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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-16

BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.

At the Metropolitan Bail Court, the case of " Wood v.
Wood," for breach of promise, was heard. The defendant
pleaded that he was so much intoxicated at the time that
he did not know what he was doing. The parties were
second cousins. The defendant in 1862 was a married
man, and the plaintiff a young woman then about 23
years of age, and was in the habit of visiting and staying
at the defendant's house. Mrs. Wood was in a consump-
tion, and the defendant paid great attention to the plain-
tiff, and an intimacy arose between them, which resulted
in the plaintiff giving birth to a child in 1863. Mrs.
Wood died in 1867. The defendant still continued his
attentions to the plaintiff, who was the daughter of a
market gardener, and he frequently expressed his intention
to marry the plaintiff. At length he sent to the plaintiff
to meet him on a certain day, as he had something impor-
tant to communicate to her, and, as she thought it was
something relative to the marriage, she met him, and he
then told her he was going to be married to a lady who
was a widow ; and he married her in September last year.
Upon one particular evenin, in March, 1869, after supper
at plaintiff's father's, the plaintiff's father asked the de-
fendant what he intended to do about the plaintiff and her
child, and the defendant said he intended to marry the
plaintiff, and he repeated this next morning. The defen-
dant said his father was worth between £4,000 and 25,000
and that he was worth more than his father. The defen-
dant told the plaintiff's father that he had providedfor her
child, and they need not trouble about it. The defendant
was not the worse for liquor at the time he made the pro-
mise.

I'm the defence it was urged that this action should
have been brought iu Lincolnshire, where the matter had
occurred, and where the parties were known. The jury
must look at the case in a calm manner, and not be led
away by speculative ideas as to the property of the de-
fendant. They could not shut their eyes to what had
occurred between these parties in the lifetime of
the defendant's wife. No claim had been made
upon the defendant until two years after Mrs.
Wood's death. It was mere accident that the
marriage was then spoken of. It was a gin-and-water
promise after supper. What had the plaintiff lost? It
would not be right to add damages for the seduction, but
to confine them to the breach of promise.
The learned Judge summed up, stating that he did not
like such actions, and should not himself give heavy
damages.
The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages, £2Ol
London, England, 1870-11-16

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

SHREWSBURY RACCES—YESTER DAY.
• SALOPIAN HURDLE STAKES.
Standard Bearer
Punishment

Eight ran.
FOREGATE STAKES.

Turquoise
Lady Evelyn colt
Cowboy...

Five ran.
BOROUGH MEMBERS' PLATE

Thais f..
Princess
Tiny f...

Seven ran.
WELTER PLATE.

Oliro
Aftermath
Conspirator

Twelve ran.
TWO-YR-OLD PLATE.

Johannes Rex
Agile f
Smiling Morn
Five ran.
BATTLEFIELD HANDICAP.

Rosebud.....
Miss Waller

Masan iello

Twelve ram
SHOBDON CUP.

Cymbal
Gantelet
Blenheim
London, England, 1870-11-16

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STERDAY.
SHREWSBURY CUP.
15 to 2 agst Lac (taken)
Bto 1 agst Good Hope (taken)
Bto 1 agst Our Mary Ann (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst Indian Ocean (offered)
Bto 1 agst Musket (taken and offered)
100 to 8 agst Bobby (offered-100 to 6 taken and
wanted)
100 to 6 asst Westley (offered-25 to 1 taken)
20 to 1 agst Viscount (offered)
20 to 1 agst Taraban (offered)
20 to 1 agst Cecil (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Monseigneur (taken)
200 to 2 agst Sornette (offered)
10 to 1 each agst Cecil and Our Mary Ann (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
11 to 2 agst Sterling (offered-6 to 1 taken to £250
and wanted)
11 to 2 agst General (offered)
600 to 10 agst Sterling winning the Two Thousand
and Albert Victor the Dreby (taken)
DERBY.
7to 4 agst four (offered—take 2to 1)
London, England, 1870-11-16

THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.

Numerous meetings continue to be held in London
at which the several candidates present themselves.
Mr. Rogers, the founder of the system of middle-
class education, has put forward his claims for selec-
tion, which are based chiefly on. his practical
services to the cause of education. At the
Charterhouse Schools .he superintended 4,000
scholars, while, as one of the Royal Commissioners,
he has had many opportunities of enlarged observa-
tion. Four candidates have been chosen by the City
committee for recommendation to they City electors,
and Sir John Lubbock, in reporting the selection
of the Rev. E. Mackenzie, the Rev. M. Rogers,
S. Morley, M.P., and. Mr. Hastings,' the chairman
of the Council of the Social Science Association,
explained that they represented different phases
of thought, and were- ready at the same time to
display the utmost impartiality. At Notting.hill
Lord Lawrence has been addressing his supporters.
He advocated education based upon the Bible. At
Chelsea the - ratepayers have been 'listening to
the exposition of the views of one of
the lady candidates. Mrs. Grey, who is
the widow of a nephew of Earl Grey the Reformer,
,is anxious to carry out a practical reform in our edu-
cation system. She' argued that the men on the
Boards would represent the fathers of the children,
and there ought to be some women to represent the
mothers. Mrs. Grey spoke strongly of the import-
ance of giving girls practical household instruc-
tion, and quoted a letter from a friend of her own,
the mother of a large family, who was also an
efficient worker in schools. This lady said it Eng-
land wished to empty her workhouses she must
begin by teaching the little female -children of the
streets, for until ;the future • wives and mothers
knew the value of thrift and cleanliness, men would
never be raised above the public-house.
London, England, 1870-11-16

