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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-05

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR, —ln the column headed " Metropolitan
Gossip," in your edition of this evening, a mistake
occurs regarding the amount spent by the above
Club before taking possession of their " splendid
premises in Pall-mall." The sum named should
have been £140,t00, as the amount mentioned in
your paper being £BO,OOO was merely the cost of
the site.—Yours, &c., A CONSERVATIVE.
London, March 4.
London, England, 1870-03-05

lIABITUAL CRIMINALS.

Mr. MILLER asked the Lord Advocate, whether it was
the intention of Government to bring in a bill this session
to amend the " Habitual Criminals Act," so as to make
it more applicable to and more workable in Scotland.
The LORD-ADVOCATE said he believed the ,utter
required amendment, and therefore he would promise to
introduce a bill on the subject.
INDIAN RAILWAYS.

Mr. RODEN asked the Under Secretary of State for
India, whether the Government purposed proceeding
without any more delay with the completion of the system
of Indian railways ; and if he would state the total
number of miles the Government proposed to construct,
and the number of miles per annum.
Mr. G, DUFF said the Government were doing all they
could to carry on the construction of railways with the
utmost expedition. One great line was constructed, and
three others were also Lein; brought forward.
London, England, 1870-03-05

THE DUKE OF RICHMOND.

The Spectator declares that as a debater, no one would
pretend that the Duke of Richmond had the slightest pre-
tensions to the post he has accepted. He is slow, unready,
difficult of speech. His notion of retort is clumsy., con-
ventional, dismal. He does not often attempt it, and
when he does their lordships smile as the man smiled in
2Esop's fable when a certain creature, not fitted for it by
nature, took upon him to gambol like a lap:dog, under the
impression that such manoeuvres were winning without
reference to the qualifications of the performer. When
the Duke wanted to quiz the Liberals for leaving the Irish
Church question so long untouched while they were them-
selves in office, he had recourse to the time-honoured quo-
tation of every session for the last. fifty years or so,—
" As bees on flowers alighting cease their hum,
So settling upon office Whigs are dumb."
—which he accompanied with the unfortunate sug-
gestion that the quotation might prove prophetic
as well as descriptive of the past Whig character, and
that no more might be heard of the Irish Church
Bill after the accession of the Liberals to office.
When he wanted to defend Lord Derby against Lord
Russell for passing a Reform Bill founded on household
suffrage, he had nothing happier to suggest by way of
scoff than this immemorial taunt against Lord Russell
" I cannot say that I ever had the honour of visiting Pem-
broke Lodge, but I can almost fancy that were I to do so,
I should see this inscription over the door, ' Russell, sole
patentee and inventor of Reform. None genuine unless
signed by me. Imitators beware ! '" Very hippopotamian
playfulness indeed !: The Duke should leave that sort of
thing to Mr. Disraeli. On the whole, we should augur
that his success will depend on his power to keep Lord
Salisbury and Lord Carnarvon at his side without alienat-
ing Mr. Disraeli. The less he tries to be original, the
better.
London, England, 1870-03-05

MATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common,
11 Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861.
Under thepatronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, 8.G.,
whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.
The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to flt them for domestic service; and, if not other
wise provided for when they attain lb years of ago, to obtain
suitable situations for them.
The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions.

-
HENRY Kniosoon, Treasuror
W S. WARM= Socrets.ry.
Office, 121, Pall-mall, W
London, England, 1870-03-05

DOCKS.
et East and Wee.
London and St. Katherine 100 49 51
100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent . all
Millwa.ll Freehold Land
Dock lOO 10 33
Southampton lip 72 75 2
Surrey- Comulaiolal
London, England, 1870-03-05

141ORM of BEQUEST..—NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury :—I give and bequeath to the
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in
1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to be paid out
of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for
charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use
of the said Hospital.
The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out
Patients, a Samaritan Soc'ety to relieve the more desti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incumble.
E. 11. CHANDLER, Hon. Soc.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
(.}olden-square, W.

President-lEs Grace tgo Duke cf GRAFTON.

The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy eurrenfexpenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-03-05

NOTIIING IMPOSSIBLE.

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to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
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to a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
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including brush.

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London, England, 1870-03-05

1.4€)-\ forDilEoeES the n
DIOCESAN HOME EI: To Lr
FEMALEESS'T.
S PENITENTS JAMES'S
(Flarnmersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by aSisterhood,
"iu faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
lho Bishop of LONDON,

Rev. J. W. Ayre
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev. W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain
Rev. E. Capel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octsvins Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Furse
C. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Ebq.
Rev. Dr. F Hesseyl
H & Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be recei
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretrry, Roy. S. W. Lloyd
man-square, to whom comma

Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert, M.P.
1107. J. E. Kempe
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhen%
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Canon Nepean
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. F. Pigou
11. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Kw.
ived by any of the above ; by
and Co ; and by the Hon.
1, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
at ications may be addressed.
London, England, 1870-03-05

SCIENTIFIC' AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
ORNAMEN'T'S for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consistingof a new and elegant as-
sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe-
lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights,
ite., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby-
shire Spar. &c. Imported and manufactured byJAMES
TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand,
W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arratges elementary collections of ROCKS,
lIINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facili-
tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and
GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500
guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and
MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at
149, Strand.

