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London, England, 1869-10-11

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j-A FAIR DOVE! 0, FOND DOVE !—Mr.
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Dove !" free by post 19 stamps. Madame Patey has chosen
this song for the concerts of the season, and has sung it
with immense success. "We have seldom met with so
much beauty concealed in so apparently simple a song."—
Vide Edinburgh Courant. "'Phis is a sweet song."—
Bath Journal. " Worthy of a warm acceptance, and a
more than brief popularity."—Brighton Times.
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London, England, 1869-10-11

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40 Australasian
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London, England, 1869-10-11

EXCAVATIONS AT JERUSALEM.

The Palestine Exploration Fund furnishes an
account of some important discoveries made at
Jerusalem, where Lieutenant Warren has been
exploring the north-east angle. Here he finds the
old wall—that portion of it below the ground—con-
tinued beyond the apparent line of division above
ground; the Pool of Bethesda, which he had already
ascertained to be a real reservoir, concreted and
plastered at bottom, has an overflow through a very
remarkable chamber made of wrought stones inside
the wall; the stones are cut similarly to those at the
south-east angle, but not, apparently, so carefully ;
characters were found on them, copied, sent home,
and examined. They are pronounced to be similar
to those previously read by Mr. Deutsch, and Phoe-
nician. It has also been discovered that a valley
runs across the corner of the liar= area. This
area, on one part of which once stood the Temple,
may now be compared to the lid of a box, of which
the walls are the sides. At the south-east corner are
substructures, long since known, called "Solomon's
stables." Are there none at the other angles, and,
so, of what kind are they ? All questions relating to
the inside of the Haram area must, however, be post-
poned till permission can be obtained to dig there.
London, England, 1869-10-11

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN.

GR. GLENIE, of the SPORTING LIBRARY,
• 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde park, London, W., begs to
inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in genera
that he has been appointed Agent to the above-named paper in
addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of "THE SUN,"
and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town
or country.
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LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier
than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi-
cation. No connection with any other persons. Bally's, Ruff's,
Wright's, and M'Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Magazines,
and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint-Stock
Coal Company. Orders by post attended to.

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London, England, 1869-10-11

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1E69.

of the French journals declare that the whole of Spain is
in a state of tho greatest disorder. Anarchy, in
fact, reigns in the Government, the Chambers,
and tho country. There is a rumour that
Espartero will shortly arrive at Madrid, Prim and Serrano
having, it is affirmed, fallen into disgrace, and only main-
taining their authority by force. The insurgents give
themselves up to all kinds of excesses, and in this offer a
striking contrast to the Carlist troops, who were inoffen-
sive. It is believed that the best chances for the future
security of the country would be for the Cortes to settle
as speedily as possible the election of a King, and for the
Government to lose no time in restoring to the Constitu-
tion its full freedom and vigour.
London, England, 1869-10-11

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London, England, 1869-10-11

REN.—Expressly suited
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are charmingly simple and
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London, England, 1869-10-11

LONDO.N AND NORTII-WESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY.
CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBENTURE
STOCK.
The Directors are now prepared to en'er into arrange-
ments for converting the Debentures of the Company into
equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben-
ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments
of the same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment
of Debentures falling due.
Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound,
can be subscribed for and transferred.
A commission of I (one-half) per cent. is allowed to ap-
plicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Company's
books free of all expense.
The interest will be paid half-yearly on the 15th Jan-
uary and 15th July, by warrant.
The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same
priority against the property and income of the Company
as the Debenture Bond Debt, ranking beforo the Com-
pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions
(730,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income
now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (.CE,000,000)
annually.
Further particulars and forms of application may be
obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned.
STEPHEN REAY, Secretary.
Euston Station, March, 1869.
London, England, 1869-10-11

THE SERVICES.

