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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-05

RAILWAYS.

Bristol and Exeter l6 83 Do Ist Pref 80nd5.... 55 57
Caledonian '
791, 1 2nd Pref Stock
Great Eastern
383, 3 Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Northern
Do A 133 135 Great Indian Pen g 5 , o 1063 1073
134!, 3 107, 61, 7/
Great Western 693 693 Great Western of Canada 14 141
693, 3. 3 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 97 99
Lancashire & Yorkshire 131 133 Do 53 do, 1877-8 94 96 6
Lon, Brigh. and S Coast 40 401 Do 5p c pref. Issued 80 /dig fpm
403, 1 Madras guar 5 p o
Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 123 13 1043
123 N. Railway of Canada,
Lon and North-Western 12731273 6p c lst Pref Bonds
Lon and South-Western 89 91 Gude and Rohilkund g
99,898 5 p c
Man, Bhef, and Lincoln 433 443 1031
441, 3 Solnde, Punjaub, and
Metropolitan
641, 3 103, 21, 33
Midland .. . 12731273 Bahia and San Francisco
1271 g 7 p c
North British
North-EasteniConsols 143 144 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthru.. 2 25
1433, 3 Dnnaburg and Witepsk 18 19
South-Eastern 733 743 Dutch-Rhenish 22 23
731, 3 223
Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 78 Eastern of France —
Bombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg
Central India, g 5 p c.. 10331041 113
1013, 31, 43 Lemberg Czernowitzgua
Buff & Lake Huron Pref 33 41 7pc
Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872-3-4 79 81 151, 16
Cape guar 6p a
East Bengal guar 5p c 10331041 0 ttom (Smyrna to Aidin) 41 51
1043 Recife and San Francisco
East Indian, g 513 o•• • • 109 110 (Limited) guar 7po .. 141 15
1003 San Paulo 114 guar 70 a 203 '2Ol
Grand Trunk Canada
Do Equip Mort Bud 1 141, 8
charge 6p e
Do 211 d do Scrip .... ldis Ipm
1 dis

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London, England, 1870-12-05

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. Professor Pepper
" THE WAR, AND THE DESTUCTIVE IMPLE-
MENTS USED THEREAT," daily at quarter to 3 and quarter to
8, with Elaborate Pictorial Illustrations, which have been sup-
plied by the War Correspondents of the Polytechnic, &c. Mr.
Suchet Champion will sing the German, French, and English
Patriotic Songs.—The Explanation of the Ghost as usual.—THE
PRAEGER : AMILY give their CONCERTS daily at quarter past
4 and quarter past 9.
London, England, 1870-12-05

AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by
Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard,
Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawden,
Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN-
ING, Dec. S.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

A MY ROBSAItT; Now 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-
nack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward
Airling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING, Dec. 5.—
•THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.

ADOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by
A
Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Dec. 5.
—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
London, England, 1870-12-05

FIGHTING NEAR AUTUN.

A French despatch, dated Lyons, December 3rd,
announces that fighting has been going on all day
from Arnay-le-Duc. General Cremer is rapidly
pursuing the enemy.

ANXIETY AT THE • PRUSSIAN HEAD-
QUARTERS.

Private telegrams fram Versailles concur in stating
that there is great anxiety at the Prussian Head-
quarters about the result of the fighting round
Paris, and that the general staff are by no means so
sure about the result as they represent in the official
telegrams. The Germans have lost very heavily.
London, England, 1870-03-23

THE TRANSFER OF LAND.

The Lord Chancellor's bill to facilitate the transfer of
land has been issued. The first part relates to the regis-
tration of the title without the interference of the Court,
and provides that any person who has contracted to buy
an estate in fee simple in land, or any person entitled
for his own benefit at law or in equity to any
such an estate; or any person capable, either
alone or with the consent of other persons, of disposing by
way of absolute sale of an estate, whether subject or not to
incumbrances, may apply to be registered as proprietor,
provided that in the case of incumbered land the encum-
brancer consent to the application. The registration of
any first proprietor of land shall confer on the person so
registered an estate in fee simple in such land, together
with all rights and privileges. The common-law liabilities of
land are not to be deemed incumbrances within the meaning
of this act. The second part provides that judicial sales may
be made by the court of the fee simple of land. A judicial
title maybe given to the purchaser, and the court will distri-
butithe purchase-money. Every registered proprietor of land
may in a prescribed manner transfer such land or any part
thereof ; and upon due transfer being complete& the
registrar shall enter the name of the transferee as pro-
prietor of the land, but until such entry is made the
transferor shall be deemed to remain proprietor of the
land. Upon completion of the registry of the transferee
the registrar shall deliver to him a land certificate ; he shall
also, in cases where part only of the land is sold, deliver to
the transferor a land certificate, containing a description
O
of the lands retained by him. n the death of the sole
registered proprietor, or of the survivor of several regis-
tered proprietors of any land, such person shall be regis-
tered in the place of the deceased proprietor or proprietors
as may, on the amrlication of any person interested in the
land, be appointed by the court. There are similar
provi-
sions relating to bankruptcy, and to the marriage of a
1.---uale proprietor.

The King of Prussia is reported to have said at a
recent soiree to several gentlemen who were standing near
him, "My son is in favour of abolishing capital punish-
ment, and at a later time he can settle the question as he
Pikes; but as long as I have anything to say in the matter
there will be no such ",Volition."

