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London, England, 1869-11-10

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT..

vvinTE,s MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical mon to be the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the lloc-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot bo detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
maunfacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 268.6 d., and 31s. Gd. Postage,
ls. A Double Truss, 31s. Gd., 425., and 525. Gd. Postage,
Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and b2s. 6d. Postage,
is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
VLASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-OAPS, Ste., 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. Prioe 4s. 6d, is. 6d.
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.'
London, England, 1869-11-10

GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
Proprietor, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY.
At 7.15, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Sir Simon
Simple, by Mr. H. J. Byron. Messrs. J. Clarke, Parselle, &c
Mesdames Hughes, Berend, and Mrs. Stephens.
To conclude with A BREACH OF PROMISE.
13os-office open from 10 till 5.
London, England, 1869-11-10

IIiTELLIGENCE—This Day

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
AINTREE PLATE.

Miss Gladiateur
Little Go ..

Antics

T©n ran.
NURSERY HANDICAP.

Ware Haro
Halnaby
rearnought..

Nine ran.
;LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.

LIVERPOOL CUP.
9to 2 agst Lictor (taken)
7to 1 agst Argyle (taken)
7 to 1 agst Lopez (taken)
Bto 1 agst Cocoa Nut (taken)
10 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken)
Others no change.

CITY BE TTIN G. —Tim DAY.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
6 to 1 agst Lictor (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst Argyle (offered)
100 to 15 agst Lopez (taken)
10 to 1 agst Van Amburgh (taken and offered)
100 to 9 agst Cocoa Nut (offered)
13 to 1 agst Provider (taken)
100 to 7 agst Lily (taken)
22 to 1 agst Formosa (taken)
25 to 1 agst Taraban (taken)
25 to 1 agst Fair wind (offered)
100 to 3 agst Tribune (taken)
100 to 3 agat Cecil (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Robin Rover (taken)
1000 to 5 agst Phantom (offered)

LIVERPOOL RACES—YEsTERDAT.
CROX LEM lIANDICAP.

My Cob
CLasseput

roar ran.
TRIAL STEEPLECHASE.
No race.
WELTER CUP.

Xi

Ben-an

Amity

Five ran.
ALL-AGED STAKES.

Playrnato .......
Zerlina
Succession 3
London, England, 1869-11-10

WHITBY.

Mr. W. H. Gladstone has addressed a tolerably
unanimous meeting of his constituents. The speech
of a young politician who seeks re-election pre-
viously to taking a junior office is not
generally remarkable for important statements ;
and Mr. Gladstone seems to have made no exception
to the rule. He frankly informed the electors that
he did not know what the Government land scheme
was. But if the Government propose the Ballot, he
will "by no means quarrel with the desire of the
working men for it "—a cautious declaration which is
not much to the purpose. The question is, what will
Mr. W. H. Gladstone and the other members of the
Government do if an independent Liberal proposes
the Ballot ? Nobody doubts that if the Government
makes the proposition the Premier's son will sup-
port it.
London, England, 1869-11-10

TILE GORHAM JUDGMENT.

It is not a little singular that some of those papers
which are now reviling Mr. Gladstone for his advo-
cacy of comprehension in the Church of Eng-
land, who are denouncing him as a traitor
for appointing Dr. Temple as a bishop—are at the
same time endeavouring to discredit him because, iu
1860, ho agreed with Bishop Bloomfield in wishing
to exclude Mr. Gorham from the National Church,
as that gentleman did not hold the doctrine of
baptismal regeneration. Bishop Bloomfield dissented
from the judgment of the Privy Council when they
decided against the Bishop of Exeter. His lordship
was rewarded by the following letter from Mr. Glad-
stone :

It is, I trust, not wholly improper that a layman should
write to thank his bishop; and I must be early in offering
thanks to your lordship from the bottom of my heart for
the act you are to-day announced as having clone on behalf
of the Church of England—not the last, I trust, and
surely not the least, but the greatest in a line of services
as long and bright as adorns the name of any of the pre-
lates of modern times ; an act of faith and courage, and
of fatherly protection to weaker men, for which Tory
name will, I trust, be blessed to the latest generation.
The _Record says that "time has proved that the
archbishops and the judges were right, and that both
Bishop Blomfield and his admiring disciple, Mr.
Gladstone, were blinded by prejudice."
London, England, 1869-11-10

HOLBORN THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN.
Fourth Week of The Gamester '
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, Tlit: LOJTERY TICKET:
Mr George Honey.
At 8 Moore's great Tragedy of THE GAMESTER: Barry
Sullivan; Messrs J. C. Cowper. W. 11. Stephens, Lin Rayne,
Charles El orsman, anti Lunt; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane
Rignold, and Miss Howard.
To conclude with THE WATERMAN: Messrs. G. Honey, E.
Cotte, Evans ; Mrs C. Horsman. Miss R. Power.
Principal Scenic Artist—Mr Julian Hicks.
Acting Manager—Ml(3lor SULLIVAN.