The Army and Navy Gazette says it is believed
that a further reduction will very shortly be made in
the Royal Marine forces—to the extent of from
twelve to fourteen officers. There may possibly be a
slight diminution in the number of the men.—
According to the Broad Arrow, the War
Office authorities have recently caused a
thorough inspection of all the militia barracks
in the Kingdom, with a view to obtaining statistics
for the elaboration of the scheme for dividing the
country into manageable military districts. It is reported
that, among other radical changes in the present con-
stitution of the:Militia, the Staff Adjutancies will bo
abolished, and that a staff or a line officer will instead
ho attached to each militia regiment for the purpose of
drill only, during the annual training.----The arrival
of Messrs. Candlish and Beaumont, of the Abyssinian
Expenditure Commission, is telegraphed from Con-
stantinople. They • have already held an inquiry
into the alleged irregularities in the purchase of mules
in that city, and were to leave in a few days for
Smyrna, proceeding thence to Alexandria and India.
London, England, 1869-10-11

THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN "
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THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen
every Evening, at Eight o'clock, at Mr GILLmAN's, " The
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London, England, 1869-10-11

ASSIMANCE AMALGAMATION.

The Solicitor's Journal expresses the opinion that
the original shareholders of amalgamated assurance
companies are not liable to the policy-holders of the
absorbed office. Every policy-holder had the option,
when the almalgamation was proposed, of saying to his
company :—" I contracted with you : I will have
nothing to do with anybody else ; and if you are
going to cease business you must give me the stir-
render value of my policy." That they should con-
tinue )?ayin.g their premiums after the amalgamation
took place is, the legal journal thinks, evidence of
acquiescence.
London, England, 1869-10-11

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.

Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
Messrs Ashley, C. H. Stephenson, and Misses Maria and Nelly
Hams.
At 15 to 8. LOST AT SEA.: a Londos Story. Messrs A. Stir-
ling, G. Belmore, E. Atkins, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson,
r. J. Smith, R. Romer; Miss Rose Leclercq, Miss Eliza John-
stone, Miss Lennox Grey, Mrs Leigh Murray.
To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr U. Bt lmore
and Mrs. Leigh Murray.
Box-office open daily, from 10 till s. No fees for booking.
I'laces can be secured a fortnight in advance.
London, England, 1869-10-11

THE IRISH LAND QUESTION.

The last letter of the Times Commissioner iswritten
from Waterford, and contains an interesting descrip-
tion of the improvements made upon Lord Bess-
borough's estate. Since 1846 the head of the House
has lived regularly on his Irish property some months
in each year, and has devoted particular attention to it.
A village close to the proprietor's mansion has been
the special object of his care. The neat houses and
cleanly streets have a look of thriving ease and com-
fort, and rows of well-built and well-slated labourers'
cottages give token of abundant and constant em-
ployment. The farms around are in a state of admi-
rable cultivation. Viewing the whole estate from the
top of a swelling eminence, the commissioner describes
the scene as presenting an ideal of country happiness.
He learnt from the agent of the property that when
the famine came, Lord Bessborough, taking the
population as he found it, fostered it dur-
ing the terrible crisis by liberal and judicious
employment. Though he did not obtject to
emigration, not a single notice to quit was given and
not a single family was capriciously evicted. The
estate, which is still one of small holdings, has on it
no mud huts, these being replaced by excellent
cottages, built wholly at the expense of the landlord.
Every year Lord Bessborough spends large sums in
improving farm houses, fences, and drains, and in
selling seed and manure at low prices to the
occupiers in want of such aids. The Irish
custom of the sale of the goodwill of
farms is not allowed to grow up, the proprietor re-
taining dominion over his property. Observing the
prosperous scene, the Commissioner reflects how by
a singularly humane process a landlord has been
enabled to change the character of his estate and to
transform it from one of an Irish type to one, to a
great extent, at least, modelled on a modern English
pattern. He also notes that, "as during the
last twenty years, Lord Bessborough has, either
by direct expenditure or by liberal allowances for
them, effected most of the improvements on his
estate, he has, in a great measure at least, excluded
the equity in this respect which his tenants otherwise
would have in his lands, and he has not permitted
his freehold ownership to be eaten away by a tenant-
right which practically would leave him only a rent-
charge. He has thus not only, with infinite pains,
put his property into good order, but he has a fair
right to call it his own in an exact and legitimate
sense, disencumbered, certainly in a Feat degree,
from most of those indefinite claims which form the
grand difficulty of the Irish Land Question."
London, England, 1869-10-11

