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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-11

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL SYSTEM.

On Tuesday a conference of Sunday School teachers
was held at King's College, to discuss the present mode of
Sunday School teaching, and generally to consider the
whole subject. There was a large attendance of both
male and female teachers. The Vicar of St. John's,
Hoxton, presided.—The Rev. J. B. Draper, of Sheffield,
said the difficulty they met with in the Sunday School
system was this, whether the Bible or the
Prayer Book, or both, should form the basis
of instruction, and, if both, which should
take precedence. His idea was that the Bible
should be made the basis, though he did not object
to the introduction of the prayer-book as a secondary
matter. Their great object should be to make the scholars
intelligent worshippers, and he maintained that Church
of England teaching could be as well carried out by
adhering to the Bible alone as by introducing the
formularies of the Church. He advocated teaching one
subject to the whole of the school, and said that what
they required was variety of teachers, and not variety of
subjects. In the case of those who could not read, the
teacher should read to them. He did not so much advo-
cate an uniform plan of teaching, but an uniform prin-
ciple, which principle should be that of simplicity and
plainness.—Mr. H. G. Heald, the secretary of the Sunday-
school Union, and other speakers supported the
system of uniform lessons throughout the school.
Se veral gentlemen referred to the system now adopted,
namely, that those who had been teachers for the longest
period were generally placed over the higher classes.
This they considered was a mischievous plan, the proper
course being to distribute *the teachers according to their
different capabilities. The Rev. George Allen of
Islington advocated the extensive use of the prayer book
and impressed opon the teachers the importance
of making their teaching distinctive church teaching.
He wished to see the prayer book used because he
considered it the best exponent of the inspired work.
Mr. G. M. Taix complained that nothing was done when
the children were about leaving their schools to bind
them to the Church they had been trained up in. To
get them to become teachers partly met the case, but he
thought some kind of an association might with advantage
be formed, and which the scholars might be asked to join
until qualified to teach. The meeting 800111 afterwards
terminated.
London, England, 1870-05-11

A PHILOLOGICAL CURIOSITY,

The Daily News points out the wonderful discovery
recently made by the Dean of Ripon, better known
as Dr. Hugh M'Neile. He has apparently .
ascertained that the ancient Greeks, about
whose origin there has been some little
doubt, but with whose language we thought our-
selves acquainted, spoke modern French ! The Dean,
in speaking at the Pastoral Aid Society a day or two
since, declared the meeting to be unanimous. They
were, he said, in the position of the Athenians
when Demosthenes had done speaking ; they were
convinced, and cried, " Allons, battons Philippe."
The Daily News does not doubt that Allow, battons
Philippe was Greek to a large part of the rev. gentle-
man's audience; but, under the circumstances, it was
a little unfortunate that his arguments should have
been directed against the educational deficiencies of
the High Church clergy. •

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London, England, 1870-05-11

PRACTICAL IF NOT NEW.

A correspondent offers a suggestion which he
thinks might facilitate the operations of the post-
office, and prevent mistakes and delays in correspon-
dence. The idea certainly does not disprove the
theory that there is nothing new under
the sun, but it is one which, if more
frequently adopted than at present, would have
a beneficial effect in the way pointed out by the
writer. His suggestion is that every one should
have envelopes with his name and address printed
thereon, so that when writing a letter requiring an
answer he should enclose one to be returned to him.
If all the world can be made to feel with the corres-
pondent and the poet, " 'Tis pleasant, faith, to see
one's name in print" the milleninm of the postmen
is not far distant. '• •

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London, England, 1870-05-11

SENTENCE ON MR. FENNELLY.