ORTH LONDON or UNIVERSIIY
COLLEGE HOSPlTAL—Accident& and Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS eat'neslv solicited to meet thy•
annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000.
The committee also plead for help for the sick children.
the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who
enjoy i❑ the now wards, devoted to them, the privilegei,
of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank-
fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19.
Chester-terrace, Regent's-park ; and at tho office of the
charity.

HENRY J. KELLY, RN., Secretary.
London, England, 1870-03-05

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 4.
Her Majesty walked and drove in the grounds
this morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and
Prince Leopold also went out.

LATEST II TELL MENOE

(REUmER'S TELEGRAMS.)

F RANGE.

PARIS, March 4.

It is expected that the suit brought by the ex-
King of Spain against Queen Isabella will not take
place, but that an amicable understanding will be
arrived at.

The French Government have taken measures at
Bayonne to restraia the Carlists who refuse to be

interned.

Gener.,l Ellio has been reconducted to the lute-

nor of France.

PARIS, March 5.

An Irnperiid decree, dated the 28th ult., approves
of the Convention concluded jointly by the Minis-
triesofbe-
eof Interior and of War with the firm of
tAwLeeAnl.
FBrraenitenaaynedr foErgt3hpet, lathy
Algeria.

The Convention stipulates that under no condi-
tion whatsoever shall the lines of the new cable on
its course from France to Algeria cross the cable
previously conceded to the firm of M. M. Erlanger
and Co. The concession granted to the firm,
Breitmayer, confers no exclusive privilege. The
tariff for a message from France to Egypt by the
new line is fixed at 25 francs for 20 words.

The Gazette des Tribunaux states that of the 530
prisoners, arrested during the late disturbances,
only 74 remain in custody, and these are charged
with conspiracy. Their trial has commenced, and
serious indictments have been made out against all
of them. The paper adds that the greater number
decline to answer the interrogations.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 4.

An Imperial decree has been issued authorising
merchant vessels to pass by night through the
Bosphorus and the Straits of the Dardanelles, and
all entrance dues have been abolished.
London, England, 1870-03-05

HIGHWAYS.

Mr. GEORGE GREGORY asked the Under Secretary of
State for the Home Department whether the returns
called for by himfrom the different Highway Boards were
completed ; and whether he would lay them upon the
table of the House.
Mr. HUGESSErf said a number of letters had been sent
Jut, but the answers had not yet been received. He
should he happy to arrange with the hon. gentleman for
the production of certain information on the subject.
London, England, 1870-03-05

CANCER HOSPITAL (Free): founded 1851.
—Bromptou, S.W., and 467, Piccadilly.— Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and ninny cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St:James's Palace.
Bankers Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strabd.
By order, 11. J. JUl'p.
London, England, 1870-03-05

THE MISSING STEAMSHIP.

No news has yet been received of the missing
steamer City of Boston. There is still strong hope
of her safety, as it is stated that there are about
500 vessels off the west coast of Ireland homeward
bound, unable to make headway, owing to heavy
eastealy gales.

Bank of England Returns.

An Account, pursuant to tl
cap. 32, for the week ending
ISSUE DET

ho Act 7th and Bth Victorig,
Wednesday, March 2, 1870.

Notes issued £34,098,200

Governmt. Debt..£11,015,10,
Other Securities.. 8,984,900
Gold Coin and _ _

Bullion
Silver Bullion

.C 34,098,200

£34,098,200
BANKING D.

Proprietors' Capi-
tal X14,553,000
Rest 3,624,6)6
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Bank;
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div.
Accounts 9,793,327
Other
Seven Deposits 17,274,771
Days
other Bills 447,832

.tPARTMENT.
Governmt. Secu-
rities(including
Dead Weiglit
Annuity) .... £13,831.314
Other Securities 19,492,317
Notes 11,438,740
()old and Silver
Coin

£45,693,626

£45,693,626

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

According to Reuter's telegram this afternoon
the Rentes closed at 74f. 40c. Undecided.