Resolved—That the vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor
passed this day by this Common Hall be fairly transcribed,
signed by the Town Clerk, and presented to his lordsh,p.
Resolved unanimously—That the cordial thanks of this
Common Hall are eminently due and are hereby given to
William James Richmond Cotton, Esquire, Alderman, and
Charles William Cookworthy Hutton, Esquire, Sheriffs of
this City and Sheriff of the County of Middlesex during
the past year, for the skill and ability displayed by them
in making the necessary arrangements for the learned.
Judge, the Counsel, and the public, incidental to the hear-
ing of the petition presented in respect of the recent Par-
liamentary election for the City of Westminster, for their
enlarged and generous hospitality during their official
year, and for their liberal donations to the numerous cha-
rititable institutions of the City and metropolis, and for
the courteous and dignified manner in which they have
discharged the high and important functions and duties of
the ancient and honourable office to which they were una-
nimously elected by the Livery of the City.
Resolved —That the vo o of thanks to the Sheriffs passed
this day by this Common Hall be fairly transcribed, signed
by the Town Clerk, and presented to each of the Sheriffs.
Resolved —That the resolutions passed this day be ad-
vertised in the usual newspapers.

WOODTIIORPE.
London, England, 1869-10-11

LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 11, 1869.

The distribution of patronage is the test of a great
Minister's disintereste3ness. And, it so happens, that
precisely that test has been recently applied in a very
signal manner to the head of the GLADSTONE Go-
vernment. The Prime Minister, it should be said,
at once, has not merely passed through the ordeal with
honour to himself, but has won " golden opinions from
all sorts of men" in the very act of vindicating his re-
putation for impartiality. How strikingly he has done
this we shall immediately demonstrate. The particu-
lar office referred to, as having been recently placed
at his disposal by the death of its last holder, was
that rara avis, that all but last survivor of a nearly
extinct species, that raven in the political aviary—a
recognised sinecure. And the a ward of this sinecure
by Mr. GLADSTONE has been such that it has com-
manded the approval alike of the friends and the foes
of the First Lord of the Treasury. Allusion is here
made, of course, to the Editorship of the London
Gazette, a post to which Mr. THOMAS WALKER (of
the Daily News) is announced in its last issue as hav-
ing been nominated. The fact of his nomination has
been at once welcomed with unhesitating approval by
his brother journalists. The unanimity of this ap-
proval is, at once, a tribute to Mr. WALKER him-
self, personally, and to the distinguished liberal and
non-partisan organ with which his name is profes-
sionally associated. As evidences of the satisfaction
with which the Premier's selection of the newly
appointed Editor of the London Gazette is regarded
in the world of journalism, we are tempted to make
the following extracts from the opinions of our con-
temporaries. The Conservative Standard of this
morning comments upon the appointment thus ap-
provingly and emphatically :

"Mr. GLADsToxE has at least made ono appointment
ut which no one will cavil. The selection of Mr. THOMAS
WALKER, officially announced in the last Gazette, fur the
editorship of that paper, is so singular an instance of
the right n.an being put into the right place that we
hasten to offer our congratulations alike to the Premier
and to the recipient of his patronage. The appointment is
the more to be commended, because the post which Mr.
WALIiER fills is ono of the very few prizes left which may
be said properly to belong to that class of men who take to
journalism as their sole and exclusive profession, and because
there must have been a host of applicants for a position which
possesses the double advantage of excellent pay and toler-
ably easy work. The public had become somewhat accus-
tomed of late years to see every lucrative berth swal-
lowed up by the sons, or sons-in-law, or nephews of
Cabinet or ex-Cabinet Ministers; and it is to Mr. GLAD-
London, England, 1869-10-11

E3IIGRATION.

