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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-30

ex_ U MID lAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE.
Established 1821.

Subscribed Capital
11, Lombard-street, London, E.O.
DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN Frederick H. Janson, Esq.
Richard M. Harvey, Esq
J. G. Hubbard, Esq
G. J. Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P
John Martin, Esq
Rowland Mitchell, Esq
ames Morris, Esq
Abraham J. It charts, Esq
Henry Vigne Esq

..Two Millions.

Henry Hulse Berens,-Esq
Hy. Bouham-Carter, Esq
Charles Wm Curtis, Esq
Charles F. Devas, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq
Sir W. B. Farquhar, Bart
James Goodson, Esq
Archibald Hamilton. Esq
Thomson Hankey, Esq
SECRETARY—Thos
ACTUARY—s,
The Governinent Duty is

nas Tallemach, Esq
Lml. Brown, Esq.
[otally abolished.

Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal, with statemen of the
Assets and Liabilities in the Life Branch, free on application to
the Company's Agents,or to the Secretary.
London, England, 1870-04-30

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHT.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER

THIS EVENING. at Seven, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THINT:
Messrs R. Phillips and Ashley; Miss Marla and Miss Nelly
Harris.
After which, at 15 to 8, THE PROMPTER'S BOX: a Story
of the Footlights and the Fireside. Mr Benjamin Webster, Mr
H. J. Byron. Mr J. D. Beveridge, Mr R. Phillips, Mr Stuart, Mr J. G.
Taylor, Mr C. J. Smith, Mr Ashley, Mr W. Eburne, Miss Furtado,
Mrs L. Murray, and Mrs Alfred %iellon.
To be followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr J. G. Taylor
and Miss Eliza Johnstone. _ _

Box-office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking
Places can be secured a fortnight in advance.
London, England, 1870-04-30

PARTRIDGE AND COOPER.
MANUFACTURING STATIONERS,
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THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES.

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Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6
Large Commercial Note Papers. 35., 45., Se., and 6 0
Foolscap Papers, blue or cream.......... 105. 6d., 12s. 6d., end 14 6
Outsides Foolscap
Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6
Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6
The New Vellu.m Wove "Club House" Pete, five quires for
2s. 6d. _ _ _

Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 486 d, 5s Bd, &6s 6d ..
Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s.
COLOUR STAMPING (Belief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.
An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands,
Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling
Writing Cases, Desks, &c , post free. Established 1841
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE REPORTED ESCAPE OF A NUN.

The Birmingham Gazette publishes a letter from
the Rev. M. O'Sullivan, Vicar-General, on the re-
ported escape of a nun from a convent in Warwick-
shire. He complains of the inaccuracies and surmises
which have been imported into the narration of the
case to make it sensational, and says the facts
are simply these : He received a letter
from the mother abbess of Badderley
Convent, stating that one of the nuns who
London, England, 1870-04-30

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

Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealers
in Sauces throughout the World.
London, England, 1870-04-30

EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

The annual meeting of the Church Education
Society of Ireland has been held at Dublin.
There was a great falling off in the at-
tendance, but not, we are told, in the
spirit evinced. Tho national, or mixed
system of education was strongly denounced. Lord
Clancarty thought that insecurity of life and pro-
perty was a proof that the country was under a curse,
and that the dissatisfaction which existed was due to
the very existence of the national system of educa •
tion, which prohibited the use of the Bible even for
the purpose of reproving a fault or supporting some
moral precept. Several other speakers expressed
their intention net to relax their efforts to secure
religious training for the poor in place of the secular
or mixed system.
London, England, 1870-04-30

CAUTION.

MOSES and SON
E. beg to inform the Public that thoy have adopted and
registered a TRADE MARK, consisting, of the words " The
Standard," with the initials "c S.' underneath, and that
henceforward every article of lothing manufactured by them will
have a label or ticket attached to it, with the said trade mark
printed thereon. All persons are hereby cautioned against imitat•
ing the said Trade Mark.
For trades and addresses see following advertisement.
London, England, 1870-04-30

TIIE FENIAN FIASCO.

The New York Times is sarcastic upon the Fenian
" raiders," and denies that the brotherhood possesses
an army in any
shape. Its so-called soldiers are
merely'a pack of miserable country labourers who have
been cheated by the Fenian " Senate " into subscribing
their names, and paying their hard-earned dollars
towards the hotel expenses of that august body at
Chicago. The Times advises the Canadians to
oppose the "raiders" with a good frontier police. The
United States Government will look after the Fenian
army."

