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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-22

THE MINES INSPECTION BILL.

The Post observes that perhaps the most important por-
tion of the Mines Inspection Bill is that which deals
with those precautionary measures which owners of
mines are bound to adopt in order to insure, if possible,
the safety of those whom they emply. The Government
have, we think rightly, discarded the suggestions
which have • from time to time been made, of
increasing the number of inspectors, and by
rendering their visits more numerous to diminish the
probability of the negligence of owners or over-
seers being undetected. In a matter involving the safety
of human life there should be, as Mr. Bruce observed, no
divided responsibility. It is provided in the bill that no
mine shall be worked with a single shaft, and a compre-
hensive code of regulations is embodied in the measure
which will h ..f.rrAd in every mine in the -United
is.ingdom. A very imporiam, :Liu" mgnin,...,
alteration is also effected in the penalties to be
imposed for infringements of ' the Act ; and hence-
forth, if this bill becomes law, every owner or agent, as
also every person employed in a mine, who is guilty of an
offence against the Act tending to endanger human life,
will be liable not to a fine, but to imprisonment with or
without hard labour. No doubt some modifications of the
bill will be made when in committee, but there can be no
question that substantially in its present form it will re-
ceive the assent of the Legislature.
London, England, 1870-02-22

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLymounT, Feb. 22.
The Union Company's steamer Cambria arrived
here this morning. Her dates are Cape Town, 21st
January; St. Helena, 29th; and Madeira, 15th
inst. She brings 12 passengers and 22 sacks of
mails. Business at the Cape was dull. Freights
one halfpenny for wool in the grease, three farthings
for unwashed wool, and seven-eighths of a penny
for snow white wool. Rates are expected to rise.
A terrific cyclone had occurred in the Southern
Ocean on the 17th of December last. It is re-
perted that the Cape Parliament would meet
on the 25th January. The Governor, Sir Philip
Wodehouse, was expected to leave in April.
A diocesan synod has been held, but no appoint-
ment was yet made to the Bishopric of the Free
State.

The Saxon arrived at the Cape on the 12th o:

January.
Hopes were entertained that the Home Govern-
ment would reconsider the withdrawal of troops.
The Basutos had all left the conquered territory.
News from Natal to Jan. 6 state that the steamship
Bismarck had arrived out. A war between the
frontier and the native tribes was imminent.

The Cambrian's mails were forwarded at 10.45
a.m., and she proceeded for Southampton.

AFRICAN MAIL.

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 22.

The West African Mail steamer 'Norway arrive 4
here to-day. She brings two boxes of specie and

`our passengers.

The health at all the places on the West Coast
was exceedingly good. Trade at all parts dull.
The war amongst the natives stops commerce,
particularly at Lagos, Brass, and Whydah.
The South Coast news was unfavourable. The
war between the Bonny Chiefs continued.

The draft of water in the Lagos bar was nine
3t. The channel was bad, and dangerous

crossing.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 184 11 18i
Ms 12 .., 12 ly
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Brussels

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23 37i ... 23 421
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Vienna
Trieste
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Berlin
Madrid..
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Milan

25 37i
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Naples

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... 12 6u 12 72}
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THE FRENCH FUNDS.

According to Reuter's telegram from Paris, this
afternoon, the French Rentes are 73f. 70c. rather
firm.
London, England, 1870-02-22

COAL IN CHINA AND JAPAN.

The Chinese merchants are turning their attention to
the coal mining question, and the Nanking Government
appears to be willing to open mines with the aid of foreign
engineers, though not of foreign capital. At Kobd
(Japan) Sir H. Parkes has succeeded in adjusting a
long-standing dispute between the Custom-house and
merchants, respecting the duty on coals used by coasting
steamers.
London, England, 1870-02-22

bury whether, now that the .Land Bill and the _Education
Bill had passed through their first stages, he was in a
position to name an early day for the introduction of a bill
reps4l religious tests in the tirive.rsisk.s.

Mr. GLADSTONE said it was not in his power at present
to do so, but as soon as he had an opportunity of proceed-
ing with the ulterior stages of such a bill, he would
do so.
London, England, 1870-02-22

RAILWAY IN JAPAN.

The Japan Times of the 30th December announces an
important undertaking. A contract has been concluded
for the construction of a railway from Yeddo to Kioto, to
be built by English engineers. The Japanese Government
have been entrusted with a million sterling for this pur-
pose. The railway will be the property of the Govern-
ment, and a lien on its receipts will be the guarantee for
the interest of the loan. It is expected that the introduc-
tion of this railway will do more to revolutionise the country
than even the change of Government, and that great
benefits will accrue from the scheme.
London, England, 1870-02-22

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation-of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. 15c. per Xi sterling
Onconiparing these rates with the English Mint price of
Z 3 lis.loid. per onnoe for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is slightly dearer in; Paris than in
London

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY)

Sales probably 10,000 bales.