I)
OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr
Cl Irke.
Followed by THE TOOD : Mr Clarke.
After which, INO; Nlessrs Thorne. James, Fenton, Turner
Mesdtmes Sheridan, Newton. Maitlsnd, &c.
To conclude with THE CROPS OF THE CHANNEL

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London, England, 1869-11-10

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam ,
Ropttoerdam Short ... 11',174 ... 11 18
3Ms ... 12 1 ... 12 1
... 12 1 ... 12 14
Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40 .
Brussels
Hamburg h — ... 13 11 ... 13 114
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Alain ... 1204 ... 120 k
Vienna — ... 12 55 ... 12 60
Trieste — ... 12 574 ... 12 G2f
Petersburg
Copenhagen — ~ 9 20 ... 9 24
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz — ... 48k ... 49
Leghorn
Milan — ... 26 774 ... 26 85
....

26- 77i .., 26 h 5
26 771 ... 26 85
26 774 ... 26 85
26 774 '26 85
52
514 ... 52

Gonoa
N aples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York

The revenue from manufactured tobacco in Vir-
ginia from March to September of this year amounted to
51,846,678, against an amount for the corresponding period
of last year of $280,247. The manufactured tobacco
shipped from the State in bond during the six months
amounted to 9,192,8631b5., an excess of 2,091,0881b5. over
the corresponding period of 1868. The revenue from to-
bacco in Virginia for the year beginning March 1, 1869, is
estimated at SIX times that of the preceding year.

Note.--*The 5.0. p.m. Train from Euston will, on Sun-
day, the 14th November. be continued through to Shrews-
bury, the same as on Week Days, for the conveyance of
Passengers, Horses, and Carriages.
By order.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Eneton Station, November, 1869.
London, England, 1869-11-10

THE FRENCH TREATY.

Mr. Edmund Ashworth contributes to the recipro-
city discussion a searching investigation into the
operation of the commercial treaty with France.
There can be no doubt that the silk trade of Coventry
and Macclesfield has suffered. Our exports of silk to
foreign countries generally have remained almost
stationary, whilst in the case of France they have dimi-
nished by one-fourth. Our domestic trade has not
been of sufficient extent to counterbalance this deficit;
for though the home demand hasimmensely increased,
it is the French who chiefly furnish the supply.
What is the cause of this superiority ? " Our maim-
facturers can obtain the raw material at the same
price as the French; they probably possess cheaper
machinery and cheaper coal, and they escape the
expense of importation. This ought to give
us a decided advantage in the competition,
and yet we are beaten out of the field."
Mr. Edmund Ashworth thinks there is only
one reason to be assigned—trades unionism. The
workmen, by continued struggles with their masters,
had so unsettled the trade, and so enhanced the rate
of wages, that, even before French competition was
in the field, the industry of Coventry and Maccles-
field had a'ready been curtailed. Some of its
branches I ad bo2ii removed to other English towns,
and one I,: d been driven to Germany. The French
Treaty bee:i the occasion of the falling off, but
only thron, h the rate of wages required by the
English workmen. " Under these circumstances, a
demand for the repeal of the treaty means a demand
for the protection of the silk-weavers at the expense
of the community. "
London, England, 1869-11-10

Six ran.
KNOWSLEY NURSERY.

GI iselda c 1
Newsman
Ilelnaby 3

Thirteen ran.
FLYING HANDICAP.

Northern Star
Lord of the Valley

.2E gean

Ten ran.
CHILDWALL PLATE.

Rho 1
Amity
Sovereign

Four ran.
WATERLOO HANDICAP.

Antias
Problem

Four ran.
London, England, 1869-11-10

MR. AYRTON ON GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS.