According to Messrs. Moffatt Davidis and Co.'s
report, the receipts of cotton at all ports for the
week have been 73,000 bales, and since the Ist of
September 2,200,000 bales. Shipments to England,
37,000 bales; to France, 8,000 ; and to the Conti-
nent 9,000 bales; and since the Ist of Septem-
ber, 1,925,000 bales. Stock, 570,000 bales. Mid-
dling upland, 30i cost and freight per steamer.
Kelley will accept Sadler's challenge to row any
man in the world, with the exception of James Renforth,
from Putney to Mortlake, for a stake of £2OO aside. Kelley
desirous that the race should come off on the 30th of
May, while Sadler would prefer the fixture a fortnight
earlier.

The Vaudeville Theatre in the Strand is now
rapidly approaching completion. The building will pass
into the hands of the decorators in, a few days, and it will
positively open on April ICtli.
London, England, 1870-03-05

COMPENSATION IN C LSE OF INJURY,
AND
A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH
Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIN- , may be secured by
Policy of the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY.

An Annual Payment of .£3 to £0 59. insures £l,OOO at Death,
and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury.
RAILWAY ACCI I tENTS ALONE may be provided against
by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies.
For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to
the Local Agents, or at the Ofilces, st, COnsuiLL and 10, REGENT
STREET, LONDON.

WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary.
London, England, 1870-03-05

THE NAVY ESTIMATES.

The Economist thinks it is clear from the statements
ooth of Mr. Childers and Mr. Baxter, that after a short
interregnum, during which the Secretary had better be
despotic, it will be necessary either to appoint a purchasing
" Lord " directly responsible to Parliament or a pur-
chasing Board ; but there is one feature in the
statements with which we are nct quite satisfied. It is
possible, out of zeal for economy, to push the diminution
of stores too far. The demands which at the outset of a
war must be complied with are, we believe, very often
astounding. The peace estimates have become valueless,
huge stores are emptied in a day—for example, the medi-
cine stores—and the trade, aware of the depletion, claims
in one transaction profit enough to make up for the mode-
ration of years. We should like to know more accurately
the principle on which the Admiralty calculates its needs;
why it believes a stock of 2;000 anchors so absurdly large
for a fleet like ours ; or why, having too many, it is con-
aidered expedient to sell Dui article which does not suffer
very much from time, or would not if properly taken
care of ? The example of the United States chews that
economy in stores may be pushed into the wildest extra-
vagance—the powder Bill for the first two years of the
Civil War, for example, was amazing—while we ourselves
always suffer from economy in transports. We trust,
before the 'debate is over, Mr. Childers will be asked to
explain thoroughly the views of the departmerit about
transport, and its means of carrying troops and steins
without hiring vessels at Abyssinian or even Crime;,..•
r.. •
London, England, 1870-03-05

SLIGO.

- - -
When Sligo is again allowed the privilege of a
parliamentary election, it is likely that Mr. Thomas
O'Dowd will offer himself as a candidate. He is
brother-in-law to the Right Hon. Judge Keogh, and.
will contest the borough on " ultra-National" princi-
ples. As National principles are commonly supposed
to differ from Fenianism only by a slight shade, it Is
not easy to see what ultra-nationalist principles mean,
unless it be Fenianism itself.
London, England, 1870-03-05

WHAT IS IT?

WU" Special Notice.—Mr P. OORRPS Benefit, WKIVES-
DAY, March the 9th, on which occasion Miss I 3 A.TII LEEN
CORRI will make her first appearance.

T-1-ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.
1-Baker-street. —A PORTRAIT MODEL of TIt')PMAiIN
is now addcd.—On View, amongst innumerable other relics, the
original Lunette and Knife of the actual Guillotine used for the
decapitation of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and upwards of
2,010 persons of the best and worst blood in France. Also an
exact copy of the guillotine as in use. Admission, ls. ; extra
rooms, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. till 5, and from 7 till 10 p.m.

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London, England, 1870-03-05

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

THIS E vr,NING, at Seven o'clock, BLOW FOR BLOW
Mr Henry J. Byron, J. D. Beveridge, Arthur Stirling, Stuart,
C. H. Stephenson, Miss Furtado, Mss Lavis, Miss Eliza John-
stone, IT. At 9, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr
Henry J. Byrons
London, England, 1870-03-05

THE GREAT ROWING MATCH.

It is reported that the eight-oared race between
the two Universities has been definitively fixed for
Wednesday, April 6. According to the tide table
it will not be high water at Putney on that dziy
until a few minutes past 6 p.m., but arrangements
have been made for the start to take place shortly
after four o'clock.
London, England, 1870-03-05

EMIGRATION.