THE ENGAGEMENT AT MAROHENOIR.

Previously to the important fights of the 9th and 10th
round Orleans, a smaller affair took place at Marchenoir
on the 7th. Von der Tann had sent a reconnoitring party
there, and the French assailed it. The leader of the
victorious party supplies these particulars :—On the 7th an
engagement took place before the forest of Marchenoir, near
Saint Laurent-des-Bois. The Prussian troops, composed
of infantry, cavalry and artillery, amounted to nearly
2,000 men. A battalion of French foot chasseurs ad-
vanced, preceded by a large number of sharpshooters ;
some pieces of artillery were put in position, and after a
brisk cannonade the battle ended, towards four o'clock,
n the retreat of the Prussians. Towards five in
the evening two fires were seen, one in the direc-
tion of Bois d'Enfer, the other towards Villesiclorc
These fires were lighted by the. Prussians. In the battle
the French loss was about 20 killed and wounded; the
Prussians left more than 100 dead on the field.
Sixty-four prisoners were taken, including three
officers, all Bavarians. It is believed the Prus-
sians were making a reconnaissance, and that
another engagement will soon take place. The
French troops are full of ardour, and it has been remarked
that the Foot Chasseurs sustained the fire with great
vigour. We had two mitrailleuses on the field which
inflicted great damage on the enemy. The head of the
Oucques Brigade reports that the thirty wounded have
been brought into those quarters, of which thirteen are
Prussians. Nothing of importance is mentioned by the
other brigadiers.
London, England, 1870-11-16

AN OTHER ROYAL MARRIAGE.

The Marquis of Lorne is not to be allowed to retaahl
the only member of the aristocracy who can boast of 40
matrimonial alliance with Royal blood. The young Duke
of Norfolk is about to be advanced to a similar dig,nitY•
It is true his bride is a foreigner. and, alas, an exile, but
in the - present uncertain state of France who
knows what there may be in store for the
House of Orleans ? But whether they are restored
to the throne of the Bourbons or not, it seems that the
Duke is about to espouse one of the princesses of that
House. •In that case, whatever may come of her brothers;
the future lot of the Princess will be cast in England, an°
in all probability it will be quieter and happier, and not
much legs illustrious than if she were to share with her
family the uneasy possession of royalty in France. It
need hardly be added that the Duke is a Roman Catholic,
educated "after the strictest manner of his sect."—Ediu-
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RICASOLI.

, Baron Ricasoli has declared that he intends to
retire from political fe. His has been a respectable,
but•liOt a great'eareer, Born ii 4 1809 he meddled
little.,with politics during the period of Austrian
influence in Italy ;.but the events of 1859 brought
him to the front. , lie became Minister of the In-
terior, and after the annexation o f Tuscany shewed great
ability in organising thafl)rovince as dictator, and in
overcoming the difficulties invariably presented by
the transference of a people. On the death of Cavour,
Ricasoli was by public acclaim chosen to fill his place.
Ile adopted the policy of the great statesman ; but
lacked .his capacity. In 1862 .hiS Ministry fell, and
Ratazzi reigned in his stead. On the eve of the
great events of 1860, Ricasoli was again called to
power, and guided the nation through that impor-
tant 'crisis. The Roman question, which he desired
to settle in too open and candid a fashion, caused his
fall: lie was beaten in the remarkable financial pro-
ject known as the Legrand-Dumonceau Soheme
for appropriating the ecclesiastical property of the
Church. Tie has had Menabrea and Rattazzi for
successors, and they have not proved more efficient
than he. The integrity of Ricasoli was his greatest
merit. He conducted politics on principles of
morality ; and had he joined sufficient ability to
honour and virtue, the results of his rule must have
been great. • _
London, England, 1870-11-16

REJOICINGS AT HAVRE.

