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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-09

Threo ran.
HURDLE 11ANDICAP.

Warlike .
Pretty John
Ada Penelope

2

Salliet
Perambulator

Four ran.
SEFTON HANDICAP.

Fuzee 3

Five ran.
MARCH STAKES.

Sovereign „.

HURDLE PLATE.

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Verulam .4 I.

Four run.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.

Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. The ma'
dull.

Bank- of France.

PARIS, March 3.
The following is the return of the Bank of Fra•
for the week ending to-day, together with the
responding figur3s of the previous account:—
mm.on.

Feb. 24.

March 3.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,014,776
Reserve of the Think
and its branches
Reserve of landed pro-

182,500,000

perty
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-

rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris 2
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry

interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not

distributed
S uudrios

Total
CUE

Cash in hand and in
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 2
Do. branch banks 2!
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fonder
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to tho State (Con-
veutiun, June 10,
1837) 6
Government Stock re-

sorve

Do. disposable
Reutes Innnobalisdes
(Law, Juno '2, 1857) If
aotol and furniture of
the Bbuk and landed
propel ty branches
Expenses of manage-

nient
S undries

Total
Ceitifted by the Senator-Governor of the B.
of France.

1
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N MARKET.—(THIS
or 10,000 bales. The mark;'
Of France.
PARIS, March 3. 4.
return of the Bank of FranO
-day, together with the cnr,
he previous account:—
'Enron.
March 3. Feb. 24.
fr. c. fr.
182,500,000 182,500,000 ".
7,044,776 02 7,014,776,
22,105,750 22,105,750
4,000,000 4,000,000 •1
414,459,200 1,418,520,400 s'
43,570,149 82 41,921,322 2
158,513,830 25 153,480,915 IF'
294, 81,573 16 303,425,453 6-
46,158,669 49,256,499 --
1,871,511 2,129,145 --
3,560,574 60 2,937,133 32
1,305,522 15 1,305,522 15
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8,231,462 19 73,339,522 27
187.815,039 33 2,193,993,868 91
EDITOR.
March 3. Feb. 24.
fr. c. fr. c.
247,518,098,,,71 1,235,514,821 88
812,236 61 123,719 19
294,855,193 07 292,759,689 61
190,866,997 282,802,571 —10,P56,900 12,116,800
1,462,500 1,662,100
19,219,300 18,941,600
7,019,750 7,775,950
39,412,600 39.421.5:,0
32,448,650 31,031,550
1,154,500 1,140,100
1,249,100 ],211,000
60,000,000 60,000,000
12,930,750 14 12,980,750 14
80,595,187 21 80,595,187 21
00,000,000 100,000,000
9,082,030 , 9,082,891
275,673 40 474,888
6,293,471 :33 8,297,81(3,
187,815,039 33 2,195.993,868
tor-Governor of the Ba
(Signed) ROULAI D
London, England, 1870-03-09

THE FAMINE IN JEUUSALE3f.

Sir Moses Montefiore—the most distinguished of
the benevolent Jews of this country—sets an
example of real Christian charity, in the fullest
sense of that many-sided word, which is well worthy
of being followed. Ho appealed some time since
for funds to relieve the famine prevailing
amongst his Hebrew brethren at Jerusalem. It
suddenly struck him that others besides his co-reli-

gienists were in want, and ho sent to inquire. In
return ho received the following telegram :—"Pooror
classes all communities suffering. Scarcity water.
Crops threaten fail." As soon as he received this
notice he forwarded £lOO to the Bishop of
Jerusalem, and the same amount to the Gover-
nor of the city, one sum to be divided amongst
the Christians, the other amongst the I\lohame-
dans; and he now asks for funds to be distributed in
the same truly " unsectarian " manner.
London, England, 1870-03-09

TUJ MALT TAX.

An important deputation from the Chambers of
Commerce wa;ted upon the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yesterday respecting the Malt
Tax. It • was not so much the entire
removal of the impost that was hoped for; the
great desideratum was that it should be imposed in
some. other form. In its present shape the
burden was injurious in many ways, in-
terfering with the feeding of cattle with
brewers' malt, and compelling the use of raw malt
instead. Tim tax, moreover, it was urged, causes
drunkenness by preventing poor men frOm brewing
at home, its they might do, instead of going to
the ••public-howe. - Mr. -Lowe made- a rather
dc:inito statement in reply. lie agreed
that the tax lint an unfair effect, and ho u
dilly acknowledged that if he. saw his way to
imposing it in some other form he would not fail to
do so.