Mr. Ayrton, too, has addressed the electors of the
Tower Hamlets, as a preliminary to his re-election
after accepting the Chief Commissionership of Public
Works. And a very remarkable speech it was.
Mr. Ayrton does not charge Free Trade with
the present depression in trade. The decline
of shipbuilding in East London was, he said, owing
simply to the fact that with cheaper iron, coal,
and lower wages in the North, vessels could be made
there quite as well, and at a less cost. True, the
trade had only recently quitted London, but it
was simply the rash proceedings of specu-
lators which had kept it there. Mr. Ayr-
ton does not believe in reciprocity. This
is all very well and in the ordinary course of
speechifying; but the rest of Mr. Ayrton's address—
that portion in which he speaks about his new
office—is really a phenomenon. He describes him-
self by a series of negatives. He expresses much
contempt for public school and university education.
His functions do not resemble those of an mdile.
He knows nothing of architecture, surveying, sculp-
ture, painting, or gardening. More than this, it is not
his business, he says, to know anything of the occu-
pations and fine arts which bear upon the duties of a
Public Works Commissioner :

What he had to do was to see that people in office did
not make too many demands on the public purse for public
works and buildings; above all, to take care that people
who had fancies did not indulge them at the public ex-
pense, and that nothing was taken out of the national
taxes which he did not believe was actually necessary.

Such is Mr. Ayrton's opinion of his duties, and of
the spirit in which he ought to administer them.
The Times declares it to be a disgrace to the country
for the only public officer who corresponds to a
Minister of Works to betray this mean and niggardly
estimate of his functions.
London, England, 1869-11-10

COURT OF ARCHES.

The case of the Rev. Richard Hooker Edward
Wix came on to-day. It was a suit by the former
Bishop of Winchester against the vicar of Swan more,
Lie of Wight, for using lights and incense
during the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. Mr.
Arthur Charles, on the part of the defendant,
raised a point as to the jurisdiction of the court to
proceed in the matter. Since the commencement of
the suit, the Bishop of Winchester had resigned
his see, and therefore he submitted that the suit
had abated. His lordship directed notice to be
given of an application to dismiss the defendant
from the suit.
London, England, 1869-02-04

111ARICE7 S-7 HIS DAY.

LIVERPOOL COTTON.
February 4.—Sales probably 20,000 bales. Market
buoyant and advancing.

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per £1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
£3 12s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
At this rate there is no profit ou the importation of gold
from the Uni!ed states.

The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at GO days' sight was on the last date about 1 9j percent.
gold at the above price is about 140th pL.r cent. dearer in
Paris than in London.

DEATH OF 11Th. KEELEY.—Mr. Robeat Keeley,
ono of the most distinguished comedians of the present
century, died at a quarter past four yesterday after-
noon, at his residence, 10, Pelham-crescent, Brompton,
aged seventy-four. He had been for some time past in
feeble health.

CANTEHBURY,Thursday Morning.—The enthrone-
ment of the Most Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait,
D.C.L., Primate of All England and Metropolitan, 92d
Archbishop of Canterbury, took place this morning in the
Metropolical Church of the Province, in the presence of a
vast number of persons, who aseerublei to do honour to
the new Primate.
London, England, 1869-02-04

GIBRALTAR AND CEUTA.

General Codrington has addressed a letter to the
Times urging that some facts have not been duly
weighed with regard to the proposed cession of
Gibraltar. lie first points out how widely applicable is
the abstract theory of nationalities. He next argues
that England has a duty and an interest in preventing
one nation from controlling both shores of the Straits.
There have been instances in which dues have been
enforced in such narrow passages, whereas Gibraltar
is now a free port, open to all nations in peace. With
respect to Ceuta, after pointing out that the al.stract
theory applies to that port as well as to Gibraltar,
the General goes on to state that the extended fron-
tier of Ceuta weakens it as a military position, while
naval officers of experience have given conclusive
opinions against it as a harbour. He admits that the
present anchorage of Gibraltar is not tenable..
in a war with Spain, but, as possessors of Gib-
raltar, we are not necessarily at war with Spain;
England, he goes on to point out, has derived much
good from the fortress, as may be seen from the
history of the wars from 1805 to 1814. Another
point worth attention is, that the civil population of
Gibraltar numbers 14,000 persons, many of whom
hold property under English law, and all of whom
value highly their rights as British subjects. Yet
tne transfer to the power awl laws of tipainas men-
tioned as if these persons were of no account.
London, England, 1869-02-04

VOLUNTEER. STATISTICS.