His lordship, in passing sentence on Mr. Fennelly, said
he had been convicted of an offence of a very grave and
serious nature. It was one that sapped the very
foundations of the representative system, which led
the voter who had a trust committed to him
to be exercised for the benefit of the community to look
upon upon it only as a matter of mercenary and sordid
gain, and which tended therefore to destroy his attach-
ment to the institutions of the country. For two
centuries Acts of Parliament had been passed
to suppress bribery, but this plague spot
in the representative system was still as black
as ever. Men of wealth who would shrink from
violating the'law in other respects did not scruple to break
it when au election came round when they could exercise
bribery. It was true that a more rigorous appli-
cation of the law should be made to prevent the
perpetration of so serious an offence. Mr. Fennelly's
case was not aggravated by his being the candidate, or he
would act as a lawgiver—against whom a much severer
sentence would be passed—but he was one of
those friends and partisans of candidates who
paid money in the expectation that it would
be repaid by the candidate at a future time, when
all dangers had passed away. Mr. Fennelly had not done
this rashly and inconsiderately as had been urged by his
counsel, but by a series of artful contrivances he had,
got the money. The Court had no doubt that
Mr. Fennelly had deliberately expended the money for
the corruption of the electors of Bridgwater. The court
regretted that persons equally guilty with Mr. Fennelly,
excepting that they had not found the money, had
not been brought up for sentence. In his case they
took into consideration that such practices had been
loosely dealt with hitherto, but they had no hesitation
in saying that after the opportunity which Mr. Fennelly's
case afforded the public of a warning they would make a
most rigorous application of the law in future against
all persons who might be sent to the Court of Queen's
Bench for sentence for bribery. Considering that this was
the first instance in which any one had been brought to
the Court of Queen's Bench upon a conviction for
bribery, they would not inflict upon Mr.
Fennelly the degrading and humiliating punishment
which they had made up their minds to inflict upon all
future offenders, viz., to sentence them to imprisonment,
not as first-class, but as second-class misdemeanants Mr.
Fennelly's offence had been aggravated by the fact that
he had committed himself immediately after
a statute had been passed shewing the serious and earnest
determination of Parliament to put down bribery. The
sentence of the court was that Mr. Fennelly be imprisoned
for twelve calendar months—and for the reasons given—
as a first-class misdemeanant, to pay £l,OOO fine to her
Majesty, and be further imprisoned until that was paid.
London, England, 1870-05-11

LOCAL TAXATION.

The select committee upon local taxation sat again on
Monday. Mr. J. James, a gentleman largely interested in
house property in the metropolis, was the first witness.
He stated that in his opinion the incidence of the local
taxation of house property fell in the main upon the
landlords, though subject to the qualification that in
the case of new rates being imposed during long leases
or old ones increased, the tenant who had taken the lease
would be affected, and that in cases where such imposts
commenced and ceased within his occupancy, the lease-
holder, wh ) was a species of owner, had to bear the whole
burden. The way in which, in ordinary cases, the inci-
dence of local taxes came upon the owner was this : If he
were competing for property on which the rates were high
he would naturally give a much lower rent than for pro-
perty of a similar description in which they were low, so
that the landord lost that amount. The subject was a
very complex one, because there were so many separate
interests—the owner, the leaseholder, the occupier ; and
and there were many disturbing circumstances,
quite independent of the reduction of rates,
which affected the amount paid by the occupier,
and therefore he would not like to pronounce absolutely
as to which of the parties this burden of the rates fell
most upon. There could be no doubt that the lower the
rates paid by the tenant the more rent the landlord
would get. His first impression was that if there
were no rates to pay he could afford to pay more rent.
In other words. the intending occupier made an
estimate of the total amount he would have to pay for
the premises, including rates and taxes as well as rent.
If taxes fall they increase the rent, while if they increase
the rent is subject to reduction, but there are so many
other disturbing causes, such as competition,
scarcity, or otherwise for house locality, so
that the rule cannot always practically be applied.
He thought that the owners should be made liable to pay
a portion of the rates upon all taxes which were imposed
for public purposes, that had a direct tendency to benefit
them.
The committee adjourned.
London, England, 1870-05-11

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London, England, 1870-05-11

SIR ROUNDELL PALMER.

The London correspondent of the /Li anchester Guardian
writes :—" The report is again circulated in whispers that
after this session Lord Hatherley will be disposed to
think that he has had enough of it, and that
Sir Roundell Palmer will be elevated to the
dignity for which he is so pre-eminently qualified. He
is certainly a most extraordinary man, in his insatiable
love of work. Almost every night that the Commons
sit late he may be seen hastening to his place towards
the end of the evening, after the long day's work in court
and chambers is done ; and there he remains till long after
midnight ready to take his share in the fag and fight
over clauses and amendments in committee of the Land
Bill and every other sort of bill, as if he were still a law
officer of the Government. Frequentiy he takes his own
line, however, and knocks over poor Mr. Dowse, who is a
sorry match for him, or grapples with Dr. Ball. And
yet I am told that it is his invariable habit to rise at six
every morning, in order to master the mass of papers
with which his study table is ever full.
London, England, 1870-05-11

" REGINA V. JOHN HUGHES HULME."