A FEVER PATIENT. —The driver of a hackney cab ap-
plied to the magistrate at Southwark for advice. A young
woman came up to him in the Waterloo-road and told him
to go and take up a fare in the Blackfriars-road. She
directed him to a servants' home, from which two young
women came out and told him to drz ve to the Liverpool-road
Islington. When he got there they stopped him at the
Fever Hospital. The doctor came out and asked if he
knew that he had brought a fever patient. He said
he did not know it, or he should not have done
it. The doctor told him to fumigate his
cab before it was used, and keep it in
for three days. He had done so, and wanted to know
who was to pay him for keeping it in. The magistrates
asked who hired him. The cabman replied that she was a
servant out of place, and he did not know her name.
The magistrate said he could proceed by civil action
against the doctor, as he was of opinion he had no right
to order him to keep his cab in.
A vestry meeting was nenets in tne vestry or
Perivale Church, near Ealing to-day. Only one of the
four parishioners was present, via.: the rector, who took
the chair. The present churchwardens were duly elected
again, and authority given for them to procure an
organ in place of the harmonium now in use. A vote of
thanks to the rector for presiding was proposed by him-
self (no one else being present), and the meeting was
dissolved.

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London, England, 1870-04-30

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London, England, 1870-04-30

TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
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gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay,
and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—
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London, England, 1870-04-30

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 atti ndance. Patients
are admitted, and annuities of £lO obtained by election.
No person under 0 years of a,,e, nor of the pauper class, is
eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may b procured from
the Secretary. Donations and annual subscriptions are earnestly
solicited.
London, England, 1870-04-30

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE,

AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
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 perfecting this wonder-
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form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ-
ing brash.
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don, E.C.
London, England, 1870-04-30

PAINLESS and PRACTICAL DENTISTRY,
by Mr. B. L. MOSELY, the Dentist by special appointment,
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Mr. 13. L. Mosely, is recommended by the Hospitals and adopted
by the profession as ono of the greatest improvements of the age
for the alleviation of pain and restoration of the natural functions,
can solely be obtained in such perfected success (the result of
forty years' practical experience) at his only residences, as above.
The superlative excellence of thia system is perfect immunity from
pain, no operations, stumps and decayed teeth rendered useful,
loose teeth and tender gums protected. Qualities: These teeth
never change colour or decay—in fit unerring • ease and comfort
unsurpassed -detection impossible—the facial anatomy faithfully
studied and youthful appearance restored—mastication and arti-
culation guaranteed. The " Times" cif March 6 says :—" So good
an imitation becomes the next best thing to the original." Teeth
from 55.; sots, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation free.—Only addresses,
312, Regent-street, exactly facing the Royal Polytechnic ; and 23,
Moorgate-street, E. C., opposite the Star Insurance Office.
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE THEATRES, &c.

HAYMARKET—At Seven. No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book.
And My Husband's Ghost.
PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30, Quite by Accident M.P. Dearest
Mamma.
LYCEUM—At 7.30, Sampson's Wedding. Little., Ist.
ADELPHL—At Seven, Too Much of a Good Thing,. The Promp
ter's Box. My Precious Betsy.
OLYMPIC---At Seven, Frou Frou The 'Varsity Boat Race, My
Turn Next.
GAIETY—At Seven, The Happy Village. Lucky Friday. The
Princess of Trebizonde.
QuzGri's—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twixt Axe and Crown.
STRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds. Sir George and a Dragon.
A Fish Out of Water
VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos. Cupboard Love
ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage.
GLOBE—At Seven, Milky White. Robert Macaire. Vandyke
Brown.
WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Picca-
dilly, every Evening (except Saturday) at 8; Saturday Mont-
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 TussAtm's ExmurrioN, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 5.30
p.m:, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra rooms, 6d.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park Open daily(except Sundays)
Admission. ls.• on M'ndays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d.
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE COTTON TRADE.

Reports from the cotton districts state that a
better feeling pervades the trade generally, and that
a higher tone rules the market, which in some degree
may be attributed to the greater confidence begotten
by the operation of the bankruptcy law. This
improvement, though slight, in a remunerative aspect
has already induced the operatives to consider the
advisability of endeavouring to recover 5 per cent.
of the amount deducted from their wages last
spring, and a meeting of delegates is to be held at
llary on Sunday to consider the question.