The Morning Post sides with c' Hippophylaxl" and
doubts if the Government would act wisely in in-
creasing the capitation grant to volunteers. Our
contemporary gives the following statistics :—" The
total estimated cost of the Volunteers for the current
year was £385,000. Out of this sum the adjutants
were to receive £04,400, and the sergeant-
instructOrs £58,000. Miscellaneous charges reckoaed
for £4,700. The Capitation Grant for the Volunteers
themselves amounted to -.C228,000. Thus we have one
hundred and seventy thousand efficient men, each cost-
ing the State £2 55., against £32 for the ordinary and
£4O for the re-engaged regular soldier. The money
expended on the volunteers would procure about
11,000 regular troops." Surely the figures here are
too high and too low ; the stated cost of the volunteer
is excessive and of the regular soldier beneath the
mark. We have heard the cost of a soldier put at
£lOO a year, while the Post puts it at only £4O.
Everything depends upon the mode of reckoning the
cost. Our contemporary seems to have included all
:he expenses E 0 far rs the volunteer is concerned—
ranges, headquarters, rifles, staff, and the like; and
to have reckoned only the bare pay so far as the
soldier is concerned.

FOREILIN NOT. S.

SPAIN.

The Provisional Government has at last Confessed its
inability to find a suitable candidate for the throne, and
has decided to recommend that the supreme executive
power be conferred upon a triumvirate, or directory
of three. The Liberte says that the situation
demanded some expedient of the kind. Not only
is the uncertainty dangerous, but some members
of the Government are utterly weary of their
task. Prim and Serrano enjoy most of the luxury of
power, whilst the hard labour, care, and peril which the
subordinate Ministers have undergone since the fall of
Isabella is not compensated by any hope to the ambitious.
The Liberti and all the French Liberal papers rejoice
at this decision, which they believe to be a decided
gain to Republicanism. So it will be if it do not result in
the other extreme. History is not reassuring on the
subject of triumvirates or directories. As to the Pro-
visional Government, it will dissolve in honour, and
with the respect of Europe. Its faults have not
been few. nut it has given the nation compa-
rative quiet dnring a time of great difficulty. It has csta
blished universal suffrage, and worked it without riot, cut
,oloniat untie:et, -saved inzliions in ecclesiastical ex-
penses, and has done something to diminish the deluge of
distress and pauperism.

The Government, says the Times' correspondent, bas
acted very unjustly and unwisely in bringing the persons
arrested at Burgos before a court-martial. A deep sense
of horror and disgust has been awakened by this resole•
tion. It is, indeed, true that a state of siege has been
proclaimed at Burgos, but by the law of Spain courts.
martial cannot judge any offence committed previous to
the proclamation.
London, England, 1869-02-04

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Tills EVENING, BLUE DEVILS. Messrs. Howe, Buckstone,
jun., Miss F. Wright. Afier which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern,
Chippendale. ; Mesdames Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding
with THE FRIGHTFUL HAIR: Messrs. Compton, Kendal,
Buckstone, jun., Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Wright, Burke,
Gwynn, da, Commence at 7.
London, England, 1869-02-04

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481954 patients since it was
establisbe6 at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers —Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Palhmall.—Hon.
See., . Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, Sec.

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
1 the CH.eIST, City-ruad.— h 0 wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President —His G.' rafo the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy...current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-02-04

THE HIGHWAY ACT.

Lord Teignmouth has replied at some length to
the attack made upon him by Mr. Soulby in reference
to the new Highway Act. It will be remembered
that Mr. Soulby, who is strongly opposed to the Act,
was much incensed by the language used by Lord
Teignmouth at the Nor% Riding Quarter Sessions
i
rcs9ect;ng the agitation against t.
-Lord
Teignmouth declares that the only petition
against the new Act originated in a single district,
and that the local resistance to it has been greatly
exaggerated. He avers that the opposition of rate-
payers was treated by the magistrates with uniform
respect, and that the whole matter was freely dis-
cussed and considered. Lord Teignmouth is highly
indignant with Mr. Soulby, whose position as secre-
tary to a Chamber of Agriculture gives him some
importance, and Lord Teignmouth calls upon him to
substantiate or withdraw the charges contained in
his letter.
London, England, 1869-02-04

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL, is the only
institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully, received by
Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.
London, England, 1869-02-04

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Tins EVENING, at 7, MY WIFE'S OUT. Followed by the
Grand Pantomime, PUSS IN BOOTS. Commence at 7.
London, England, 1869-02-04

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
12G boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing;
370 children.

