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London, England, 1869-08-12

ENDOWED SCHOOLS.

The Commissioners under the new Endowed
Schools Act have set up their temporary office in
Victoria-street, 'Westminster, and propose to get to
work immediately. The governing bodies who have
a right to initiate schemes for the reform of the
schools entrusted to their care are invited to send
notices of their intentions. Moreover, the Commis-
sioners ask all persons, whether legally connected
with schools or not, to forward any communications
which they may deem useful. Whilst the discredit-
able perversion of middle-class educational endow-
ments is being reformed, the work might as well be
done as thoroughly as possible.
London, England, 1869-08-12

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

Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relioved 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, 1869-08-12

EMRSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1869.

=mot 2117.11 Tile*. ears or an offending tradesman
to his doorpost, as did the Cadi in the
4' Arabian Nights; "-but several journals repeat the
suggestion that these particulars, which are nosy
hidden away, might be published in parochial lists
and affixed to the church-door. The Daily News
even thinki that the names and addresses should be
read out in church after the commandments. " Let
your light shine before men." The Daily News,
however, does not point out why fraudulent trades-
men should be punished in church and not other
offenders.

denied the right of Saxony to independent diplomatic
action, and objected to the interference of foreign Powers
in a question between Prussia and a member of the
Northern Confederation.
London, England, 1869-08-12

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
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Policies payable during Life—Indisputable—Not liable to
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Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds.
The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
applicants post free.
HENRY L kICF, General Manager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London.
London, England, 1869-08-12

WESTMINSTER.

TURNING THE TABLES.—John Landen, a labourer, was
charged on a warrant with assaulting and threatening
Catherine Laudon, his wife.
The prosecutrix stated that she bad been married 11
years to the prisoner, and he had constantly ill treated her,
so that she had only lived with hi►n five years out of that
time; he had bad six months at Gravesend for assaulting
her, and there were two warrants hero now for his appre-
hension. On Tuesday he came and assaulted her and
tried to strangle her.

Prisoner said he was not in Chelsea on the day named,
but in Lancashire, and the prosecutrix came and an-
noyed him and wanted him to strika tiler in order that she
might have some marks.

Morgan and Upson, detectives of the B division, proved
that the prosecutrix has often been charged to the police
at the house of the prisoner, said that she was in the
habit of coming and annoying him. The other day she spat
in his face, then struck him, and asked him to hit her
back, in order that she might show the mark.
Mr. Arnold said, after what ho had heard he should
discharge the prisoner, but ho must not annoy his wife.
London, England, 1869-08-12

TEE LAW comm.

The question is settled : wherever the New Palace
of Justice is to be built, it will not be commenced
until Parliament meets again. Mr. Lowe has given a
final announcement that the Government cannot
move in the matter—a result for which the public
have him to thank. He lost six months by wrang-
ling about the Howard-street site, and six more will
now be lost -because the settlement has been deferred
until it is too late to get a grant from Parliament.
The loss of time is.most serious, but the loss of money
amounting to many thousand pounds ought not to
be regarded as trifling by an economical Government.
London, England, 1869-08-12

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, 1869-08-12

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in-
stitution 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 llpspital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.
London, England, 1869-08-12

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.
1 he Bishop of LONDON,
Rev. J. W. Ayre 1 Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Rev. J. E. Eempe
Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain! Rev. J. Moorhouse
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Cann Nepean
Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. I John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. rrescott
Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. P. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. I R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey I Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. I R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.

Subscriptions will be rem
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyc
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ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
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.
Relief is afforded-Ist. 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 thoi
own homes.

A i ew wing to the Hospital has lust been completed
at a cost of upwards of .£lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.

There are 126 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are 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 56. 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
E.C. September 1868.
No. 10 Poultry- London.
London, England, 1869-08-12

riiIIE 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
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary
Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.

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 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, Harley-street, W.
London, England, 1869-08-12

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London, England, 1869-08-12

THE BISHOP OP LICHFIELD ON THE CHURCH.

The Bishop of Lichfield has just been advising his
clergy about the form of their worship. In a pas-
toral charge to the Archdeaconry of Stafford, he
remarked that the choral services always preserved by
thecathedra Is had now become common. But they were
not the highest kind of services; a hearty Congrega-
tional service was what should be striven after. Let
them (he said) avoid all extravagance, and work
rather to be united in brotherly love than to enun-
ciate these or those particular views.

THE DISPUTE AMONG THE " ADVANCED " LADIES.

We are having a foretaste of what the Ladies
Progress Revolution is to do for us in the little
quarrel going on in the papers between Miss
Faithfull and Mrs. Holyoake. If Mrs. Holyoake
wrote pettishly, Miss Faithfull's retort is bitter
indeed. Miss Faithful! first disowned Mrs.nolyeake;
Mrs. Holyeake, getting angry, claimed acquaintance
with Miss Faithful'. mil some slight consideration,
on account of Mr. nolyollie's services in setting up
the Victoria Press. Miss Faithful! replies that a,
printer, calling himself Austin, (lid afford her some
valuable aid in WO ; his brother and sister-in-law
were employed in the office ; and when his real
name— Holyoake—was made known, she did not
think it disqualified him for selecting type and
presses, and aiding in the organisAion of the busi-
ness. This, amid some expressions of regret at
giving pain, &c., Sze., dozes a characteristic feminine
quarrel.
London, England, 1869-08-12

THE JEWS IN MOLDAVIA.