The market steadier.

The ship Westburn, from Foo-choo•foo for Lon-
don, which has just been lost near the Passage
Islands, with 700,0001b5. of tea on board, was
owned by Mr. A. Nicol, of Aberdeen. She was
built in 1858, registered 538 tons, and was classed
A 1 at Lloyd's.
Berger Spence and Co.'s weekly report says :
The chemical market during the past week has
been well supported, and rather more than an ave-
rage business has resulted from an anticipated firm-
ness in prices of some of the leading articles in
alkali productions. The stocks held by the Tyne
as well as the Lancashire manufacturers being in-
considerable, and the bulk of the shipments to
foreign ports during the last few mouths having
gone for actual order instead of consignment there
is naturally an upward tendency, and sodas cannot
now be booked for delivery after the
half of the year at recent quotations,
although for present consumption business is
done to a limited extent at list prices. In minerals
there is not so much doing, and prices have not un-
dergone auy change worthy of note. Scotch pig iron
has been selling moderately, and closes firm. Cleve-
land continues in good demand at full rates.
Copper dull, and little doing in it. Tin is firm,
with an average inquiry. The demand for lead is
good, and prices are improving. A good business
is doing in spelter, and rates are again higher,
chiefly owing to the combination of foreign
smelters, and the severe weather prevailing
lately.
JEWELLERY BY Posr.—The Belgian Post-office
has given notice that the laws of Belgium forbid the
transmission by the post, within that country, of letters
or packets containing money, jewellery, and other articles
of value, and that henceforward any letters containing
such articles will be returned to this country undelivered.
London, England, 1870-02-22

THE TELBORAPHS.

From a statement by Mr. Scudamore, it appears
that the Most Office is steadily progressing with
its new business. On Monday hst the total number of
messages sent in from the chief London offices was
2,122 ; on Tuesday, 2,421; on Wednesday, 2,598 ; on
Thursday, 2,620 ; on Friday, 2,789 ; on Saturday,
2,029. It will be seen that there is here a progres-
sional improvement, with the exception of Saturday,
when business is always slackest. The proportion of
messages delivered between the hours of 9 a.m. and
6 p.m., has likewise increased. On Monday it was
78 per cent„ on Saturday it was 90. The depart..
ment is evidently coming round with its work.
London, England, 1870-02-22

THE ARMY ESTIMATES.

The army estimates fur 1870-71 were published
yesterday. The total charge for that branch
of the public service is estimated at £12,975,000,
being a decrease of £1,136,900 as compared
with last year. The expenditure will be
reduced by the following sums, namely :
Out of appropriations in aid, £377,906 ; and
extra receipts and repayments, estimated at
£1,212,800; leaves the net expenditure, deducting
extra receipts, &c., at £12,140,100. The expenditure
as per the final account in 1868-69 was £17,629,029,
but this included a quota of the cost of the Aby-
ssinian war, viz., £1,272,102. The estimates provide
for 12,308 fewer men than last year. As re-
gards the cost of the regular forces, the reserve
forces, and the control establishments and ser-
vices, there is a decrease in the cost of every
branch of the service except the army reserve
force, on which there is an increase of £BOO.
The total effective services are estimated to cost
£10,678,200, or £1,251,700 less than in the pre-
vious year. As regards the non-effective services,
there is an increase of £117,500, while the super-
annuation allowances exceed by £16,300 those of
last year. -
London, England, 1870-02-22

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
ate as follows:—
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hemp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13,Camden-street,Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Greet Portland- street- with.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhnrst-hill.
Country ROM—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
eln which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to
servants annually.
open another house for this pitiable class.
Tho Society admitted toits homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
may be had on application.
is under the presidency of the Earl of
13:hmlafPhtaeetshbluie.tYIts bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
Tho Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Sec.cc.
R.; 01100 n-street Oheanside.

CANCEL (Free) : founded 1851.
ton HOSPITAL, S.\ ‘r , and 167, Piccadilly.— Over 8,000
CcaseAsN—trCeßarEt°naß
e dPsince foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace,
Bankers-31essrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, IL J. JUI'P.

COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY,
AND
A FINED SLIM IN CASE OF DEATII
Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIN 0, may be secured by
Policy of the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY.
An Annual Payment of ..£3 to .£0 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death,
and an Allowance at the rate of .£G per week for Injury.
RAILWAY ACCII,ENTS ALONE may be provided against
by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies.
For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to
the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 51, CORNHILL and 10, REGENT
STEEET, LONDON.

WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary.
London, England, 1870-02-22

ri‘ 70,MIrrriVinT TFISVIYAL Cale
donian-road, N.—Several he s h .v..
cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH", Esq., Hon. Secretary.
GEORGE REID, Secretary.

BRITISH 110 ME FOR INCURABLES,
Clapham rise.
Instituted 1861
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES.
TREASURERS.
George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons.
This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of
the kingdom, provides for those afflicted with incurable
diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical
attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO
obtained by election.
No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper
class, is eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may
annual sbe pub-
ro-
cured from the Secretary. Donations and
scriptions are earnestly solicited.
BARREits.
Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E C.; and
Messrs. Drummond, Cnaring-cross, S.W.
EDWD, WEAVER Secretary.
Offices, 73, Chsapside.

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off
Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of 911
Nations, who aro received without any recomendation.
The Committee require upward© f
£4,500 annuall e
of thisy
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditur
Hospital.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be roost thankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co, bankers, Birchin-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, Bing William-street,
E.C., by
S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, 110 10s.

THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. F. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditare of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at -Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall_rao.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary'
Office, 32, Sackville-street. Piccadilly.
London, England, 1870-02-22

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

10 Anglo-American Tei., lint all 191 191 171 1
10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1irn.... 10 201 21 201
at Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 16
at Do. S per cent.
at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 180 11/0
at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267
10 Do. New 8 12 13p
25 Indo-European Tel., lint all 22 25
5 Lond. Provincial Tel. Um all 3 4
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all . ..
10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lice all 9 10
25 Router's Telegram all 12 13 I'l
20 Societe Transatlant., lint all 16 16i 161
at Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 11 11
5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 7 8
5 Do. 10 per cent. Prof all t 1 53
London, England, 1870-02-22

lIE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, W. (where many cases deemed incur-
able are cured), much needs support. Inspection is in-
vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have -placed the
institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER,
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations--gra-
tuitous, till 10.30; private, till 12.30.
London, England, 1870-02-22

ALTERATIONS AT TIIE WAR OFFIUE.

Mr. Cardwell's Bill for making further pro-
vision for the management at the War ()ince
has now been issued. It will enable the Secre-
tary of State to appoint during pleasure an
officer to be styled the Clcrk of the Ordnance,
and such officer shall be capable of being
elected to and of sitting and voting in the House
of Commons ; also an officer to be styled the Finan-
cial Secretary of the War-office, and such officer
shall not by virtue of such appointment be disquali-
fied from being elected to or voting in the House
of Commons. There shall be performed by these
officers such duties in relation to the War Office as
her Majesty may, by Order in Council, from time
to time align to them, and there shall be paid to
them, out of moneys provided by Parliament, such
salaries as shall be regulated by the Treasury.
London, England, 1870-02-22

FREE SCHOOLS.

_ Amongst the powers of the board are some for the es-
tablishment of free schools. Those may be given
separately, on account of their importance. They are
as follows :—lf a school board satisfy the Department
that, on the ground of the poverty of the inhabitants of
any place in their district, it is expedient. for the interests
of education, to provide a school at which no fees shall be
required from the scholars, the board may, subject to
such rules and conditions as the Department may prescribe
provide such school, and may admit scholars to such school
without requiring any fee. A school board shall have powers
of contributing money in the case of industrial schools,
and upon the election of a school board in a borough the
council of that borough shall cease to have power to
contribute. A school board may, with the consent of
the Department, establish and build a certified industrial
school.
London, England, 1870-02-22

METRIC 'WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

A deputation comprising Lord Fortescue, Sir
Charles Adderley, Dr. Farr, and others, have waited
upon Mr. Shaw-Lefevre at the Board of Trade on
the subject of the introduction of the metric system
into the weights and measures of the General Post
Office. The Daily Telegraph, in noticing the cir-
cumstance, says that the change might be a practical
advantage, if the metrical system could be intro-
duced at the same time into the currency
and into the wholesale and retail commerce.
But till we see our way to throw our pounds, shil-
lings, and pence overboard, and to assimilate our
currency to the decimal idea which dominates in
France and the United States, metric reforms would,
.perhaps, do more harm than good. Our contempo-
rary thinks that the abolition of troy weight without
any collateral revision of weights and measures might
at present only serve to bother the Bullion Office at
the Bank of England, and bewilder the watchmakers
and jewellers of Clerkenwell.

LOSS OF THREE MILLIONS.