The defendant was convicted at the last Norwich
Assizes for bribing the electors of Norwich to secure the
return of Sir Henry Stacey. Affidavits were now read
from the medical attendants of Mr. Hulme, which stated
that he was suffering from a tumour of a cancerous
nature in the glands of the neck.
The Attorney-General said it was impossible not to feel
commiseration for the defendant, and if the Court
should think fit to pass sentence of imprisonment it
would be in the discretion of the Home Secretary to grant
him a reprieve.
Their lordships having consulted in their private room
for some time, on their return into court,
The Lord Chief Justice proceeded to pass sentence
upon the persons convicted.
London, England, 1870-05-11

THE BRIDGWATER AND NORWICH
BRIBERY CASES.

" REGINA V. FENNELLy."

The Court of Queen's Bench having on Monday heard the
evidence and addresses of counsel in Mr. Fennelly's case,
their lordships deferred judgment till the whole of the
bribery cases were disposed of.

" REGINA V. DR. KINGLAKE,"

Which was an indictment on a similar charge of bribery
at the Bridgwater election. The notes at the trial were
read, Sir John Karslake putting in affidavits to contra-
dict the evidence and addressing the court in mitigation
of sentence.

On Tuesday Sir J. Coleridge (the Solicitor-General)
resumed his address, praying for sentence on behalf of the
Crown on Dr. Kinglake. With regard to that gentleman's
health not allowing him to be present to receive sentence,
the learned counsel quoted cases to chew that sentence had.
been passed in the absence of the defendant. At the con-
clusion of the Solicitor-General's speech,
The court called upon the next bribery case.
The Attorney-General then prayed judgment in
" REGINA V. ROBERT HARDIMENT,"

Which was an indictment against the defendant for
bribing the municipal voters at Norwich. He was tried
before Mr. Justice Byles and convicted.
Mr. Buiwer, Q.C., addressed the Court in mitigation of
sentence,
The Lord Chief Justice called upon the next case.
The Attorney-General then formally prayed judgment
London, England, 1870-05-11

A GOVERNMENT PLOT.

It will be seen that the vote of the French
nation passed off everywhere peaceably, in Paris as
well as in the rest of the country. But we are assured
in some quarters that the Government meant to get
up a disturbance in order to turn it to its own profit.
The proclamation of the Prefect of Police is thought
by some to be a purely gratuitous spreading of alarm.
A. correspondent of a London contemporary says unre-
servedly :—" I speak on certain information when I
say that the class of agents provocateurs, which last
year received the name of blouses blanches, has been
reorganised. The blouses blanches are young men in
the pay of the police, who, dressed as workmen,
braak lamps, overturn omnibuses, commence
ridiculous barricades, and thus tempt hot-headed
Republicans to join them and get arrested." Certain
it is that the most extreme papers urged the people
to trust to the moral effect of the ballot-box, remain
tranquil, and scrupulously avoid any breach of the
law.
London, England, 1870-05-11

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London, England, 1870-05-11

EDWARDS.

Mr. HORSMAN drew attention to the prosecution against
Sir Henry Edwards, and to the statement of the Attorney
General, that he had instituted the proceedings against
the baronet on the recommendation of the Beverley Com-
missioners. That letter was very strongly contradicted
in a letter which appeared in the Times of that day.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply to the hon. member,
said the Corrupt Practices Act of 1863 contained a provi-
sion to the effect that the report of the Commissioners and
the evidence against any persons who hsd not received a
certificate of indemnity, should be laid before the
Attorney-General with the view to his instituting a pro-
secution if he were of opinion that the evidence was suffi-
cient to sustain a prosecution. He should have been
extremely glad if he could have deferred instituting
proceedings against Sir Henry Edwards and other per
sons, until he had had an opportunity of taking the
opinion of the House, and of being directed by the House to
prosecute. But there was a statute which limited the
institution of a prosecution to twelve months after the
offence had been committed. The last election took place
in .1868, and consequently the time for instituting -pro-
ceedings expired in November 1869. Under these circum-
stances, for him to have deferred taking proceedings
would have been to decline to prosecute at all. The com-
missioners, being aware of this state of the law, made
a preliminary or interim report to him before the time for
prosecuting elapsed, calling his attention to the cases
against certain persons, with the view of his instituting a
prosecution, if he thought fit, before the time expired.
The Beverley and Bridgwater Commissioners reported
directly to him, and it was in that sense only that he used
the expression that they had recommended certain per-
sons to be prosecuted.
London, England, 1870-05-11

SENTENCE ON DR. KINGLAKE.