The subject of emigration, in connection with the
present distress caused by want of employment, was
discussed at a meeting of working men held in St.
Pancras Vestry Hall. Two resolutions were passed.
One was to the effect that the time had come when it
was absolutely necessary that the Government should
be called upon to take immediate steps to relieve
the distress amongst the labouring classes caused by the
want of employment. The other resolution expressed
approval of both emigration and home colonisation
and empowered the North London Emigra-
tion and Home Colonisation Society to arrange a
deputation to the Government, urging upon them the
necessity of immediate action.
London, England, 1869-10-11

HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE.
MORNING. EVENING.
MONDAY 48 min past 5......10 min past 6
TUESDAY 38 min past 6 7 mill oast 7
WEDNESDAY 37 min past 7 12 min past 8
THURSDAY 58 min past 8 40 min. past 9
London, England, 1869-10-11

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. E. ChattArton.
THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN.
At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault :
tilessrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright,
I °hi. Rouse; Mrs Ellington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald,
and Katharine Rodgers.
To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES.
London, England, 1869-10-11

THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURER.

In a speech delivered at the annual meeting of the
Royal East Berks Agricultural Association, Mr.
Walter. M.P., fell- foul of the remarks made at the
Social Science Congress, at Bristol, by Canon Gir-
dlestone, on the condition of the agricultural labourer.
From-his own experience he could not declare them
to be true in that part of the country with which he
was best acquainted. "Canon Girdlestone," said
the speaker, "is a most excellent man, and
has taken great pains in his own neighbourhood
to improve the condition of the poor. I do
not for a moment cast any reflection upon the
accuracy of the statement which he made. His words.
if correctly reported, were :—" lie took it for granted
that the condition of tie agricultural labourer is most
unsatisfactory ; that he cannot save, cannot enjoy
life, can scarcely live, and that his position in the
social scale is below that of the emancipated slaves in
the United States, to whom the franchise has been
accorded. In another part of his speech he said that
the wages of the labourers were only from 9s. to lls.
per week. But though his may be a true description of
some parts of England, I can appeal to you whether it
is true as to this part of England. It certainly is
not." Admitting that the state of the agricultural
labourer was not what it ought to be, statements
such as Canon Girdlestone had made were, in the
opinion of Mr. Walter, not true when given as the
description of the state of the agricultural labourer
throughout England. It was mischievous to circulate
such statements through the world, because it gave
foreigners and other people in all parts of England a
'right to say, " Here's a picture of the English
labourer drawn by one of their own clergymen I " A.
labouring man with tolerable prudence, if he bad
good health, might enjoy life a great deal more than
the hard-working mechanics in smoky towns.

TILE BLIND.

The Archbishop of York, in laying the foundation
stone ofa new workshop and institution for the blind at
Liverpool, laid great stress upon the duty of communi-
ties providing the means of making those deprived of
sight s3lf-dependent. By the exercise of the powers
placed in the hands of those not thus afflicted, it was
possible to enable the blind to work and to enjoy a
glorious feeling. of independence. His Grace quoted
the views of Sydney Smith to skew that when the
blind were not allowed to work and take their proper
position, their whole mind became distempered, and
it was right that those eyes which were never glad-
dened by light should never stream with tears.
London, England, 1869-10-11

IRISH CHURCH CONVENTION.

'l'he Dublin Evening Mail announces that it is in-
tended to hold another meeting of lay delegates and
clergyman to-day, for the purpose of taking further
counsel in preparation for the serious responsibilities
to be imposed upon both clergy and laity when the
Church Convention assembles. The first of these
meetings, says our contemporary, has been so success-
ful in shewiug the harmony and general agreement in
opinion which exists, and in discouraging those whose
high clerical pretensions would create schism, that
we may expect from a second meeting the very best
results.
London, England, 1869-10-11

QONGS FOR CHILD
LI for Schools. Compost
GATTY. 3s. each, for 19 t:
No. 1. Raindrops Patter
" 2. Child's Good Night
" 3. The :inow-man
" 4. Going to School
" u s Songs for Children
fresh, and have made him a n
Vide the Globe.
London: Robert Cceks and
London, England, 1869-10-11

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

Established 1824.
The ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000
The ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,649,000
Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be ob-
tained of
GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary,
13, St. James's-square, London. S.W.
London, England, 1869-10-11

CRYSTAL PALACE. The Grand FIRE-
WORKS of THIS EVENING will Display New
and important HAIZVEST DEVICES and the grandest
display of Shells yet seen. The whole undertaken by
Messrs. Brock, the Company's Pyrotechnists.
Note.—The display commences at the early hour of
half-past Six, affording ample opportunity for leisurely
raturn. _ _ .