A Banker" maintains in the Times the start-

ling proposition that if Mr. Lowe -pays
the funds' dividends quarterly Instead of half-yearly
he must lose three millions of money.
It ordinarily happens that the deeper a man's know-
ledge of financial matters the more unintelligible his
explanations, but "A Banker" puts the matter plainly
enough :—" Suppose I hold £lOO Consols, and now
receive 30s. in January and 30s. in July. Instead of
this I am to get 15s..in April and 15s. in July. By this
means I gain a quarter's interest on 15s. The process
is to be repeated in October. I therefore set half a
year's interest on 155., or a whole year's interest on
Gd. Now, if lam to4have the interest on 7s. Gd.
in perpetuity, I am as much pleased as if Mr. Lowe
had given me 7s. Gd. That is to say, Mr. Lowe's
proposal gives It-,1 per cent on the whole amount of
the Three per cents." No process of reasoning will
convince this writer that a man who receives money
before it is due is not a Fainer. In fact Mr. Lowe's
~Leme was entirety iounded upon ty
prepayment gain.
London, England, 1870-02-22

OUTRAGE UPON AMERICANS IN HABANA.

On the sixth of February four Americans were fired
upon by a Spaniard in the streets of Habana. One was
killed, and two severely wounded. The Captain-General
has used every means to discover the perpetrator of the
deed, and to bring him to justice. Secretary Fish received
intelligence of the affair, and immediately telegraphed for
particulars.
London, England, 1870-02-22

LOCAL RATES.

Major DICKSON asked the President of the Poor-law
Board whether, in the measure preparing to extend the
incidence of rating, it was intended to make properties
used for public purposes assessable to local rates.
Mr. GOSCHEN said as it had oozed out that such a
provision would be in the bill, he would make no secret of
the matter, but say at once such was the case, but he
hoped he should not be asked to place the details before
the House.
London, England, 1870-02-22

CIIIXA.

Sir Rutherford Alcock, while staying at Hong Kong
during the first days of the year, received deputations
from the Chamber of Commerce, and from a public meet-
ing held in that City on the 3rd. The Chamber of
Commerce view the changes introduced by Sir Rutherford
in the Supplementary Convention, and the concessions
which he has made to the Chinese, with great displeasure.
Sir Rutherford, after listening to their arguments, declared
himself unconvinced, for if we acknowledged international
law at all in our dealings with China, we must grant her
the privileges usually accorded to treaty nations. Mr.
Pollard, Q.C., the spokesman of the public com-
mittee, said the reciprocity question, was just
that on which the community were at variance
with the Home Government. They held that
China was not entitled to all the privileges accorded under
international law to civilised communities. Sir R. Alcock
said in answer to inquiries respecting the navigation of the
Upv2r Yangt.,ze, that he should himself be glad to see
navigation granted as far as Ichang, but he thought no
concessions could at weeF,ent ha atminp,l
London, England, 1870-02-22

LIFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
of the past twelve mouths the National Life-
boat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,233 lives
from various shipwrecks and 29 vessels from destruction,
The Institution also expended £24,746 in the same period
on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting
£2,744 for rewards.
The Institution has now 218 Lifeboat Stations under
its management.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
3nd country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex-
penses. Assistance is urgentlyWAL needed.
J. W. DRON, Secretary.

DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
A. —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.
Bankers --Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-02-22

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THE WHITWOHTH GUNS.

The answer given by Mr. Childers to Sir John Hay last
night, in answer to his question as to Whitworth guns,
was, says the Standard, a mere attempt to evade respon-
sibility ; an answer which we should have thought Mr.
Childers would have been above giving. We are glad-to
sea that Sir John Hay has undertaken to bring the subject
to the notice of the House on going into committee of
supply. It is shameful that such tricks should be re-
sorted to in order to force a heavy expenditure upon
the country against the advice of every professional
adviser of the Government who has been consulted for
years past upon the subject. For we cannot call the Chief
Constructor of the Navy a profesOonal adviser of the
Government in matters of artillery. He has designed
ships with more or less success, he has gained
considerable credit for his works on the con-
struction of iron-clad vessels, but this does
not in any way qualify him for giving advice on the
subject of great guns. The advisers on that subject are
the Director-General of Ordnance, and the officer filling
the corresponding post in the navy; and we have shewn
repeatedly that both of these are strongly opposed to the
introduction of the system. An expenditure of this sort
must not be allowed to pass without strenuous opposition
from all those who care for the welfare of the naval and
military services.
London, England, 1870-02-22

NEW PATENT

VLASTIC STOCKINGS,
CU KNEE-CAPS, Btc., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive. and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d.
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.:

LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel-road, E.
The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
Whi. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary.