The Jewish inhabitants of Roumania Lave lately been
subjected to much persecution. They have forwarded an
account of their sufferings to Sir Francis Go`Amid, and
it appears that a " new and unwarrantable spirit of
antagonism" has shown itself throughout Roumania. The
Jews live in a state of constant terror, and the Govern.
ment does not exercise any authority on their behalf. All
kinds of legalised injustice are practised upon them,
they are forbidden to follow their accustomed trades,
and are prevented from acquiring house property.
In many places the people have determined to eject the
Jews altogether, and the greatest cruelties have been in-
flicted in carrying out this resolve. In one of the villages
was a benevolent Jew who had befriended the people in
trouble, but they sheaved him no consideration whatever,
and turned him out of his house with his family. These
vexatious acts are the more irksome because the Govern-
ment refuse to redress any grievances.
London, England, 1869-08-12

THE CO-OPERATIVE COLLIERIES.

The Messrs. Briggs' Co-operative Collieries—at
which the profits above a certain percentage are
equally divided between masters and workmen—are
still prospering. The report for the past half-year,
which has just been issued, recommends a dividend
of 5 per cent, to the shareholders, and shews that a
balance of more than £6,800 will then be available
'or equal division. 'the sharelio!ders altogether on
the year will have obtained a dividend of 131 per
cent, on their shares ; the men will get a bonus
amounting altogether to £3,462. The net balance
of profit and loss account on the year, after the
usual deductions, amounts to £22,341.
London, England, 1869-08-12

fIANCER 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 eases 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—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JUPP.

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STIT7JTION.
President—Rev. CANON DALB.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1863 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.O. ; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road,
London, England, 1869-08-12

THE ENGLISH VOLUNTEERS' VISIT TO LELGIUIL

Diubts are expressed of the wisdom of English
volunteers going across to Liege to the Belgian rifle
fetes. The invitation is given by the Belgians
because it will " tend to draw still closer those bonds
of friendship which have so long and intimately
united the two countries." And in order
to increase good feeling the Eneish are to be well
treated end lionised; they are to be received with
exuberant hospitality. The acceptance of such a
kind offer must, or ought to, involve a return. We
tried to give one in 18' ;7 and failed. Many volunteers
argue that we should not take what we cannot
repay, and appeals are being made to the " Anglo
Belgian Executive Committee " to decline the honour
offered to them.
London, England, 1869-08-12

ROME.

Who is to succeed Mr. Odo Russell, is a question which
is now being asked with some interest in Rome. The
Nazione announced the appointment of Mr. Morier, but
nothing certain is known. M. de Bonneville has left Rome
for Paris to receive fresh instructions, which will, it is
understood, be highly favourable to the Council.
London, England, 1869-08-12

TUP RIVAL CABLES.

It is rumoured on the Stock Exchange that the
competition between the two Atlantic Cable Com-
panies will not be of long duration. Already a traffic,
arrangement is said to have been come to. This,
says the Star, must mean an agreement as to the
rates to be charged, inasmuch as the existing traffic
would not, i t is understood, employ the cables more than
six hours out of the four and twenty.
London, England, 1869-08-12

NOTHING. IMPOSSIBLE.

A MIA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
L-1 to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
./NO. GOSNTELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
one of the roost eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
g this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public
a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 38. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each,
ft eluding brush.

Red itilll Wharf, lin,sel passeage, 93, Upper Thames-
street Loudon, E.C.
London, England, 1869-02-23

INDIA.

The cause of the disastrous railway accident on the
Gnat Indian Peninsula Railway is as yet shrouded in
mystery, but the calamity appears to have been the result
of the hasty construction and imperfect appliances
common to most railways in newly-opened countries. The
train was going down a very steep and dangerous incline.
A very powerful engine, and four break-vans were
attached, but this force proved insufficient to control the
speed of the train. On the most dangerous part of the
line the pace accelerated every moment, defying the
exertion of driver, guard, and brakemen combined.
These men foresaw the danger that was unavoidable, unless
the speed of the train was arrested, and that instantly it
must dash over the embankment at the end of the revers-
ing station. The driver, therefore, reversed his engine,
but to no purpose. Seeing that nothing they could further
do would be of any avail, the driver and guard jumped off,
and the ill-fated train flew into and over the embankment
at the rate, it is said, of sixty miles an hour. Sixteen
passengers, all native; were killed, and many dreadfully
mangled. The jury decided that the accident was
owing to the dew, which had rendered the rails
unusually slippery, but the Times of India says that
nobody is satisfied with this verdict. At all events,
heavy dews are of constant occurrence on the Ghaut3, and
if the accident is to be attributed to this cause, it may be
repeated any day.
All the resources of Affghanistan are now in Shere Ali's
hands. The reputation he enjoys as an able administrator
will now be put, to the test. English money has ccrntri-
hilted not a little to place him in his present position, and
there is no doubt that what has been gained will not be
lost for the want of a little more. The Indian Government
seems determined to lose no time in consolidatine: its in-
fluence in this-Important quarter. The treaty' %moll was
to have been signed between Shere Ali and Sir John
Lawrence will at once be taken up by Lord Mayo.
The new Viceroy contirues to be the hardest workeF.
man in India. His mornings are spent in inquiring into
the,gaols, charitable institutions, and industries of Calcutta;
his afternoon in receiving ceaseless deputations, and, of
course, in "getting up " for them. If uneasy lies the head
that wears a crown, doubly uneasy must be the lot of him
who Lao to " learn the business " as he proceeds.
The -Deccan Herald states that Lord Napier of Magdala
will go to England in April. In that case Major General
Gordon will succeed to the command of the Indian army.
London, England, 1869-02-23

