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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-09

THE THEAI RES, &c.

Almalnc—At Seven, My Prec'ous Betsy. The Prompters Box,
11 hitehaib at Greenwich.
HAYMARKET—At Seven, A Co-Operative Movement. At 7.40, New
Men and Old Acres. And No Song No Supper.
LYCEUM—At 7.30, Sampson's Wedding. Chilperic.
OLYMPIC—At Seven, Little Em'ly. The Princess
GAIETY—At Seven, Young Hopeful. Uncle Dick's Darling. The
First Night.
QUEBN s—At Seven, Quick March. At 8.15, 'Twixt Axe and Crown
TRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds. Sir George and a Dragon.
A Fish Out of Water
ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, She Stoops to Conquer. At 9.15, La Belle
Sauvage. An Unhappy Pair
PRINCE Cr WALES'S—At Eight, School. Dearest Mamma. Quite
b/ 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 8; Saturday Motu-
ings at 3. Admission, ls, 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
p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, Open daily(except Sundays).
ls.• on Mondays, 6d. Children nnder twelve, 6d.
London, England, 1870-04-09

THE IRISH CHURCH.

The reply of the Archbishops of Canteibury and
York-to the address lately presented by them to the
Archbishops of Armagh has been received.
expresses the cordial satisfaction with wnicl,
the archbishops,-bishops, clergy, and laity of Ireltuzl
in convocation had received the affectionate address
of nearly 4,000 of the clergy and laity of the
Church of England. A prayer is added that
now when some of the external bonds which
.hitherto bound them together had been loosened,
other and higher bonds which still remained might
bind the Churches of England and Ireland into even
closer fellowship in the spirit, and that, in the main-
tenance and defence of the common faith, they
might continue to one end.
London, England, 1870-04-09

CANADA ON THE ALERT.

Canada, in the interest of her own safety,
has thought fit to exclude all foreign fish-
ing vessels from the inshore fisheries unless
provided with licenses. President Grant has
directed a small active naval steamer to be
sent, at the beginning of the approaching fishing
season, to the waters in which those fisheries are
chiefly carried on, for the purpose of warning and
protection to the United States' fishermen. The
commander of the vessel is instructed to prevent in-
fractions by the United States of the Treaty with
El:gland of 1818, and of the laws in force relating to
fisheries within British jurisdiction, or any illegal
interference with the pursuits of American fishermen.

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London, England, 1870-04-09

C LERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

ANNUAL I NrOM FC, steadily increasing £227,000
ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested .C 1,640,000
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The NINTH BONUS will be declared in January, 1872, and all
With-Profit Policies in force on the 3.th June 1871, will participate.
Assurances effected before June 30th, 1870, will participate on two
Premiums, and thus receive a whole year's additional share of
Profits over later Policies.
Forms of Proposal, Balance Sheets, and every information, can
be obtained from any of the Society's Agents, or of
GEORGE CUTCLIFFE,
Actuary and Secretary.
13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.
London, England, 1870-04-09

OVERLADEN SHIPS.

The subject discussed by the members of the
Institution of Naval Architects, at their resumed
meeting, was " The Load-Draught of Mer-
chant Ships." At the close of the dis-
cussion the president, referring to some re-
marks made by him on the previous day with regard
to the probable overlading of the City of Boston,
disclaimed every intention of saying anything
offensive or injurious to Messrs. Inman.
But when a public man, he said, took up
a question like this he should deal with the proba-
bilities of the case, and these pointed to the belief
that when the City of Boston left Halifax she was
overladen. The present discussion, however, had
served to illustrate the difficulty of the sub-
ject, and he was glad to find it sup-
ported his desire for a thorough investigation. We
had, he considered, not only lost life and property, but
our national character by the astounding catalogue
of casualties that had occurred during the last two
months, and the conviction was growing that a largo
proportion of the disasters was the result of ship-
owners yielding to the temptation to overload their
ships.

NOTICE AND CAUTION.