The National Emigration League is undaunted
by the decision of parliament not to counte-
nance the principle of State-supported emigration.
It has resolved to ask for such support, nevertheless.
The general and executive committee, at a special
meeting held after the division in the House of
Commons, passed this resolution :—"That this
Council is of opinion that it is the imper ttive duty
of the League to carry on the agitation fo: its pro-
gramme, believing that both this country and the
colonies would be alike benefited by the aid sought
for from the Government." It has been decided to
hold a great demonstration in the metropolis. Public
inoetings are to come off in the large towns.
London, England, 1870-03-05

STATE MIGRATION.

The John Bull asks if the task of transporting starving
nen from a country where their labour is not wanted to a
country where there is abundance of room for all of them,
and more than all, is beyond the capacities of English
statesmen? We should be loth to say that it was. We
would rather hope that no means of fulfilling the task has
been discovered, because hitherto statesmen have not
applied themselves to it. Other tasks seemed impossible
at first. Year after year attempts were made to solve the
land question in Ireland. Yet it is only this year that the
solution has been found. We can scarcely be expected to
do that which our legislators have failed to accomplish.
Yet they are one or two suggestions which may be made.
In those colonies where there are Crown lands—unfortu-
nately, owing to the disastrous mistake of surrendering
those lands, the number of such colonies is very
few—emigrants might be employed by the Govern-
ment at wages, with the understanding that
when brought into cultivation the land culti-
vated shall belong to the cultivator, less a pay-
ment for his passage, and for whatever small
sum it may be thought desirable to charge for
the aforesaid lands. In those Colonies where
the waste lands belong to the local Govern-
ments, we believe that it will often be found possible to
make an arrangement whereby the Colonies themselves
will defray the passage money, making a similar arrange-
ment with them as our own Government makes where the
lands belong to the Crown. These arrangements need
not in any way check private benevolence. We maintain
that State aid and private aid may go on simultaneously.
And we would remind our readers, in conclusion, that
while the chances are that every shilling which they give
to street beggars will be worse than thrown away, every
shilling which they give to the existing emigration funds
is twice blessed—it blesseth those who go, by takinc, them
to a land of plenty ; it blesseth those who stay, by s:curinc,
that there shall no longer be three applicants for work
which is enough for only two ; but that every man eluol
have a fair day's work and fair wages for doing it.
London, England, 1870-03-05

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, LG.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary oontributiots
and legacies.

It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 8,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.

Conixtbr.tions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and 00., Abohnrch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ;
[ferries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Paykiii, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,',Borners-street ;:and at
the Hospital from 10 till 5
London, England, 1870-03-05

lAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
kJ and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only freo Hospital for diseases of women
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed ,and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca-
dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Couto,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

...Q. AMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ;
2,5,3 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS
are much needed, and will bo received by Messrs. If atcbfbrd,
Piccadilly'; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. ; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Ulyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

()NE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPH A N OHILPREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPH A6l ASYLUM, at the moderato rate
of .£23 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALK IIR, Secretary
Ofilee, 54, Choapside, London, E.Oi
London, England, 1870-03-05

WESTMINSTER.

SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS IN I3ROMPTON. —Charles
Roberts, James Christie, and Henry M'Kay were
charged with being suspected persons and lurking
about the neighbourhood of Onslow-square
Brompton.
En consequence of the robbery at Lord Napier's
and other mansions in Brompton, the Scotland-yard
detectives have been posted round the neighbour-
hood, and last night at half-past six Sergeants
Campbell and Gibbs were patrolling the ground,
when the three prisoners were discovered coming
from Pelham-street to Old Brompton. As their
manner was suspicious the sergeants watched
and followed them across Onslow-gardens
into Swan-lane,-where they suddenly disappeared.
The sergeants watched for their return, and at
about a quarter to eight they returned and were
looking about them with no apparent object, when
the sergeants stopped and questioned them; their
answers were evasive, and they were taken to the
stat.on, where they gave confused accounts of
how they knew each other and had met, and it
turned out that Christie had been before con-
victed..
Mr. Selfe remanded :.,he prisoners.

RAILWAYS.-PREFERENOE SHARES AND STOOKS.

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London, England, 1870-03-05

THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
nieuth-s'Teet, W. (where irany cases deemed incur-
able are cured). much needs support. Inspection is in-
vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER,
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra-
tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30.
London, England, 1870-03-05

EDUCATION.

Mr. CAMPBELL asked the Vice-President of the Privy
Council whether it was intended that under the Elemen-
tary Education Bill all classes of the community should be
free to participate in the school system proposed to be
based upon payment of rates, school fees, and Government
grants.
Mr. FORSTER said he must ask that the Education Bill
might pass Parliament before the additional questions as
to what would be done with regard to the Revised Code.
London, England, 1870-03-05

THE NEW POOR BILL.

Mr. Goschen's Bill to provide for the equal dis•
tribution over the Metropolis of a further portion of
the charge for the relief of the poor, seeks to throw
the charge for the maintenance of the in-door upon
the Metropolitan Common Poor Fund.