The Havre correspondent of the Standard, in a commu-
nication dated the 13th of November, thus describes the
effect produced by the recapture of Orleans :—The recap-
ture of Orleans by the Army of the Loire you will have
received ample details of from your correspondents at
Tours and Le Mans. I only need, therefore, refer to the
impression it has produced here. It has been enormous ;
all the other incidents of the war have been thrown into
the shade by it, and even the siege of Paris is lost sight
of in the first flush of the triumph of Orleans.
This is not to be wondered at. It is necessary to have
lived in France, and with the French, to understand the
sickening feeling of discouragement at a long series of
disasters unredeemed by a single solitary success ; and
that feeling once understood, it is impossible to
quarrel with the exultation excited by the victory won
by an army, the very existence of which was but a few
days ago open to doubt, and though we may think
that it is a mistake to infer from this one battle
the issue of the war, yet the excess of confidence is pre-
ferable to the excess of despondency. The unfortunate
fellows who are forced to leave their homes to-morrow,
in pursuance of the last decree for a levee en masse, will
march forth with a lighter heart and a more buoyant
step ; military men, even those who were most discouraged,
brighten up at finding that the army can do something
after all—and the bulk of the community—the ignorant,
the fools, and the fanatics—make themselves happy with
the idea that the French will now make very short work
of the invaders. Some of these enthusiastic souls deal
extensively in historical precedents, and refer pointedly
to the fact that it was at Orleans that the tide of English
conquest was first encountered and repelled, and would
make poor General d'Aurelles de Paladines into another
Maid of Orleans—Laissons les dire. The long and short
of the matter is that this success has inspired all
with a feeling of confidence in the ability of France to
drive back unaided the Prussian invader. The party of
la guerre a entrance are once more rampant, and the
partisans of foreign, and specially English, inter-
vention, are for the present absolutely nowhere.
Their turn will, I fear, come again fast enough.
It is worthy of note that the Prussian dispatches
about this Orleans affair excite almost greater
satisfaction than the French ones. General Von der
Tann announces that he was compelled to withdraw by
superior forces ! The acknowledgment of the Prussian
commander that he was overmatched iu point of numbers
is especially comforting to those who ascribe the disasters
of France to her having to fight against a Prussian army
four times more numerous.
London, England, 1870-11-16

THE NEW LAW COURTS.

It is stated that no avoidable delay has taken place
with reference to the construction of the New Law Courts.
An examination of the subsoil is being made prior to the
arrangement of a contract for the preparation of the site
and excavation of the foundations ; and with reference to
Mr. Street's altered plans, he is under an engagement to
furnish the sketch-plans by the Ist of January, and the
working drawings within six months from that date.
London, England, 1870-11-16

CARDINAL CULLEN AND THE EVIL TIMES.

llis Eminence Cardinal Cullen considers that we
are living in an age of indifference to all religion, or
of absolute unbelief. All the confidence of man is
riowplaced in natural agencies and human know-
ledge. Everything supernatural is denied, and phi-
losophers and political economists, puffed up with
pride, like the wise men described by St. Paul, pre-
tend to exclude the providence of God from the
management of this world. The consequence of
this irreligion, the Cardinal says, is that in coun-
tries 'where God is not recognised, where war has
been declared against Him, where Voltaire has been
made an oracle or a prophet, where infidel education
has been introduced, nothing can be perma-
nent, no order can prevail, and there can
be no hope for the happiness and prosperity of a
country in which a restless desire for change and a
wild spirit of revolution destroys or paralyses every-
thing good. His Eminence finds consolation in the
belief that the Church of St. Patrick has been pre-
served from such evils. He urges his rev, brethren
in a pastoral to pray incessantly for the welfare of
the Pope, who is, ho says, now a pri-
soner in the hands of his enemy, and
suffering all the evils which attend a painful
captivity. The Cardinal urges them to pray that
the Pope may soon have a glorious triumph over his
persecutors, and that the Holy See may be restored
to peace and prosperity again. As to the final
triumph of the Church under its supreme Head
there call be no doubt.
London, England, 1870-11-16

ADVANCE OF THE'GERMANS.

that
latest intelligence received from Tours, states
t Doubs and Dole are occupied by
Prussiansa. 2,000 Germans have arrived at Varanges.
A i'lb
liggian column had-marched towards Bessay.
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A.. ti°ollo is nearly invested. Nothing new from the
—4.1117 of the Loire.
London, England, 1870-02-02

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Mr. A. W. Fonblancjue's report to the Board of
Trade of the Agricultural returns for Great Britain,
the colonies, &c., for the year 1869 is doubtless as
correct as it can be reasonably expected to be while
occupiers of land throughout the kingdom have
the power—which they often exercise—of
refusing to accommodate any inquirers with respect
to the produce of their farms. In such cases the
only plan is to make an estimate, which as far as
many details are concerned—such as the acreage of
pasture and. arable land will be tolerably
accurate. By the present statistics we learn
that the total number of acres under cultivation in
the United Kingdom, in 1869, shows an increase of
447,608 when compared with 1868. 'ln Ireland no
less than 71 per cent. of the land under green crops
....as under potatoes, and 22 per cent. under turnips.
Potatoes have been more largely grown in
England of late years, but still, the amount
of laud.devotod to that purpose: is_ only one-half 01
London, England, 1870-02-02

GREAT SOUTHERN OF INDIA.

