily
Telegraph the letterA of Muliral Rona and Sir Joel:1h

nawley navelecl to Satisty the public irdetner tne
Jockey Club, as at present established, is or is not
competent to take cognisance of betting. " Senex,"
in his modesty, does not presume to assist the
public in deciding. between the arguments contained
iii the letters of the authorities in question, but
ventures to recapitulate the votes by which
in 1857 the Jockey Club, under the guidance of Lord
Derby, and with the sanction of Admiral Rous, em-
phatically asserted its right to take legislative cogni-
zance of betting. At a general meeting of
the Club in that year, Lord Derby, he
says, moved, " That all bets on handicaps
made previously to the publication of the weights, be
declared null and void," but withdrew this motion
in favour of General Peel's, "that the Jockey Club,
highly disapproving the practice of betting on han-
dicaps previously to the declaration of the
weights, recommend to the Committee of
Tattersall's not to recognise any bets so made, or
to inflict any punishment for the non-
payment of them." This resolution was carried, in
spite of an amendment moved by Lord, Anglesey,
"That so long as the rule passed in 1842 is allowed
to remain, the Jockey Club is not in a position to
interfere with betting at all." " Senex " trusts that
after this we shall never again hear the arguments of
the gallant admiral against the competency of the
club repeated from his own or any other lips.

THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen
every Evening, at Eight o'cloec, at Mr. 431-mutAx's,
Wheatsheaf," High-street, Camden-town.
London, England, 1870-04-11

TIIE SUEZ CANAL.

M. de Lesseps has presented his report to the Suez
Canal Shareholders, at Paris. It shews that about
£320,000 will be required this year to complete or improve
the works. The total number of vessels that passed through
the canal from the day of its opening to the 15th
March was, it appears, 209, representing 146,631 tons.
Of these 56,052 tons were English vessels, 34,390 French,
17,666 Egyptian, 14,625 Austrian, 7,386 Italian, 4,178
Russian, 4,000 Norwegian, 3,200 Dutch, 880 German, 528
Spanish, 3,015 Prussian, 369 Portuguese, and 342 Turkish.
Of the 209 vessels, 200 were steamers, the others were sail-
ing vessels. The tolls collected were from 79 vessels, of
54,644 tons (130 vessels being exempt, having passed
through at the opening of the Canal), realising £247,254,
and the amount from small vessels as transit dues, £8,410. En
gland
has respect to England, the report says :—" ngland
has from the first day been able to utilise •the
canal largely. You have seen what an imposing commer-
cial fleet she has sent to it, and that fleet augments every
day. Building-yards work literally night and day in the
United Kingdom in transforming or building vessels. We
could cite to you a single company which, in its calcula-
tions, has put down an annual payment of £lOO,OOO fot
the canal.'
London, England, 1870-04-11

THE FRENCH ACADEMY.

The two new members of the French Academy are
each deserving of the honour which they have
gained. One is M. Emile 011ivier, the first
Prime Minister under the now Constitutional
rule, an able scholar, one of the best French orators,
and a good, though not a famous writer. Even the
Irreconcileables, who are so fiercely at feud with M.
011ivier, do not grudge him this honour. The other
new member is M. Jules Janin, a man much less
known to fame. M. Janin, however, is a literary
veteran, whose occupation has been at once his
livelihood and his delight. In his youth he wrote
some novels; which Were deemed detestable even in
France; but in his later years he has devoted himself
to culture and literature of a much higher
order. He is a first-class dramatic critic,
and his translation of Horace is one of the best.
These two new members replace Lamartine and
Sainte Beuve. M. Janin, as soon as his election
was known, received a telegraphic despatch from
England, bringing him the congratulations of his
royal friends on the banks of the Thames. The her-
mit of Passy is reported to have exclaimed on
learning his success, " Ah, my mother-in-law will
at last believe that I am worth something as a
writer."

THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at
Mr. MAI:MON r'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street.
Stni.nd.
London, England, 1870-04-11

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London, England, 1870-04-11

MR. MILL AND EDUCATION.