EMOSES and SON, Corner of MINORIES and
• ALDGATE.
London, England, 1870-04-30

rust published, price is 6d., by post is. Bd., the Second Edition,
With Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, In illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks.
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."

London: H. Balliere, 210, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted wl'h
this edition.
London, England, 1870-04-30

➢IEDICAL EDUCATION OF WOMEN.

Dr. henry W.Acland, Regius Professor of Medicine
at Oxford, makes a proposition which he
--thinks be--eeffteekily acespielle--,40 many
of the educated women of England. He asks why
special diplomas should not be superadded for those
women who do not desire to have the same educa-
tion as men. He says he is perfectly aware
that by some women this proposal may
be met by a flat refusal to accept what
they will consider an inferior diploma, but submits
whether, the full right of women to enter the medical
register as at present being retained, a course of edu-
cation and examination might not be devised in
order to qualify female students, first for practice in
the diseases of women and children, and secondly for
the management of hospitals as matrons and
superintendent nurses. Allow women, he says, as
now to enter the ordinary medical register ; but pro-
vide, in addition, a special training and qualification
for those who desire legally to discharge duties
for which, in many directions, they are
pre-eminently qualified, and register such quali-
fication in a separate register.
London, England, 1870-04-30

EDUCATION.

A number of petitions were presented, praying the
House to pass an enlarged measure of unsectarian iduoa-
tion, and also others in favour of scriptural education.

NAWAB OF BENGAL.

Mr. HAVILAND-BURKE asked the Under-Secretary of
State for India whether there was any objection to lay
upon the table of the House a copy of the despatch for-
warded by the court of directors of the late East India
Company to the Governor of Calcutta, Mr. Cartier, dated
the 20th of April, 1771, as also a copy of Mr. Cartier's
letter to which the above despatch was a reply ; and, if
he would inform the House of the date of the receipt by
her Majesty's Secretary of State for India of the Nawab
Nazim's memorial of the 28th July, 1869, as also of the
dates of the same being forwarded to and received by the
Governor-General of India.

Mr. GRANT DUFF said the despatch referred to contained
a great deal of matter that was of no interest, and there-
fore it would be useless to reprint it, but he should have
no objection to give every portion of it whioh related to
the family of the Nawab. The memorial was received
the day after its date, namely the 28th of July, and it
was sent to India on the 28th of October.
MALTA.

Mr. KINITArED asked the Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies, whether it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to sanction the admission of " ecclesiastics " into
the Council of Government at Malta ; and, if so, whether
he lad any objection to lay upon the table of the House a
copy of the correspondence with reference thereto, and
goo a return of the number of voters in the several
districts of the island who voted for the re-admission of
ecclesiastics ; also of the number who abstained for voting
altogether.
Mr. MONSELL said it was not until the year 1857 that
ecclesiastics were excluded from the council of the Govern-
ment of Malta, but the whole council having desired their
readmission, it was put to the vote. when of that election
there 1,409 assents, to 58 dissents. He had not the number
of those motto abstained from voting. There was no inten-
tion on the part of the Government to interfere with the
vote of the people.
London, England, 1870-04-30

ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES,
AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER,
Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES.
Reports of Congress, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, &c.
Members of Parliament, Commercial Men, and those having an
interest in the United States, will find this newspaper of use.
Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d.,
15, Catherine-street, Strand.
London, England, 1870-04-30

MR. COBDEN ON INTEMPERANCE.

The following remarks on intemperance are from
a letter of Mr. Cobden. which has not previously
been made public :—" It is quite impossible, I fear,
to overestimate the various and destructive evils
which spring from intemperance, and I fear there is
scarcely any other vice the cure of which is so diffi-
cult when it 'has laid fast hold of its victim. The
only hope we can have of a comprehensive measure
of reform is by directing our attention to the rising
generation. It is by education, 'after all, that we
must hope to raise the next generation above the
temptation of the beershop, and I do hope, notwith-
standing so many discouragements, that we are making
some progress upon this most important question.