A special general meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the offices, Leadenhall-street---
Mr. J. Chapman, the chairman, presided.
Mr. 11. NOTMAN, the secretary, having read the
notice convening the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN stated that the object of the
meeting was to authorise the directors to borrow
£400,000, or such other sum as the company might
be authorised to raise by the Secretary of State for
India, and at such rate of interest as the Secretary
of State might think fit. He concluded by moving
a formallesolution authorising the company to bor-
row £400,000, or such other sum as the Secretary
of State for India might sanction.
The motion was seconckd and carried.
Formal resolutions were also passed unanimously
authorising the whole or any part of the sum men-
tioned to be created and issued as debenture stock ;
authorising the directors to create and issue deben-
ture stock to pay off any mortgage or bonds falling
due, and to apply the money received for that pur-
pose ; and authorising the directors to fix the rate
of interest at 5 per cent. or any lower rate, as the
directors might think fit, the interest to be paid
half-yearly; also, if deemed expedient, the deben-
ture stock might be issued at a discount of 10 per
cent., but it was not to be transferable in a smaller
sum than £lO, or any multiple of £lO.
The proceedings then terminated.
London, England, 1870-02-02

PRUSSIA AI'TD BAVARIA.

The address of the majority of the Bavarian Chamber
of Deputies contains a passage decidedly unfavourable to
the treaty of alliance with Prussia. "Our people," so runs
the paragraph, " may be desirous of breaking these treaties
but we live in an age which produces decisive crises.
Experience has taught us that treaties concluded with
Prussia may bear interpretations calculated to inspire
apprehensions among the people. There arises from this
a strong desire to give our foreign affairs a direction
capable of inspiring public confidence." The address
amounts to a vote of want of confidence in Prince Hellen-
tohe, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
London, England, 1870-02-02

THE RED RIVER REBELLION.

The Yew York Times publishes a despatch from Chicago,
which says that Dr. Shuffer had arrived at St. Cloud from
Pembina, and reported matters at Fort Garry to be in a
serious state. The French are masters of the situation,
and have seized the Hudson's Bay Company's
safe to pay the troops. Colonel Desalaboug, a
Commissioner of the Canadian Government, and Father
Th6bault are endeavouring to open negotiations with
Beille, the French leader. It was rumoured that the Sioux
Indians were coming down, and thc;•Dakota and Minne-
sota people were greatly alarmed, fearing another Indian
war. The Scotch and English half-breeds were passive,
and the Hudson Bay Company's officials manifested indif-
ference.
London, England, 1870-02-02

AFFAIRS IN TURKEY.

The Vienna Presse states that the Turkish Minister of
Commerce, Kabouli Pacha, is to be Ambassador at St.
Petersburg. The Turkish regular troops are to be armed
with the 200,000 needle - guns purchased in America,
which have nearly all arrived at Constantinople.
Intelligence from Scutari, dated the 28th ult., states that
a Turkish colonel, Aali Bey, has been attacked and dan-
gerously wounded at Podgoritza, on the 3lontenegrin fron-
tier. Great excitement has been occasioned by this event
in the regiment, which is stationed along the frontier, and
the Porte has ordered a rigid inquiry, forbidding at the
same time any violation of the boundaries.

BAVARIA.

We learn from Munich that the King of Bavaria has
invited to dinner all the ministers, and the twelve mem-
bers of Parliament who voted against the "no confidence"
address—a proceeding which seems to signify the intention
of the King to support Prince Hohenlohe.
London, England, 1870-02-02

REVOLUTION IN SAN LUIZ.

Accounts from Habana, of January 10th, state that the
revolution in San Luiz Potosi is still increasing. The
Governor and the members of the Legislature aro
prisoners. Some of the Federal generals have joined the
Insurgents, and the commanding Federal officer
states that his forces cannot contend against the usurpers.
The Federal troops in Durango, under the command of
General Herrera, have pronounced against, and refused to
recognise the National Government. The inhabitants in
several districts of the State of Morelia have also pro-
nounced against the national authority, and a detachment
of troops sent against them was defeated.
London, England, 1870-02-02

BELFAST AND NORTHERN COUNTIES.