The ..Eug/islvizan, speaking of the ma7nificent re-
ception given to the Duke of Edinburgh at Lahore, says
that at a State dinner the Duke's piper treated his guests
to a concert on his bagpipes after dinner. He played
magnificently, which means that his music was more
diabolical than any fifty snake-charmers all playing
together, -

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
London, England, 1870-03-23

NEWARK.

The death of Mr. Denison loaves a vacancy for
Newark, which at the last election returned two
Liberals, Mr, Grosvenor Hodgkinson and Mr.
Denison scoring 1,089 to 1,017 respectively,
against 825 given to Mr. Handley. At the general
election of 1865 Mr. Hodgkinson and Lord Arthur
Pelham Clinton, a moderate Liberal, were returned
without a contest. The Duke of Newcastle had con-
siderable influence in the borough. Mr. Denison was a
very young man. He was born in 1840, and his la:
presents no event of moment, but he was one of the
most promising members of the House of Commons.
London, England, 1870-03-23

THE USE OF ARMS.

section 6, persons living in a proclaimed district,
and licensed to kill game, are no 1 n;er to carry arms
without a license from a justice of the peace, nor are they
to have arms in their possession after notice in proper
form requiring them to deliver them up. Not even a.
licensed party is to carry, or after notice to retain, a re-
volver in a proclaimed district without a special permit,
and if either of these provisions be violated, the offender
is (under section 7), to be liable to not more than two
years' imprisonment, with or without hard labour.
The provisions of two statutes are applied by the Bth
section to prevent and punish tumultuous risings in pro-
claimed districts. The 10th section makes a search ear-
rant 'for arms stand good for three months, and Wes
power to its holders to make a forcible entry into houses.
By section 11, dealers in gunpowder, etc., are forbidden to
sell to any person in a proclaimed district, unless the pu.
chaser produces a licence to make, deal in, or sell gun,
powder, or to have or carry arms, or a magisterial certifi-
cate that the gunpowder is required for mining or blast-
ing purposes. In the latter case particulars of the sale
are to be endorsed on the certificate, and signed by the
seller, under penalties of £5 for the first, and no for the
second offence,
London, England, 1870-03-23

THE CHESTER CUP.

Business for the Chester Cup has of late centred large%
in the backing of Sabinus, who has advanced gradually to
:i.,000 to 50—a figure which at Tattersall's was not given
very freely. Starter has,been supported at 100 to 6, de-
uidedly the shortest price given up to Monday night.
Chdrie finds some substantial support at 20 to 1 ; St.
Mungo has done a little business at 25 to 1; whilst
Formosa has been driven off the field. Bell's Life
says :—" A genuine commission is apparently beinb-, worked
C about the three year old Vintner for the Chester up. A
hint about the colt was given our readers nearly a month
ago, but as it is not the duty of a sporting writer to
enlighten the public respecting the merits of an outsider
to the utter ruin of the owner's chance of ' getting on,'
our remarks were very cautiously worded." But it is
-lecessary to add a warming that speculation on this
.1-3/It is still in a very indecisive and chaotic state.
London, England, 1870-03-23

OUR RELATIONS WITH CANADA.

At a recent debate in Canada Sir A. Galt, a states..
man of ability and position, made a somewhat
startling announcement. He had been offered
a baronetcy, he said, but he thought it
his duty to state that he held views
in favour of the independence of Canada, which in
other words, says the Pall Mall Gazette, means its
annexation to the United States. His reasons for
declining the offer were forwarded in writing
to our Colonial Secretary, and now, having
received his answer, Sir A. Galt tells
the Canadian Legislature that they may assume
that he has accepted the proferred honour. This,
says the Pall Mall Gazette demands an explanation
from Lord Granville. It is impossible to suppose
that Sir A. Galt could have sold himself
for a trumpery title or a bit of ribbon ;
we are therefore led to suppose that Lord
Granville's letter to him contained views important
to the country, but of which it has as yet heard
nothing. Mr. Monsell has said in the House of
Commons that this correspondence was of a private
nature, and could not be produced.
London, England, 1870-03-23

CONSCIENCE MONEY.

It seems that people were accustomed to consult the
late Mr. Keble on " cases of conscience," and numerous
letters which he addressed to them on these occasions
are to be published. The Pull Mall Gazette speculates
on the chance of our finding out whether thcsa
repentant sinners who send the Chancellor of the
Exchequer " conscience money," ever previously
consulted Mr. Keble. The letters written to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer with the remittances,
might form a valuable addition to the volunie.
What we see acknowledged. in the Times,
is nothing to what is actually received
and acknowledged privately. Some years ag°
£5,000 was paid in one sum by a person whose
sons had defrauded the revenue. Payments of £loo°
are not uncommon, and sometimes sovereigns are
dropped loose into the letter-box in Downing-street.
The Pall Mall Gazette discourages this fashion. The
money often comes from lunatics, who only rob their
own families .in fancying they have defrauded the
Government. We never hear of ruined families
receiving conscience-money from the promoters of
public companies. Consciences are only sensitive a 3
regards the Exchequer.

•
MAGISTERIAL WIT. •
The Daily News, not wishing to let the brilliant
lou-:;f the. Imagtorates of the Metropolitan Police-
courts lie hid under a bushel, devotes an ad:tit:l=2: to
the consideration of the wit displayed on occasions
from the bench. The wit is all very well, but it sosi*-7--•:'•
that in the' roars of laughter" that follo-4- Cv--•Ytta
of counsel or of stipendiary, the main points• or to,
charge are lost sight of, :and the defendants get
their punishments considerably eased off. Some
time ago a poulterer who bad struck a custo-
mer full in the face with a goose, was re"
bulled by the magistrate for having struck
afoul blow : the consequence being that everybody
roared, and during the general satisfaction it was
agreed that the case should be amicably settled.
The other day, however, a joke was only the
accompaniment of a pretty severe punishment. A-
woman who was fined twenty shillings for throwing
a bucket of dirty water over a corporal in the Guards
was told that " because the complainant was a Cold-
stream, it was not to be tolerated that a cold stream
should be thrown over him."
London, England, 1870-03-23

WESTMINSTER.