The Lord Chief Justice said in this case there could be
no doubt that Dr. Kinglake had entered into a credit en-
gagement with Mr. Lovibond to find some £l,OOO to be used
in bribery and corrupt practices at Bridgwater, but they were
perfectly satisfied on the evidence of Dr. Kinglake's affi-
davit, and the two corroborative affidavits of Mrs. King-
lake, the defendant's wife, and Mr. Kinglake his brother,
that before anything was done to carry that credit into
effect, he repented him of that which he had done, and
took the earliest steps in his power to prevent anything
being done in furtherance of the guilty contract into which
he had entered with Mr. Lovibond. It appeared that
until the nomination day Dr. Kinglake said he had every
reason to believe that at all eventf for once a Bridgwater
election would be carried on " purity principles." On the
nomination day, coming over to Bridgwater, Dr. King-
lake met Mr. Lovibond, and he was induced
by that gentleman's persnasions to agree to
find the money for corrupt practices. It
was very much to be lamented that a man of Dr. King-
lake's character and position should have lent himself to
such a purpose, but it appeared to have been done at the
moment when he had not much time for reflection and
consideration, and therefore they must make some allow-
ance for the manner in which he was taken by surprise.
There was no doubt how the money was intended to be
employed. It was because the court believed that Dr.
Kinglake after havinc, entered into the engagement to
bribe had repented of the evil, and took the earliest
and most effectual meths in his power to prevent any
results arising from the engagement into which he had
entered that they did not think it necessary to impose more
than a moderate fine which would amply meet the
justice of the case. The defendant would have to pay a
fine of £2OO without imprisonment, unless such fine was
not paid.
London, England, 1870-05-11

THE REFUGEE IN ENGLAND.

Some surprise was created a day or two ago by
the announcement that the letters sent to M. Gustave
Flourens, the now famous French Republican resi-
ding in London, by his friends in France, were con-
signed to the care of Mr. G. W. Smalley, the Lon-
don correspondent of the New York Tribune. Mr.
ftailleytexplaiged.that hisw,eixiakiptha letters for AL
Flourens was merely a friendly act, that he neither
knew who wrote them nor what they contained. This
explanation, however, did not satisfy the Standard,
who in its own injured style called for more light on
the subject. Mr. Smalley is not backward in giving
it. " I made M. Flourens' acquaintance at the house
of a valued friend in London, Tidied hind, and sym-
pathised with him, He was exile, journalist,
Republican. I asked him to come and see me, and he
came. He mentioned one day that the police had
tried to bribe the waitersa his hotel to steal his letters.
I suggested that he should have them sent under
cover to me. Some letters were so sent, Beaury's,
it appears, were not, as M. Flourens—if he be the
author of the note signed " Gustave," a note which
proves nothing—rebukes him for addressing them
through some other channel." Mr. Smalley jocosely
concludes by observing that he has been in Paris for
a week, and has not yet been arrested for complicity
in a plot. There is one point, however, in connection
with this affair which is not jocose. Who were the
" police " who attempted to bribe the waiters ?
Surely we cannot have letters intercepted in Eng-
land in order to facilitate a settlement of dittbrences
between a Government and its troublesome subjects.
Lord Palmerston tried the experiment once with
Mazzini's letters, but the Palmerstonian practices are
as extinct now as the mastodon.
London, England, 1870-05-11

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

FRANCE.
THE PLEBISCITE.
PARIS, May 10, Evening.
The total result of the voting, exclusive of
Algeria, is :

7,257,379 .. Ayes.
1,530,909 ... Noes.

The troops which had been brought to Paris on
the chance of any disturbances returned this morn-
ing to their garrisons. The Journal Officiel states
that the Government has every reason to believe
that there will be no renewal this evening of last
night's culpable attempts, which the authorities
are determined not to tolerate. The France
and the Moniteur Universal state that the Govern-
ment, in order to dissipate the revolutionary illu-
sions relative to a possible defection of the troops,
have resolved henceforth to employ the troops of
the Line to restore order whenever necessary. The
Patrie announces that M. Emile de Girardin will
probably be made a Sanator. An article by that
gentleman in this evening's Liberte expresses a
belief that the consequence of the vote of the Bth
of May will be the abrogation of the laws which
banish the two branches of the Bourbons from
France.