ATACNIVEN AN U CAMERON,
1_ Proprietors of the renowned Waverley, Owl, and Picl-wick
PENS, beg to intimate to the Trade that the NILE PEN is patented,
and that the Naut3 and Trade Mark "Phaeton" are registered
Several parties who infringed our righ's have by the 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, 1870.
Standard says: - "The Waverley Pen is a treasure "
Sun says:— " 1 hey create both wonder and delight."
Sold everywhere, is per Eox By Post, ls. ld.
C • IVEN & CAMERON,
23, BLAIR-STREET, EDINBURGH.
AGENTS—MILLINGTON & HUTToN, LONDON; and
FREDERICK GREEN & Co. 21, WALL-STREET, NEW YORK.
Shippers supplied by the Patentees.
London, England, 1870-04-09

SHARE DEPARTMENT.-THE CONSERVA-
TIVEk) LAND SOCIETY.—Shares may be taken out daily at
the offices, or investors at a distance can be enrolled as members
by correspondence. Present rate of interest, five per cent. per
annum, payable in half-yearly warrants. No partnership liability,
and power of withdrawal of subscriptions on shares at twenty-
eight days' notice.

CHARLES LEWIS GRUNE[SEN,
_ _ _ Secretary.

Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.
London, England, 1870-04-09

LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs Mansell (elegantly redecorated by Macintosh).

THIS EVENING, at .7.36., StO.IPSON'S WEDDING.
Aft r which at 8.39, CHILP&RIC, by Here: M. Marius, G.
Vincent, Odell, An,gyalil, Rowland, Aynsley Cook, and I.
Herve; lile.dames Dolara, Romanelli, L. Wilson, and Emily
Muir.
London, England, 1870-06-04

Per Cent.

Great Western .. • •
Lancashire and Yorkshire
London and Brighton ..
London & North Western
Midland . • • • • •
Ditto .

North-Eastern
North London ..
South-Eastern .. • •
Metropolitan District
Railway (in course of
construction) Debenture
Stock issued in July 1869,
is now 16 premium

The Debenture Stock now offered for subscription being an
absolute first mortgage charge on 42 miles of an English Rail-
way, passing through a rich mineral and agricultural district,
and which, when completed, will represent a total capital of
£708,700, offers an excellent investment for capitalists.
By order of the Board of Directors,
R. M. MUGGERIDGE,
. . Secretary.

13, Little Queen-street, Westminster, 2nd June, 1870.

DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY.

ISSUE OF £255,000 PERPETUAL 6 PER CENT. A.
DitENTURE STOCK.

FORM OF APPLICATION,
To be retained by the Bankers.

To the Directors of the Devon and Somerset Railway Company.
Gentlemen,
Having paid to the National Provincial Bank of
England the sum of £ , being 10 per cent of £
of 6 per cent. First Mortgage A. Debenture Stock of, the Devon
and Somerset Railway Company, I request you to appropriate
and allot and to issue to me Scrip Certificates for the said Stock,
and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less amount that
may be appropriated or allotted to me, and to pay the balance of
the amount of Stock, according to the terms of the Prospectus
attached hereto. Dated 2nd June, 1870.
Name (in full) . ,
Address .
Profession (if any) ..... . ...
Date..................

Signature.......... •
(Addition to be filled up if the Applicant wishes to pay up
in full.)
I desire to pay up my Subscription in full, receiving interest
'lereon from the date of payment.
Signature

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS.

" Lothair."

It is thought by many good judges that difficul-
ties have arisen between Mr. Disraeli and his party,
and that the re-View of " Lothair " in Blackwood is
one of the symptoms shewing which way the wind
blows. But at any rate the Standard does not re-
cognise the oracular sentence of the Tory
magazine. It is furious with the famous
review :—" Its flagrant injustice, its coarse scurrility
and its indecent personalities, will all work out their
own retribution in the conviction, which will inevi-
tably be impressed upon the mind of every unpreju-
diced reader, that the writer is not passing judgment
upon the book, but taking a cowardly oppor-
tunity of avenging a private quarrel by
dealing a foul blow at the man who wrote it."
And again, "we are challenged to declare whether
this savage outburst represents a changed mood of the
Conservative party towards their leader. We will
venture to say, that whatever difference of opinion
may have existed as to the policy of Mr. Disraeli
three years back, there are not a score of Conserva-
tives in the whole kingdom who will not repudiate
the language and the sentiment of Blackwood with
disgust and contempt."
London, England, 1870-06-04

Irish Convict Prisons.