James Walker, late fireman attached to Portland-road,
Fire Brigade Station, was charged with stealing £l2 95., the
money of the Metropolitan Board of Works. Tho chief
engineer at Victoria-street Station, Mr. Palmer, re-
ceived a cheque for .£135 ls. to pay the various fire-
men, and, having cashed it, gave orders to telegraph
to the other stations for the firemen to draw the pay for
their men. Benton, the foreman at Portland-road, had
£l2 9s. given him to take to Portland•road, but was met by
the prisoner on the way back, who said that he was to give
him the money and go at once to Watling-street Station,
which Benton did. The prisoner absented himself from duty
and never returned. He was remanded.
London, England, 1870-03-23

THE DIVISION LAST NIGHT.

The division in the House of Commons last night
on the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act was almost
as great a farce as that on the Irish Land Bill.
The minority of thirteen was composed of—Sir
Patrick O'Brien, King's co. ; Mr. Bryan, Kil-
kenny Co.; Mr. Maguire, Cork city ; Mr. Heron,
Tipperary co. ; Mr. Digby, Queen's; co. ; Mr.
111‘Carthy Downing, Cork co. ; Sir John Gray, Kil-
kenny city ; Mr. MiMahon, New Ross ; Mr. Bag-
well, Clonmel; Mr. Alderman Carter, Leeds ; Mr.
Matthew Peter D'Arcy, Wexford co. ; Mr. Denis
Maurice O'Conor, Roscommon ; and Mr. Synan,
Limerick co. The tellers were Mr. Moore, Mayo,
and Mr. Callan, Dundalk.
London, England, 1870-03-23

ARRESTMENT OF WAGES BILL.

This bill was read a second time.
PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) DAMAGES

AND COSTS BILL.

This bill passed through committee, the object being to
found a money clause to be inserted in the bill of the Go-
vernment now under consideration.

PAWNBROKERS' BILL.

This bill was read a second time.
The House then adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock.

FRANCE.

(REUTERS TELEGRAUS.)
THE TRIAL OF PRINCE BONAPARrE.

TOURS, March 23.
The court opened at 11.15 a.m. to-day, and the
examination of the witnesses was continued. M.
Natal, a person of independent property, said that
after the event had occurred be heard at the shop of
the chemist Mortreux that the Prince had been
struck. Mortreux was recalled, and said 'that the
witness was a stranger, and did not understand what
was said. He denied that any such statement bad
been made in his shop. M. Natal maintained his
evidence.

M. Wachtor, a journalist, deposed that in a con-
versation with M. de Fonvielle, the latter had said,
" Calumny is an arm we have a right to employ
against political adversaries."
Advocate Leroux pointed out that M. Wachtor in
his written deposition spoke of the brutal manners
of Victor Noir.

Darloux, a sergent de vine, deposed that
he saw marks of a blow on the face of ae
Prince, who said he had been struck, and asked the
witness to fetch a commissary of police. Ballgnat,
another sergent de ville, gave almost similar evi-
dence, a• d a ided that AL de Funviel'e bad told
him that Victor .Noir male a motion wh;ch the w i•-
ness understood as signifying either a threat or a
blow for the Prince.

Bo.s3ierre and Franceschi, scrget.t3 de ville,
att :chAl to the police office at Auteuil, and Cau-
ihereux and Sonplet, a'so rergents-de-ville, all heard
the threatening gesture of Nt.ir znt.ntioned, but heard
nothing of the blow.

M. de Fonvielle, recalled, declared that in the
presence of those witnesses he hal said nothing but
what he always told everybo ly.
Maitre Floquet demanded the original of Bal ignah,
which however was not pro lueed.

CREUZOT, March 23, 8.30 a.m.

Yesterday afternoon the work completely ceased
at the mine. The men wishing to work were pre-
vented by threats of violence and compelled to leave
the shops. A body of miners thrice endeavcurel to
get possession of the workshop and forge, but were
driven back by the workmen.

SPAIN.

MADRID, March 23.

In the sitting of the Cortes yesterday evening the
financial bill of Signor Fiver°la was passel by 129
against 74 votes. 'The Unionists abstained from
voting.

The Ministry have decided to suppress the greater
part of the pasta of those functionaries who have
resigned.

It is expected that the proceedings against the
Duke of Montpensier will result in the declaration
that Don Enrique de Bourbon voluntarily kited
himself.

S PORTING IN TELLIGENOE-I HIS DAY.

WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—Tnx DAT.

(ET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
DEBDALE STAKES.

Pompeii
Wamba 2
Tim Bobbin
London, England, 1870-03-23

THE CITY AND SUBURBAN.