Mr. Mill's non-sectarianism is stronger even than
the Spectator gave him credit for. According to
dome report of a speech of his, he was represented to
advocate the system of British schools, the merely
formal reading of the Bible "as a kind of grace be-
fore meat." Mr. Mill writes to say that he decidedly
objects to the British schools system. It is preferable
to pure denominationalism, but it is bad nevertheless
—unjust to Catholics, Jews, and Secularists. No
religious teaching whatever is Mr. Mill's view of the
matter.
London, England, 1870-04-11

MONETARY REPORTS.- SATURDAY

A quiet feeling has been noticed in the Stock Exchange
markets to-day. On the whole, however, the tone has
been tolerably satisfactory, and the movements in prices
nave been favourable generally. Consols have been quiet
but firm, at 93i to 932 for delivery, and 93.2 to 931 for
May. Reduced and New Three per Cents, 91i to 924•
Exchequer Bills par to ss. prem. Bank stock has marked
235 ex. div. India Five per Cents have been done it 113,
1131, and India Bonds at 20s. to 255. prem. Exchequer
Bills par to ss. prem.

For English railway stocks there has been a fur
average demand, and although realisations have occasion-
ally weakened prices, the bulk of the alterations have
indicated the prevalence of firmness. Caledonian hag
risen Great Northern ditto Al, London, Chatham,
and Dover and London and North-Western ; but
South Eastern has fallen Metropolitan District and
Great Western f.

Indian railway stocks have been quiet, and without
change. Canadian shares have been flat. Foreign have
sold slowly, and South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian
have been lower.

The demand for foreign bonds has been quiet ; but with
the exception of Spanish, which have fallen prices have
been well maintained, and in some instances a slight im-
provement has ensued. Turkish securities have been firm•
The 1858 and 1862 have risen I, and the Five per Cents
Russian Anglo-Dutch have been / better, and Peru-
vian 1865 and Egyptian 1868 have advanced i; bnt
Italian 1861 have receded 1 per cent.
In American securities the transactions have been
limited. The Five-Twenty (1885) Bonds have fallen it, and
Illinois Central shares I.

Mining shares have been dealt in quietly, and there has
not been much demand for Bank shares.

In telegraph shares very little business has been doing.
Anglo-American and French Cables have fallen and I
respectively, but Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta have
been it better.

Hooper's Telegraph Works have been in request, at an
advance of , on the rumour of a fresh extensive contract.
Telegraph Construction and Silver's Indiarubber have
been quiet. For other miscellaneous securities there has
been only a moderate demand, at about previous quota-
tions.

The report of the Anglo-Austrian Bank shews that the
net profit for the year had been 7,192,615 florins, Austrian
currency, or equivalent to 54 per cent. on the paid-up
capitaL It is intended to issue fresh shares.

There has been a moderate demand for money to-day,
and three months' paper has been taken at 211 per cent.
No bullion operations have taken place at the Bank
to-day.

The report of Reuter's Telegram Company, to be pre-
sented on the 13th inst., chews an available balance of
£23,203. An interim dividend at the rate of 2 per cent.
has been already paid, and a further dividend is now
recommended at the rate of 7i per cent. This will
absorb £22,912, and leave a balance of £290 to be carried
forward.
London, England, 1870-04-11

hilate all confidence in Great Britain in the pro-
tection of the law. With the Report of the Imperial
Land Company of Marseilles before us, we cannot
be surprised at the gullibility of the shareholders.
The solid, substantial character of the undertaking
is represented by the massive paper, the grand
maps, the splendid architectural dimensions of the
buildings, the plans of the estate, numbering in all
no less than four, together with a Special Report,
to which the shareholders are referred as the state-
ment of four gentlemen totally unconnected with
the company, except as shareholders, fully auditing
and verifying every particular. To read what is said,
it would be imagined that four intelligent gentle-
men hadbeen taken at random; but it appears,how-
ever, on looking more closely, that these sharehold-
ers are the auditors of the company, a very reliable
authority as numerous instances have since shown.
Turning from the statements to the persons who
make them, we find that three of those who figure in
the Vice-Chancellor's Report are M.P's. Such great
institutions, as the National Bank, and the defunct
Agra and Masterman's Bank, were the bankers,
everything being on the same highlyrespectable,even
grand, scale. But when all is examined in detail, it ap-
pear that three of the Directors were also Directors
of the National Bank; three were likewise Directors
of the Crddit Foncier, while two were Directors of
the Agra and • Mastermans' Bank, Mr. JOHN
MASTERMAN being the seller of the land. This is
what in-America is called a " ring," and we desire
to direct the attention of the City Editor of the
London Times to such an interesting clique when he
next sets to work to abuse the operators of New
York, and to read homilies to the American com-
mercial emporium. All we can add is, that no
more disastrous undertaking was launched than
this Imperial Lind Company of Marseilles, and
it was when on the eve of the most awful smash
that the Directors had the satisfaction of present-
ing the Report before us showing "the solid basis
upon which the undertaking was originally founded
and upon which it still rests."
London, England, 1870-04-11

THE THEA TRES, &c.