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

A Purchase Department.

It is much to be feared that the creation of a pur-
chase department in connection with the Admiralty
will not be as effective as might be desired, if the ob-
ject of such a department be to prevent frauds on
Government property. There are many evils in the
purchase systems which cannot be removed without
a reform, which, it is said, will not be secured by
making an office or department answerable for things
bought. A merchant who deals in a commodity used
largely by the Admiralty, writes that he lately
became aware of a piece of trading which illustrates
one very weak point in the purchase regulations. He
saw an advertisement for a Government contract in
the papers, but fearing that the article required
under the specification of the tender was superior to
what he had at the time in stock, he did not apply
for the contract. A..short time afterwards another
merchant came to him and bought a large supply of
the commodity he sells, and this man subsequently sold
it to Government in fulfilment of the tender adver-
tised for. The Government in this instance
accepted goods at least twenty-five per cent.
inferior in marketable value to those which

they were anxious to obtain. The merchant who makes
known this gross case of mismanagement, is of
opinion that an efficient system of personal inspection
by experts, in particular branches, would deal more
effectually with the corrupt practices which have be-
come an unfortunate heirloom to the Government
purchase systems, than the formation of a department
which will no doubt have the responsibilities nar-
rowed to itself, but which will probably cope with
almost ineradicable evils exactly in the same way as
they have always been grappled with.
Ignorance of the Army.

At the annual meeting of the governors of the
Corps of Commissionaires, the report of the corn-
manding officer, Captain Waller, presented features
of general interest, and many of the statements were
most suggestive. Not the least important was that
which referred to the large amount of ignorance
existing in the army. He says the increase in the

numerical strength of the commissionaires,
which has been fifteen per cent., would
have been still larger but for the dis-
qualification of many applicants from a want of
sufficient education and intelligence. It is painful,
he adds, to see so many human beings, especially ser-
vants of the State, excluded from all but the humblest
grades of labour, by their inability to read, and to
some minds it would appear incomprehensible, that
among the numerous ministers, who have had the
control of the army for the last twenty years, not
one has succeeded in preventing the scandal which such
ignorance presents. Compulsory education in the
army, it appears, is another step in the right direction,
demanding the attention of Government.
London, England, 1870-06-04

NAME OF STOCK

Education in Ireland.

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

Deaths in the Merchant Service.

Statistics have been published, shewing the num-
ber of deaths, and their causes, in the British mer-
chant service during the year 1869. It appears that
there has been a great reduction in the mortality as
compared with the two previous years. In 1867 and
1868 the deaths were 5,283 and 5,237; last year
they were only 4,832. The deaths by scurvy,
which numbered 52 in 1867 and 26 in
1868, fell last year to 9. Of other causes of
death it appears that yellow fever was fatal to 346
persons in 1867, and to 162 in 1869. Typhus,
other continued fevers, and ague were almost
equally fatal in both years. Small-pox caused
15 deaths last year against 21 in 1867. There
is an increase in the deaths by accident, which
amounted to 60 per cent. of the total mortality in
in 1867, and to 64 per cent. last year; 1,770 seamen
haying been drowned by shipwreck, and 1,069
drowned in other ways. The deaths of 8 surgeons
are included in the return of 1869, 11 and 12
respectively having occurred in the two previous
years.
London, England, 1870-06-04

Gratuitous Writing Materials.