TH NILE PE N.
" STATIONEit " says—" The successful inventors of the
Waverley, Owl, and Pickwick Pens have just patented the ' Nile'
Pen, which, by a combination of the turned up and turned down
points, writes freely without scratching, and holds an unusually
large supply of ink."
" Sum" says—" Speaking, after a severe test of their lasting
qualities, the Nile Penis a marveL"
Sold everywhere, ls per fox. By Post is. id.
MACN IVEN & CAMERON,
23, BLAIR-STREET, EDINBURGH.
AGENTS—MILLINGTON and HTJTTON, LONDON.
London, England, 1870-04-30

TRAMWAY BILLS.

A number of tramway bills which stood on the paper
for second reading to-day, were postponed until Friday
next.

DOWNPATRICK,DUNDRUMLAND NEWCASTLE

RAILWAY BILL.

Mr. WILLIAII JOHNSTON moved that the resolution of
the Standing Orders Committee of the 25th of March last,
with respect to the Downpatrick, Dundrum, and New-
castle Railway petition, together with the said petition
and the bill annexed thereto, be referred back to the said
committee ; and that they have power to inquire whether
there are any special circumstances which render it just
and expedient that the standing orders should be dis•
pensed with in respect of the said petition.
The motion was agreed to.
BEVERLEY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL.

A petition was presented from Sir H. Edwards praying
the House not to pass the Beverley Disfranchisement
Bill, as it might affect the trial of the information now
pending against him.
London, England, 1870-04-30

AMERICA AND H.M.S. MONARCH.

The official lett:l.s which have passed between the
United States and England, respecting the recent
voyage of her Majesty's ship Monarch with the
remains of the late Mr. Peabody, have now been
published. The friendliest spirit breathes through
the whole correspondence, which contains letters to
Lord Clarendon from the British representatives at
Portland and Washington, and from Captain Com-
merell to the Admiralty, the official reportby Captain
Macomb, of the United States steamship Plymouth,
and the replies of the English authorities. There is
also a congratulatory message from the Portland
(U.S.) Town Council to Consul Murray. Captain
Macomb's report has been already published in the
American Army and Navy Journal, and in it the
gallant captain says that in his opinion the Monarch
is the most formidable and effective iron-clad vessel
of war for ocean service in the world.
London, England, 1870-04-30

OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.

Early one morning this week three armed men called at
the house of a widow named Bridget Brady, residing at
Larah, in the parish of Ballymaclugh, County Cavan,
and, forcing open the door when refused admittance,
they obliged the woman to promise that she would give
up some land which she holds from another widow of
the same name, and threatened that if she did not act
up to her promise they would soon return and shoot her.
They then proceeded to the house of a man named Grehan,
who is herd to a Mr. Duffy, another tenant of Mrs.
Catherine Brady, and placing him on his knees, with a
revolver to his breast, swore him to leave Mr. Duffy's
employment, and forced him to accompany them to Mrs.
Brady's own house, where they also demanded ad-
mittance,. but were stoutly refused. They then demanded
money in the name of "Rory of the Hills," and
having been thrown some out of a window they left? first
warning Mrs. Brady that if she did not immediately
give up a certain farm of land (the good-will of which her
husband had purchased in his life-time) to the former
owner, she would not escape so well on their next visit.
The Dublin Evening Standard learns from Athlone that as
Miss Counsel was returning from Moate, on Monday mor-
ing, accompanied by her sister, their car was stopped by a
man at the cross-roads between Boyannagh and Glynn, who
informed the young lady that " he would shortly be at
her father's funeral and her own wake." Mr. Laurence
Counsel has been for some time in possession of the small
estate at Creggan, formerly belonging to the late Captain
Tarleton, who was murdered. Mr. Counsel had a tenant
who died a short time ago. This man held at the nominal
rent of five shillings per year, simply as an acknowledg-
ment of tenancy.
London, England, 1870-04-30

ABSENTEEISM.

That learned and enlightened nobleman, Lord
Talbot de Malahide, has written a letter on absen-
teeism, which was read at the North Dublin Union
meeting. He considers absenteeism the great evil
of Ireland. He is not a voluntary absentee
himself. But he cannot see that any artificial means
can be adopted of keeping people in a country where
life and property are not safe. "I feel that I must
stick to Ireland for better or worse, but you must
give me leave to doubt the efficacy of penal enact-
meats to compel landed proprietors to take up their
residence where the inducements and enjoyments to
country life are so much less than in most countries
with which I am acquainted. Nothing but making them
serfs or adscripti glebce would answer this purpose."
Nor. does Lord Talbot de Malahide believe that
matters would be mended by restoring the Irish
Parliament.
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE CENTRAL HALL.