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under tho immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by aSlsterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of tbe Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed•
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON.

11, v. .7. W. biro
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R G. Baker
Nev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain
Rev. E. Capel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octsvius Coope, Esq.
Archur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Furse
C. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq.
•
Rev. Dr. F Hessey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be recei'
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretrry, Rev. S. W. Lloyd
man-square, to whom comma

Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
lierbert, rd.r.
Re 7. J. E. Kempe
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Lev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhousb
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. Canon Nepean.
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.O.
Rev. G. F. 'Prescott

Rev. F. Pigou
R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Esa.
Eyed by any of the abo V 9 ; by
and Co ; and by the Hon.
1, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
caications may be addressed.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendants of the patients are
in sited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.
London, England, 1870-02-22

COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

Professor Fawcett, M.P., writes to the Times on
the subject of the permissive compulsion to be accorded
to local bodies by the provi▪
sions of Mr. Forster's
measure. In this question, above all others, Parlia-
ment should not, says Mr. Fawcett, shrink from ex-
pressing an opinion, instead of abrogating its functions
to the nominees of town counci▪ ls and country vestries.
Numerous difficulties, too, would attend the carrying
out of this system. Local decisions to apply coin-
pulsory attendance might be adopted one year and
reversed the next. The school boards in-
specting a district and finding insufficient ap-
pliances for education, will order the erection
of buildings which perhaps may be rendered useless
by the non-adoption of compulsion. Again, in places
like London, while school attendance is enforced in
one district and not in another, those parents who
desire to evade the law will be able to do so
by moving into the adjoining neighbourhood,
The bill will do little for many children
i who most need it. It s not to be
suunosed that the 20,000 children who are receivinx
no eaucation In Manchester and Liverpool are grow-
ing up in ignorance because there are not aclriols for
them to attend. Under such circumstances compul-
sion is necessary, but the means of carrying it out
proposed by Mr. Forster are not, according to Mr.
Fawcett, in accordance with the wishes of the
nation and of the House of Commons.

THE LICENSING SYSTEM.
A challenge by the Times to the committee of the
National Association to bring forward a scheme of
"ratepayers' control" is promptly answered
by the Rev. IL J. Ellison, the chairman.
lle says the plan of the committee is that in each
locality there should be a Licensing Board, to be
elected annually by the ratepayers, with full powers
subject to such limitation as the law should provide,
for granting or fefusing licenses. These limitations
would, doubtless, says Mr. Ellison, in the present
state of public opinion, prevent the closing of public-
houses by the wish of any majority, however large.
But the law " would certainly give to the Board the
power of refusing to license any fresh houses, of
withdrawing the license from houses which had
violated the conditions of the license ; and
probably, though this, of course, would not be
clone without great opposition, of refusing to renew
the licences of the present beershops—purely per-
sonal licences, be it remembered—when they are
voided by the death or removal of the occupier."
This alone, supposing that Boards favourable to
restriction were elected, would in the course of a
few years get rid of the remaining 50,000 of these
creations of the Beershop Act of 1830, or, in other
words, of one-third the whole number of drii)lcing-
houses. Mr. Ellison does not enter into the question
whether this rate of speed would be at all equal to
the necessities of the case.
London, England, 1870-02-22

COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE.

The board will have power to make bye laws for
various purposes, of which the most important are those
touching the attendance of children. They have a per-
missive discretion to compel the parents to send to school
their children between the ages of 5 and 12. Sickness,
however, is to be an excuse, and so is the lack of a school
within a mile of the child's residence. If the child be
under efficient instruction in any other way, that circum-
stance also will be an excuse. The board is to determine
within what hours the attendance of any child is to be
required. Breach of these bye-laws must be prosecuted,
but no penalty is to exceed five shillings for each offence.
London, England, 1870-02-22

ORANGE FREE STATE,

Mr. GILPIN- ask the Under-Secretary of State
for the Colonies, if it be true, as stated in the South
African papers, that the provisional treaty between Sir
Philip Wodehouse and the Boers of the Orange Frce
State, by which a friendly tribe of natives had been de-
p-ived of a considerable extent of territory, had been sane
tioned by her Majesty's Government ; and, if so, what
provision had been made by Sir Philip Wodehouse for
the protection of those who are thus driven from their
homes ; and if there is any objection to lay a copy of the
treaty and correspondence upon the table of the House.
MONSELL said he had laid papers on the table
that evening which would give the ftilk,t information on
the subject. He might say t:: at Sr P. Woodhouse had
used his utmost exertions to get tl a 1::' et terms he could
for the conquered Basutos, and he had, he thought, been
most successful.