Stalls, Half-a-Crown ; Reserved Seats, One Shilling; at
the Palace. These afford good facilities for parties arriv-
ing late.
London, England, 1869-10-11

EGYPT

A correspondent of the Levant Herald, writing from
Alexandria, says that the greatest mystery is main-
tained respecting the movements of the Viceroy. Orders
were given to keep the railway line clear for his
Highness, and to have his vessel, the Mahroussa, ready
to leave a few days ago, but the Khedive did not appear,
and it was reported at Alexandria that he had abandoned
all intention of going to Constantinople at present. Colonel
Stanton, the British Consul-General, had returned unex-
pectedly from England, and left immediately for Cairo.
It is said that the Khedive telegraphed to the colonel
begging him to return to Egypt at once, and
that the consul, who was shooting in Scotland,
prcm2tly complied with his wishes. The Viceroy, accord-
ing to these accounts, is resolved to make no concessions
respecting the budgets and foreign loans. The Herald
states that the news from the Canal was unsatisfactory. A
steam corvette, of the Egyptian navy, drawing some six
teen feet of water, left Port Said for Ismailia, but could
only get as far as the thirtieth kilometre, and was forced to
return.
London, England, 1869-10-11

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, Oct. 9.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice,
Princess Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, and Prince
Leepold, drove out in the afternoon.

LATEST INTELL EGENCS

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
(Per French Atlantic Cable.)

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.
The North German Lloyd's steamship Deutsch-
land arrived here at 8 this morning.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1304 ; the highest quotation dig'
lug the day was 1301 ; the lowest, 1301.
Sterling Exchange on London lO9.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l2Ol.

44 " 1885 ll9/.
14 " 1867 llBk.
10-40 it
Illinois 133.
Erie

Cotton—Mid. upland 27c.
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour, extra state, $5.70c. to $6.30c. Corn, old
mixed, Vac.
London, England, 1869-10-11

According to Mr. Adam Moffat's report the
week's receipts of cotton have been 60,000 bales,
and since the Ist of Sept. 206,000 ; shipments t°
England 17,000 bales ; to France, 8,000 ; and to
the Continent 2,000 bales ; total shipments sine°
the Ist Sept., 47,000 bales ; stock, 111,000 bale
M.-Upland, 118, best, cost and freight per steamer'
Market flat and drooping.

QUEBEC, Oct. 9.
The Allau (Glasgow) steamships Nestorian sad
Ottawa arrived here to-day.
London, England, 1869-10-11

DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT PIERCE,

The death is announced of an ex-President of the United
States, whose name at one time was familiar to politicians
on both sides of the Atlantic. Franklin Pierce was the
son of a New England farmer, who distinguished himself
in the War of Independence. He was born in New Hamp-
shire in 1804, and was educated for the bar, but was soon
elected to the State Legislature. At the age of 29 he was
sent to Congress, where be remained for some yams,
afterwards resuming his practice at the bar,
in which ho obtained some distinction. General Polk
offered him the choice of the Attorney-Generalship or the
Secretaryship of War, but he declined both offices. He
served as a private soldier in a New England regiment in
the Mexican was, distinguishing himself in several actions,
and obtaining a colonel's commission. In 1852 ho was
nominated for the Presidency, to which ho was elected,
being succeeded in 1356 by Mr. Buchanan, the predecessor
of Lincoln. Mr. Pierce's Administration was not satisfactory
to his party, who were leagued with slavery, but he was
highly esteemed by many eminent men. The celebrated
General Jackson is reported to have said on his death bed
that the interests of the country could be in no bettor
hands.
London, England, 1869-10-11

THE FAMINE IN THE PUNJAB.