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London, England, 1870-03-05

LYCEUM TTLEATIZE.

Tim EVENING. at 7.30, TWENTY MINUTES WITH A
TIGER And CHILPERIC: M. Marina, G Vincent, Odell,
A. Cook, Lepierre, and M. nerve; Mesdames Dolaro, Fitz-
Inman, Romanolli, Nellie Nesbit, and Miss Emily Muir.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE HEIR AT LAW: Mr Clarke. Mr
James, Miss Bufton, &c. With THE TODDLES. Concluding
with ISO.

WOODIN'S CARPET - BAG AND SKETCH BOOK,
Egyptian Hall. Piccadilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at
5; Satnrday itox flings at 3. Admission, Is, 2s, 3s.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8
Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.

ZOOLOGICAL G &I:WENS, Regent's-pack, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays' 6d. Children
nnder twelve, 6d.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS
Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office
open frorall to 4.

4,21,110 -r(5-ra
of- 4i
London, England, 1870-03-05

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.

The private medical attendants of the patients are
in sited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 186, Harley-street, W.
London, England, 1870-03-05

MALTA TELEGRAPH.

Mr. EYKYN asked whether her Majesty's Government
had refused permission to the Marseilles, Algiers, and
Malta Telegraph Company to land their cable at Malta ;
and whether her Majesty's Government would lay upon
the table a copy of the convention by which they guaran-
teed £3,000 a year to the Mediterranean Extension Tele-
graph Company.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the matter was
still in the course of negotiation, and therefore he could
not give any information. The guarantee was not £3,000
a year, but unfortunately £7,200. Ile had no objection to
lay the paper on the table.
EMIGRATION.

• Sir JAMES LAWRENCE asked the Under Secretary of
State for the Colonies if he was now prepared to state the
number of free emigrants that would be sent to Western
Australia during the present season ; and if he has any
objection to lay before the House the dispatch recently re:
ceived from the governor of that colony.
Mr. MONSELL said no emigrants except the families of
convicts had been sent out, and no? more would be sent
out until the Governor had intimated the number and the
description required.
London, England, 1870-03-05

ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
The extraordinary success which has attended the production
,f the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of
die electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici-
pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance
Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes,
have had the gratifying effect of making the r sent ono the
most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The
celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient
chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com-
positions of ad distinguished composers--the solos in which are
assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca; Messrs.
W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr
Thomas Pitts. Professor Millman M.C.
Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s.
R. R. BRINELL, Proprietor

('iAUTION.- POPULAR ERROR.—PRICE'S
BENZODYNE, the newly-discovered Cura for
Cough, Bronchitis, Consumption, and all wasting diseases,
CLolera,* Dysentery, &c., has nothing whatever to do
with petroleum spirit, falsely called Benzoline, &c. This
unique remedy may bo obtained of all Chemists, and
through the Proprietor, Mr. PiticE, Analytical Chemist,
2, Lower Seymour- street, London, W.
Prices —ls. 1,1-4., 2s. 9d., and 4s. Gd. per bottle.
London, England, 1870-03-05

ASK ror " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE.

BEWARE OF IMITATIONS,
and see the names of LEA &PERRINS on all bottles and labels

Agonts—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all
Dealers in Sauces throughout the World

FFRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
F KMAL "IQ PR EVEN TIV la and It EFOB,MA.I.OIIY IN
STITUTION.

President Rev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, Francis Nicholls
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, B.C.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.
London, England, 1870-03-05

AMERICA.

The fall in gold is generally ascribed to the fa-
vourable half-yearly statement of imports and ex-
ports, showing a balance of the foreign trade
against the country of only three millions of dollars.
(Per French Atlantic Cable.)

NEW YORK, March 4.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 114 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 114 ; the lowest, 1l 28.
Sterling Exchange on London lOBl.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll2k.
" 1885 lll.
" 1867 llOl.
' 10-10 tc
Illinois l3Bl.
Erie
Cotton upland 22le.
Petroleutn—Staudard White 2Bc.
Flour, extra state, $4.90e. to $5.50e. Corn, old
mixed, sl.2c.

THE INDIAN TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION.
The following telegram has been received by the
Telegram Construction and Maintenance Company
this morning, March sth :
"HALPIN TO OSBORN.
" ADEN, March 3.
" The Hibernia arrived this morning. All well,
We will all leave az.; soon as ready, probably on
the 6th inst.
London, England, 1870-03-05

SENSATION AFTEIL DECAPITATION.