ADIMPIPI.—At Seven, My Precious Betsy. The Prompter's Box,
hitebait at Greenwich.
HAYMARKET—At Seven, A Co-Operative Movement. At 7.40, New
Men and Old Acres. And No Song No Supper.
OLYMPIC—At Seven, Little Enfly. The Princess
GAIETY—At Seven, Young Hopeful. 'Uncle Dick's Darling. The
First Night.
QUERN s—At Seven, Quick March. At 8.15, 'Twixt Axe and Crown
TRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds. Sir George ani a Dragon.
A Fish Out of Water
ST. JAMES'S—A t Seven, She Stoops to Conquer. At 9.15, La Belle
Sauva,ge. An Unhappy Pair
PrzNeE CF WALES'S—At Eight, School. Dearest Mamma. Quite
19y Accident
GLOBE—At Seven, Philomel. The Ticket of Leave Man.
WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca-
dilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at 5; Saturday 3101 n-
ings at 3. Admission, Is, 2s, 3s.
CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till %30
p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, is.; extra rooms, Gd.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, Open daily (except Sundays).
Adatission. Is.• on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve. ed.
London, England, 1870-04-11

THE BALLOT.

Amongst the States which are instanced as fine
examples of the successful working of secret voting,
Greece surely cannot be one. The municipal elec-
tions have just been held in that kingdom.
They extended over four days, and deve-
loped some remarkable electioneering liveliness.
At two places the elections were put off because
there were not troops enough to protect the ballot
box. At Thebes one man was shot by a soldier; two
more men were shot at Nauplia ; at a village near
Corinth five men were killed and several wounded;
at a fourth place one faction carried the roof off a
polling place ; and at a fifth the ballot boxes were
destroyed. At the general election,. matters
were still worse, slim 78 persons having fallen
victims to party rage. These facts, which are reported
by a correspondent of the Standard, certainly give
one a high opinion of electioneering equanimity in
Greece. The only point to be cleared ud
is, what is the connection between these pr0:4,1,11.0s
:4,1,11.os and the ballot P If Greek electors shoot
each other in party rage, it is not clear that open
voting would mend matters. The country is in a
state of semi-barbarism, and the representation of
the pe.ople is merely a fiction, for it is notorious that
the reigning Ministry always has, and takes care to
ha NT, a good working majority.
London, England, 1870-04-11

THE DISTURBANCES IN SPAIN.

A special telegram of the Standard says that constant
attempts are being made to raise barricades in Barcelona
which are as constantly resisted by the troops, who were
expecting reinforcements before the general attack. Prim
has despatched General Baldrick from Madrid to direct the
attack. The rebels are burning the railway bridges. The
insurrection is continuing in Sans Sabadell, Andres,
Gracia, and Clot.

Mr. Jefferson Davis is said to be writing a noyel
relating to the Mexican war.
London, England, 1870-04-16

NATIONAL MISFORTUNES.

Seldom has a more miserable fate befallen any
state or province than that which has been ex-
perienced by East Prussia and, though in a less
degree, by Finland and neighbouring districts. Ever
since 1863 the history of this region has been a series
of disasters : extreme wet, cold, and heat have either
swamped the country and made it nearly impossible
to cultivate the soil, or the vegetation has been de-
stroyed by cold or parched by heat. Cholera and
typhus have added to the distress occasioned by the
contin'ious failure of the crops in these provinces,
which are without any resources except agriculture.
The consequences have been most severely felt. Trade
in grain, instead of flowing from east to west, has been
convulsed, and has flowed from west to east. Landed
proprietors have not been able to meet their
engagements, and the merchants and others who
have made them advances, and given them
credit as usual, cannot get their money back.
There is deep despondency among all classes. Whilst
the Prussian Monarchy has advanced in fame and
fortune, this Eastern province has suffered the ex-
treme of wretchedness.