With the downfall of two favourites for the great Ep-
tiCal handicap, the prospect of a good field has decidedly
improved, for with so many advanced three-year-olds,
owners of less-favoured horses might have lost hope.
There is now a fair prospect, it is thought, of a field of
about a score. The great feature of Monday's exciting
speculation was most decidedly the hostility that was
shewn to the chance of Ashfield, who was backed on
Saturday for all that could be got on down to 9 to 1.
Early this morning 8 to 1 was the best offer against him,
but a report becoming prevalent that he had been
beaten in his trial, or, to put it more mildly, had " failed
to realise the sanguine anticipations of his friends," after
O to 1 had been laid against him to about £lOO he gradu.
ally receded to 10 to 1, 100 to 8, and finally 100 to 7 might
have been had about his chance. This had not the effect
of bringing either of the Findon candidates to the front,
and at present there does not appear to be much dispo-
sition to back anything trained in this stable.
An attempt to oust Sabinus from his prominent position
has utterly failed. At one time he was driven to 25 to 1,
but he regained ground as rapidly as he had formerly lost
it. Walter at one time appeared to be "on the go," 100
to 6 being laid against him, but at Tattersall's he
was in greater favour, and at the close 1,000
to 80 was the best offer against his chance.
The Sportsman's writer says, " The opposition may
be accounted for by the rumour that in a recent spin
he, too, had failed to please his friends, but I believe,
that the report of his having been tried is untrue, for,
unless I am very much misinformed, he will be put
through his examination between now and Wednesday,nnd
the market will tell its own tale as to how he acquits himself."
Vagabond has been heavily supported amongst the out-
siders. The advance of Vestminster has sent back Van-
donhoff.
London, England, 1870-03-23

EVIDENCE. '

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,: .

The 13th section enables any justice of the peace i.n At
proclaimed district, after the commission of any felony Ot 1
misdemeanour, to summon any person within his Jurisdiction
whom he may have reason to believe able to give material
evidence with reference to it, although no person may be;
charged before him with the commission of such offence.,
The 15th section gives justices of the peace power to issue ,
search warrants upon sworn information that a threaten-.
ing letter or notice was written by any particular person, if the information gives him reasonable cause to Ibelieve,
that any document in the suspected person's handwriting .
is to be found in any house or place within the district, in
order that the writing may be compared, and proof of guilt
thus obtained.

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London, England, 1870-03-23

DEATHS.

- -
GRANT—On the 20th inst.,- at Gateshead, Newcastle, 11-8/
Macdowall Grant, Esq., of Arndilly.
MURTON—On the 21st inst., at Lorrenden, Ospringe, Rent
George Murton, Esq., aged 69.

London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDBEWV, of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112, itrialo,
in the Preeiiset of the Savoy, in
WedneAciay, Maroh_23, 1,870. the County of Iliddloses.-'
London, England, 1870-03-23

THE FRENCH FUNDS.

According to Reuter's totem-Anis the French
Itentes to-day %vere quote l 73i. 87c. Ileavy.

On the body of a man upon whom an inquest was
held on Saturday, was found a half-sheet of letter-paper,
on which was written, in an illegible hand, " Grand-
mother, your Bill has gone. No dinner. I cannot bear it
any longer. No animal food have I ate since last
Christmas.—WlLLlAM LIGHTFOOT." lie wm about 30
ye‘ars of a,ge, -
London, England, 1870-03-23

THAMES.

IMPUDENT SYSTEM OF FRAUD.—George Shaw, a young
man, was charged, before Mr. Lushington, with obtaining
money under false pretences. The prisoner called at the
shop of Mr. Percy, a butcher, of Percy-terrace, Bow-road,
and represented that he was in the service of Mr. Atterley,
weight and scale maker, who contracts by the year to keep
the weights and scales of the prosecutor in repair. Tho
prisoner also represented that he was Mr. Atterley's nephew,
and that he was directed to examine the weights and scales
in the shop. He was allowed to examine them, and declared
them all defective. He said he should take away two of the
defective weights and leave two others in their place. He
then made a charge of 10s. for his examination of the
balances, 10s. more for attendance, and 4s. 6d. for weights,
which Miss Woolven paid him, and he took away the alleged
defective weights and left two others as substitutes. The
whole transaction turned out a fraud. The above facts
having been given in evidence, the prisoner was remanded.
London, England, 1870-03-23

HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS.

The loyal Commission appointed to inquire into
the existence and value of papers and manuscripts
throughout the country, which might be ser-
viceable for the elucidation of history
and other subjects, has published its first
report. It is gratifying to find that the Commission
has been fully appreciated and well received by per-
sons possessing valuable documents. Of course, no
publication of private papers has taken place with-
out the knowledge and consent of the owners.
Many collections, whose existence was hitherto
unknown, have been brought to light.
The list of nobles and commoners who
have proffered their assistance is very considera-
ble, and as one collection, the "Hatton." fills of itself
no fewer than thirteen large chests, it may be pre-.
framed that the gentlemen appointed to dive into
them have had their work well cut out. The Public
Rec ord-office, too, has been utilised. Lord 'AI acclesfield,s
possessions in this line are good, and under the unpro-
mising heading of "Law Paper's" in the Phelips'
collection at Montacute House, in Somersetshire,
there was found a number of documents relating to
the Gunpowder Plot. These papers were quite un-
known to the proprietor, and probably have not
been seen by any member of the family since they
were tied up in 1612.
London, England, 1870-03-23

SEDITIOUS NEWSPAPERS.

The third part of the bill relates to the suppression of
treasonable or seditious publications. The 28th section
enacts :—" Where any newspapers printed in Ireland
contain any treasonable or seditious engraving,. matter, or
expressions, or any incitements to the committing of any
felony , or any engraving, matter, or expressions,
having a tendency to foster, encourage or pro-
pagate treason or sedition, or to incite to the committing
of any felony, all printing presses and other plant and
materials for the purpose of printing or publishing such
newspapers? or found in or about any premises where such
newspaper is printed or published, together with all copies
of such newspapers, wherever found, shall be forfeited to
her Majesty." Any such newspaper printed elsewhere,
tut circulated in Ireland, is to be forfeited.
London, England, 1870-03-23

Five ran.