The recent discussions on the question whether
sensation remains in the head of the victims of the
guillotine, have induced certain continental physicians
to make several curious experiments the head of
the parricide BeMere. They took possession of the
head five minutes after execution, when no trace of life
remained. They shouted the dead man's name
up the auricular passages, they placed pads of lint
soaked in the strongest ammonia in the nostrils, and
touched the lips with them, without producing the
smallest trace of sensation. Neither did the placing
of lights close to the pupils of the eyes, nor the
cauterising of the eyes with nitrate of silver pro-
duce any effect. Electricity was then tried, and the
galvalic battery of Legendre, having a current of
mediocre strength, produeel rapid contractions in the
muscles of the film. Did this prove that the brain
retained sensation ? The physicians are positive that
it did not, for two reasons. First, while the side of
the face played upon by the electric current, moved
in an expressive manner, the other side remained as
immovable as ever; and, secondly, because the parts
galvanisedc resumed their deathlike stillness directly
the current ceased. The result of the experiments
is, therefore, to prove that decapitation is instantly
fatal.
London, England, 1870-03-05

STREET TRAMWAYS.

Mr. Shaw Lefevre's Tramway Bill seems to cs-m-
-tain every necessary provision for the institution of a
systc ,;; that will be the means of quicker locomotioa
in our streets, The Act applies to England and
Wales, and authorises the construction of
tramway=s by any local authorities, or by
persons or companies acting with per-
mission of the local authorities. 'Certificates to
enable such works to proceed will be obtainable from
the Board of Trade. The undertaking may be leased
or sold by its promoters, and a toll may be levied on
its use. Due protection is afforded to all works
which might otherwise suffer by the tearing up of
streets for the purpose of making tram-
ways. Thus, no interference will be allowed
with sewers, or with gas or water works;
and any differences arising, as they inevitably will
arise, between tramway promoters and local boards
will be settled by an engineer or other fit person
appointed by the-Board of Trade.
London, England, 1870-03-05

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

THE QUEEN ONCE MORE IN PUBLIC.

We are promised shortly another public cere-
monial, over which her Majesty will preside. The
Lancet mentions a rumour, and believes it to
be a correct one, " that her Majesty has been pleased
to signify her wish to open the new building of the
University of London in person." The time when
this event takes place is May. London is then full,
not only of " society," but of provincial visitors, espe-
cially of clergymen, who go up to attend the benevo-
lent meetings of the month.
London, England, 1870-03-05

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S llomEs
fare as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hemp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
18,0amden-street,Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland- street. wick.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John's-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside
• In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
hav3 under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 624 appli-
cants whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Repert (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The SoCiety is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers aro Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. CODPER, Sec.
RP anatln-stroet Cheapside.
London, England, 1870-03-05

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES,
56, Great Marlborough-street, W.
Bankers, Messrs. Ransom.
SUPPORT is earnestly solicited.
ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Hon. Sec.

rrHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
1 the CHEST, City-rand.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-03-05

CIREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale-
donian-road, N.—Several beds in the new buildings
cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary.
GEORGE REID, Secretary.

BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES,
Clapham rise.
Instituted 1861
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES.
TREASURERS.
George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons.
This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of
the kingdom, provides for those afflicted with incurable
diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical
attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO
obtained by election.
No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper
class, is eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may be pro-
cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub-
scriptions are earnestly solicited.
BA.NRERS.
Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E C.; and
Messrs. Drummond, Cnaring-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER Secretary.
Offices, 73, Choapside.
London, England, 1870-03-05

TIIE LAND BILL.

The meeting of Irish members touching the Land
fill was influential, fifty-two representatives—nearly
half the entire number—being present. But the
de3ision entirely belied the various reports as to what
the Hibernian legislators would do. In one quarter
it was said that an attempt would be made to apply
th,:; Ulster tenant-right to the whole island. Another
runnuir affirmed that a motion of this kind would
h 3 made "on the second reading." The
a ual result is that. the Irish members will ollbr
no opposition at the next stage of the measure; and
at present there aro no signs of "this day three
months" in any quarter.
London, England, 1870-03-05

TTIE GAME LAWS.

A large meeting of farmers and others interested
in agricultural matters has been held at Birmingham
to discuss the repeal of the game laws. All half
measures, ground game distinctions, and the like,
were contemptuously repudiated. The total aboli-
tion, and nothing else, will these men of the
Birmingham district accept; and they have
formed a local committee to promote the move-
ment. One speaker expressed the opinion that
very little opposition would be offered in Parliament.
This g,entleinan probably enjoys a special insight into
the wishes and intentions of the Legislature. It is pos-
sisle that Parliament may ofl'er little opposition to
so:no change; but there are not the smallest indica-
tions that it is prepared to accept total abolition of
the laws.
London, England, 1870-10-11