10 P.M.

At 8 o'clock this evening great crowds were
assembled in the Faubourg du Temple, and there
were some hostile groups at the toner of the Rue
St. Maur, but the excitement is less thin it wa3
yesterday, and there are no assemblages before the
barracks of the Chateau d'Eau.

PARIS, May 10.

A fire broke out the day before yesterday at
Elboeuf (in the department of the Seine Inferieux),
and is not yet completely extinguished. The loss is
estimated at three millions of francs.
London, England, 1870-05-11

SECOND READINGS.

The London, and Blackwall, and Millwall Extension
Railway, Newport Pagnell Railway, and Gloucester and
Berkeley Canal Bills were read a second time.

THIRD READINGS,

The Great Eastern Railway (General Powers), Paisley
Gas, and Fosdyke Bridge Bills were read a third time and

passed,
London, England, 1870-05-11

THE POOR-LAWS.

Sir M. LOPEZ asked the President of the Poor Law
Board, when the twenty-second annual report of the Poor
Law Board for 1869-70 would be laid upon the table of
the House.

Mr. PEEL replied that all the materials had been col-
lected, and everything was in a state for immediate pub
lication.

THE PROSECUTION AGAINST SIR HENRY
London, England, 1870-05-11

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London, England, 1870-05-11

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London, England, 1870-05-11

"TO THE EDITOR OF FIGARO.'

" London 27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square,
May 3d, 1870.
" Sir,—ln Figaro on the 3d of May I see a pretended
letter from me to the Emperor respecting the College
of France. I never wrote that letter, nor any
letter of that kind. If I were at Paris I would seek
out the originators of this odious falsehood. Be good
enough to insert this in your next number.

" GUSTAVE FLOURENS."

M. Flourens adds that he did not at first notice the
date of the letter attributed to him by Figaro. He was
then en route for that Cretan insurrection which he left to
attend his father in his last moments. The inventors of
such stories should in future be more skilful.
London, England, 1870-05-11

HER MAJESTY.

BuCKINGHAm PALACE, May 10.

Her Majesty went this morning to St. James's
Palace to be present at the christening of the infant
son of the Duke and Duchess of St. Albans.
Prince Leopold went out.

The Prince of Wales rode out, attended by
Lieut.-Col. Teesdale.
The Princess of Wales drove out, attended by
the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey.
London, England, 1870-05-11

MEDICAL ACT (1858) AMENDMENT BILL.

This bill went through committee pro forma, in order to
enable Earl de Grey to introduce amendments to meet
certain objections that had been raised against the bill. The
re-commital of the bill was arranged to take place
the first sitting after the Whitsuntide holidays.
INVERNESS COUNTY, &c., BOUNDARIES j
London, England, 1870-05-11

THE THEATRES, &c.

HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book.
And My Husband's Ghost.
PitiNcs OF WALES'S--At 7.30, Quite bf Accident M.P. Dearest
Mamma.
LYCEUM—At 7.30, Breaking the Spell. Little Faust
ADELPHL—At Seven, Too Much of a Good Thin& The p
ter's Box. The Enchanted Wood. romp
OLYMPIC—At Seven, Frou Frou The 'Varsity Boat Race, Mg
Turn Next.
GAIETY—At Seven, The Man of Quality. The Princess of Tre-

bizonde.
QußzN's—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown.
STRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds. Sir George and a Dragon.
A Fish Out of Water _

VAIIDEVILLEJFOT Love or Money. Don Carlos,

ST. JAMEs'a—At Seven, Frou Fron. La Belle Sauvage.
GLOBE-At Seven, Milky White. Robert Macaire. Vandyke
Brown.

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MADAME TUSSAUD'B EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 5.30
p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park Open daily(except Sundays)
Admission. ls.• on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d.
London, England, 1870-05-11

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, WIDOWS' WEEDS. Messrs.
Crouch, Turner, and Mesdames E. Bufton and Anstiss.
Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs. James,
Terry, Fenton ; Mesdames Santley, Dashwood, Goodall, Hughes,
Anstiss, and Metcalfe.
And A FISH OUT OF WATER.
London, England, 1870-05-11

A PLEA FOE CAPTAIN EYRE.