The plan of issuing halfpenny postage cards,
though no doubt the means of vast convenience
to the public, will, it is feared (under present arrange-
ments, at all events) give great and apparently just
dissatisfaction to stationers. Some years ago the
Government adopted a scheme of selling stamped
envelopes, which at first caused serious anxiety. It
was ultimately arranged, however, that a slight extra
charge should be made by the Government
for these envelopes over and above the price for the
stamps, and so fears of an unfair monopoly
were removed. In the case of halfpenny postage
cards, however, Government evidently in-
tends to give a card and a stamp affixed for the half-
penny, and it is a question even if they will issue a
halfpenny stamp distinct from the material. Whe-
ther they do or not, a serious loss will, no doubt, fall
on the stationers. Supposing that an adhesive stamp
is issued, no stationer can expect to compete with
the authorities, who will supply stationery and
stamps for the same sum ; while, on the other
hand, if no distinct stamp be issued, there
will be millions upon millions of postage cards used
throughout the country, taking the place of other
cards, and paper, and envelopes now supplied by the
stationers. A writer in the Times makes two sugges-
tions to prevent the apprehended grievance. He pro-
poses that the Government should either allow
stationers who sent in their own cards to be stamped,
a sufficient deduction from the charge for the stamps,
to cover the cost of the cards, or that they should
make a similar allowance in the charge for large
quantities of the half-penny adhesive stamps, should
such be issued.
London, England, 1870-06-04

Manufactured only by
HILL & CO., CALEDONIAN WORKS,
BELLE ISLE, YORK-ROAD, KING'S CROSS,
LONDON, N.

METROPOLITAN and GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAYS.—Through Trains to Kew and Richmond,
v;a the Hammersmith andeity Line.—On and after Wednesday,
June Ist, THROUGH 'IRAINS will run from Bishop's-road ta-
tion, Paddington, to KEW and RICHMOND, calling at a:1 inter-
mediate stations.
Passenger s from stations on the Metropolitan Railway will
change at Bishop's-road Station.

LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN
RAILWAY.
ST. ALB NN'S STEEPLECHASES, MONDAY and TUESDAY,

June 6th ”nd 7th.

CHEAP EXCUR-iTON I'ICKE S fo- ST. ALBAN'S will be
issued from Euston Station on each of the above days at 10 30
and 11 30 a.w., and Chalk Farm at 10 3. and 11 35 a.m., return-
ing at 6 8 or 7 ..m. ach day.
Fares from Euston and Chalk Farm to Nt. Alban's and back—
Covered Carriages, ls 7d.; First Class, 3s. 2d
Trains in connect on at Willesden Junction will leave Broad-
street (City), Dalston-lane, Highbury, Victoria (Pimlico), Ken-
sington, and Uxbridge-roa J.
For particulars see Bil.s.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, May, 1870.
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE CLYDE.

Yesterday the Earl of Dalhousie, as Grand Master
Mason of Scotland, laid the foundation-stone of the new
bridge across the Clyde at Hutchesontown, Glasgow, to
be called the Albert-bridge, in honour of the late Prince
Consort. Several thousand brethren belonging to the
Masonic Lodges in different parts of the east and west of
Scotland, the sheriffs of the city, the Lord Provost,
magistrates and town-council, members of the Merchants'
Trades' House, Chamber of Commerce, and of other bodies
took part in the procession. It mustered in the cathedral
and marched through the principal streets to the site of
the new bridge. The number of spectators was
estimated at 100,000. The Earl of Dalhousie was pre-
sented with the freedom of the city and was afterwards
entertained to a banquet in the corporation galleries.
The bridge, which is to be the handsomest In Scotland,
will be finished in October.
London, England, 1870-06-04

A VESSEL ASHORE.

The barque Medora, of Penzance, Read master, 360
tons register, principally belonging to Messrs. W. D.
Matthews and Sons, Penzance, which left that place in
ballast yesterday bound to Quebec, went ashore in a dense
fog this morning about five o'clock, on the rocks near
IPerran, in Mount's Bay. The steamer Earl of Arran
went out to try to tow her off, but could not, but will

wait till next tide to make another attempt. Yesterday
afternoon the steamer Earl of Arran went out again to
try to tow off the barque Medora, which went ashore near
Perran, in Mount's Bay. The steamer succeeded in her
efforts, and bconght the Medora safely into Penzance
Harbour. The amount of damage done to ber cannot be
estimated at present, but it is supposed to be small.
London, England, 1870-06-04

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ;
gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay,
and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price l.s. 6d
Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London.
London, England, 1870-06-04

PNDL4.

-CLcur;4; chine

A report of Dr. Bayley on the Trade with.Lak, fn
1869, has been published In the Gazette of fnelia,i)Aid is
favourable.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.)
THE RERESENTATION OF THE ISLE OF

WIGHT.
fnr the Isle of Wight Is fixed fn. tel-w,
day next, at the Guildhall, Newport.

THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER ON EDUCATION.
Yesterday afternoon the Bishop of Winchester pre.
sided over an influential meeting held at the Belle-vue
Assembly Rooms, Bournemouth, in support of the Na-
tional Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor
in the Principles of the Church of England. The right
rev. chairman delivered a lengthy and eloquent address,
in which he expressed his entire approval of the society,
and commended it to public support as an agency that
should be kept in vigour as well as in vitality. Proceed-
ing to speak of the general question of education, the
Bishop said it was his conviction that the conscience
clause, properly managed and arranged, was the
was a people
best thing that could be adopted, at the present time.
He admitted, amid loud cheers, his conviction that the
people of England would not endure what professed to be
a purely secular system of education. He thought secular
given contradiction
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who educationhahad
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to lead by secularities, to quicken the intellect,
as well as to form externally respectable habits.
We were so divided upon religious matters that there was
a risk through divisions of playing into the hands of secu-
larists. He for one, therefore, was especially anxious to
see perfect freedom to all denominations of Christians,
to introduce into schools which should yet have the assist-
ance of the nation distinct religious teaching. He thought
the plan proposed by Mr. Forster admirably
adapted to
meet the difficuity, and he wished to strengthen the hands
of the Government in maintaining in the main their pre-
sent measure.
London, England, 1870-06-04

NCR

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

Per Cent.

Great Eastern Railway De-

benture Stock
Great Northern ..
Great Western
Lancashire and Yorkshire
London and Brighton ..
London & North Western
Midland
Ditto
North-Eastern .. • •
North London .. • •
South-Eastern .. • •
Metropolitan District
Railway (in course of
construction) Debenture
Stock issued in July 1869,
is now 16 premium ..

The Debenture Stock now offered for subscrip
absolute first mortgage charge on 42 miles of an
way, passing through a rich mineral and agricul
and which, when completed, will represent a to
£708,700, offers an excellent investment for capital
By order of the Board of Directors,
R. M. MUGGER.

tion being an
English Rail-
Rural district,
)tal capital of
fists.

DGE,
Secretary.
1870.

13, Little Queen-street, Westminster, 2nd June,

DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY.

ISSUE OF £255,000 PERPETUAL 6 PER CENT. A.
DEBENTURE STOCK.

FORM OF APPLICATION,
To be retained by the Bankers.

To the Directors of the Devon and Somerset Railway Company.
Gentlemen,
aid to th
Having pe National Provincial Bank of
England the sum of £ , being 10 per cent of £
of 6 per cent. First Mortgage A. Debenture Stock of the Devon
and Somerset Railway Company, I request you to appropriate
and allot and to issue to me Scrip Certificates for the said Stock,
and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less amount that
may be appropriated or allotted to me, and to pay the balance of
the amount of Stock, according to the terms of the Prospectus
attached hereto. Dated 2nd June, 1870.
Name (in full)
Address
Profession (if any) ..
Date

1870.

Signature.
(Addition to be filled up if the Applicant wishes to pay up
in full.)

I desire to pay up my Subscription in full, receiving interesl
thereon from the date of payment.
London, England, 1870-06-04

STRANGE EXPERIMENTS.