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

' ROBBERY AT ST. JAMES'S HALL.-Mr. Edward Theo-
bald, described as a clerk, was brought before Mr. Tyr-
whitt, at the Marlborough Police-court, by Detective
Beechey, of the C division, charged with stealing a
meerschaum pipe and cigar tube of the value of £6, the
property of Mr. John Bennett, proprietor of the billlard-
room, St. James's Hall. Mr. Bennett said prisoner was
one of his markers. He left on Saturday week for Leeds,
and after he was gone a meerschaum pipe and cigar
tube, his property, were missed. Detective Beechey said
that on taking the prisoner into custody at Leeds, he
said he had exchanged the articles at the shop of Mr.
Davies, tailor, in Tichborne-street, but that he intended
to return the pipe on the following Monday. In reply to
the prisoner, the officer said the prisoner used the word
" exchanged." Mr. John Davies, tailor, of Tichborne-
street said he received the pipe of the prisoner as security
for a pair of trousers and a vest, the prisoner paying him
a half sovereign and telling him not to part with the pipe.
Beechey said he was informed the prisoner had been in
custody at Leeds for embezzlement. Committed for
trial.

AN UNPROFITABLE CUSTOMER.—Jacob liedland, aged
36 years, a bald headed, well dressed, studious looking
man, was charged at the Thames Police-court, with
wilfully breaking a pane of glass in the King's
Arms public-house, in Brook-street, Rateliff. Mr.
Palmer, the landlord, said the prisoner came there
and made a great disturbance, and when he attempted
to eject him he smashed a large pane of plate-
glass, valued at 31s. The prisoner ran away, and when
pursued threw himself on the ground. This was repeated
several times, and the prisoner ultimately escaped. A
policeman captured him opposite Shadwell Church the
same night. Mr. Paget asked the prisoner his profession.
The prisoner : A sailor. Mr. Paget : But something more
than a common sailor on board ship ? The prisoner : No,
a common sailor. The tailor has rigged me out with a
new rig, and has made me look like a parson. Mr. Paget :
You must pay a fine of is., and 315., the value of the pane
of glass, or go to prison for 14 days.
London, England, 1870-10-11

THE FRENCH FLEET.

r A. French fleet passed Dover this morning, con-
14titig of 12 ironclads, all first-class. The ships
eanle from the west, and are bound eastward.

A NEW' COMMAND OFFERED

TO BAZAINE.

The French papers mostly argue in favour of an
advance upon Metz by the armies now forming.
lley admit that no force which is likely to be col-
lected within an available time can combat the host
round Paris ; but they urge that the new levies
might easily co-operate with Bazaine in meeting the
army of Prince Frederick Charles. The Liberte
centains an important statement respecting Bazaine.
It is to the effect that the Provisional Ministry have
offered the Marshal the command-in-chief of the
French armies if he will recognize and sustain the
Republic, or at least consent to let the Constituent
Assembly decide for itself on the form of Govern-
London, England, 1870-10-11

RAILWAYS.

Bristol and Exeter B5 87 Grand Trunk of Canada
Caledonian
735, 3, 3 Do 3rd Pref Stock
Great Eastern
373. 3 4th Prof stock ' 163 173
Great Northern
1223 1063, 53
Do A 13331343 Great Western of Canada 153 153
1343 Do 6 p c Bonds, 1873.. 100 102
Great Western 7l 713 101
713, 3, 3 Do 53 do. 1877-8 ....
Lancashire & Yorkshire 13031313 x d
131, 303 Do 5p c Pref, issued 80 1 2pm
Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 413 42 Madras guar 5p o
413, 3 N. Railway of Canada,
Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 12/ 123 6p o Ist Pref Bonds
Lon and North-Western 1280129 Oude and Rohilkund g
1293, 81, 3 5 p o
Lon and South-Western 88 90 1043
Man, Shef, and Lincoln 453 453 Scinde, Punjaub, and
Metropolita
453 n
67 673 10 Delhi guar 5p c
3
673, 7 Bahia and San Francisco
Midland 1261127 g 7 p c
1273, 63, 73 Belgian E Junction
North British
North-Eastern Consols 14511463 253
146, 3, 53 x n Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 183
South-Eastern 733 74 x d
74, 33, 3 Dutch-Rhenish 22 24
Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 79 Eastern of France —
78 Great Luxembourg
Bombay, Baroda, and Lemberg Czernowitz gua
Central India, g 5 p c.. 10431053 7p c
16 3 l6l 162
04/
Buff & Lake Huron Pref Northern of France
Do 53 p c Bonds. 1872-3-4 79 81 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 53 53
81 Recife and San Francisco
Cape guar 6p o
East Bengal guar 5 p o 10411053 161
East Indian, g 5 p c
Grand Trunk Canada
Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South Austn & Lom-Yen 14 143
charge 6p c
Do 2nd do Scrip .... par 2pm Southern of France .. ..
Do Ist Prat Bonds

96 98
London, England, 1870-10-11

A SUCCESSFUL SORTIE.