Edmotp.l who was roorted to hive been
ml4l-der,,l w:th 3 pock k near Cupp.. w hite, county 'l%p•
r•. y. lets rot, it now appears, sip:culla:tat to his iujuties..—
C,rk

TUE CUDAN QursTioN IN CONGRES.S.—ifurtner
e)rrelpondence betwem the United States and Spanish
-felfitin3- to Cuba has been submitted to Con-
::r z.e :.;. It corkLained tha letter to the Spanish Minister for
F.:reign A in which General Sickle withdraws the
noto tendering the good offices of the American
(;-.).-ornment, the reply of Senor Silvela, and a despatch
feorn the American Consul at Santiago au the condition of
.'fairs in the island. He reports the state of things as
deplorable. He declares that the liberal-minded
Spard:h oilicm do not think the insurrection can be put
down.

oirrit AMER IC A .—skavlees irom Panama state
that the new treaty between the United States and
C.,lumbia for the excavation of a canal across the isthmus
of Daiien had not been signed, but that all was ready.
Its details were not made public, but persons in position say
that the terms are favourable to Columbia, and the affair
is looked upon as full of promise. The town of Crete, in
the State of Balivar, was entirely destroyed by fire on the
14th of January. Owing to the inflammable material of
which the town was built the flames spread with
great rapidity, and nothing was saved. A like calamity
befell the city of Carmen on the 16th ult. Some one
Tim CITY OF BOSTON.—TIIO American papers ! hundred and
1 oyyed. houses in the most important part of
st;ate that the greatest anxiety prevails in Halifax with tse city weresedvecsntrt
.... , --
rev'et to tli.:; safety of the City of Boston. A gloom was The freedom of the city of Edinburgh has been
c-r.A over thi! city by the intelligence of the arrival of the I presented to the Earl of Southesk.
Oronte; in Ilir;laiitl, after a pa,i,iage of twelve days. The ; 'I he joiners ' strike still continues in Glasgow, and, welcher probably encountered by the steamer has been
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iken into consideration, and its safet„, is now almost i as yet, there is no indication of any termination to the
despaired of in Halifax,di_...ss2:_kz.-;.„:r_,t,,, ittt:l4-.,-7 4f_ tycicl,44ftiat...i.ag
London, England, 1870-03-09

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all the news which has transpired up to that time.
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exceed 75 words, bat on special occasions the number of
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These messages will be pr pared and telegraphed at a
charge of 2s. per week for each daily message. Sub-
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script:on for less than a month will be received.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. —At 7 p.m. a
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cost of which, including the charge for telegraphing, will
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' Jan. 29th, 1870.

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London, England, 1870-03-09

UNANIMITY OF JURIES.

Captain DAWSON-DAUER asked the Chief Secretary for
Ireland whether his attention had been directed to the ex-
pediency of assimilating the law of Ireland to that of
Scotland with respect to the finding of verdicts in cases
in which unanimity cannot be obtained.

Mr. FORTESCUE said an answer to the question would
come within a general statement of the crime in Ireland,
which would be made to the House in a few days.
London, England, 1870-03-09

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London, England, 1870-03-09

CODE OF BUOYAGE.

Mr. GRAVES asked the Secretary to the Board of Trado
if the Corperation of the Trinity House has decided on
establishing a uniform code of buoy age for the harbours
and coasts within their control ; and, if so, whether, with
the view of laying down a system for national adoption,
the Northern Commissioners of Scotland and Ballast
Board of Ireland had been consulted, and concur in the
plan proposed by the Trinity House.
Mr. SHAW-LEFEVRE said that since 1860 the Corporation
of the Trinity House had been engaged in carrying out a
national system. That system had been adopted at all
points except the Mersey. The Northern Commissioners
had carried out their own system.
London, England, 1870-03-09

NE WRY WATER BILL.

Mr. JOIINSON moved a second reading of this bill.
Mr. linucmovedthatthe bill be read a second time that
day six months.
Mr. FOWLER supported the amendment.

Dr. BALL said he opposed the bill because ho thought it
would entail an amount of expense and vexation entirely
overbalancing any advantage that would accrue.
Mr. CoLLINs suggested that the motion for the second
reading should be withdrawn, and

_Mr. CAMERON supported the second reading.
Mr. SHERLOCK deprecated the expense that would result
from reading the bill a second time.
The motion for the second reading of the bill was then
withdrawn.
London, England, 1870-01-04

O'DONOVAN POSSA.

What will be done in the case of O'Donovan
Rossa, M.P. for Tipperary ? It may be presumed
that the Government will look upon his return
as impossible of ratification. Privilege would
exempt Al.P.'s from sitting and associating with
a convict. Is it, however, enough simply
to exclude the Fenian prisoner from the House ?
Ought not, in fact, the constituency to be
punished as well as the representative. The Globe
urges that nothing less than suspension of the writ
for the return of a new member for the county can
adequately express the sentiment of the House.
"Suspension of the writ will be an act of just retri-
bution, and it is required to assert the dignity of the
House, and to express its abhorrence of disloyalty."
London, England, 1870-01-04

VOLUNTARY STARVATION.