Some remarkable experiments on living animals are
described by M. Taine in his lately issued book, "De
l'lntelligence." The first is thus detailed :—" Insert in
the back of a rat the end of its own tail, having first
pared it raw with a bistourY ; it will heal and take root.
As soon as the graft is complete, amputate the tail
about one-third of an inch from the old root. The rat's
tail will thenceforward grow the reverse way and out of
the back. During the first three months the rat will
evince very feeble signs of feeling when the tail is pinched.
At the end of six or nine months the sensitiveness of the
part will have much increased, but the animal will not
yet he able to guess where he is pinched. After a year
he will, however, be completely up to the trick, and will
turn to bite,the pincers." Thus it is proved that experience
must intervene before an animal can localize his sensa-
tions ; and that the irritation of the nerves which before
the operation travelled in the centripetal, subsequently
has effect in the centrifugal direction. The other
experiment is similar, but still more ingenious :—" If you
amputate the paw of a young rat, partially skin it, and
introduce it through the skin of .another rat's side, it will
engraft, take nutriment, grow, and acquire
all the ordinary parts of its structure, as if it
had remained with its former proprietor." M: Taine's
conclusion is also worthy of note. " Such is
the vital function; saving ulterior obstacles, that
is to say, provided the medium is suitable, it works blindly,
lets it aim be useful, useless, or even hurtful. It is the
same with the mental function ; saving some impediment
or paralysis in the cerebral lobes, as soon as a sensation is
experienced, perception or affirmative judgment follows ;
it matters not whether that judgment be false or true,
salutary or hurtful, even although the hallucination which
sometimes constitutes the judgment should lead on to
suicide and destroy the normal harmony that adjusts our
actions to the course of the universe."
London, England, 1870-06-04

BIRTIIS.

On the 31st ult.. at Wall House, near Lichfield, the wife of
E. Ley, Esq., of a son.
On the 31st ult., at Sloane-street, S.W., the wife of W. IL
Palk, Esq., of a son.
London, England, 1870-06-04

RECKLESS SPORT.

Raw ihany aching hearts, asks the Telegraph, are
there to-day in London—hearts which ache because
their owners stand self-convicted of bitter folly in trusting
hundreds -a ul thousands of pounds to the accident of a
race? We read with pity and incredulity the old legends of
Rome, which tell us that Romulus and Remus scanned the
heavens in order to rule the destinies of their nascent
city in conformity with the flight of vultures. Is it one
whit less childish to stake honour, happiness, the future
comfort of a home, the education of children, upon the
speed of a racehorse or the honesty of a jockey?
We shall, of course, preach in vain to hardened
gamblers, or to men who find it suit their health and
taste to circulate from pleasant racecourse to racecourse,
and pick up money from idiots, in preference to earning
their daily bread by the sweat of their brow. But will
the supply of idiots never cease ? We do not blame
betting men for taking to the metallic pencil ; but we do
blame gentlemen for flinging away the blessings which
have been lavished upon them, in so unworthy a pur-
suit as the hopeless attempt to pick out winners. No
arguments.that we can employ are likely to arrest them ;
but long after this Epsom week has passed away, and the
settlement which follows it has been forgotten, may the
names of Kingcraft and Gamos ring in their ears, and
warn them, if they still persevere in backing horses ex-
travagantly, that, besides poverty, disgrace, and dis-
honour, " that way madness lies."
London, England, 1870-06-04

LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs Mansell).
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F.
Charles and Miss L. Morgan.
At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL.
After which, at /-.30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M.
Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle.
Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G;•ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily
Sol done.
London, England, 1870-06-04

,T, i .1; 1? Ai A AEST Y.

BALMORAZ CASTIRL, &uneita
The (4,ucen went out yesterday morning with Pi-imams
Beatrice, attended by the Duchefs Dowager of Athol.
In the afternoon her Majesty and Princess Louise (hove
out, attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps,

The Princess of Wales dive okit yeeo3rday, Accompanied
by the Princess of Tack.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAT.
Lady Llanover's afternoon dancing party from 4to 7..30
at 9, Great Stanhope-street.
The opening of the annual Horse-show early in the fore-
noon, at the Agricultural Hall, Islington.
The 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars regi-
mental dinner at Willis's Rooms, when H.R.H. the
Prince of Wales will be present.

The Ist Guards' Regimental Dinner—the Duke of Beau.
fort in the chair—at Willis's Rooms,
The Crystal Palace,—Grand Season Concert and Fashion.

able Promenade.
At the Gun Club, Shepherd's-bush, the Oaks Handicap ;
to commence at two o'clock.
Eton Montem—this being the fourth of June, when at 12
o'clock bhe Class% Speeches are delivered, the Dean of
Windsor gives a banquet afterwards in College Hall,
there being the procession of boats on the river, and the
display of fireworks on the ait opposite the Eton Brooas.

SCIENTIFIC MEETING—TO-DAY.
The Royal Institution at 3 p.m., when Professor Grant
will lecture on " Comets."