Mr. ALFRED SEYMOUR asked the First Commissioner of
Works if it was true that he had the intention of substi-
tuting any other material for mosaic work in carrying out
the designs for the decoration of the Central Hall of the
Houses of Parliament ; and, if so, what materials he was
prepared to substitute ?
Mr. AYRTOII said the question was still under considera-
tion, no determination having yet been come to.
Mr. SEYMOUR asked whether the right hon. gentleman
had it in contemplation to substitute any other material.
Mr. AYRTON said ho had it in contemplation to do that
which, on consideration, should be deemed best.
London, England, 1870-04-30

Closing Business
Paid. Name. Quotations. done.
St Bristol and Exete; lOO 78 80 -80
St Caledonian 1.00 734 741 74 4
St Cambrian • • 100 15 20
20 Cornwall all 21 34
St Dublin and Belfast Junction 100 tl. .
St Dun, Prth and Aber. Jtinc 100 70 72
20 East London • • all 4 6
20 Do
20 Do
St Glasgow and S.Western 100 116 117
St Great Eastern lOO 42 421 421 /
St Do East Anglian, No. 2 100 64 7/
St Great North of Scotland 100 15 16
St Great Northern 100 121 122 1214
St Do A • 100 126 127 127
St Do 8......- • • 100 126 128
St Gt. So. and West (Ireland) 100 98 100
St Great Western —Consolid 100 71 711 724 + 1
St Do South Wales 100 68 70
St Do West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45
St Do do Newport 100 36 38
St Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 Iso 131 1304
St Lond, Bright'n, and S.Coast 100 43 431 451 +
St Lond, Chatham, and Dover 100 144 151 16
St .Do Metrop Extension A • 100 9 11
St London and North Western 100 1264 127/ 1274 1
St Loudon and South Western 100 881 891
St Mauch, Shef, and Lincolnsh 100 51 514 521
St Do New, issued at £5O dis 3O ..„ ...
St. Metropolitan lOO 794 80 77 1
St Do Preferred... lOO ... ...
St Do Deferred 100
10 Do Redeemable all •6+ 101 10
St Metropolitan District 100 37 38 371 1
St Midland ,,,,. ~...100 1244 125 1264 I
St Do Birmingham and Derbyloo 92 94 96
St North British. lOO 34 35
St Do Edit], Perth, and Dunde.loo 13 15
St North Eastern—Berwick , 100 1261 1271 1314
St Do Leeds 100 89/ 904 89
St Do York, • , 100 1241 129 132+
St Do Stockton and Darlingta 100 178 180
St North London 100 120 122
10 Do New, 1868 64 14 1+
St North Staffordshire 100 59 61
St North and So. West. Junct 100 1.02 105
St Rhymney lOO 52 54 .
St Shropshire Union 100 62 63
St South Devon 100 46 48
St South Eastern 100 764 77 774 f
St Do Preferred ...100 1094 110 1114 12
St Do Deferred 100 41 41i 414- i
St Staines, Wok'ham, Jr Wok'g. all 121 131
St Taff Vale
10 Do C 6 3 6
St Waterford and Cent. Ireland 100
10 Waterloo and Whitehall
London, England, 1870-04-30

WHY THE CONVENTS ARE ASSAILED.

The Tablet seems to think that the serenity of
" the Protestant mind "—by which, we presume, is
meant that of Mr. Newdegate—bas been disturbed
by the awful spectacle of an CEcumt..ical Council,
" too august to be despised, too powerful to
be disregarded, too gigantic to be ignored."
As the Council is invulnerable, the infuriated
" mind " seeks another victim, and has accordingly
flung itself on the wretched conventual establishments
in an ecstasy of misguided sectarian vengeance.
London, England, 1870-04-30

p 0 YAL STRAND THEATRE
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh.

THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, WIDOWS' WEEDS.
Crouch, Turner, and Mesdames E. Button and Anstiss.
Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs.
James, Terry, Fenton; Mesdames Santley, Dashwood, Goodall,
Hughes, Anstiss, and Metcalfe.
And A FISH OUT OF WATER.