OCTOBER 6.

A sortie, reported to have • been attended with fair
results, has put Paris in very good humour. At 2 a.m.
this morning a detachment of the Garde Mobile and
the troops of the line sallied out from the Fort
de l'Est and the Fort d'Aubervillers. Under cover of
a dense fog they penetrated into the village of Bourget,
which they found deserted by the enemy. They
have taken possession of the position.
A very untoward event happened yesterday. An armed
demonstration assembled at Belleville, and went to the
Hotel de Ville, where the crowd presented certain
demands. This is undoubtedly a bad sign. If the armed
populace begin thus early to carry their weapons with
them whenever they desire to impress an argument on a
Ministers, it is not to be expected that they will stop at
mere asking for what they want. The demonstration of
yesterday was very large. It consisted of 10,000 National
Guards, headed by the well known Gustave Flourens,
who a few months ago endeavoured to stir up an insurrec-
tion in the streets of Paris, and fled to Belgium upon the
failure of the enterprise. These 10,000 citizens demanded
that the National Guard be armed with Chassepots ; that
the Imperial system of constantly opposing one French-
man to three Prussians be changed; that the whole
nation be called to arms ; that an immediate
appeal be made to the Revolutionists in all
countries, especially " the great citizen, Garibaldi,'
that the municipal elections shall be immediate, the
people having the sole right to govern themselves ; that
all suspected persons holding administrative positions be
dismissed ; that the Commune de Paris, elected by the
people, shall regulate the subsistences which shall exist in
the town. The Government has refused to comply with
these demands, in consequence of which Flourens has
resigned the command of the 63rd, 172nd, 173rd, 174th,
and 240th battalions.

The sixth pamphlet of papers and correspondence of the
Imperial Family, has been published. A letter from the
celebrated Madame Lafarge, who was pardoned by the
Prince President in 1852, thanking him, is amongst the
collection. It ends, " I have the honour to be, with
the most profound respect, Monseigneur, your very
humble and very obedient resuscitated, MARIE CAPELLE."
Valaque G-anesco, the editor of the Nain Jaune, appears
to have explained to the Emperor's Secretary that
"he hoped to embarass more and more the
Orleanist conspiracy." Duvernois, the editor of the Peuple
Francais, the Emperor's paper, received 5,000 francs per
day." He was to pay out of this sum the printing, paper,
stamp, editing, and pocket the rest. The smaller the cir-
culation, therefore, the greater the profit. He is said to
have had a large quantity of blank paper stamped, thus
shewing an enormous circulation, but to have sold the
stamped paper to other journals. There are also letters
from Miss Howard (Comtesse de Beauregard). She ap-
pears to have received from the Emperor between the
24th March, 1853, and Ist January, 1855, the sum of
5,449,000 francs.
London, England, 1870-10-11

COUNT BISMARCK'S DEMANDS.

Joanne's " Geographical Dictionary of France " for lasi
year gives tables of the populations of Alsace, Lorraine,
Nice, and Savoy, and they give an idea of the extent of
Count Bismarck's demands :

ALSACE. NICE.
Departments. Population. I Departments. Population.
Haut Rhin........ 530,285 I Alpes Maritimes .. 198,818
Bas Rhin ........ 588,970

1,119,255 I SAVoi.
Haute Savoie 273,768
LouRLINE. Savoie ...... 271,663
Moselle 452,157
----545,731
Meuse ..
Meurtho. ...... 428,387
Vosges

•
1,601,195 j --
744,549
From thii3 table it will be seen that in 1859 France gained
an increase of 744,549 inhabitants by the annexation of
Nice and Savoy. Count Bismarck's demand, according to
his own statements, would deprive France of a population
equivalent to that number, and of 750,000 inhabitants
besides. This, it may be presumed, presupposes
the cession of Alsace, which would involve a
loss to France of 1,119,255 inhabitants, and
THE BATTLE OF TOURY. of Metz—with the Department of Moselle, which
General Reyan, who commanded the French at the would involve a loss of 452,157 inhabitants—a loss to
somewhat serious affair at Toury, on Wednesday last, France of somewhat more than a million and a half of
gives the following official report of the battle:— inhabitants—viz., 1,571,412. This would somewhat ex-
Chevilly, Oct. 5, 6.5 Evening. ceed Count Bismarck's estimate, as France would thus
General Reyan to the Minister of War at Tours.—This
lose 827,163 inhabitants more than she gained by the ces-
day, October 5, I left Chevilly at three in the morning sion of Nice and Savoy. But without entering into
minute details, and bearing in mind the possibility
and marched, with three brigades of cavalry and some