MADAME SAINTON DOLBY'S FARE WELL
On Monday next, 6th inst., at two o'clock precisely,
will commence in St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, Madame
Sainton Dolby's Annual Grand Morning Concert—
an event always of especial attraction. Thisyear, how-
ever, Madame Sainton Dolby's Benefit will be
peculiarly and exceptionally attractive. For, on
Monday next, this gited artist so long the delight
of the lovers of music in England will take her fare-
well of the public. Among the the eminent names of those
brothers and sisters artists of hers who will assist Madame
Sainton-Dolby on this occasion will be Mdlle. Christine
Nilsson, Madame Trebelli-Bettini, Madame Lemmens
Sherrington, Mr. Sims Reeves, Signor Bettini, Signor
Gassier, and Mr. Santley.
The great hall, no doubt, will be thronged by the
earnest and grateful admirers of one of the most rarely
gifted of English songstresses.
London, England, 1870-06-04

MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS.

" Lothair."

It is thought by many good judges that difficul-
ties have arisen between Mr. Disraeli and his party,
and that the review of " Lothair " in Blackwood is
one of the symptoms shewing which way the wind
blows. But at any rate the Standard does not re-
cognise the oracular sentence of the Tory
magazine. It is furious with the famous
review :—" Its flagrant injustice, its coarse scurrility
and its indecent personalities, will all work out their
own retribution in the conviction, which will inevi-
tably be impressed upon the mind of every unpreju-
diced reader, that the writer is not passing judgment
upon the book, but taking a cowardly oppor-
tunity of avenging a private quarrel by
dealing a foul blow at the man who wrote it."
And again, "we are challenged to declare whether
this savage outburst represents a changed mood of the
Conservative party towards their leader. We will
venture to say, that whatever difference of opinion
may have existed as to the policy of Mr. Disraeli
three years back, there are not a score of Conserva-
tives in the whole kingdom who will not repudiate
the language and the sentiment of Blackwood with
disgust and contempt."
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE ARMY AND THE PLEBISCITE.

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

DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY. Issue
of £‘255,000 Perpetual 6 per cent. A Debenture Stock,
which Stock is a first mortgage charge upon the whole under-
taking of the DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY, which,
by agreeme; t confirmed by Act of Parliament, is to be worked
in perpetuit3 by the BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.
The Directors of the DEVON AND SOMERSET RAILWAY
are prepared to receive Subscriptions for £255,000 (balance
unissued of £270,100) First Mortgage A Debenture Stock, bearing
6 per Cent. per annum Interest, which is issued in pursuance of
the Railway Companies' Act, 1867.
The price of issue of the Stock now offered for Subscription
is Par, or £lOO for each £lOO Stock ; it will be issued in any
amount not being less than £lOO Stock, payable as follows :
Jac) on each £lOO Stock subscribed, payable on application.
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London, England, 1870-06-04

THE MALTA TELEGRAPH.

Captain Sherard Osborne's secretary has heard from
Sir Samuel Canning that the Lisbon shore end of the
cable was landed on the Ist of June, the King and Queen
of Portugal being present at the undertaking. The Lisbon
and Falmouth. section. of the cable is being paid oqt. from
fie Hibernia,
London, England, 1870-06-04

DR. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE
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And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest
and mildest pills for every constitution.
In boxes at is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists.
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE CLYDE.

Yesterday the Earl of Dalhousie, as Grand Master
Mason of Scotland, laid the foundation-done of the new
bridge across the Clyde at Hutchesentown, Glasgow, to
be called the Albert-bridge, in heuour of the late Prince
Consort. Several thousand brethren belonging to the
Masonic Lodges in different parts of the east and west of
Scbtland, the sheriffs of the city, the Lord Provost,
magistrates and town-council, members of the Merchants'
Trades' House, Chamber of Commerce, and of other bodies
took part in the procession. It mustered in the cathedral
and marched through the principal streets to the site of
the new bridge. The number of spectators was
estimated at 100,000. The Earl of Dalhousie was pre-
sented with the freedom of the city and was afterwards
entertained to a banquet in the corporation galleries.
The bridge, which is to be the handsomest in Scotland,
will be finished in October.
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE CHARGES AGAINST THE MASTER OF

BRISTOL WORKHOUSE.