The report of the directors states that the traffic
receipts for the past half year, ending the 31st of
December, amounted to £60,101, as compared with
£60,693 in the same half of 1868 ; £60,529 in the
slime half of 1867 ; and £59,993 in the same half
of 1866. Duri:,g the past 13:tlf year there had been
a considerable falling off in the quantity of merchan-
dise sent over the line, causing a reduction in the
receipts for that item of £1,669. In the passenger
department there had been a fair increase ; also i❑
cattle and other items of traffic. The directors did
not consider the result of the half year's working at
all satisfactory, but when they considered the great
depression there had been during the entire period
in the staple trade of that part of the country, and
in all branches of business connected with it, they
ventured to hope that, with the commercial improve-
ment apparently approaching, the traffic on the line
would go on advancing as informer years. The work-
ing expenses contrasted favourably with those of
previous half years. More than the usual number
of waggons had been rebuilt during the half year in
addition to others extensively repaired ; the carri-
age stock had also received considerable repairs, the
directors being determined to maintain the entire
plant in the most efficient condition. The perma-
nent way had been maintained in good working
order. The balance of net revenue was £22,947,
out of which the directors recommended the usual
dividend on the 4 per cent. preference shares,
£3,492 ; and on the ordinary shares at the rate of
5 per cent. per annum, amounting to £13,947,
leaving a balance of £2,308. The capital account
showed that £1,157,771 had been expended, leaving
a balance against the company of £20,958.
London, England, 1870-02-02

SELF-SUPPORTING EMIGRATION.

Colonel Maude, R.A., read' a paper at a meet-
ing of the Royal Colonial Society on "Self-sup-
porting Emigration." He started with a quotation
from Mr. J. S. Mill, who had stated that
colonisation was the very best investment of
the capital of an ancient and wealthy country. The
gallant colonel observed that we had the power of
planting new colonies, to which we might send out
men whose labour was not needed at home, while it
would in these new countries become productive,
and open up fresh markets for our manufactures.
His plan was to lend the labourer money
to enable him to emigrate, and at the end of seven
years, by a series of easy payments, become the pro-
prietor say of one hundred acres of good land.
Colonel Maude expressed his opinion that the statement
which had been made that the colonies would not
receive our poor was erroneous. He believed they
would not only take our poorest class, but under
proper regulations, our criminals also. Lord Bury said
the difficulty was that those who were to be assisted
to emigrate were the artizans whom we should keep
at home. If a scheme were proposed which would
relieve the ratepayers of the country, it might be the
duty of the Government to aid it.
London, England, 1870-02-02

SAMARITAN 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 be received by Messrs. Hatchard,
Piccadilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. ; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
—The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN
and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY -ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital. •
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
and
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller Banbury, Co., 77, Lom-
bard-street ;anCH F
Messrs. &mitts and Co., 59, Strand.
ARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary.

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 BIITCCLEIICIT, 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 contributions
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 3,000 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.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abohnrch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ;
Harries and no. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Paykiis, and Co.; Barclay and Co.;
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and oo.,;Berners-street ;:and at
the Hospital' from 10 till 51
London, England, 1870-02-02

BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION
--Head Offices, 429, Strand, London.
The distinguishing features of this Association aro
Equitable Rates,
Undoubted Security.
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London, England, 1870-02-02

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

Captain Price, M.P. for Tewkesbury, told an anec-
dote of Mr. Baxter, Secretary to the Admiralty, at a
political banquet the other night. Mr. Baxter had
found various remarkable evidences of queer bar-
gaining at the dockyards. The Government had
been paying a cotton price for biscuit bags, which
were made of nothing else than jute. They had
also been laying in a large quantity of salt
beef at 7d. per pound, the same quality which he
himself had purchased for his own ships at 4d.
Still stranger were the proceedings with regard to
wheat. This necessary had always been supplied by
the same firm, although others in the trade sent
samples. On examination, Mr. Baxter found that
the samples of the contracting firm usually con-
tained a few grains of mustard-seed, so as to
render identification easy to some person or other.
The mustard-seed sample was always selected, no
matter what the price might be. In addition to
these encouraging revelations of the mode in which
the country's business is done, Captain Price informed
his listeners that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is
considering a proposition to reduce the duty on third-
class railway tickets.
London, England, 1870-02-02

MUSEUMS.

Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application
to the secretary.
Botanic—Royal Botanic Society of London. Regent's-
park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal
Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free.
British—Great Russell-s reet. Open freo on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Frida s, 10 to 4 • summer months 10
till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January:lst till 7th May, and
Ist till 7th September al oon all thanksgiving days.
City—Guildhall. A collet on of antiquities, &c. Daily
10 till 5. _ .

Geological Jermyn street. Open daily (except Fridays)
free.

India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his-
tory, antiquities, &c. Open free on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders.
King's College - Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily
10 till 4.
Patents—South Kensington.
Open free daily.
Royal Institution--21, Albemarle-street. Various objects
Daily, 10 till 5.
Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of forti-
fications, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10

Models and inventions.

till 4.
Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Soleil •
tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. ls.
Soane's-13, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Antiquities, curiosities,
and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri-
days in April, May, and June ; and Wednesdays, from
February to August. Admission on application to the
Curator;
Society of Arts—John-street. Adelphi. inventions, pic-
tures, curiosities &c. Daily : admission by member's
order.
South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on Mondays,
Tuesdays;and Saturdays, 10 till 10, free; on other days
10 till 4,5, or 6. 6d.
Tower of London—Ancient armour, &c. Open daily, ill
till 4. ls.