RELIGIOUS TESTS.
Mr_ HARCOURT asked the First Lord of the Tres.
London, England, 1870-02-22

LADY POLITICLNS.

The people of Nottingham ae partial to antici-
pating the happy time when wcnen shall be enfran-
chised-, by largely employing the fir sex in electioneer-
ing. Ono of the few droll things in connec-
tion with the general electiQ was the funny
speech made by Mr. Bernal Osbone on the influence
of Sir Robert Clifton's wife. Mis time Mr. Digby
Seymour has got his two dauglites to work. They.
have employed themselves in cawassing, and in dis-
tributing in the public streets and market-place pho-
tographs of their father in his robs as Recorder for
Newcastle ; also cards bearbg the follow-
ing inscription :—"Nottingham Election, 1870.
—Miss Seymour solicits your rote and interest
on behalf of her father, W. Digby Seymour."
The Hon. Auberon Herbert is assited by Mr. George
Potter and Mr. Mundelh, M.P:, but Mr. Seymour
looks very formidable, for the Consgvative candidate,
Mr. Augustus Thorne, has withdrawn in his favour.
Thus Mr. Digby Seymour's developnent is complete.
Some years ago he was in the grub date as a Liberal,
and in that degrading capacity he rerresented Hull. In
the chrysalis stage he appeared as an .ndependent. lle
is now a full-bl-own Conservative lutterfly, sweetly
flitting about the Constitution, the Altar, and the
Throne.
London, England, 1870-02-22

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.--MONDAY.
Their lordships assembled forfora feW minutes, but Ile
business transacted was not of the slightest importance,
and the House adjourned at twenty minutes past five.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Mormay.
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Mr. Norman Grosvenor took the oaths and his seat for
the city of Chester, in the room of Earl Grosvenor, ele-
vated to the Upper House as Marquis of Westminster.

PRIVATE BILLS.

The following bills were read a second time :—Birming-
ham and Staffordshire Tramways, Caledonian Railway
(additional powers), Caledonian Railway (Tavy Ferries
and Land at Dundee), Elland and Brighouse Road, Leeds
Tramways, North British and Edinburgh and Bathgato
Railway Companies, North British Railway (general
powers). North British Railway (Tay Bridge), and Ship-
ley Gas.

BRADFORD AND HUDDERSFIELD ROAD

BILL,

The second reading of this Bill was opposed by Mr.
Knatchbull Huggesson, on public grounds, and also by
Colonel Ackroyd, who respectively moved and seconded

its rejection.

Rejected accordingly.
THE RECEPTION GIVEN TO RETURNED
FENIAN PRISONERS.

Sir G. JENKINSON gave notice of his intention to
put questions to the Government having regard to the
demonstrations made in Dublin and Cork on the arrival
of Fenian prisoners. He should ask whether•
those demonstrations were of a character condu-
cive to peace and order and to the pacification
of Ireland ; whether the cost of the transport of the pri-
soners in question from Australia to this country was de-
frayed by themselves, or would have to be borne by the
taxpayers of England ; whether a report in the Globe of
a banquet at Dublin, at which Mr. Butt, Q.C., was pre-
sent, was correct, and if so, whether the language made
use of by Mr. Butt was not such as to require the atten-
tion of her Majesty's Government. (Laughter.)

INDIAN ARMY PENSIONERS.
Colonel SYKRS gave notice of his intention, on Thurs-
day next, to ask the Under Secretary for India whether
he would bring in a bill to place the officers of India draw-
ing pensions upon the same footing as pensioned officers at
home.
London, England, 1870-02-22

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

ROBBING A JEWELLER.—James Penson, em-
ployed by Mr. Campbell, jeweller, of Tottenham-
court-road, was brought I efore Mr. 'l'yrwhitt, for
final examination, charged with stealing a watch
and other articles the property of his employer.
The prisoner was employed by the prosecutor
as a watchman on Sundays, and, in conse-
quence of property being missed several times, the
prosecutor employed two detectives of the
E divisior, Boyell and Fisher, who found that the
prisoner had been in the practice of entering the
shop by getting through a fanlight in the hick
parlour leading into the shop, and helping himself
from the stock—•on the last occasion to a silver
watch, a pair of earrings, some silver thimbles, and
other articles.