CITY BETTING.—This DAT.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
9 to 2 agst Sabinus (offered -tako sto 1)
6 to 1 agst Miss Dayrell (offered)
10 to 1 agat Gertrude (taken and offered)
100 to 8 agst Benbow (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Vestminster (offered)
25 to 1 agst (leant Battailles (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Myosotie (taken)
25 to 1 agst Lades (offered)
25 to 1 agst Vagabond (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Vintner (offered)
40 to 1 agat Rosicracian (offered)
40 to 1 agst Captivator (taken and offered)
66 to 1 agst Physiology (taken)
8 to 1 aget W. Day's lot (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
1000 to 81 agst Sabinus (offered—take 1000 to 70)
1000 to 80 agst Starter (offered—take 100 to 7)
25 to 1 agst Bt. Mungo (offered)
40 to 1 aget Formosa (offered)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Midsummer (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
23 to 1 agst Hawthornden (taken)

RACING FIXTURES-1870.
MARCH.
Warwick 22, 23, 24 I Bromley 3l and April 1
Epsom 29, 30 I
London, England, 1870-03-23

ROYAL PATRIOTIC FUND.

T'4.e eighth report of the Royal Commissioners of the
Patriotic Fund has been presented to Parliament. It is
the first report of the Commissioners appointed under
the supplementary commission of March 1868. They
state that :—" Much misapprehension prevails as to the
application of the fund, which was intended only for the
relief of the widows and orphans of those who were killed in
the Russian war, although by a liberal interpretation relief
had been extended to others. During the year 1868, the sum of
£516 4s. 9d. was received from Cambridge as a centribution
making the total amount to the 31st of December, 1868,
£1,460,718 6s. 2d. Of that capital £668,071 was expended
in the purcnase of annuities : £46,000 in purchasing certain
rights of presentation ; £218,073 was appropriated
to the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum, to pro-
vide for the maintenance of 300 orphan girls :
and £25,000 was set aside to accumulate for the
purpose of a boys' school. The capital now remaining
amounts to £509,340, which produces an annual income of
£22,370, in addition to which £32,478 is derived from
annuities. The present expenditure for allowances to
widows and for the maintenance and education of orphans
is in excess of the income, and will be so for two
or three years. There were 261 girls in the
Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum on the 30th of
June, 1869, and fresh admissions are taking place,. so as
to bring the number up to the 300 for which it was designed.
The school at Barnet has been closed, owing diminu-
tion the
in the number of boys. There were in April, 1869,
according to the report of Mr. Finlaison, 1,124 widows
drawing the full pension, and 1,861 who were on the half-
pension list. The yearly charge on the fund for them is
228763. In addition to this the officers widows receive
£5,923 10s. The charge on account of the orphan
children is £18,882, and for extras and management
£7,560. The total income is short of the expenditure by
R. 5,992."
London, England, 1870-03-23

THE BEVERLEY BRIBERY PROSECUTION.

The proceedings instituted by the Attorney-
General against Sir henry Edwards and his agent
(Mr. Burrell) for complicity in corrupt practices at the
Beverley election have broken down, for the present at
least, in a remarkable manner. It is stated that the
Attorney-General discovered just in time that a
jury panel had been so ingeniously drawn as to
render a conviction in the highest degree improbable.
It was proposed to entrust the decision in Sir Henry
. Edwards's case to a strong partisan on his side in
politics, who was examined before the Beverley
Election Commission, three or four Conserva-
tives connected with the most active solicitor
and electioneering agent on the same side in tha
borough, and to a gentleman whose son was proved
to have deposited in the Beverley Bank a large sum
used in bribery for the defendant. This is a curious
consummation, if the statement be correct, for York-
shire justice. It is now expected that the case will
be tried in London.
London, England, 1870-03-23

NATIONAL RETURNS OF SICKNESS.

A paper was read before the Social Science Asso-
ciation, by Mr. James Lewis, "On the Practicability
of Collectino. and Publishing National Returns of
Sickness at Frequent Intervals." He citeil as one
instance out of many, shewing the great t eed of
sickness returns, the fact of the prevalence last
autumn of relapsing fever in London, long before
the occurrence of a single death had made
known the existence of the disease throng"
the Registrar General's weekly returns. ne
urgel the desirability of dealing with all the
sickness of the country occurring within any kind 01
public medical practice, on a uniform plan, and that
an endeavour should be made to establish at once a
weekly return of such sickness for London and the
other largest towns, and for the whole country 5,
quarterly return. The chairman (Dr. Farre) said
these returns would have a most important bearing
upon medical science, and that he hoped a• plan
would be pressed upon the notice of Government,
London, England, 1870-03-23

THE CENTRAL HALL.

Mr. A. GUEST asked the First Commissioner of Worts
whether he had applied to the Treoeury to sanction the
necessary provision for completing the decoration of the
central hall.

Mr. AYRTON said he had already stated that estimates
on the subject would be laicl on the table, further than
that he declined to give any information at the present
moment.
London, England, 1870-03-23

APRIL.

Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to '2 2
West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenny 21, eI
Thirst: 7 8 , Lewes 26, 29
Kingsbury lB, 19 I Croydon. 28, 29
Durham lB, 19 I

It appears from a Parliamentary return obtained
by Colonel Sykes that the number of officers of the
Indian army who have made claims for compensation for
the loss of sums subscribed by them in connection with
the bonus system is, in the Bengal army, 121 ; in the
Madras army, 51; and in the Bombay army, 37 ; total,
212. Of these claims, 100 have been disallowed on various
grounds, many of them because the claimants had received
special annuities, the computed value of which was in
excess of the payments they had maids towards the boa*
fund. - •
London, England, 1870-03-23

THE SALE OF ARMS AND GUNPOWDER.

The bill contains certain regulations as to the sale of
arms and ammunition. None but licensed makers may
sell or deal in gunpowder without a license from the Lord
Lieutenant or one of his secretaries, and no such licehce
is to be obtainable without a certificate from two or more
justices in the licencee's district that he is a proper person
to obtain the same, and has fit and secure stores for keep-
ing the explosive compound. Offenders are to be punish-
able by a fine of £5O, and the forfeiture of all powder in
their possession.
London, England, 1870-03-23

TIIE BRIDGWATER PROSECUTION.

A Special jury in the Nisi Prius Court at Taunton
will on Friday open the trial of Dr. Kinglake, Mr.
Vanderbyl and Mr. Fenell, for conspiring to corrupt
the electors of Bridgwater at the last election. Forty
witnesses have been subpoenaed, and it is expected the
trial will be a lengthy one; but its duration will be
materially influenced by the decision of the question
whether witnesses who have received certificates of
indemnity are bound to answer questions tending to
criminate themselves, or whether the certificates pre-
clude entirely any proceedings whatever. being taken
egainst them. Ten days are allotted • for the judges
to sit at Taunton. The Attorney-General will lead
for the Crown, and Sir J. B. Karslake, Q. 0., for the
defend ants.
London, England, 1870-03-23

PERSONS OUT AT NIGHT.

Persons found in the streets, highways, or elsewhere out
of their dwellings or places of abode between one hour
after sunset and sunrise, under suspicious cir-
cumstances, may, under section 20, be arrested by
any magistrate, constable,
.peace officer, or
other person. At the hearing of the charge,
the prisoner may be heard in his own defence but if he
fail to satisfy the justices that he was out of his house on
lawful business he may be sent to prison, with or without
hard labour, for not more than six months.
London, England, 1870-03-23

come in and demand the same privileges as those who

remained.

S:r G. GREY adviced the bon. and learned gentleman,
the mover of the bill, to consent to the bill being referred to
a select committee, after it had been read a second time.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading
Against it
Majority —lll
Mr. Bnuc then moved that the bill be leferted to a select
committee.
The House divided, when there appeared—
For the motion 135
Against it
Majority against referring the bill -91
The committee on the bill was fixed for the 18th of
May.
London, England, 1870-03-23

SPECIAL PROCLAMATIONS.

The second part of the Act relates to special proclama- ;
tions by the Lord-Lieutenant and Privy Council for
applying the provisions of the Act to any district in which
such a step shall appear to be necessary for the preven-
tion of crime and outrage, and directions are given as
to !how these proclamations are to be issued. Public-
houses in proclaimed districts may (under section 21) be
closed by order of the Lord-Lieutenant at such time
after sunset, as his lordship shall think fit to specify, under
penalty of £5O fine and imprisonment for three months.
Any stranger sojourning or wandering in a proclaimed
district may (by section 22) be arrested and examined on
oath as to the place where he lives, whence he came, his
means of livehhood, and motive for being where he was
found. If he cannot satisfy the justice, or give sfcurity.l
for his good behaviour, he is to be committed to prison for
an indefinite period, and the Lord-Lieutenant will
exercise his discretion as to his detention or discharge.
London, England, 1870-03-23

WARWICK AND ST. ALBANS.

The principal contest for Thursday at Warwick has
already been investigated—the balance of opinion being
decidedly in favour of Pearl Diver, on account of his
favourable weight. But many still hold to The Colonel,
and if he wins he will undoubtedly rank as the first
steeplechaser of the day, if not of the century.
With regard to the minor events at Warwick, and like-
wise to the St. Albans Meeting, the following analysis is
given in the Field —To the Hunt Cup Steeplechase (about
three miles) there are thirteen nominations ; and the most
taking names in the entry are Badminton, Bishopton, Ben
Nevis, Caprice, Ada Penelope, Knockany, Bonaparte, Gem
of the Sea Dalby, and Three per Cent. From these we
retain Bishopton and Bonaparte as the best ; and, as
Bishopton has had the most practice in the jumping line,
he is entitled to the preference. There are thirty entries
for tho Handicap Hurdle Race on the mile course, and
Warlike, 12st 71b. has been honoured with the top
weight. This clever son of Weatherbit has, how-
ever, been over-weighted, and cannot beat
Antias and Target ; and the mile course at Warwick
will suit Antias better than the longer one did at
Kingsbury, For the Stand Handicap (1 mile) 22 horses
have been entered, and those best in are Pyrenees, 7st
101 b ; Brambridge, 7st 71b ; Veda, 7st 41b ; and Champagne
Charlie, 7st. Of these we prefer Champagne Charlie and
Veda, even though the first should put up 51b penalty fOr
winning the Willoughby Cup on Tuesday. In the Handicap
Plate (5 furlongs) Lily and the Rover appear well treated.
The St. Albans Steeplechase Meeting will be held on Friday
and Saturday, on Mr. Barford's land, which is in close
proximity to the town. A capital programme has been
issued by Mr. Pratt, and the eight races closed have all
filled well. Twenty-nine horses have been engaged in the
Grand Annual Steeplechase (3 miles), and the Doctor, l2st
71b, heads the list. The weights, as far as they can be in races
of this description, have been carefully apportioned, as Tho
Doctor, The Elk, The Robber, Captain Crosstrec, The
Nun, Hippolyte, and others, should finish close together,
judging by their public form. We must, however, admit
a slight preference for The Elk and The Doctor. The
remaining closed events do not come within the province
the turf analyst, as horses have been engaged in several
races."
London, England, 1870-01-11

RETRENCHMENT IN INDIA.