The Scotsman states that Ministers are still very
anxiously discussing the state of Ireland, and that the
Cabinet are divided upon a very important point. The
Irish Executive presses for the suspension of the
Habeas Corpus Act ; hesitation is shewn on the sub-
ject by a large proportion of the Downing-street
Council. Naturally, the Government does not
wish to suspend the Constitution again if
it can help it. This statement of the
Scotsman makes the Pall Mall Gazette's theory all the
more probable : that the Government has prepared a
Land Bill for Ireland which will incense all the ex-
treme men across the Channel, and that some prepa-
ration to meet any outbreak which may be attempted
is necessary. It is confidently stated that a division
on the Address will be taken on Ireland. The
Opposition will charge the Government with causing
disaffection.
London, England, 1870-02-02

THE EX-GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY.

The ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany has died within the last
few days, at the age of 78. Up to the year 1859 he reigned
as Leopold the Second. He was the son of Ferdinand the
Third, who was driven from Tuscany by the French in
1799. At the peace of Presburg he was made Grand Duke
of Wurzburg, the bishopric having been secularised
to form this sovereignty. The young prince was
brought up here, and in 1814 returned with his father
to his hereditary possessions in Italy. In 1824 he came to
the throne, on the decease of his father. In 1847, when
the Democratic spirit presided in Europe, Leopold was one
of the most Liberal princes, and granted many reforms.
Progress was, ho wever, too rapid, and at length he fled to
Gaeta, and his Ministers, Montanelli and Guerrazzi, were
joined with ➢lazzini in forming a triumvirate, which pro•
posed to unite Tuscany with Rome, then declared aßepublic.
The Austrians replaced him on the throne after the victory
at Novara, but in 1859, he was again compelled to retire,
and, notwithstanding some subsequent successes, his State
was annexed to Piedmont. After that time he lived in
retirement, and he gave evidence of his literary taste by
publishing a splendid edition of the works of Lorenzo de
Medici in four volumes.
London, England, 1870-02-02

THE WELSH FASTING GIRL.

The Government feel that the case of the Welsh
fasting girl cannot be passed over without further,
inquiry. A. magisterial investigation has beer;
ordered to take place before the trial of the girrs
father for manslaughter. All the medical,
men who wore connected with the case will give
evidence. They will not be able to tell us anything
new about the cause of death, for we know
that the girl was starved, but we may get a clearer
idea as to the persons most to blame.
London, England, 1870-02-02

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London, England, 1870-02-02

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London, England, 1870-02-02

THE BIBLE AND NATIONAL EDUCATION.

A meeting has been held in London for the pur-
pose of establishing a branch in connection with the
National Education League. Mr. Joseph Guedalla,
the chairman, quoted a report of the Inspectors.
of Schools to shew that one half of the
children of the working classes at present
receive no education whatever. He thought that
the Birmingham League was wrong in making a
compromise with the Manchester Union on the ques-
tion of sectarian or unsectarian education. A resolu-.
tion was moved embodying the universal principles of
the advantages of a system of national education, and,
an amendment was proposed by Mr. Jenkins " That
the Bible be read in all schools, but not commented!
upon." This sentiment met with hisses an&
interrogation, on which the chairman observed that;
nobody objected to the Bible. A. second resolution,
being moved and carried, to the effect that the
system should be "compulsory, wholly unsectarian,'
and free," the Rev. Daniel Canty, a Roman Catho-,
lie priest, obtained leave to speak. He declared that
he was ashamed of the meeting for hissing a senti-.
ment that the Bible should be read in the
schools. At this there was considerable dissatisfac-
tion, and a denial that the Bible had ever been hissed
i
there. The rev. gentleman went on to warn the:
meeting that any system of education which wa§
other than religious would be met. with the most
determined opposition on the part of two millions of.
Roman Catholics in this country, and twelve millions
in other parts of the empire.
London, England, 1870-02-02

DEATHS Er 0 L STARVATION.

A. coroner's jury at Mile-endi London, has re-
turned three plain, unmistakeable verdicts that May
be the moans of effecting good, though their
tenour is a record of disgrace. In • one
day no fewer than three cases of starvation
were brought before the coroner. The deceased
were all men beyond middle age. In two cases
the unvarnished verdict of " Death from starvation"
was returned, and in the third it was found that
"death had been accelerated by want of
rood." Mr. iiumphreys did not utter any
novel sentiment when he observed that it was a
relief to get to the end of the list, and that the
sufferinr, disclosed was dreadful to think of. Dreadful
to think of, indeed, but preventible. Ono of the men
starved to death was on the parish pay and allowance of
bread, divided between himself, his wife, and family. It
was not enough for all, so the only question was
which should 'be self-denying and be the first victim.
Another man was not the fortunate recipient of
parochial bounty, and died because ho had had
"nothing whatever to eat for some days ;" while in
the third case a man " with only skin on his
ribs, to which it adhered like parchment,"
had said before he died that "he had been
knocking about with nothing to eat or to do." It is
noticeable that all these wretched men should have
allowed themselves to starve, when the commission
of any felonious or criminal act would have at least
given them sufficient prison fare. Is this to be
attributed to virtue, or to a sullen indifference that
is generated in these paupers by the miseries they
undergo?
London, England, 1870-02-02

MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS Lv TURKEY.