Of all modes of suicide, that of voluntary starva-
tion is in least general favour. It is not often that
slow torture is chosen as a means of felo-de-se. But
an instance of the kind has occurred in London.
An inquest was held on Saturday on the body
of a man who suffered • from pecuniary
difficulties, and who was so much depressed
a fortnight ago by the sight of a tradesman's bill
that he vowed he would never eat again. He kept
his word. All efforts to induce him to take food were
in vain. The doctor ordered that he should never
be left aloni; but though an attendant was engaged,
his services proved of no avail. Liquids were
ordered, and a tooth of the patient was knocked
out. Still the man persevered in his resolution
to starve, and not even the treatment of a lunatic
asylum to which he was removed could affect him.
He died.
London, England, 1870-01-04

ANOTHER IRISH MAGISTRATE REMOVED.

The Government has reduced a second Irish jus-
tice of the peace to the ranks. This time the
offender is Mr. M'Swiney, a magistrate of the county
of Cork, and the offence is that of swearing and
using offensive language towards a Protestant cler-
gyman and the Macroom Board of Guardians. Here,
at all events, there can be no doubt that justice has
been done. A magistrate who so far degrades him-
self as to swear at a minister of religion can hardly
administer the law with dignity.
London, England, 1870-01-04

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN -LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITUTION.
President—Rev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1863 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may he sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quct, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E. 0.; Francis Nicholls
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.
London, England, 1870-01-04

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Tuts EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVE-
MENT. After which, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr
Buckstone, Mr Chippendale. Miss Robertson, &e. Concluding
with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS:
Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &c.

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

THIS EVENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin
Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mr George Belmore, Mr Atkins, Mr
It ignold bli,s Furtado, &e. Followed by LOST AT SEA : llr
G. tlelmore, Mr A. Stirling, Mr Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C.
11. Stephenson, Miss Furtado, and Mrs L. Murray.
London, England, 1870-01-04

KIDNAPPING IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

Mr. Chessont Secretary of the Aborigines Protection
Society, takes issue with Mr. Douglas, Agent-General
for the colony of Queensland. The latter wrote
the other day that the colonists and their
Legislature were not responsible for the dis-
graceful slave trade practised in the South Seas;
they passed an Act against it, but they could not be
answerable for what happened at the islands hundreds
of miles from the colony. But Mr. Chesson main-
tains that the Queensland Government is not blame-
less in respect of this kidnapping of islanders for
labour in the plantations. "At the outset Polynesians
were openly sold in Queensland for £6 or £8 a-piece, a
fact which is authenticated by advertisements in the
public journals of the colony. There was virtually
no protection against the kidnapping or enslavement
of the natives. Their language, for lack of proper
interpreters, could not be understood ; and on the
ground that they were heathen, their evidence, even
when it could be translated, was rejected in the
courts of law, although Christian kidnappers laboured
under no such disability." It is all very well to pass
a Polynesian Labourers' Act, but that measure, Mr.
Chesson adds, was a grossly defective piece of
London, England, 1870-01-04

TIIE ALABAMA CLAIMS.

The New York Times announces two very startling
facts—i£ facts they be—in relation to the Alabama
claims. The English Government, according to our
American contemporary, has made and ,re important
concessions; so that the history of the new negotiations,
like those between• Lord Stanley and Mr. Roverdy
Johnson, promise to be another story of diplomatic
victory for the -United States. Mr. Motley has got
Lord Clarendon's consent to the reopening of negocia-
tions at Washington, instead of in London; and has
also obtained our Foreign Secretary's agreement to
the submission to future arbitration of the question
of the " neutrality of the seas or international man-

time law." The New York. Times is very elate.
"The public (it says) will not overlook the importance
of the new point which is to be included for settle..
ment hereafter, and which has been substantially
ignored heretofore. Under it England will be obliged
to concede that the arming of the Alabama upon the
high seas was as much a violation of neutrality as
though it had occurred in her own ports."
London, England, 1870-01-04

CUSTOM HOUSE MANAGEMENT.

The Produce Markets' Review has heard rumours
to the effect that very considerable alterations are
contemplated in the Customs' Department. Thi:
news, or semi-news, leads our contemporary once
mora to consider the reforms which would secure the
greatest economy and efficiency. The abolition of
the establishment altogether would best please the
Review, but short of that great consummation, the
next best thin.. is to simplify the levying of the
duties. The collection' of customs' duties, it says,
would be comparatively inexpensive, if the
payment of duty were compulsory at the time of
landing. The payments would then be made
on large quantities, and not in detail on each trifling
delivery spread over an indefinite time. This is the
main consideration in any reform—goods once landed
and warehoused itja.easontial to lock._l2olt. and. bar._
London, England, 1870-01-04

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1870.

tOP GM DI N oil iv t
it 444 itlliv•

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 3.
Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princess Louise, drove out in the grounds
this morning.