Messrs
London, England, 1870-04-30

§AMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square.
e only free Hospital for diseases of women. Subscriptions and
donations are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hat-
chard, Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.

NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-oommon,
Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861.
Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, E.G.,
whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.
Tie object of e Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, sr.! practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to lit them for domestic service; and, if not other
wise provided for when they attain 16 years of age, to obtain
suitable situations for them.
The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions.
HENRY KINGEOOTE, Treasurer:
W H. Westvicx, 'Secretary.
Office, 121 Pall mall, S. WI
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE ITNIVERSAL STRIKE.

A general strike of all trades throughout the
civilised world, or as near an approach to such a
catastrophe as can be managed, is known to be con-
templated by the French Socialists. It seems that
its realisation is seriously thought of. The Paris
correspondent of a London paper says that the Inter-
national Society of Workmen has more than once
fixed the date for a general strike, but at the last
moment counter orders were issued, and the fatal
epoch adjourned till some more convenient season.
There is now some talk of the 2nd of May having
been fixed on. Who are going to. take part in this
great siege of labour which is to compel all the rest
of society to unconditionally capitulate is not divulged,.
But at any rate there are strikes enough now on the
way to make a nice nucleus. Heavy skirmishing
against capital is going on in England, Scotland,
France and America.
London, England, 1870-04-30

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Press.
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London, England, 1870-04-30

THE GERM THEORY.

The Lancet notices the recent discussion between
Professor Tyndal and Dr. Bastian, in a
manner which evidences a scepticism on
the part of that journal in regard to the
professor's germ theory. It expresses a hope that on
his prothised return he will by that time, for the sake
of his own reputation, have learnt greater caution
in traversing a country the landmarks of which are
strange to him. Especially does the Lancet hope
that he will not again publish an account of an elabo-
rate experiment in a special box, half glass and half
wood, and with the aid of an electric lamp, for the
purpose of shewing that suspended motes will sink
when the air around them is at rest. We can con-
ceive, it adds, no nearer approach to taking tea by
stratagem than this, unless it were an experiment
still more elaborate, to shew that the heavier motes
would be the first to reach the bottom of the box,
London, England, 1870-04-30

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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.
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London, England, 1870-04-30

SLAVERY IN TURKEY.

A. letter from an English merchant in Smyrna
throws light upon some features of Turkish life,
which of late years have escaped atten-
tion. The writer relates various instances
where slaves, who had escaped from brutal treat-
ment, applied to the British Consul in Smyrna
and were liberated. Speaking of this system of
slavery in Turkey, he says it is hardly possible to
conceive the evils it now engenders, the vicious
principles which it insensibly instils into the minds
of children of the higher and middle classes, reared
in the degraded and tainted atmosphere of
the harem, while those of the lower
ranks cannot escape the contamination nor
avoid feeling in their own humble homes the
pernicious effects of the examples around
them. It destroys, says the writer, all
confidence, esteem, and trusting companion-
ship between husband and wife ; the hallowed
and endearing term of home is but
a senseless word as regards all the finer feelings and
merely associated in the mind of a Turk with the
thought of gross and sensual appetites. The extinc-
tion of slavery would, he adds, soon lead to a far
more healthy tone in the inner life of families.
It is a matter, he submits, in which England
may fairly exert all her power and influence,
without the fear of being taxed with interested
motives or unwarrantable interference, as all know
the enormous and disinterested sacrifices she has
already made in the cause,

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THE RICHMOND CATASTROPHE.

The terrible calamity which has occurred in Richmond
is the second which has befallen the Legislature of that
State. In the year 1811 some unusually interesting Peu
formance had drawn the • Governor of the State
and a large number of the Legislature to
the theatre. The building caught fire and was
entirely burned, the Governor and sixty members
of the Legislature having perished ift the
flames. On the site of the theatre was built
what is known now as the Monumental Church, an Epis-
copal church, in front of which stands a monument in-
scribed with the nainee of those known to have perished.
The Capitol, in which the recent accident occurred, is a
handsome building, built in the style of the Parthenon,
and standing in the centre of a park of eight acres of
ground, The hall of the House of Delegates
is large and finely ornamented. The Cotit
of Appeal holds its session in a small room
just above this, the floor being about thirty feet
above that of the Legislative Hall. The present Legisla-
ture contains a large number of the most prominent men
in the State, including representatives of its oldest fami-
lies, who, unlike many in other States who participated
in the late rebellion, had accepted the pardon of the
Federal Government, and resolved to interest themselves
in public affairs. Governor Walker seems to have been
in attendance at the court, and, with the judges, to have
escaped injury.—Pall Mall Gazette.
London, England, 1870-04-30

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Vice-Patron—
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flfresident—liis Grace the Duke of lIUCCLEUCH, K.G.