Whilst the insurrection at Dalmatia was at its worst, a
military convention was agreed upon between the Emperor
of Austria and the Sultan of Turkey. What was the
precise object of this bargain is not quite apparent, save
that it may have been to secure the neutrality of Mon-
tencgro by overawing that little territory with Turkish
soldiers. But, whatever may have been the original scope
of the convention, it is certain that the movements of troops
continue. A strong force of Turks was at first marched into
Bosnia and Herzegovina, although the Montenegrins male
not the slightest demonstration of assistance to the Dal-
matians. Moreover, now that the insurrection in Dal-
matia is at an end, the march of soldiers still goes on.
Fresh detachments of Turks arrive almost daily at the
Montenegrin and Dalmatian frontiers. The IVord thinks
that Austria and Turkey mean to engulf Montenegro.
This is a natural inference for a Russian paper to make;
but, whatever may be its motive, the movement of troops
is undeniable.
London, England, 1870-02-02

OCTOBER.

„.......______
Bedford 4, 5 1 Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 14
Leicester 6, 7 I Cheltenham 18, 19
Bromley 6, 7 1 Newmarket 1i0t'n...24 to 29
NOVEMBER. _ . . _...

Liverpool Btoll I Shrewsbury ...14 to 18

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.

Birmingham jB, 9 I Harrow
Derby —lo, 11 Newtoa 25, 2(

MARCH.
Liverpool 8,9, 10 I Drea11ey.,....31 and April 1
West Soluorsot 16, 17 CbbitouLiam...3l !tad April 1
Warwick 22 to 24 1

RIL.

Aldershot 7, 8 I

18, 19
Aings ury.

Sroianca ACTION.—We hear that the long-
pending action, in which Mr. E. It Clarke is the plaintiff
and Lord Rivers the defendant, will be tried in a few days.

We are truly sorry to hear that Mr. Martin
Tupper has just met with a serious carriage accident,
which, besides some smaller injuries, has severely crushed
and lacerated his right hand.— Me Rock.
We regret to hear that Miss Neilson has met with
an accident which will prevent her appearance at the
Gaiety Theatre for a few days. On•illonday evening she
was accidentally struck on the head by one of the rollers
connected with the scenery at the back of the stage
London, England, 1870-02-02

ONE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR MALLOW.

Major Knox is one of the candidates for Mallow.
He has been roughly classed by the press as a Conser-
vative ; but it is not certain that the term properly
describes him; and the Irish journals are asking,
What are his politics ? This much is known, that
last session he would have been classed as a Conser-
vative, for he opposed the Irish Church Bill ; but
what will he be this year, if returned for Mallow ?
The session of last year is gone, and the contest
dead ; what will he do in the future ? The only
clue we have to his opinions is the policy
.of his
paper—the Irish Times. Now, that journal
has called itself at various periods very lately Tory,
Liberal, Liberal Conservative, Conservative Liberal,
Repealer, supporter of Ascendancy, and Nationalist.
Major Knox seems to combine all the various shades
of political belief. He was on Monday proposed by
a Conservative, and seconded by a Nationalist.. Con-
tradictory opinions are often reconcilable; but it is
hard to reconcile all those of the Major.

MR. ODGER'S CANDIDATURE.

The last pro-Odgerite meeting in Southwark was
-very influential. Various advanced members of Par-
liament sent letters declaring their sympathy with
the working man's candidature. Mr. Clay, M.P. for
Huil, expressed his anxiety for Mr. Odger's success,
" not so much because I respect his unquestionable
ability as because I am sincerely desirous to see the
working classes directly represented in the House
of Commons by some men of their own body."
Mr. M'Cullagh Torrens sent a contribution to Mr.
Odger's election expenses, and gave it as his opinion
that the exclusion of any class of educated and indus-
trious men from the House of Commons was a bad
thing for the country. Sir C. W. Dine wrote
justifying the determination of the working
man not to submit to a preliminary
ballot. Professor Fawcett was present at
the meeting, and referred to Mr. Odger's
speeches during the American War as proof that he
was a competent person to represent a constituency
in Parliament. It would be as unreasonable, he said,
to ask that the House of Commons should be filled with
artisans as to demand that its present constitution of
bankers, merchants, lawyers, and soldiers should
undergo no change.
London, England, 1870-02-02

WESTMINSTER.