His Royal Highness Prince Leopold walked
in the grounds.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

(Per French Atlantic Cable.)

NEW YORK, .Tan. 3.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1201 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 120 I; the lowest, 1191.
Sterling Exchange on London lOB2.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll3l.
ti gc

1885 ll3.
" 1867 ll5l.
10-40 t 4
Illinois l3ll.
Erie 2ll.
Cotton—Mid. upland 2sjc.
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour, extra state, $5.30c. to $5.90c. Corn, old
mixed, sl.loe.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.

The Secretary of the Treasury has issued his
usual monthly statement of the debt of the United
States, which amounts to $2,658,000,000, showing a
reduction of $4,750,000.

The Coin in the Treasury is $109,000,000, being
an increase of $3,000,000, and the currency
$12,500,000, being an increase of $500,000.

The municipal authorities of numerous cities
have appointed delegations to be present at the
obsequies in honour of Mr. Peabody, to be cele-
brated at Portland upon the arrival of her Ma-
jesty's ship Monarch.

The Cuban Junta at New York deny the truth
of the report that the revolutionary movement in
Cuba has been temporarily abandoned.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3.

The Government Commission appointed to in-
spect the Charkof-Azow Railway had sanctioned
the opening of the whole of the line, and passenger
trains will commence running to-morrow.
London, England, 1870-01-04

THE. WEATHER OP 1869.

The weather statistics for the past year whew that
from January 12 to September 30 an abnormal eleva-
tion of temperature prevailed, the excess, computed
from a point of time extending over nearly a century,
being in the aggregate 32.0' degrees, thus yielding a
mean for the first nine months of nearly 4 degrees.
In October and November the temperature decined
to 1.3 degrees below the mean, and on December 2
rose again and attained an excess of 0.9 degrees.

FOREIGN NOTES.

AFFAIRS IN THE ROMAN COUNCIL.

Our Rome correspondent, writing on the 27th
December, refers to the meeting of the Council then being
held, and says that several speakers were registered for it
besides those who may wish to reply, as the matter is con-
ducted almost on the plan of the French Senate, where
each speaker ascends the tribune in the order in which
he has previously put down his name. " Very
important results are looked for from to-day's
sitting, but, of course, the greatest secrecy is observed
as to the proceedings, and what outsiders hear is very un-
reliable matter. A report is current that we are to have
a definition' on the Epiphany, but for this I can only
give the current rumour, as I doubt all the business neces-
sary for such a resul being got through to-day and on
Monday, when another sitting will take place. In any
case the question will be decided soon, for the dispute has
run so high that a decision is a matter of absolute neces-
sity, and it is more than probable that it is now the
principal matter before the Commission of Faith.
A strong impression exists that a very early step will be
taken in the definition of the Papal Infallibility. The
opposition, though strong, is diminishing, and many of the
Ch,tinatakilltiln especially. have come to a declaim Wm-
London, England, 1870-01-04

BAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS]

at Birkenhead lOO 91 93
00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 93 100
at Buckinghamshire
at Chester and Holyhead lOO Si i 6
at Do. 51 per cent.
at Do. 5 do. 100 11C 112
at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ..„
at Colchester Stear Valley
at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lO9 132 131
20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ..„
s Gt. Easn., Newrn., &c., 5 p.c 100
a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100
at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 1011
fit Gt. West, W. tEd., Heref 100 97 99 100}
be null and Selby all 110 112
st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 217 222
at London and Blackwall too 9,, 05 95
at Do. 41 per cent lOO
st London, Chat., &c., 4.1 p c lOO
at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100
st London and Greenwich
at Do. do Preference lOO
at London, Tilbury, & South 100
at Lowestoft, gv.a 4 per cent lOO
at Do. - 6 do 100
51 Ma all
at Dlidland, Bradford, Pref lOO ,
10 Mid Kent Cray Llr.e)
be Northern& East., 5 percent all 53 56
50 Do. do. 6 do. all
at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l
at N.West. A perp. pref, 5p c. 100 107 109
st B minimum 11 p.c lOO
at Nutting. &Cranth R.& C lOO 91 93
25 Preston and Wyre. all 44 46
Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 132 134
st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 132 334
10 De do 8 2 Zip
a S, Yorksh. and River Dun 100 117 99 1021 1
D 4 per cent gua... 10 70 80
5 do ... all 98 100
at Vict. Station and Pimlico... 101
et West Cornwall
20 West London, Class A all 13 14
20 Do do B all ...
20 Do do C all
at Weymouth and Portland lOO
at Wilts and Somerset