The prisoner having plea:led guilty, Mr.
Tyrwhitt committed him for six months, with
hard labour.
A PARTICULAR CASUAL—In the course of a
case before Mr. Tyrwhitt this morning, in which
three casuals were charged with destroying their
clotting in St. James's Workhouse, one of thou,
named Jones, complained of the fit of a pair of
trousers given to him by the parish, stating that he
would like a pair a little smaller. lie was com-
mitted for twenty-one days, and his companions
for fourteen days each.
London, England, 1870-02-22

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NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common,
Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861.
Under the patronage of H.B.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G.,
whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.
The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house,
and laundry, to fit them for domestic service; and, if not other
wise provided for when they attain 16 years of age, to obtain
suitable situations for them.
The Committee earnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions.
HENRY HINGSCOTE, Treasurer
W 8. WAN WICK Secretary.
Office, 121, Pall-mall, W
London, England, 1870-02-22

SMUGGLING THROGUH THE MAILS.

At the Chicago Post-office a system of smuggling
through the mails has been discovered, and the Custom-
house officers have seized a number of articles manu-
factured in Europe. Books, laces, and furs were put in
ordinary newspaper wrappers, and suspicionwould not have
been excited had not so many been addressed to one place.
A member of the Chicago Board of Education was de-
tected in smuggling books. Twelve dozen hymn books
addressed to Brigham Young have been seized. The exact
value of the articles smuggled has not been estimated, but
it is believed that a million of dollars is involved in the
affair.

1111 TOMLINE, ALP., AND VIE MINT.

Mr. G. Tomline, M.P. for Grimsby, recently for-
warded to the Mint rather more than 25 ounces of
standard gold, with a request that it might be
coined into sovereigns, and 393 ounces of standard
silver, with a request that it might be coined
into shillings. Mr. Tomline, in a letter to
the Master of the Mint, added :—" I know that
the Mint has been for a very long time little occu-
pied ; and I wish that you would have the goodness
to perform your duty as speedily as possible." Mr.
C. W. Fremantle replied that, pending the appoint-
ment of a Master of the Mint in the room of the late
Mr. Graham, the department had no power to issue
either gold or silver coin. Mr. Fremantle added
that a bill introduced into the House of Commons
provided that the Chancellor of the Exchequer for
the time being should be Master of the Mint ; and
from the date on which this bill might become law
the issue of coin would be resumed. As re-
gards the silver bullion, Mr. Fremantle called
Mr. Towline's attention to the 9th section
of the Act L 6 George 111., cap. 68, which enacted
that so soon as a Royal proclamation should be
issued for the purpose it should be lawful for the
public to deliver silver at the Mint for coinage,
under certain conditions. Such a Royal proclatna-
tion not having been issued the dei art ment had not
the power to rec: ive for coinage the parcel of silver
bullion which Mr. Tomline hal transmitted, and it
was therefore returned to him. Towline
rejoins :—" Instead of proceeding against
you for the injury you do me I will
offer my standard gold and silver in payment
of taxes, leaving the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to prosecute me, and settle the question whether it
be indeed the law that he tnay take in taxes more
coins than are permitted to circulate in England,
may take them in advance, may encourage the
Bank directors to export them, and yet forbid a
taxpayer to convert his standard silver and gold
into the coins by which his taxes must be paid."
London, England, 1870-02-22

WICK HARBOUR.

Sir R. ANSTRUTHER asked the Secretary to the
Board of Trade whether any report had been received by
the Board of Trade as to the nature and extent of the
damage done to the harbours now in course of construc-
tion at Wick and Anstruther by the recent gales ; and if
he would state from what funds the cost of such damage
would be made good.

Mr. LEFEVRE said the harbours in question were not
under the control of the Board of Trade, but the work
'executed had been performed by the Wick Harbour Com-

mission.

THE DOCKYARDS.
Lord JOHN HAY, in the absence of Lord Henry
Lennox, asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether
the discharge of men from her Majesty's dockyards
in the inclement weather was to continue.
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Mr. CHILDERS said he had made inquirywhether any
of the men had been disccrged under insufficient notice,
and he found such was not the case. The reduction had
been a necessity, but steps had been taken to render the
necessity for continuing the discharge at the lowest rate
possible.

THE EMBANKMENT.
Mr. LOCKE KING asked the First Commissioner a
Works why the subway at the foot of Westminster Bridge
had not been connected with the 'Embankment or Cannon-
row, and whether it was now intended to be kept for the sole
benefit and exclusive use of the Metropolitan Railway.
Mr. AYRTON said the railway company had bought
the land, and with them rested the work of making the
connection, but such an arrangement had not yet taken
place, and the Metropolitan Board, who had constructed
cthe Embankment were in communication with the railway
company on the subject. •

'WATERSIDE MARKETS.
Mr. SAMUD-A. asked the Vice. President of the
Council if, before the Government approve of the site that
may be selected by the Corporation for the waterside
market for foreign animals, means would be taken to
ascertain the views of those interested in the trade, and to
insure a sufficient extent of accommodation being
provided.