The Bombay Gazette gives most painful accounts of the
distress which prevails in the Punjab. The relief report
of the last week of August states that there was no rain in
the province during that week, but that the prospects of
the harvest were slightly more favourable. From Sirsa it
is reported that the state of the people is deplorable, while
at Ilissar, which is the frontier post between the British and
native territories, a stream of starving wretches keeps
pouring in from the neighbouring States. The poor creatures
are uncared for by their own rulers and flock to the British
States hoping to get relief. It is impossible to use physical
force against them, on account of their reduced condi-
tion, but they are so wild withhunger that all verbal orders
are useless, and as soon as the food is brought forward " a
general rush takes place, and the people shove and scramble
like so many wild beasts." Apublic subscription to relieve
the pressing distress of Marwar is being raised in Bombay.
A telegram from Rajpootana reports the present distress
to be terribl- I,nt not likely to last, as there were heavy
rains and good accounts of crops.
London, England, 1869-12-23

MISS EDWARDS'S NEW NOVEL.
Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 role.,
DEBENHAM'S- Vow.
'By AMELIA B. EDWARDR,
Author of "Barbara's History," &e.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1869-12-23

QHOOTING SEASON.---
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Patrons and Sportsmen that they have for inspection a large
ASSORTMENT of the LATEST IMPROVED CENTRAL
FIRE and other BREECIILOADINO GUNS and RIFLES,
at their usual moderate prices.
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Branches: 315, Oxford-street; 2, Rue Scribe, Paris.
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London, England, 1869-12-23

01V DON, 71117RSDAY, DEC. 23, 1819.

As the facts and arguments stand at present, Mr.
OTWAY'S speech at Chatham, and the letters he
quoted from Mr. CHILDERS, must be taken as a vin-
dication of the Government on the dockyard re-
trenchment question. The policy of reduction has
been pursued with care, and neither rashly nor with
unnecessary harshness. Indeed, from the figures
adduced by the TINDER-SECRETARY for FOREIGN
AFFAIRS, it is clear that the GLADSTONE Ministry,
with an avowed intention to economise, have made
fewer disquieting changes in the dockyards than their
predecessors, who put forth no pretensions to
reduction. Of course, the question has two sides,
but the attack has been made, and it can hardly be
compared to advantage with the defence. The argu-
ments of Mr. OTWAY and Mr. CIIILDERS date back
to the RUSSELL-GLADSTONE Ministry, which fell in
1866. It will be remembered that when the outcry
arose about the discharge of dockyardmen by Mr.
CHILDERS, it was immediately answered that
the Government were taking no excessive
cr exceptional measures, for their predecessors
in office had dismissed a considerably larger
number. Whereupon Admiral ELLIOT came
out with a letter in the Standard, admitting that the
Conservative Administration had sent away 2,634
men from the yards, but urging that this course was
the unavoidable result of the previous Liberal policy.
The Admiralty Lord who reigned under Earl RUSSELL
had made very large contracts for ships with private
firms. These heavy engagements were bequeathed as a
legacy to the Conservatives, when they took office in
the latter half of 1866. In order to meet such
prodigal bargains, the DERBY Government had to
reduce the staff in the royal yards. Such was Admiral
ELLIOT'S theory. The reply of Mr. CHILDERS is a
straightforward denial. The RUSSELL Ministry had
not a special weakness for private firms, and so far
from leaving many ships for their successors to finish,
there were only two private-built vessels incomplete
when the decisive division on the Reform Bill took
place. Upon these two ships only £55,233 remained
to be paid.
The late Government, then, assumed the control of

affairs with a clear field for any Admiralty policy they
might select. According to Mr. CHILDERS, they availed
themselves of this freedom to adopt the very course
for which Admiral EwoT condemns his rivals. The
last Conservative Ministry contracted with private
firms for twenty-three vessels, costing altogether
above £1,700,000, and when the change of last
December occurred, rather more than a mil-
lion of this sum remained, for the GLAD-
STONE Cabinet to pay. The Liberal Ministry
left £55,000 "on ;" the Conservatives one million.
The former had two ships in private hands when
they resigned ; the latter above a score. It is scarcely
likely that Mr. CHILDERS would make a public
statement of this kind-without good grounds? and
London, England, 1869-12-23

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES,
56, Great Marlborough-street, W.
Bankers, Messrs. Ransom.
SUPPORT is earnestly solicited.
ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, Hon. Sec.