62 64

DOCKS.
st East and Wag India lO5 1.:4 1?6
London and St. Katherine lOO 51 53
100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent
Mills:tall Freehold Land
10) 28 31
st Dock
st Soidkampton lje 22 76
ei surrey Goramercisa I ~,,,
London, England, 1870-01-04

!DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET.
ltfß. ESKELL, theAutbor of "Pure Dentistry,
ITX and What it Does for Us," "Painless Tooth Extraction;
or Anesthesia Locally Applied ;" Dental Surgery: a Practical
Treatise:" Modern Dentistry: its Principles and Practice," &c.,
may be CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four
o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STBEET, GinOsvn-
NOR-SQUARE (a few doors from Bond-street).

RUPTURES.--BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Etundred
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 hero avoided—a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be bad, and the truss, which can-
not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.

A Single Truss, 165., 21i., 265. 6d., and 31e. 6d. Postage,
Is. A Double Truss, 81s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d. - _

-Poai:office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-oftlot3, Pioc,adi'ly.
London, England, 1870-01-04

CENTRAL AMERICA.

According to the Panama Star and Herald of Dec. 2,
matters appear to be slightly improved in Central America.
In Costa Rica the fears of revolution had ceased, and the
Government had disarmed the militia. In Nicaragua, at
the close of November, the army of the Republic
was still at Leon, engaged in the pacification
of the western departments. In some parts of the
State the war continued, but its end was speedily
looked for. General Fernando Guzman intended to re-
assume his functions as President of the Republic. The
losses and accidents caused by the revolution are calcu-
lated at 185 killed, 370 wounded, and one million of dollars.
In Honduras public works are being pushed forward,
and after February 6,000 labourers will be employed on
the railroad. Treaties had been ratified with Salvador and
Guatemala, so that commercial interests appear to be in
the ascendant.
London, England, 1870-01-04

THE NATIONAL PARTY IN GERMANY.

The deputies of the South-German Legislative Chambers
belonging to the national Liberal party, are to meet
at Carlsruhe on the Bth of January, to organise the
party, and to devise some means of bringing it en rapport
with the same party in North Germany. - A grand as-
•semby of the Liberals of North Germany is also, it is said
to bo held at Berlin next summer.
London, England, 1870-01-04

THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD ON THE SURPLICE.

Dr. Selwyn has decided the case referred to him
arising out of the late ritual dissensions at St. George's
Church, Wolverhampton. The vicar—Mr. Prior—
was charged with introducing innovations into the
ritual of his church. Amongst other things men-
tioned against the rev. gentleman were two, to the
effect that he wore the surplice in the pulpit, and had
arranged a choral service. On both these points
Bishop Selwyn has given his opinion in favour of the
vicar : on the first unreservedly, for the surplice is
the proper dress of a clergyman, and the Bishop
recommends its adoption throughout his diocese ; on
the second matter with an admonition against
sudden changes. It was better in the first
instance to use the musical service only on
the occasions of festivals. Another matter submitted
to the Bishop was a complaint that afternoon
services were held, and that at these the people were
put into pews appropriated to worshippers at the
morning and evening services only. Dr. Selwyn does
not seem to have got indignant with this complaint ;
but he did declare most strenuously that after-
noon services wore 66 especially necessary,"
and notwithstanding pew rents, the church-
wardens had a right to fill the untenanted
seats in the church. Lastly, the aggrieved parishoners
wanted Mr. Prior to promise the bishop he would
make no change in the n.:ode of conducting, service.
The bishop refused to a ;1i for any such engagement.
"He should considered any clergyman a fool who,
coming into a new cure, should promise not to make
any alteration in the xt 10 ol 15 years as the case
might be."
London, England, 1870-01-04

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SUFFRAGAN BISHOPS.

The question, what is a "suffragan bishop P" seems
not altogether easy to answer. In earlier times the
title was given to all provincial bishops who gave
their suffrages in the synod summoned by their
metropolitan. The Pall Mall Gazette, however, after
observing that such a title as at present applied is
somewhat of a misnomer, statea that, "By the. Act
of 26 Henry VIII. c. 14, the title of suffragan
bishops was conferred upon a class of
persons who have been styled Chorepis-
copi, or country bishops, in the Ancient
Church. The preamble of this Act recites that (in
the Reformation) 'good laws had been made for
electing and consecrating archbishops and bishops, but
no provision had been made for suffragans which had
been accustomed here for the more speedy administra-
tion of the sacraments and other devout things, &c.'"
It was therefore enacted that certain places men-
tioned should be the sees of bishops suffragan, but
this Act was repealed by 1 and 2 Philip and Mary,
c. 8, and was revised by Ist Elizabeth, during whose
reign there was a suffragan (to the Archbishop of
Canterbury) at Dover and elsewhere. Our contem-
porary adds :—" The last of the suffragans was Dr.
Sterne, of Colchester, about the year 1606 ; since his
time the law has fallen into desuetude, but has never
been again repealed. As by the terms of the Act the
suffragan is, in effect, apsointed by the bishop, there
is some reason to fear that by this means a large por-
tion of the government of the Church will be trans-
ferred from the State to less responsible hands. So
far as we can see, there is no duty to be performed
by the suffragans which could not as readily be done
by the archdeacons, except the rite of confirmation,
for which episcopal orders are not, in some other
churches, regarded as essential."
London, England, 1870-01-04