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

Rev. J. W. Ayre
Rev. P. G. Bloomfield
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker
Rev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev. W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain
Rev. E. Capel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox
Octavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Council
Rev. C. W. Purse
C. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gilliat,
Rev. Dr. F Hessey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be rece
Messrs. Harries, Farqubar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyc
man-square, to whom commi

Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert. M.P.
IZe7. J. E. Kemp°
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knellys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhouse
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. CanzA Nepali
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. G. F. rrescott
Rev. F. Pigou
R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
R. Wade. Esq.
Loftus Wigrarn, Esq.
ived by any of the above ; by
and Co; and by the Hon.
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ia !cations may be addressed.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.
Established 31st July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Belief is afforded— Ist. By supplying a home, with
medical attendaime, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
r 2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patientg at their
own homes.
A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed
at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There aro 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants aro awaiting election.
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.

FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary.
Div. 10 Poultry Lyndon, E.G. Poptuaber, 1868.
London, England, 1869-02-04

A.D. 1720.

OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVII7S WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART 119DGSON, ESCI ....................... Vernon
CJIA.RLES JOHN MANNING, ESC), ....... Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garmtt Cattle
.b Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
Willia-n Davidson, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edl mann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Gpschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam

William
Tetlow Hibbert,
Esq.
Wiltuot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevilo Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Esq.
Lord Josceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
luel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corpo:ation for Fire Policy
or Strvnp, however small the Assurance may be.
1141.7111NG STOCK.- No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Rover. ionary Bonus ou British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cont. per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reduclions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Lire.

This Corporation affords to the Asrured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership. 4
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
IT ATM'.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
DO.Drila 135:ZEL.E, Bocretary.
London, England, 1869-02-04

THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURER.

What kind of man is the agricultural labourer ?
He produces as much perplexity as the
," working
man" of the famous Reform struggle. (me writer
makes him almost revel ,in luxury, while another
pictures him sunk in squalor, dirt, and misery.
Mr. J. J. Mechi, of Tiptrce Hall, Essex—
an authority on agricultural matters—gives us his
idea in a letter to the Timm. Here it is.
Conditions—generally healthy. Wages, under good
masters, 15s. or 16s. per week, generally I ls. or
Families—large, (over ten children), set early to
work, generally healthy. Cottages —many very bad
but a new order of things coming in. As the
lalymrer is generally contented, gets pure air for
nothing, has a healthy, though not too abundant
diet, Mr. Mcchi th'nks him superior to his brother of
the town and the factory.

0 IIGIYALITY.

A discussion long wanted has commenced in the
London papers as to originality. It arose in this
wise : Mr. Robertson has just written two plays—
" Home" and " School "—both of which have been
favourably received. Suddenly a correspondent
discovers that Mr. Robertson's play " School " is
something after the style of " Aschenbriidel," a
German play of some repute, and straightway charges
the author with piracy. It is admitted that the
play is no mere translation • many scenes . are
workingentirely new, the dialogne is different, the
out in respects dissimilar, but there is the
"inspiration." had Mr. Robertson r.ny right to use
the play ? Those who say so, argue that any genius,
any man who has any wish to write for the coming
generation, an author with a spark of individuality,
would lean on himself clone, would spurn such aid
as can be got from other people's brains. In using
another man's work—inn-dressing it—he gets credit,
is paid for doing what any ninny ought to be able
to do. On the other hand, it is contended that such
a strict rule would fetter the genius of the present
generation. As it is well put in one of the papers—
" The right of an artist to try and do better what he
believes has been imperfectly done before, is one that
no one questions, as it concerns the magnates of the
past, who are beyond the pressure of contemporary
prejudices and interests." Shakspere found
Boccaccio helpful; Scott worked out a border legend
in his " Bride of Lammermoor ; " Tennyson
" Idylls " are "as old as the hills." And yet no one
complains. May not the same thing be done by
play-nights ?
SYMPTOMS OF THE SESSION. _