The American papers tell us that an American
naval officer who has just arrived at Washington
from Yokohama has thrown fresh light on the
disastrous story of the Bombay and the Oneida.
It was currently reported at Yokohama that Captain
Eyre would have stopped the Bombay after the col-
lision with the Oneida but for the entreaties of Lady
Temple, the wife of the British Minister, who was on
board, and who entreated him to proceed, being
fearful of shipwreck. This explanation scarcely
serves to exonerate Captain Eyre,who, as commander
of the vessel, had the best right to judge what was
the condition of his ship and what risk he was
.justified in running. If captains of ships are to
listen to all the apprehensions of female passengers,
we shall have a series of naval catastrophes. The
opinion at Yokohama is that Captain Eyre's chief
fault is weakness.

FRENCH POLISH.

The Daily News thinks it has discovered the
several reasons which combine to give a polish to
French acting, and to make the plays themselves gene-
rally masterpieces of literary skill. Our contemporary
says that if a Frenchman can write at all
he will never write slipshod, nor will he
tolerate it in others. He is always on the
look out for telling phrases, and vigorously
applauds them when detected. The demand induces a
supply, and thus the writing of a French popular
play is usually perfect in its way. The French, con-
tinues the writer, believe that no play is indecent
if the ending be moral. How far the French
dramatic writers ought to be imitated is open
to argument, but that French actors and ac-
tresses deserve admiration for the finished way in
which they interpret their parts k.irdly admits of
question.

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WAR OFFICE BILL.

Their lordships, on the motion of Lord NORTHBROOK
went into Committee on this bill, and Earl Grey moved
an amendment to the second clause. The original
proposition was that the person appointed to
the surveyor-generalship of the Ordnance should vacate
his seat ; but the Financial Secretary was not required to
do so ; he confessed he could not understand such an
arrangement. He therefore moved an amendment to
assimilate the regulations with respect to the two offices,
so that neither of the persons would be required to give
up their seats on appointment.

Earl GRANVILLE thought that as the matter was one
that concerned the House of Commons, it would be as
well if their lordships left the matter in the hands of that
House.

Earl GREY said he could not understand such a line of
argument, and therefore he should press his amendment.
Their lordships then divided, when the amendment
was carried by a majority of 5, the numbers being for
the amendment, 33 ; against it, 28.
The remainder of the clauses were agreed to without
amendment, and the bill passed through committee, and
was reported.
London, England, 1870-05-11

LITERATURE.

The Woman of Business. By Marmion Savage. Three
Vols. Chapman and Hall. _ _

Hitherto the writer Of these volumes has been
known as M. W. Savage. He would now apparently
prefer to be known as Marmion Savage. The two
different names, however, represent one and the
same individual. The author of "The Woman of
Business" is identical with the author from whose
baud we received, years ago, that clever, sprightly,
witty, caustic book— "The Bachelor of the
Albany." Qther works he has written, among
these, "The Falcon Family," and "My Miele
the Curate," and "Reuben Meddlicott," and we
know not what others. But better than all the
rest of them put together, according to our fancy at
least, was " The Bachelor of the Albany." It was
full of go, full of chic, full of vivacity, espieglerie, im-
pertinence. We read it with a relish—as a gourmet
might munch, one by one, a very choice jar of olives
—as an epicure, nibble after nibble, might get
through a very particular supply of caviare. It had
a flavour about it reminding one of that rathe,
powerful line of P3pe—

" Rank as the ripeness of a rabbit's tail."
The twang of it still recurs to us vividly enough in the
mere narration. And the " Bachelor of the Albany"
was the first " outcome" of M. W. Savage's fancy—
" The Woman of Business " is Marmion Savage's
last. In his inscription of the work to Mr. Forster,
"in- memory of an old friendship," we observe that
the author speaks of it emphatically as "'his last
work," as though he purposed Lever producing an,
other. In any case it nay reasonably be accepted by
his reader as the carefully considered record of his
latest imaginings. Alexander, the hero, strikes us
rather as a dull prig, white the Woman of Business,
the heroine of the tale, such as it is, it is melancholy to
relate, is a widow before she accepts the hand of the
said Alexander—she all the while having been his first
love. A weaker, feebler creation than Alexander's
friend, Woodville, could hardly be conceived, his
feebleness being absolutely feminine in its charact•r.
As to th,! villains of the tale they are the veriest melo-
dramatic rascals, as like as two peas, or as the two
Di omios. The facetious one of the two, how-
ever, is simply intol-rable with his frivolous
impiety— like a phrase in a farce —" as
sure as God's in Gloucestershire." Mrs. Up-
john, again—of whom, had Dr. Johnson
known anything, he would infallibly have said,
"Sir, she's a scoundrel r —well, she virtually out
Herodias's-Herodias. Altogether the tale. as it is
told to us by Marmion Savage, is, nevertheless,
full of interest, and we re d on until the third volume
is clos,d with r, gret.
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SPAIN.