ILLNESS OP hilt. DimAril.

Ur. Disraeli seems treading in the steps of the late
Earl of Derby. That inexorable enemy of our states.
men—the gout—has seized upon him, and he is now
lying in London, suffering from a severe attack.
Neither of our party leaders—the Premier or Mr.
Disraeli—seem to be in very first-rate health. It is
to be hoped that both will recover their wonted
strength before the meeting of Parliament.
London, England, 1870-01-04

BEATING A NATIVE TO DEATH.

A sad occurrence has taken place at Delhi. An officer
of the 79th Highlanders has caused the death of a native
by beating him, and has been placed in custody until an
inquiry be made into the affair. It appears that the
deceased was a mason, and while in the act of whitewash-
ing a building in the fort, he accidentally sprinkled the
officer, who was passing under the scaffolding. This so
incensed the latter that he beat the mason with great vio-
lence, and the unfortunate man died in consequence of
the injuries he received.
London, England, 1870-01-04

AD3fINISTItATION.

The Indian Daily lifetrs discusses the possibility of
retrenchment, and points out that three sub-committees
of the Stud Department are all on leave to Europe. It is
argued that if an officiating sub-assistant can work
the department in their absence, a reduction might
be made. It would be interesting to compare the
cost of a breeding establishment in Australia, and one of
the Bengal establishments, and the knowledge thus gained
would be useful in a time of deficit and financial reform.
London, England, 1870-01-04

WORKING-CLASS BOROUGHS,

It appears from certain calculations by Mr. A.cland,
which seem trustworthy, for they are based upon
parliamentary returns, that of the 197 cities and
boroughs in England and Wales, the working-classes
can command a majority in 178, as againSt 19
minorities. But Sir ydnoy Waterlow claims
that Southwark is one of the latter class,
for there the probable constituency in 1869
was estimated at 10,150 artisans, and 12,134
voters of other classes. Sir Sydney asks why Mr.
Odger, who perseveres in his candidature for South-
wark, did not go to the poll at Stafford, where the
workmen have A majority of more than 60 per cent.
London, England, 1870-01-04

GREENWICH TIME

Lord Kinnaird has obtained a triumph for correct
time. He has made representations to the autho-
rities in the telegraph department of the Govern-
ment, and it has been resolved, at his lordship's
instance, that Greenwich time shall be telegraphed
daily to all telegraph stations in - England,
Scotland, and Wales. All the Post Office clocks
will be regulated by Greenwich every morning, so
that when persons go to post their letters they can
set their watches according to the correct time of day
at Greenwich Observatory. In Ireland, in the same,
way, Dublin time will be telegraphed all over the
country. This arrangement will be a boon to many
out-of-the-way districts.

THE ACCIDENT ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY,

It is worth while inquiring what caused the acci-
dent at Forgadenny, on the Caledonian Railway,
reported yesterday, which caused the death of two
men and seriously injured seven others. The record
of the disaster is a repetition of the old story
of negligence—" a train two hours late, a station-
master away and his duties transferred to a
pointsman, no block system, no telegraph warn-
ings." It appears that the two trains which
came into collision generally meet at Larbert junction.
The one is a Glasgow, the other an Edinburgh train.
The two are joined and go on their journey together.
On this occasion both were very late. The one from
Edinburgh came up first, and it was dispatched alone.
It ought to have displayed a green light; but did not.
The station-master was away at a " dance," and
the pointsman, who was left in charge, not
seeing the usual sign, thought • both trains
were together, put out the lights, shut up the
station, and went home. An hour afterwards the
other train from Glasgow came up, and had to dis-
charge its passengers in the dark. Further delay
was caused by the breaking of a coupling chain; and
while that was being set right the day mail from
London to the north of Scotland, travelling at the
rate of fifty miles an hour, came in view. The driver
seeing the lights of the slow train before him, did all
he could to stop his train, and reduced the speed to
fifteen miles an hour. At that rate, however, it
rushed into the standing carriages, smashing the van
to pieces.
London, England, 1870-01-04