Thiff2l bspital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the
princi of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and
diffict* of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on
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SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Some curious incidents took place in the House of
Commons on Thursday, After another lengthy
scene between Mr. Newdegate and his opponents on
the proposed inquiry into monastic and conventual
institutions, that subject was put off until Monday.
The members then rose almost in a mass, thinking
the House had adjourned; instead of which it im-
medlately resumed, and Mr. Chambers moved that
the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill be
considered as amended; and it was arranged that
the third reading should be taken yesterday. Then
came the consideration of Sale of Liquors Acts in
committee. But on Sir Wilfrid Lawson moving that
the Speaker leave the chair, an unexpected difficulty
presented itself. The chairman of the corn-
mittee, who was to take the Speaker's place,
could not be found. Mr. Dodson had marched off
to sweet repose with the majority of the members,
thinking that the business was over, as well they
might, for it was far into the small hours of the
morning. A new chairman was found in
the person of Mr. Stansfeld. This statesman,
of all men in the world, was directed
on the motion of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, to
to move that leave be given to bring in a bill to en-
able owners and occupiers of property in certain dis-
tricts to prevent the common sale of intoxicating
liquors within such districts. The House re-
sumed; this resolution was reported, and the bill
ordered to be brought in by Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Sir
Thomas Bailey, Lord Claud Hamilton, Sir John
Hanmer, Mr. Miller, Mr. Dalway, and Mr. Macarthy
Downing. This is a combination not often
found. - It includes Liberals and Tories;
Catholics, Churchmen, and Dissenters ; and re-
sentatives of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Then, after a little intermediary business the bill
was presented, read a first time, and fixed for second
reading on July 13th—certainly a remarkable total
of business in such a space of time.
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE RED SEA.

Mr. GOURLEY asked the First Lord of the Admiralty
what measures, if any, were being taken to procure a new
and correct survey of the Red Sea ?

Mr. CHMDERS said there were some charts in hand of
the Red Sea, but they were of an old date. The Red
Sea was fairly surveyed, but not so the gulf of Suez.
The re-survey of portions of the Red Sea was under con-
sideration, but nothing had yet been determined on,
London, England, 1870-04-30

THE GUN TAX.

Mr. Lowe has decided that liability to the gun
license will attach to any person carrying a gun " out-
side his house," people who shoot sparrows in their
own gardens not being exempt. The Pall Mall
Gazette remarks that such an interpretation of the
Act would exempt from taxation any one who is
in the habit of shooting small birds from his dining-
room or study windows. This. practice prevails more
extensively than Mr. Lowe perhaps imagines. It is,
indeed, the principal relief from the labours of
sermon-writing resorted to by many country parsons.
London, England, 1870-04-30

LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART.

The Athecenum remarks :—We hear that Mr. S. Smiles
has a book nearly ready belonging to the department of
knowledge he has so successsully illustrated—Biography.
In it the author, it is said, will develope certain original
and ingenious theories of human life which have suggested
themselves in the course of many years of study as " Cha-
racteristics of Biography," in relation to race, lineage, cul-
ture, love, marriage, health, occupation, and various cir-
cumstances influencing life and character.—We have
reason to believe that the first subscription list for
" Lothair " amounted to 3,000 copies.—Mr, Edward
Dicey has ceased to occupy the post of editor of the
Daily News, to which he succeeded on the retire-
Tent of Mr. Walker, about three months since.—
A Dublin,
comic and satirical weekly paper is to appear in
in, called Zosimus, the nickname of a fool once well-
knownn the streets of that city. It will be principally
illustrated
was on Il by
Mr. O'Ffea, an artist who a little time ago
enjnt
of
fjnin
that
joining
gthe forthcoming
the
staoffnhfcoam
Londong
number comic
o
journal.—We understand f
the Carlow College Magazine willcontain the firstport
ion
of .
of Carleton's last work, a t
ballad of "The Red-hairs
eryMan'sfounded
Wife."
on the old Irish
An original
poem, by Dr. Moir, will
apkear in the
also an article on the Coercion, Bill hichamenumber
er
;
might
come
under the said bill were it written in w a newspaper
The Graphic says : " Last evening was the anni-
versary of the birth of Shakspeare. At no London
theatre, we believe, was one of his plays performed. The
members of the Irving Club dined together at St. John's
Tavern, Clerkenwell, Mr. Creswick occupying the chair.
The occasion was also taken advantage of by Mr. Fry to
give a ' Shakspeare Evening ' at the Queen's Concert
Rooms. The play chosen was ' Hamlet,' which the
reader rendered so as to call forth the repeated applause
of his numerous audience."
The M,tsical Standard has the following :—Gounod is
at present suffering from a painful but temporary affec-
tion of the hand, which prevents his finishing a new work
on which he is engaged.—Some of the continental quid-
' nuncs aver that Verdi has three operas in contemplation,
at the instance of as many different artists.,
London, England, 1870-04-30