Earl De Grey and Ripon, Lord President of the
Council, has given his first Ministerial dinner of the
year. Twelve members of the Cabinet, the Lord
Chamberlain, Mr. Helps, and Mr. Harmon were
present; the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Goschcn, and Mr.
Fortescue were the absentee Ministers. At the
Cabinet Council, held the same morning, fourteen
members of the Cabinet were present, Mr. Fortes-
cue, who is in Ireland, being the only absentee. Lord
Clarendon was at both gatherings ; so that the report
set on foot by a recently-started evening paper as to
the serious illness of the Foreign Secretary would
seem to have no foundation in fact.
London, England, 1869-02-04

cIANTARIT A N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
k, and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for disoases of women.
2,7.16 patients wore treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will he received by Messrs. Hatchard,
Picca-
dilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Batt; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
G]yn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

FIE
HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital ,is now open on Monday; Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who aro treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secrotary.

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary) Rev. C. B. ILEID, M.A.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbeo at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-malL—Hon.
Sec., I. Smith, Eso.
GEO. REID, S.

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
the CRUST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.

CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President-lEs Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-02-04

TURKEY AND GREECE.

The Greeks are much irritated at the declaration of the
Conference. They had little hope that it would be in
their favour, especially after the refusal of their Ambas-
sador to take part in the deliberations at Paris ; but they
are, nevertheless, greatly disappointed that a Conference
at which Russia was represented should have pro-
nounced so decisively in favour of their adversary.
The people are said to demand the rejection of the proto-
col, and there is no doubt that the Ministry is disposed to
take that course, but the chances are in favour of peace.
The King, it is authoritatively asserted, will acquiesce in
the decision of the Conference, and a Ministerial change is
probable. Turkey has managed matters well, and has
gained all that was to be had—though that was not much.
This difficulty is merely one incident in a chronic state of
hostility between the two nations. The most substantial
advantage acquired by the Porte is undoubtedly the
victory in Crete.
London, England, 1869-02-04

AB C PATENT DESPATCH BOX.—JEN-
NEIL and KNEWSTUB'S newly-invented Patent
A B C and 1,2, 3, Despatch Boxes, "for general conve-
nience, for ready access to papers and methodical
arrangement, have received the highest commenda-
tion." Price 10s: 6d. and upwards. " This is a valuable
contrivance."—Punch, Nov. 14. "Cannot fail to be useful
in the library and office."—Record. " Will meet espe-
cially the requirements of literary, legal and official per-
sons."— Star. " A boon to all lovars of order."—lllus-
trated London News. "There can be no question as to
the value of this invention."—Morning Post.—Jenner and
knewstnb, Inventors of the Elgin Writing Case, 33, St.
James's-street, and 66, Jermyn-street.
London, England, 1869-02-04

111ARKE7 S-7 MS DAY.

LIVERPOOL COTTON.
February 4.—Sales probably 20,000 bales. Market
buoyant and advancing.

Bank of England .Heturns.

An Account, pursuant to the Act ith and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1869.
ISSUE DEP •RTMENT.
Notes issued .....£32,41t),725

Govenimt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 3,984,900
Gold Cuin and
17,449,725
Silver Bullion

£32,449,723
BANKING I),

.132,449,725

,:PARTMENT.
Governnit. Secu-
rities(including
Dead Weight
Annuity) .... 4:1A,026,710
Other Securities 16,996,526
Notes 8,628,033
Gold and Silver
Coin

Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div.
Accounts
Other Deposits.. 17,735,765
Seven Days and
other 8i115.....

489,588

X 40,712,731
G-Eon

£40,712,751
x Fouss, Chief Caviller.
London, England, 1869-02-04

THE PEACE SOCIETY.

The committee of the Peace Society have forwarded a
memorial to Lord Clarendon in connection with the
pending negotiations between the Government of this
country and that of the United States of America.
They suggest that an arbitration clause should be
inserted in any new treaties that may be made by the
two Governments, in order that a different interpretation
might not be afterwards put upon them. To this Lord
Clarendon returned a answer to the effect that he fully
concurred with the committee in the opinion that it was
desirable to have recourse to arbitration for the adjust-
ment of international difficulties. A copy of the memorial
was sent to Mr. Eeverdy Johnson, the United
States Ambassador, and his Excellency replied
that in the convention recently concluded between Lord
Clarendon and himself the decision of the arbitrator was
made conclusive upon all disputed points which might
arise.

EXTRAORDINARY PASSAGE ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC.