The Bombay Ga:ette says that the Government of India
has not done with retrenchment yet, and that the latest.
order aims at a reduction of expenditure on guaranteed
railways. In order that public economy may be secured;
it is declared necessary that all outlay on guaranteed
railways should be subject to the same check as is applied
to other State expenditure. Local governments are re-
quested to act in concert with the railway officials in order
to secure the desired end, and the most rigid economy is
to be exercised in the establishments. Other retrench-
ments said to be in contemplation are a reduction
in the number of High Court judges, eight of whom,
it is said, will be knocked off the list. A Cal-
cutta paper says the opinion prevails in official circles
that retrenchment is contemplated in the educational de-
partment. It is expected that all periodical increases of
salary will be stopped in those departments where the
system of classified appointments have been introduced.
London, England, 1870-01-11

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Morning. Evening.
TUESDAY.... 37 min past 3 56 min past 3
WEDNESDAY, 12 min past 4 35 min past 4
TILVIISDAX• 60 00000 52 min past 4 12 min past 5
ZRIDAY,. ~.•Il 11.10.4te5,.30 min past 5 50 min past 5
London, England, 1870-01-11

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Tins EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVE-
MENT. After which, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr
Buckstono, Mr Chippendale. Miss Robertson, &e. Concluding
with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS:
Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &c.
London, England, 1870-01-11

WORKIN(' MEN IN PARLIAMENT.

Mr. Robert Coningsby writes an odd letter to
prove that it would be a bad thing if working men
got into Parliament in any great number. If
artisans once get an idea that they can obtain a seat
in the Legislature, they will renounce all notion of
honest hard work. "The spectacle of men arguing
themselves into power will be an exceedingly
injurious one to have set before the rising genera-
tion of workmen." Then Mr. Coningsby thinks that
working men would do no good by gaining a place
in the Legislature to represent the interests of their
class. It is true that selfish interests are now largely
represented ; but the bankers, directors, and army
officers all belong to the rich classes, and would
all unite against the poor handworking
M.P.'s. But has Mr. Coningsby forgotten that "the
spectacle of men arguing themselves into power" is
not unfrequently presented under existing circum-
stances by the wealthy ? Is there any reason why
an artisan should not " argue himself into power,"
if the public are really willing to take him ? As to
the combination of the rich against the poor M.P.'s,
can that result be worse than the present state of things,
when the wealthy have no working men to combine
against, but carry everything their own way, even
without a protest ? The last part of Mr. Connigsby's
letter sheds a little light on the remainder. He, too,
is a candidate for Southwark, and thinks his claims
are prior to those of Mr. Odger. He has not retired
from the field, but is only standing still for want of
money. • He deemed Mr. Odger's candidature pre-
' sumptuous. But would he have the goodness to tell
us what Eort of a candidate he himself is ?
London, England, 1870-01-11

THE CONSERVATIVES AND THE REFORM BILL.

The Leicester Journal does not believe, as some
affect to do, that the Conservative party is going,
immediately to pieces. In an article, which is impor-
tant because it is believed to be inspired, the Journal
expresses the strongest hope for the party of which
it is the local organ. The writer is well pleased with
the Reform Bill and its effects; and he goes through
a number of statistics to shew that at the last elec-
tion things were not so very bad as they
seemed. lie ridicules the idea that the Whigs
are to be the allies of the Conservatives. Mr. Lowe,
the professor of the doctrines of Malthus and.
Martineau, the author of the phrase "musty parch-
ment" as applied to ancient charters—he a Conser-
vative leader! Impossible. And how could it be
brought about ? Only by the Conservatives keeping
in power, against the will of the Radicals, the
Whig element of the Liberal party. This
(says the Leicester Journal) is what the
Quarterly would lead us to. That policy is
impossible. The task which the party has to per-
form " is the maintenance, in their substantial inte-
grity, of those glorious institutions which have
reconciled liberty with order, have imposed duties
upon wealth, and separated poverty from disgrace;
the results of accomplishing that task will be the
perpetuation, in increasing grandeur, of the noblest
Empire that ever owned subjection to the
Cross ; and the prospect is encouraging, because
throughout the ranks of this great historic party,
from the owner of Blenheim or Belvoir to the hum-
blest weaver in Bolton or Belfast, there is an intelli-
gent conviction alike of the blessings enjoyed by all
classes under our existing form of Government, and
of the absolute necessity of cordial co-operation and
mutual confidence between the party and its leaders
if those blessings are to be preserved."
London, England, 1870-01-11

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. 15c. per £1 sterling. ,
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
lis.lo4d. per ounoe for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the Owe price is slightly claarar in Paris than in
London
London, England, 1870-01-11

THAMES.