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SMALL-PDX IN PARIS.

The Lancet publishes some interesting statistical
details in reference to the distressing epidemic, small.
pox, which is causing so much trouble just
now. The disease in Paris, it says, is
now stationary, the number of deaths per week
varying from 100 to 120, but if M. Vacher is to be'
trusted, it has not yet reached its culminating point
The most striking facts recorded in M. Vacher'S
article are the following :—With regard to the
maximum intensity he observes that small-pox does
not extend by rapid starts like cholera. The latter;
disease, in the space of about a fortnight, attains its
greatest extension, whereas variola proceeds by
several successive maxima. The numerous variations
of temperature in February exerted no influence on
the epidemic; and the quarters most severely
visited were, as might be expected, the poor and
populous districts. The- clothes of variolic patients,
he says, contain a contaminating principle,which serves
to propagate disease. Males are, he notices, much more
subject to the disease than females, which M. Vacher
thinks is only attributable to the fact that women
through a spirit of coquetterie are far more careful in
avoiding the causes of contamination than men,
Lastly he . declares that the sum of experience has
been most decidedly in favour of human vaccina-
tion.

THEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARK ET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr
Kendal, Mr Compton, Mr Edward Osborne, Mr Clark; Miss F.
Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F Gwynne.
After which, at 8 precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK: Mr Sothern,
Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr Kendal, Mr Buckst'ne; Miss
Robertson, Mrs Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.
And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr Sothern, &c.
Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
London, England, 1870-04-30

ENGINES DRIVEN BY MAGNETISM.

Professor
Tyndall In the opening lecture of his course
electrical phenomena and theories,
Tyndall described a little electro-magnetic engine,
constructed by Froment, of Paris. It consisted of
four fixed electro-magnets surrounding the outside of
a wheel or drum, on the circumference of which eight
bars of soft iron were mounted. Each magnet attracted
the piece of iron nearest to it ; but directly each
piece of iron came in front of the poles of the magnet
the contact with the battery was cut off
the
a commutator, the magnetism disappeared,
piece of iron passed on with the momentum it had
acquired, till it came within the sphere of attraction
of the next magnet. In this way the drum carrying
the bars of soft iron was made to spin round with
very great velocity. The expense of working, says
the Professor, is
of engines driven thhyomgra
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POOR MERCANTILE JACK.

Merchant seamen are curious fellows. One of
their greatest likings is for heavy boots; and one of
their greatest antipathies is the art of swimming.
Exposed, as landsmen would think, to continual
perils, they seem never at their ease
unless they are running some more than
unusually foolhardy risk. Everyone who has been
a voyage knows this. But granting. all these
things, it is difficult to find a sufficient reason
for the enormous waste of life which is
daily going on among the ranks of those
afloat. We can understand that during the
past year the large number of nearly 1,800 seamen--
were drowned by wreck ; but it is lamentable to see
from the returns that no less than 1,069 were
drowned by accidents other than wreck ! The Shipping
Gazette thinks that the ready wit and seamanship of
officers in command must be at fault when so large a
per-tentage is sacrificed. Every master is bound to
teach his crew the way to set about saving life. If
this were more attended to, and if sailors themselves
were prevented from running -voluntary risk, we.
should not have to deplore the preventible sacrifice,
annually, of one out of every hundred sailors in the
British merchant service.