MADRID, May 10.

The Progressist Club has definitively adopted
General Espartero as its candidate for the Spanish
Throne. A meeting was held yesterday by the
Junta, which controls the action of the majority of
the Cortes, and a second meeting was held to-day
for the elaboraFion of a scheme for a settlement,
which is to be submitted to a meeting of the Majo-
rity to-morrow.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 9.

The Armenian Catholics have presented a petition
to the Grand Vizier demanding permission to elect a
patriarch to replace Hassoun.

INDIA:.

CALCUTTA, May 10.

The King of litirmah has ordered several large
tracts of country to be devoted to the cultivation of
jute.

AMERICA.
NEW YORK, May 10.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Closing prices Gold closed at 1141. ; the highest
quotation during the day was 114 the lowest 1141.
Sterling exchange on London, 1091. Five-Twenty
United States Bonds, 1882, 112 ; ditto, 1885, 1114 ;
ditto, 1867, 1134 ; Ten-Forty United States Bonds,
104. Illinois, 142 ; Erie, 23/. Cotton : Middling
upland, 23c. Petroleum : Standard white, 28c.
Flour : Extra State, $4 83c. to $5 4c. Corn : Old
mixed, $1 16c.
According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidis, and Co.'s
report Ihe receipts of cotton at all ports, for the last
four days, have been 20,000 bales. Shipments to
England, 22,000 bales ; to France, 3,000 bales ; and
to the Continent, 4,000 bales. Middling Upland,
Wad., cost and freight per steamer.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
P UGILISM ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

A fight for the championship, between Mace and
Allen, came off, yesterday on the banks of the Mis-
sisippi, 13 miles above New Orleans. In the first
round both men went down. In the second, which
was a severe one, Mace drew blood, and Allen went
down. In the third Mace went down under a decided
foul, and disallowed. In the seventh Allen's eye
was closed, and both men went down. In the eighth
Mace was thrown. In the ninth he was cleanly
knocked down. In the tenth both men went down.
Allen's eye was cut, his arm dislocated, and alto-
gether he was badly punished. Mace was not
scratched.
London, England, 1870-05-11

EMIGRATION TO AMERICA, 1870.

Much surprise is manifested in New York at the
unusually large number of emigrants who are pouring
into that city from Germany and England this year.
The City of Brooklyn in her last trip out conveyed
twelve hundred and twenty-nine passengers,
and we learn that the arrivals at Castle Garden in
one week last month averaged between eight and
nine thousand persons. The emigrants on board the
City of Brooklyn were chiefly English and
Scotch agriculturists who were going to Virginia
as farmers. They were as a rule furnished with
small -supplies of money, and clothing, and the
assurance of this fact is said to have given satisfac-
tion to the Americans, and to have procured for the
new comers a tolerably friendly reception.

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L'"UM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs. Mansell.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, BREAKING THE SPELL.
After which, at 8, LITTLE FAUST : Mr. T. Maclagan, M.
Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. 'Wilmot Mdlle.
Debreux, Mesdames Lennox °Toy, Lawson, Lee, and Emily
oldene.
London, England, 1870-05-11

THE FERAIANAGH OUTRAGES.

Mr. D'Arcy Irvine, who is considered an excellent
landlord, although a little eccentric, is now said to
drive about with revolvers exhibitad, and with rifles
poked out from the windows of his carriage. Mr.
Irvine has not given valuable assistance to
the county magistrates in their efforts to find out
the perpetrators of outrages in a county which, in
Ireland, is proverbial for its content, • On the
contrary, much comment has been evoked at
his assertions that " the envelope of the
threatening letter sent him was burnt " and
the letter itself was lost. Captain Butter, resident
magistrate, also informs Lord Enniskillen that no
satisfactory evidence can be gleaned respecting
the alleged attempts at assassination, there being only
one witness—a butler—to two occurrences which are
stated to have taken place, one at the rear and the
other in front of the house, within half an hour.
The Northern Whig hopes that Mr. Irvine
does not allow himself to be the victim of a heated.
imagination, and in the present very mysterious
aspect of his troubles, his brother landlords can only
repeat the hope. Meanwhile Mr. Irvine might con-
sider whether he is doing wisely in suspecting the
loyalty of the people who live round about him, or in
injuring his popularity as a steady and courageous
Irishman, by making a show of firearms and of
placards.
London, England, 1870-11-21