A DISHONEST LODGER.—William Capple, aged
26 years, a seaman, belonging to the ship Ino, was ,
brought up on remand before Mr. Lushington,
charged with stealing two pillow cases, a counter-
pane, and two towels, value in all £2, the property
of Joseph Giering,:a boarding-house keeper, of No.
61, Cable-street, St. George's-in-the-East. The
prisoner hired an apartment in the house of the
prosecutor a few days ago, and he was well treated
there. Next morning the prisoner was stirring at
Itn early hour, and went out without his breakfast.
He left at half-past five o'clock, and the landlord
saw he looked very bulky. As soon as he was
gone the landlord went into the bedroom where
the prisoner was sleeping, and missed everything
of value flora it, including the articles above-
mentioned. He saw no more of the prisoner
until a week afterwards, when the prisoner came
to a shoemaker in the same street about a pair
of boots he had ordered, and was given into cus-
tody. He now pleaded guilty, and was sentenced
t• two months' imprisonment and hard labour.

LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION. —James Robins.
aged 18 years, was charged with stealing a pair of
shoes from the shop of Maurice Bennett, No. 5,
Spectacle-alley, Whitechapel. The prisoner took
them from the front of the shop. He was pursued
and taken with the boots upon him.
Nathan Nicholas, 36 H, said the prisoner had
beeni n custody before. He was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment and hard labour.
Richard Brown, aged 28 years, was charged with
stealing a fender outside the shop of Mr. John
F oskett, No. 121, New-road, Whitechapel, furni-
ture dealer. He was sentenced to two months' im-
prisonment and bard labour.
The practice of exposing goods for sale outside
shops, and thereby offering a temptation to thieves,
was strongly condemned. The facilities offered for
plunder by this practice in the district of this court
is very great. The late Mr. Yardley used to say
often that shopkeepers who indulged in it never
said their prayers, or they would recollect the in-
junction, " Lead us not into temptation."
London, England, 1870-01-11

THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.

TUTS EVENING, at 7, THE BATH ROAD. At 7.45, LOVE'S
SACRIFICE: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin,
And STATE SECRETS.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborottei.
MIS EVENING. at 7.f;0. AMONG TETE BREAKERS: Mr
Clarke. With THt TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with
THJ, CHOI'S OF THE CHANNEL.

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

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regorrs-pack, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children
nnder twelve, 64

ROYAL AL lIAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS
Promenade Concert. Band of HO. Begin at 8. is. Box-office
open from 11 to 4.

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London, England, 1870-01-11

THE SPANISH amis.

The Spanish Government crisis is over. Marshal
Prim has resigned only to take office again.
Once more he is at the head of affairs,
and has formed a Ministry. For his
Minister of the Interior (his Home Secretary) he has
appointed Senor River° ; his Admiralty will be Fe-
sided over by Admiral Topete, the Minister of Marine.
Senor Montero Rios has been made Minister of Peace
arid Justice, and Sagasta "Minister of State." Such
is the list unanimously given by the correspondents of
the several Tapers. It is simply a return to the old
revolutionary provisional government.

TIIE E3IDEEOD'S GOOD LNTENTIONS.

The Times' able Parisian correspondent gives the
Emperor great credit for his good intentions. He
sa3ms thoroughly convinced that the new line of
constitutional government is the only res-mrce left
open to him, and is accordingly determined to persevere
with it. "Everything is quickly known in Paris, and
it is already acknowledged by all that the Emperor
is conducting himself in his new Council of Ministry
in accordance with strictly Constitutional principles,
as he did during the Ministerial crisis." The writer
adds that the Emperor is now believed to be perfectly
sincere, and to have made up his mind as to the
altered conditions under which alone he could
retain his power and entertain serious hopes of trans-
mitting it to his son. He is in ill-health,
and, what is more important, disheartened
by the ill-success of those foreign enterprises which
have been at all times an inducement for a French
Sovereign to seize or retain personal power, and in
which he had so long hoped to find a lasting prestige
for his dynasty. The Times' Parisian correspondent
further expresses the belief that the present corruptly
elected legislature will not last at most longer than a
session.
London, England, 1870-01-11

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

This EVENING, at 7, OPEN TO CONVICTION. Messrs
George Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss L.
Grey, and Mrs L. Murray. At 8, TtiE LONG STRIKE:
Messrs Benjamin Webster, G. Belmore, Atkins, Beveridge, A.
Stirling, Miss Furtado. &c. To conclude with DOMESTIC
ECONOMY: Mr G. Belmore and Mrs Leigh Murray.

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIiZY. At 7.45,
NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And
LORD BATEMAN : Miss Fanny Josephs, Mr J. Clarke, &e.
London, England, 1870-01-11

MARRIAGES.

EDWARDS—LEGGE— On the 6th Jan., Allington Church.
George John, youngest eon of James Edwards, RA., 0f
Bridport, to Mary, eldest daughter of Thomas Legge!
Emi., of The Villa, Allington, Bridport.
MACPHERSON—NAPIER - On the 27th Nov., at St. Andrew 'S
Church, Sinnpore, Ronall Macpherson, Lieut.-Colonel
R.A., and Lieutenant-Governor of the Straits Settle-
ments, to Minnie, daughter of William Napier, Esq., Of
Spring Grove, Middlesex.

DEATHS.
HERBERT—On the 7th Jan, at the University School,
Nottingham, George Herbert, Esq., F.C.P., F.R.G•S•'
aged 56.
MACPIIERSON—OD the 6th Dec., at Bargany House, Singa-
pore, the Hon. Ronald Macpherson, Lieut.-Colonel R.A.7
and Lieutenant-Governor of the Straits Settlements/
aged 52.

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