A very extraordinary passage across the Atlantic has
just been made by the United States storeship Guard, of
six guns, Commander Adams. This fine ship, which is a
sailing vessel, left New York for Lisbon on the 10th of
last month, carrying stores for the American squadron in
European waters. She encountered a succession of terrible
gales, the violence of which may be inferred from the fact
that one of her boats was washed away from the davits
and lost, and the other battered into a complete wreck ;
and for days together she had to struggle against a perfect
tempest of wind, hail, and snow, the waves all the time
running very high and tossing the ship about in such a
manner that it was almost impossible for the seamen to
maintain their footing. In spite of these storms, however,
Lisbon was righted on the 17th day after leaving New
"York, and the same day the Guard arrived safely at that
port in good order. So short a passage, under such adverse
circumstances, must be considered a most remarkable
achievement,
London, England, 1869-02-04

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hun, no matter et what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each.
including brush.

Red 13411 Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant as-
sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe-
lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights,
&c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby-
shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES
• TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand,
W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS,
MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate tho now edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facili-
tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and
GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500
guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and
MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at
149, Strand.
London, England, 1869-02-04

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN.

THIS EVENING, The Great Carre Troupe and magnificent Stud
of 50 Horses; also Alfred Bradbury, M. Clifton, and THE
MARVEL S OF ELECTRICITY.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs.Swanborongh.

Pins Evviiso. at 7.30, THE WIDOW HUNT. Messrs. Bel-
ford, Clarke; Miss Button. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH
OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria
ongmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To
prelude with HUE AND DYE

QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston.
Tiffs EvENTNO, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. H
Stephens. C. Wyndham, and L. Brough • Mesdames Montague,
Rignold, Msae, and Everard. And THE GNOME KING
Toole. With A RACE FOR A DINNER

THEATRE -ROYAL, HO LB 0 P.N.
This EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME: Messrs. E. Price, George
Honey, F. Drew, Parselle, and W. Howard. Mesdames Lydia
Foote and Larkin. After which, TURKO THE TERRIBLE :
Messrs F Hughes, W. Arthur, Brunton, and George Honey•
Mesdames Larkin, Weathersby, Turner, Lovell, Ashton, Miss'
Fanny Josephs, &c. To conclude with AUNT CHARLOTTE'S
MAID.
London, England, 1869-02-04

BARRACK CONTRACTS

For the Supply of
COALS, COKE, TUBE, CANDLES, AND KINDLING WOOD
IN GREAT BRITAIN.
WAR OFFICIO, PALL-MALL, LONDON, S.W.,
21st January, 1569.
NOTICE IS lIEREBY GIVEN, That the
SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive
Tenders for the Supply of Coals, Coke, Turf, Candles, and
Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Stations in Great Britain,
for a period of Twelve Months from the Ist April next.
Tenders will not be entertained unless msde upon the proper
printed Form, which may be obtained, with every requisite in-
formation, upon application at this Office, or to the various Bar-
rack Masters, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock each
day (Sundays excepted).
The Tenders must be sent to the Office addressed to the Direc-
tor of Contracts, marked on the outside "Tender for Coals, &c.,"
on of before Thursday, 11th February,
1869, after which day no
Tender will be received.
The Secretary of Stats for War reserve; the right of rejecting
any or all of the Tenders.

THOMAS HOWELL,
Director of Contracts.

DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION.
COAIMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 18G8 expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to take out a new License.
The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
Pounds.

A License is not transferable from one person to
another.

A License may be obtained by the owner giving his
name and address, and the name of the place where the
dog is kept, on application at
The Office
Revenue of the Collector of Inland.) In the neigh-
,
,
The 0 ffiee of the Distributor of StarePs r applicabourhood of the
Or nt's re-.
....
A Money Order Post Office. sidence.
Licenses will also be granted anted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revfnue.

Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
the District, will receive a license in return by post.
COBBETT, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-02-04

FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.

On Tuesday morning- a disastrous explosion oc-
curred at the Unsworth Colliery, the property of Mr.
George Elliot, M.P., by which one man was killed
and three persons seriously injured. The man who
was killed was blown a distance of sixty yards. The
boiler which exploded was situated among seven
others in the pit-heap near the colliery. The origin
of the accident is not stated.
London, England, 1869-02-04

'THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-
road.

Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.
London, England, 1869-02-04

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

Tilts EvENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
TO CA3II3F.RW ELL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At 7.45
MONIE CRISTO • Messrs. Fechter, B. Webster, G. Belmore, A.
Stirling, R. Phillips, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, W.
kburne, R. Romer; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss C. Leclercq,
and Mrs. Leigh Murray.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and 'Manager. Mr. Vininz.

THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8,
AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. W.
Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore,
Maclean, Holston: Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Rose Leclercq
Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY.
London, England, 1869-02-04

AUSTRIA.

The Bohemians and the Poles are alike struggling for
an independent existence similar to that of Hungary, but
whilst the Czechs have been playing the game of their
adversaries by violence against the Government and
division amongst themselves, the Poles seek their object
by legal means. They have carried a motion by which the
question of Polish autonomy is to be submitted to the con-
sideration of the Reichsrath. The Minister of the Interior
did not discuss the question, but he did not oppose the
motion, The cause of the Austrian Poles looks hopeful.
London, England, 1869-02-04

~.rr. VW
CONSERVATIVE BANQUL'T AT CARDIFF.

On Tuesday evening the Cardiff Constitutional 4880.
elation gave a banquet to Mr. Harding) Giffard, Q.C.,
the defeated Conservative candidate at the last election
for Cardiff. The promoters of the gathering had hopsd
to have been honoured with the company of one or
more of the leaders of the Consertiative party,
and Mr. Disraeli, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Gathorne
Hardy were freely mentioned as among those who were
to have graced the top table with their presence ;
but they couldn't come. Latterly, the only prominent
member of the party whose presence was looked
forward to with anything like hope was Lord John
Manners. The gentleman who was to preside was
Colonel Hill. The company consisted for the most
part of Conservatives of Cardiff and the neighbourhood.
The walls of the spacious hall were decorated with
wreaths of evergreens enclosed in crosses, stars, and other
devices of varied character. Over the presidential chair
were the arms and ntttto of the Constitutional Associa.
tion—a crown, sceptre, and bible, with the huscrip.
tion, "Defence, not defiance." On the east side of the
hall was a temporary orchestra, which was occupied by
the Cardiff Artillery band. Over it was the motto, "Our
faith, our country, our Queen," The front of the orchestra
was decorated in bine and uhite, and bore the inscription
"piffard for Cardiff." Around the walls were inseribetl
the names of the leaders of the Conservative party—
Derby, Disraeli, Hardy, Corry, Beaufort, Carnarton,
Stanley, Salisbury, Cairns, Rutland, Malmesbury, Marl.
borough, Walpole. Northcote, Exeter, Buckingham, Peel,
Pakington, and Abercorn. Mr. Howel Gwyn, ALP. for
Brecon, responded for the House of Commons, and Mr.
Giffard replied to the toast of his health.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

-- -0,.-----
London, England, 1869-02-04

THE PEACE SOCIETY.

The committee of the Peace Society have forwarded a
memorial to Lord Clarendon in connection with the
pending negotiations between the Government of this
country and that of the United States of America.
They suggest that an arbitration clause should be
inserted in any new treaties that may be made by the
two Governments, in order that a different interpretation
might not be afterwards put upon them. To this Lord
Clarendon returned a answer to the effect that he fully
concurred with the committee in the opinion that it was
desirable to have recourse to arbitration for the adjust-
ment of international difficulties. A copy of the memorial
was sent to Mr. Reverdy Johnson, the United
States Ambassador, and his Excellency replied
that in the convention recently concluded between Lord
Clarendon and himself the decision of the arbitrator was
made conclusive upon all disputed points which might
arise.

EXTRAORDINARY PASSAGE ACROSS THE

ATLANTIC.

A very extraordinary passage across the Atlantic has
just been made by the United States storeship Guard, of
six guns, Commander Adams. This fine ship, which is a
sailing vessel, left New York for Lisbon on the 10th of
last month, carrying stores for the American squadron in
European waters. She encountered a succession of terrible
gales, the violence of which may be inferred from the fact
that one of her boats was washed away from the davits
and lc,st, and the other battered into a complete wreck ;
and for days together she had to struggle against a perfect
tempest of wind, hail, and snow, the waves all the time
running very high and tossing the ship about in such a
manner that it was almost impo3sible for the seamen to
maintain their footing. In spite of these storms, however,
Lisbon was sighted on the 17th day after leaving New
York, and the same day the Guard arrived safely at that
port in good order. So short a passage, under such adverse
circumstances, mast be considered a most remarkable
achievement.