AMY ROBSART; New Drama. The Overture and
Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey,
executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus.
The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor-
flack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward
Airling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING, Nov. 21.-
111EATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
London, England, 1870-11-21

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THIS EVENING, at 7, TWO ROSES (144th night), by James
Albery. After which, at 9.30, ELIZABETII ; or, The Don, the
Duck, the Drake, and the Invisible Armada. A grand, new,
original, and profoundly historical Burlesque, by F. C. Bur-
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Nelly Power, A. Newton, Iletty Tracy, It. Evelyn, T. Lavis,
and Amy Fawsitt, &c. Doors open 6.30 ; commence at 7.
London, England, 1870-11-21

BANKING COMPANIES.

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8 110, 11. 1
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10 Auglo-Austrian .
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ORPHAN WORKING SOHOOL.—The next
ELECTION for this Charity will take place in January,
when 25 Orphans will be admitted. Children for nomination
should be at once put upon the list.
As the Charity depends upon voluntary benevolence for four-
fifths of its annual income, Contributions are earnestly solicited.
JOSEPH SOUL, Secretary.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.
London, England, 1870-11-21

MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, 6,
Red Lion-square, W.C., London.—During the last 10 years
this Institution has been instrumental in rescuing a vast number
of poor girls from a life of degradation and misery. The }den
adopted has been to seek the wanderers in the streets of London
and gather them together at the midnight hour, when short and
faithful addresses have been given.
During the present year the Meetings have been held nearly
every week in some of the most frequented districts of the
metropolis.
The promoters have abundant evidence that these efforts have
been most successful in effecting a great moral change in many
fallen ones.
To enable them to continue their important work, FUNDS are
earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by Mr. John
Stabb, Hon. Sec., 5, Red Lion-square, W.C., London ; and at the
Union Bank of London (Carey-street Branch), W.C.
London, England, 1870-11-21

A. PETITION FOR PEACE.

The aspects of the present time are certainly not
favourable to the lovers of peace, and so Miss
Josephine Butler has proved. Some time ago she
set on foot a petition for peace and protest against
war, to be signet by English women, and suc-
ceeded in obtaining eighteen thousand signatures.
Her idea was to have a duplicate copy, and send the
protest and petition to each of the combatants. A
friend in Paris, who was personally acquainted
with the members of the present Govern-
ment, assured her that either Jules Favre
or Jules Simon would receive it favourably,
but unluckily the siege has prevented the
document from being forwarded to the French capital.
The Prussian side of the question has been even less
fortunate. Miss Butler was instructed by
Count Bernstorlf as to the best means of
forwarding the memorial to Berlin, and wrote
to the Crown Princess of Prussia, asking
her to accept for the Crown Prince the petition of
18,000 English women for peace. The Princess,
through her secretary, expresses her admiration
for the noble sentiments of the English women whose
feelings are thus interpreted to her, but declares it
impossible for her to receive any memorial expressive
of a desire for the cessation of the war.
THE RUSSIAN DIFFICULTY IN TIIB CITY.

There is a talk among influential men in the City
of London of inviting the Lord Mayor to call a
meeting of citizens at the Mansion Rouse, to consider
the Russian difficulty, and to demonstrate their wil-
lingness to support the Government in upholding the
faith of Treaties. Public opinion in the City is re-
presented as very bellicose, and pronounced as to the
course which England must pursue if Russia refuses
to retract. The effect of Prince Gortachakoff's note
was very speedily manifest in the City. In the arti-
cles imported from Russia, or likely to be turned to
account in warfare, there has been an important rise.
Saltpetre, Riga flax, and Russian tallow, have quickly
reflected the political changes. One consequence of
the crisis will, it is believed, be a great decline of
Russian credit on the London Stock Exchange,
where it has hitherto stood high in consequence of
her reputation for good faith.
London, England, 1870-11-21

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