Berger Spence and Co.'a weekly report says

" The transactions in chemicals reported since our
circular of the 27th ult. have been very moderate,
chiefly owing to the holidays and the objection
displayed by consumers to hold any stocks at the
close of the year ; the orders given out having been
mainly for delivery during the early part of the
current month. Some small contracts have been
booked for caustic soda and bleaching powder, but
in soda ash and other alkalies very little has been
done. In minerals there is no change of conse-
quence. The metal market has been affected by
the broken week, and very little business has been
done. No change was made in the price of ma-
nufactured iron at the preliminary meeting lately
held in Birmingham."
A petition for the winding up of the Paraguassu
Steam Tramway Company (Limited) is to be heard
before the Master of the Rolla on the 15th Jan.
A petition for the winding up of the Danderwen
Slate Company (Limited) is to be heard before
Vice-Chancellor Stuart on the 14th inst.
The Equity and Law Life Assurance Society
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THE FAREWELL TO CHARLES MATTHEWS.

The complimentary benefit to Mr. Charles
Matthews to-day at Covent Garden, prior to his
departure for Australia, has resulted in a great
success. Every seat in the theatre was filled, and
the performances, up to the time of our going to
press, bad produced the greatest enthusiasm. All
the old favourites received a warm reception, but
on Mr. Charles Matthews making his appearance
as Manager Puff in the " Critic" the applause was
tremendous. A more successful, hearty, and
genial leave-taking it would be impossible to
imagine.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
DEMERARA.

The traffic receipts on this company's line for the
fortnight ending the 27th of November last
amounted to $6,772 82c., and for the correspond-
ing fortnight in 1868 to $6,397 90c., showing an
increase of ion 920,
London, England, 1870-01-04

THE WHIPS IN THE UPPER HOUSE:

The Telegraph denies the truth of the rumours that
Lord Bessborough has resigned his office of Lord
High Steward of the Household. He will continuo
to hold his position as head whip, and the rumours
of his defection from the party on the sub-
ject of the Land Bill are therefore false.
A. change is, however, to take place in the
" whipping " arrangements of the House of Lords.
His lordship will have the assistance of the Earl
of Cork and of the Duke of St. Albans as under-
whips.
London, England, 1870-01-04

SUGAR FROM BEETROOT.

The annual value of the raw sugar made from beetroot
in France now, according to the Chamber of Agriculture
Journal, exceeds five millions sterling. The total number
of beetroot sugar factories on the Continent now amounts
to more than eighteen -hundred, turning out the enormous
quantity of 611,000 tons of sugar per season. In the year ending
1867 no less than 55,000 tons of beetroot were imported
into tho United Kingdom; or, in other words, we paid
continental makers £1,601,000 for a commodity which, it
is now believed, we could just as well have produced our-
selves. Beetroot sugar is successfully competing with cane
sugar in the London and other English maricets,and probably
a remission of the Customs and Excise duties would have-
no ether effect than to increase the consmnptionof beetroot
sugar, and render its neinufacture more profitable than it
already is. It is also said that the quality of the produce
from the Lavenham Works is so satisfactory that Mr.
Duncan will enlarge the' scale of his operations there.
London, England, 1870-01-04

SOLICITORS' CLERKS

The magistrates at Worship-street Police-court,
London, have determined to abolish the practice of
allowing solicitors' clerks to represent their employers
before the Court. This permission has been found to
exceed its legitimate purpose. It encouraged the
4‘ touting " system—that is, the practice of clerks hang-
ing about the court and importuning the persons
concerned in impending cases to give them fees to
appear. It has been discovered, too, that several of
these touters are, or profess to be, employed by one
solicitor, and that others are enrolled to practise as
properly-qualified legal practitioners. Henceforth
none but articled clerks will be tolerated, and those
only with 0, written permission from their principals.

EMIGRATION TO TASMANIA.

A correspondent thinks there is little prospect of
stemming the tide of emigration from the shores of
Ireland at present, and considers that Tasmania
would have a fair chance of competing, even
with America, as a tempting home to
the intending emigrant, thus preventing the
complete loss to the mother country of so consi-
derable a portion of her population as is annually ab-
sorbed by the American continent. The writer, in
support of his suggestion, pictures "a climate ever
bright, genial, and exhilarating," a high rate of wives,
low price of food, and splendid opportunities of ac-
quiring property in the future.
London, England, 1870-01-04

TUE ORANGEMEN.

The dispute still continues in the Orange ranks
respecting the expulsion of Mr. Dalway, the member
for Carrickfergus, by the Grand Lodge of Ireland.
A. large meeting has just been held at Lame, in
Antrim, at which resolutions were passed condemning
the action of the Grand Lodge as unconstitutional,
and expressing confidence in Mr. Dalway. Carrick-
fergus is the county town of Antrim, and it there-
fore naturally follows that Mr. Dalway finds the
greatest sympathy in the district which he repre-
sents in Parliament. •
London, England, 1870-01-04

THE CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA.