UNLAWFUL AND IMPROPER REJECTION OF PAU-
PERS BY PARISH AUTIIORITIES.—Harnot, a man of
poor but respectable appearance, was charged with
being disorderly at St. Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea.
George Cannon, night porter, then said that de-
fendant came at half-past six last night with a ticket
of admission from the police, but he bad been
ejected in consequence of his not submitting to the
rules of the house by giving up a tobacco pipe.
When he first came in he was asked if he had a
pipe, and, saying "yes," gave it up. After that,
on his being searched, a short pipe was found on
him wrapped up in a rag.
Mr. Arnold—Am I to understand that if he says
he hasn't a pipe, and one is found upon him, he is
to be turned into the streets. Is that the regulation
with a pauper ?
Witness—Yes, Sir. He was asked if he had a
pipe, and ought to give it up.
Mr. Arnold—And for daring to do so he is to be
turned into the street. What is he to do ?
Witness—l can't say.

Mr. Arnold—lf he is destitute he is entitled to
relief, and if he does anything against the law he
can be punished, but you can't turn him into the
street because he does not comply with your regula-
tions. Where is a poor man to go to? What is
to become of him ? Let the guardians know that if
a person is destitute it is not for you to take upon
yourself to turn him into the street, as it is not
lawful.

Defendant said that the mere bowl of a pipe that
lie did not know of was found upon him.
Complainant went on to show that defendant
was disorderly after being turned out, and threat.
cued him.

Defendant said he was only trying to obtain
shelter for the night.
Mr. Arnold discharged him on his own recogni-
zance to keep the peace.
London, England, 1870-02-02

STANDING ORDERS-THIS DAY.

The Rouse of Commons Examiners of Petitions
will report the standing orders to have been com-
plied with in the opposed bills of the Rother-
ham and Kimberworth Local Board of health ;
King's Lynn Consumers' Gas and Belfast
Consumers' Gas. The opposed Islington Rail-
way bill has been withdrawn. The standing
orders will be also • reported to have been com-
plied with in the cases of the Pontypool, Caerleon,
and Newport Railway ; Pembroke and Tenby
Railway ; Trapston Markets ; Girvan and Port-
patrick Junction Railway; Southport Waterworks;
Sevenoaks, Maidstone, and Tunbridge. Railway ;
Poole and Bournemouth Railway ; Penicuick Rail-
way, Clyde Lighthouse, Rainhitl Gas and Water,
Sutherland Railway Extension, Gloucester and
Berkeley Canal Company, Great Eastern Railway
(General Powers), North British and Edinburgh
and Bathgate Railway Companies, Newry and
Armagh Railway (Sale, &c.), Belfast, Holywood,
and Bangor Railway, and the Colne Fishery CJ113.-
paLy's Bills.
London, England, 1870-02-02

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
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of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendants of the patients are
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treatment.
Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
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W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.
London, England, 1870-02-02

ITALY.

BRINDIsi, Feb. 1.
The Adriatic and Oriental Company's mail
steamer Brindisi, 78 hours from Alexandria, with
20 passengers, has arrived here. Letters will pro-
bably be delivered in London on Friday evening.

THE BRAZILS.

BORDEAUX, Feb. 2.

The Messageries Imperiales steamer Estrama-
dure, from the Brazils, arrived here at 10 o'clock

last night.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, Eeb. I.—Three: o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

41 per Cent.
3 per Cent
End of month 73 571
Credit Mobilier
Transatlantic 202 50
Credit Fonder 1735
Paris Gas 1670
Suez Canal 345 -
RAILWAY,

Bank Shares 2900
Ital Tan Fives 54 95
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan 321 25
Do. Debt 44 90
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred
8. Cash
Orleans ... f3781=
Western
Northern
Strasburg
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6071
Sardinian
Austrian 775
Lombard so2}
North of Spain 6O
Saragossa
Roman 4521.

On Friday, the 11th instant, the great billiard
match of 1,200 up, between J. Roberts (the Champion) and
W. Cook, jun., for the £2OO Champion Gold Cup, given
by Messrs. Borroughs, Watts, and others, will take place
at the St. James's Hall. The game will commence at
eight p.m. _

The death of Fred. Oliver, the celebrated " Ring
Kf.eper," took place last Sunday morning at his residence,
Chelsea. Oliver was always to te seen at most of the
great pugilist contests, more particularly in the struggles
between Sayers and Heenan and Hurst and Mace, acting
in his capacity of "Commissary of the Ring." Although
often called upon to exhibit the sternest qualities, Fred.
Oliver was by nature one of the kindest and most unassum-
ing of men.

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Messis. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained
a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be
called 'The Royal Irish Distillery."
London, England, 1870-02-02

CVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. Persons
desirous of being admitted to the OPEN COMPETITION,
commencing on sth April, 1870, should apply at once for the
necessary forms; which must be returned, with evidence of age,
health, and character, not later than February Ist.—CIVIL
SERVICE COM MISSION, Cannon-row, Westminster.