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
the MUST, City-real—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

lONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in-
stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagions fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Pmsdale 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.

CIREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale-
kJl donian-road, N.—Several beds in the new buildings
cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary.
GEORGE REID, Secretary.

(NE HUNDRED Sr SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary:
Oftlce, 54, Oheapsido, London, E.O;
London, England, 1869-12-23

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putnoy-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.

Relief Is afforded—lst. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.

2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to !patients at thei
own homes.

A Lew wing to the Hospital has Just been completed
at a cost of upwards of XlO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
Time are 120 inmates and 287 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ez•
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subs3riptions, 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 g-eatest pleasure
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary
No. 10 Poultry London. E.O September 1868.
London, England, 1869-12-23

PICTURE GALLERIES

Bridgewater Gallery - (levw•land-Nu:ire. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Qld [Laid-street..
British Artists—Stiff.lk-street. April to July. Is.
British lostAtition-52, Pall mall. Picturts ,by British
A rti,is, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient
blasters, June, July, and August. is. • •
Buckingham Palace Pictures. —May be viewed by an order
front the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, fret, ; other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydenharn. Modern Pictures and Sculp-
ture. is.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily. ex.:opt Friday.
Flaxrnan Gallery —University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling hospital-0 uildiord-stieet. Open Mondays,

le till 4:
Gallery of Ancicot Masters-49. Pall. Is.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hall

keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries aro open free daily,
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish -street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-squari). Open free, Mondays
Tuesdays Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29, Grey. Seorga-street.
free, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, &c. Daily, It) till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-SS, Baker-street. Open daily til
10 p.m. is.
SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cremornc Gardens—Chelsea. ls.
Crystal Pa!ace. ?ark—Sydenhatn. Open daily, ls. ; Satur-
days, 2s. Gd.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. OnPn rqe
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens —Hig,hbury. 6d. and is by
refreshment tickets.
Kew Gardens —Kew. Open free, daily at ot.A o'clock.
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. 6d.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members order.
Windsor Great Park —Windsor. Open free. Windsot
Castle may bo visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord OliamberlAin a
Office, in the Castle.
London, England, 1869-12-23

E 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 aro
in vited 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, Uarley- street, W.
London, England, 1869-12-23

THE 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.

CANCER HOSPITAL (Free) : founded 1851.
—Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 800
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslot, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JUPP.
London, England, 1869-12-23

DUELLING.

The Daily News tells a story which ought to be
useful on the Continent, especially in France. A
rich merchant of Valparaiso, being challenged by
an officer to fight a duel, wrote to his ad-
versary the following letter :—" I have no
desire whatsoever to kill you, and still less
do I desire to be killed myself. Hero is
what I propose. Go to the nearest wood.
Choose a tree about as stout as myself, place
yourself fifty, thirty, or even fifteen steps from it—
just a.. 9 you like, and then fire bravely on the tree. If
you hit it, I will admit that I was in the wrong, and
will offer you an apology. In the contrary case, I
shall ho ready to receive yours." The officer saw the
absurdity of appeals to honour Which are decided
by skill in shooting instead of by right. Tie invited
his adversary to dinner, and a reconciliation ensued.
It is evident that to shoot at a tree is quite as reason-
able a mode of arbitration as to shoot at a human
being. But no one questions the folly of duelling;
it is the courage to resist a pernicious custom that is
needed. _

rOREIGN NOTES.