Mr. FORSTZR said the duty of making these markets
did not rest with the Government, but with the corpora-
tion. Certain privileges had been given to that
body, and if the Corporation did not provide
the necessary accommodation within the required time
they would lose those privileges. The Markets Com-
mittee had been in communication with his department,
and had submitted a site for the market, and the Govern-
ment did not disapprove of it. lie would name the spot,
but a, the matter was still under negotiation, he thought
he bad bettei not.
London, England, 1870-02-22

THE EMPEROR OP AUSTRIA IN DALMATIA.

The German papers prophesy the best results from the
approaching visit of the Austrian Emperor to Dalmatia,
and their opinion is shared by the inhabitants of the
eastern side of the Adriatic. All the preparations for this
visit have already been made, and it is hoped, for the
general peace of Europe, and in the particular interests of
ttle Dalmatian countries, that the Emperor will push his
journey further into the interior than any of his predeces-
sors have done.
London, England, 1870-02-22

THE NEW SAVINGS BANKS BILL.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's bill to amend
the law relating to savings batiks provides that
after the 20th of November, 1870, all receipts
issued eithcr before or after that day to
the trustees of savings banks by the Commis-
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt
in respect of money paid into the Banks of Eng-
land or Ireland by by such trustees shall carry in-
terest at the rate of £3 per cent. per annum, in-
stead of £3 ss. Every savings bank which is
formed after the p:lssing of this Act, and • desires
the benefit of the principal Ace, must r,?gis'er every
rule and every alteration of a rule made for the
management of such bank. The Board of Trade is
to be the registrar.
London, England, 1870-02-22

THE SCIENCE OF RELIGION.

Professor Max Muller has been lecturing at the
Royal Institution on the science of religion,
_pre-
fa3ing his remarks by promising to say nothing
that would hurt the religious susceptibilities of the
members of any sect whatever. A better knowledge of
religion was gained by comparison, even though
the comparative system may lead us into
the study of error. The materials existing for com-
paring our religion with that •of other nations were
many. The spread of Oriental languages had ren-
dered this view of theology practicable, and it was
advantageous for our religion not to shrink from any
comparison with the established principles of
the religions of the whole world. The more we
knew of subject the more we should find that the
purest truth lies hidden in even the most despised
religions, and we should learn that God is no respecter
of persons, and that he who fears Him and worships
righteously is acceptable in whatever form he conies
before Him.
London, England, 1870-02-22

THE COST.

The important matter of the sinews of war comes within
the scope of clauses 46-55. A school fund is established.
Into this will be paid the children's fees, the Government
grant, and the local rates. TQ what extent the fees
and the grant fall short, the rating authority must pay out
of the local rate. The school board, where they are not
the rating authority, may serve their precept on the
rating authority, who shall have the same power of levy-
ing a rate and requiring contributions as they have for the
purpose of defraying expenses to which the local rate be
ordinarily applicable. If the rating authority are not dis-
posed, or not able, to " shell out," the board has power
to levy a rate on its own authority. The first cost of
providing a school may be spread over thirty years (at
most). A loan may be raised on the security of the
school fund, which is to be charged with principal and
interest.
London, England, 1870-02-22

SIR JOSEPII IVIIITWORTII UPON 3IACTIINERY,

Sir Joseph Whitworth has been addressing
the Foremon Engineers on machinery. lie said
the prosperity of England depended, not only
on the produce of her soil and mines,
but also klcatly on the number of self-
acting machines' she keeps at work. lie contends
that in proportion to the increase of the latter has
been her increase in wealth and power. lie considers
that the produce of our mines of coal and iron
is so abundant that we can convert the raw
material we obtain from other countries
into an almost endless variety of things which add to
the comfort of all. The full employment•cf machinery,
he argues, requires a free exchange of the produce
of all countries. Engineers have so reduced the cost and
time of transit, that when we have this free exchange
England will probably be the cheapest country in
the world to live in. In his opinion the taxing of
imports has long appeared illogical and paradoxical,
seeing that the labour of 1,000 men employed in
cultivating the soil in foreign countries, could in
many cases be obtained for the labour of one man in
this country employed op a self-acting 13,q4clijnp,
London, England, 1870-02-22

ITALY.

ROME, Feb. 19.
M. Friederick, the theological adviser of Car-
dinal Hohenlohe, has been accused of sending
letters to the A ugsburg Gazette, and has received
orders to leave Roane this evening.
The rumour that the Council will shortly be
adjourned is confirmed.