At a meeting of the Bristol Guardians, to-day, a letter
was read from the Poor-law Board, stating that, on con•
sidering the evidence adduced at Mr. Longley's recent
investigation into the serious charges against Mr. Groe-
torex, master of the Bristol Workhouse, they had no
alternative but to ask Mr. Groetorex to resign his
appointment.
London, England, 1870-06-04

THE GREAT YACHT RACE.

The long-talked-of, much-discussed, and with-great-
difficulty-arranged match between the American yacht
Sappho and the English yacht Cambria has ended in a
complete muddle, and we shall probably now have once
more one yard of correspondence for every mile sailed.
There were to be three heats, and in the first the Sappho
won easily. The Cambria made some alterations in her
bowsßrit in preparation for the second, but asked the um'
pires in vain for " a dead beat to windward," instead of 5
half-point off the wind," and, growing sulky under pres-
sure, refused to start, so the Sappho walked over the
course. On the merits of the question we are not com-
petent to express an opinion, but it certainly seems as if
a fair yacht race were one of the hardest things in the
world to arrange. In horseracing the one inequality
which has to be provided for is age, and this is readily
met by weight ; but yachtracing seems to be somewhat
like a race between lions, tigers, dromedaries, elephants,
and buffaloes, and to tell whether the conditions of the race
have been exactly the same for each competitor requires
an amount of study, calculation, and familiarity with two
or three sciences which few men possess, and yachting
men apparently never, if we may judge from the length
and unsatisfactory termination of their disputes.
Nation.
London, England, 1870-06-04

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING BEARTz, Messrs
Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Buf ton a-daSantley.
Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, 'ferry,
Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, Anstiss, Goodall, Met-
calfe, and Moore.
London, England, 1870-06-04

LONDON, SATURDAY,

Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Illustrations,

THIRD EDITION of FREE RUSSIA
By W. HEPWORTH DIXON,

Author of "New America," "Her Majesty's Tower," &c.
"Mr. Dixon's book will be certain not only to interest but to
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London, England, 1870-06-04

CONTRABAND CIGARS.

The members of Colonel Whitley's secret service force
have been actively engaged for some time past in ferreting
out the operations of cigar smugglers, and have, in con-
sequence, caused lively consternation among a large num-
ber of Havana and Matanzas steamship men, who have
heretofore enjoyed comparative safety in their schemes
for bringing costly and fragrant cigars into New York
without payment of import duty. For some time the de-
tectives were foiled in their efforts to detect the offenders
in any actual offence against the Government, so carefully
and systematically were the smuggling plans carried out.
Recently, however, they succeeded in making several im-
poetant arrests, and in confiscating several thousand:dol-
lar's worth of contraband cigars, besides communicating
infor7ora..4.l.m ariuneii which fA Oho coil:tux.°
of the steamers Columbia and Uleopatra, on a charge
of having been used for smuggling purposes.
-William D. Hempstead, purser of the steamer Missouri,
running between this city and Cuba, was arrested on
complaint of one of Colonel Whiteley's deputies, for
having, it was alleged, assisted in introducing smuggled
cigars into New York. It was claimed that about 1,000
loose and unstamped cigars had been found in his room
at a search which was held,on the previous evening. They
were taken from drawers having false bottoms, under
which they were concealed. It was reported that upward
of 30,000 smuggled cigars, of which a large number were
of the Henry Clay and Florida de Fuma brands, and
been discovered on the vessel. Some of them were taken
from false bulkheads and false scuttles. A large quantity
was, it is said, secreted in bags under a heap of coal and
wood in the hold of the steamer. The entire lot was
seized, and was placed in charge of two officers. The room
occupied by one of the mates was sealed up to wait fur-
ther inspection.. It is understood that there is some
likelihood of the Missouri's being seized and libelled by
the Federal authorities. Hempstead washeld by Commis-
sioner Osborn in 1,000 dols. bail to appear for examina-
tion.
London, England, 1870-06-04

SPAIN'.

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

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