THE CCCUMENICAL

The Council at Rome held its third general congregattoii
on Monday, when commissions of faith and of ecclesiastical
d'scipline were nominated. The commissioners consisted
r2spectively of forty and twenty-four members, and the
principal names on the commission of faith were
those of the Archbishops of Cambray and Westminster,
the Primate of Hungary, and the Armenian Patriarch.
The Papal Bull apostolic sedis, dated Oct. 12, which
restrains in conformity with the spirit of the age the
number of reserved cases of ecclesiastical censure, was pro-
mulgated on the day of the meeting. The Times' corres-
pondent states that it is arranged that 120 fathers will
leave the Council and Rome too, at a signal from the
Bishop of Orleans, one ambassador, if not two, accompany-
ing the dissentients. The French Government, according
t this information, would at first say nothing to Mgr.
Dupanloup ; but seeing that the confusion at present
existing is likely to imperil not only Rome and the Pope,
but the general peace, gave the directions referred to. It
is said that Cardinal Mathieu has been telegraphed for by
the French Emperor, and that he started at once, without
asking permission. The Cardinal is said to be at the
Lead of the Conservative pasty in the Gallican Church.
Dr. Manning has been appointed by the Pope "Promoter"
of the dogma of infallibility under the guidance of a Jesuit
father. If he pleads the cause successfully, the cardinal's
hat awaits him.
London, England, 1869-12-23

A FENIAN RAID ON SALFORD.

The Manchester Guardian makes a startling an-
nouncement. It states " upon authority it cannot
doubt" that Salford has been threatened with a Fenian
raid. Last Saturday evening a telegram from the
Horse Guards was received by Colonel Reynolds, the
assistant adjutant general for the Manchester district,
intimating that the Fenians contemplated an attack
upon the Militia Barracks in Salford, with the view of
obtaining possession of about 800 stand of arms which
were stored there. Colonel Reynolds lost no time in
adopting measures for the defeat of the plot. The
rifles were removed the same night to the Infantry
Barracks. There they are safe against surprise.
London, England, 1869-12-23

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General Merchant, Guernsey.
London, England, 1869-12-23

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

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-12-23

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

INVITE'S I\lOC-M AIN LEVER TRU.S.3
(Perfecter: and Exhibited i❑ the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical men 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 Moc-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may bo worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d, and 81s. 6d. Postage,
Is. A Double Trus., 81s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d.

Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadi'ly.

NEW PATENT
VLASTIC STOCKINGS,
NJ KNEE-CAPS, &0., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, etc. They
are porous, light in texture, and Inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., is. 6d.
10s., and IGs. each. Postage, 6d.
JOAN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.'
London, England, 1869-12-23

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam .. Short ... 11 181 ... 11 19
Do
Rotterdam — ... 12 11 ... 12 1/
Antwerp — ... 25 37k ... 25 421
Brussels — ... 25 37i ... 25 42}
Hamburgh — ... 13 101 ... 13 11
Paris
Ditto . 3 Ms. ... 21 35 ... 25 4.0
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 1201
Vienna ... 12 65 ... 12 70 ;
Trieste ... 12 65 ... 12 70
Petersburg
Copenhagen ......... . — 9 18 ... 9 22
Berlin
... 6 271 ... 6 28
Madrid..
Cadi7 r... 49 ... 49
Leghorn
... 26 75 .., 26 771
Milan
... 26 75 ... 26 771
Genoa — ... 26 75 ... 26 77*
Naples
Palermo — ... 26 73 ... 26 77*
Messina
•• 26 75 ... 26 771
Lisbons2
Oporto — ...
Rio eaneiro _—
... 5 5
11/ :,......
_5522
1 New York ~......

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at 3s 6d, for 48 e al eat 6s, for 288 cups at 30s, for 576 cups at Sr,.
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London, England, 1869-12-23

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

£ll3 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, bad 41, Lothbnry, E. 0.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Sooretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-ftelds.j
London, England, 1869-12-23

DENTAL SURGERY, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET.
VI R. ESKELL, the Author of "Pure Dentistry,
ik and What it Does for Us," Pa inl e s Tooth Extraction;
or Anrestheria Locally Applied ;" Dental Surgery: a Practical
Treatise:" Modern Demistry: its Principles and Practice." ttc.,
may ho CONSULTED DAILY, as hitherto, from Ten to Four
o'clock, at his ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVE-
NOR-SQUARE (a few doors from Bond-street).