The. ratification of the Burlinghame treaty by the
Government of China, which has just been announced,
will, it is asserted, nullify the laws in California in refe-
rence to Chinese labourers. The t reaty provides that
"Chinese subjects visiting or residing in, the United
States shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities, and
exemptions in respect to travel or residence as
may there be enjoyed by the citizens or
subjects of the most favoured nation." The
same document provides that all treaties made under
the authority of the United States shall be the supreme
law of the land, and binding on all judges. The Anti-coolie
Association of San Francisco are not satisfied with the
present severe acts against Chinese immigrants, but wish
to increase their stringency. They ask that a tax of 500
dollars be imposed on every coolie imported, whether
direct from China or from any part of the United
States, and also a fine of 1000 dollars for removing the body
of a deceased Chinaman out of the State ; and that any
twelve persons living in any township of the State,
owning property to the value of 500 dollars, on going
before a magistrate, be allowed to have the Chinese
residents removed three miles outside of the township,
and if they fail to remove within sixty days, the sheriff
shall be empowered to demolish their buildings.
London, England, 1870-01-04

IN"rRRNATIONAL FAIR AT PESRAWDU.

On the Ist of December the International Fair 'at
Peshawur commenced, and, in spite of the sickness which
had prevailed.in the district, a large attendance was pro-
mised. The traders who have become familiar with
the _English merchanti have spread good reports,
which will induce the western caravans to make
their way to Peshawur. The Yarkandi traders appreciate
English commercial manners, and a correspondent, writing
from the Rangra Valley, states that a party of Yarkandis
took a quantity of his friend's tea in part payment of the
goods purchased from them, and were quite content with
a cheque on his Bombay agent for the balance of
the account—a bill they could not read, drawn by a man of
whom they knew no more than that he was an English-
man.
London, England, 1870-01-04

SERMON BY DR. TEMPLE.

About 3,000 people assembled in the Exeter Cathedral
on Sunday afternoon, it having been announced that
Bishop Temple was to occupy the pulpit. The sacred edi-
fice was literally crammed, and a large number of persons
could not obtain admission. The bishop selected for his
discourse verse 2, chap. iii., Frst Epistle general of St. John :
" Beloved, now we are the sons of God; and it doth not
yet appear what we shall }le ; but we know that when He
shall appear we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him
as He is." He commenced by pointing out that the
home influence upon children had a much greater effect
upon them than any influence which might be brought
to bear in after life, either at school or at church. This,
He said, was the same with man. The inevitable
consequence of men being associated together was that
whatever was in the spirit and souls of some passed into j
the spirits and souls of others, and so there was, as it
were, a community of life and of feeling. He went on to
shew that if Christians wanted to live in Christ, they
must study His life, character, tenderness, love, and his
Sacrament, remembering His sufferings. In the latter
part of his sermon, he pointed out that the operations of
the minister were quite independent of his personal
character in his Church, inasmuch as he was the represen-
tative of the Church and nothing more. He was a part
of the organisation of the Church. If a child was bap-
tised by a minister who had not really been touched by
the power of the Lord, such baptism will be held valid in
the sight of God, because the minister acted simply as
the instrument of the whole body of the Church. The
sermon was listened to throughout with marked attention.
London, England, 1870-01-04

THE TORY LEADERSHIP IN THE LORDS,

The Daily News cannot be very sanguine of the
prospects of finding a suitable leader for the Con-
servative party in the House of Lords, for it pro-
nounces that Mr. Disraeli's elevation to the peerage
is the only way by which the difficulty could be per-
fectly got rid of. " The Conservative leader ought
to be at the head of the main body of the Con-
servative strength. That lies indisputably in the
House of Lords; and during the period of active
public life on which Mr. Disraeli may reasonably
reckon, it is not likely to lie anywhere else. The
present Parliament promises to complete its full term
of existence ; and before that has run out Mr. Dis-
raeli will have counted his threescore years and ten."
But surely these changes ought not to go on the
principle of "that which is weak let it be weaker
still." How could the hard-pressed Conservative
party in the Commons spare their chief?
London, England, 1870-01-04

THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA;

The Times publishes a telegram from Cuba, received in
London from Habana, which contains some very impor-
tant news. It is dated " Habana,' Jan. 2 " (Sunday). It
reads as follow? :—" Cespedes has left the island. The
Revolutionary New York Junta publishes a manifesto
urging the insurgents to lay down their arms. One
thousand five hundred surrendered at Tunas."