TURKEY AND GREECE.

Both the lately-disputant States have expressed their
readiness to reestablish diplomatic relations in conform-
ity with the decision of the Conference. But it appears
that several weeks must elapse before the respective Am-
bassadors can take their places. This delay is " owing
to the necessity of accrediting another Minister at each
capital." It is rather strange that a change of Ambassa-
dors should require such a delay in the case of twn neigh-
bouring States.
London, England, 1869-02-23

TIIR ADMIRALTY SCANDAL.

The discovery of the Admiralty scanlal, in which
Messrs. Rumble and Gambier are involved, will, it is
believed, bring about the resignation of the Store-
keeper-in-Chief, the Hon. Mr. Dundas, brother of
Lord Melville. He was originally a diplomatist
and amongst other employments he was sent tp
i.ussia as secretary to tue iong-rentemuereci
embassy of the late Duke of Devonshire on
the coronation of Czar Nicholas. "Of late years,',
says the Manchester Guardian," he has been growing
apathetic and inert in the discharge of duties that
required the wakeful intelligence of a man in the
prime of life. When the Duke of Somerset presided
at the Board of Admiralty, it was suggested that
some one of more energy was required at the head of
the storekeeping sub-department ; but his Grace
could not bring himself to disturb a man so well-born
and well-bred, and Mr. Dundas has accordingly
continued to potter on until one of the rotten planks
has given way beneath him. Two days ago (on
Thursday) it is said that he was politely requested
to resign, and it is probable that we shall speedily
hear of some more vigorous hand being substituted
for his."
London, England, 1869-02-23

ELECTION PETITIONS.

The tide is turning. After a long run of ill-luck,
the Conservatives are getting the better of their
opponents in the election petitions. The victories,
however, are only qualified ones. Mr. Smith, M.P.
for 'Westminster, escaped with the skin of his teeth,
and will have to pay a portion of the costs. Messrs.
Eaton and Hill are declared duly elected for
Coventry, but the judge declared that the
petition was " most reasonably presented and
prosecuted." At Cashel, Mr. O'Beirne, who
describes himself as an " independent Liberal,"
has been unseated for bribery; but his opponent,
Mr. Munster, has also been convicted of the same
offence, and it is likely enough that this borough,
with its less than 150 electors, albeit it is called the
" City of the Kings," will be disfranchised. Mr.
O'Beirne is the nibb m.r. dvaivrea guilty of
bribery personally, and will therefore be the first to
undergo the penalty of exclusion from the House of
Commons for seven years.
It would seem that the cost of election petitions is
likely to be very large, in spite of the fact that they are
tried on the spot. The Law Times says that the cost
of the Norwich trial will be £5,000, although it
lasted only four days. What it will be in other and
much more protracted cases we scarcely like to think,
but our contemporary says it will be " ruinous." In
this respect, therefore, the new measure will greatly
disappoint its promoters. The Law Times states that
prompt action is to be taken with theboroughs reported
upon by the election judges as having been guilty
of corrupt practices. The House has ordered that
the evidence in the cases of all the boroughs in which
the members have been unseated be laid before the
House, and the writs will be suspended until the
House shall have determined what course, whether
of total or partial disfranchisement, it will pursue in
respect of them. The immediate penalty will be the
loss of their full representation for a lengthened
period ; certainly for the present session, probably
for the present Parliament ; with the prospect of a
commission of inquiry.
London, England, 1869-02-23

THE EASTER RECESS.

In reply to Mr. HARDCASTLE,
Mr. GLADSTONE said he could not at present inform
the house with respect to the adjournment for the Easter
recess. They had in the present year a very late meeting
of Parliament, and an early Easter, and having regard to
the progress of public business, he thought that it
would be advisable, under such circumstances, to shorten
the Easter holidays, and lengthen those taken at Whit-
suntide. Unless there was any objection to such a course,
in a week or ten days he would state the proposals of the
Government on the subject.

THE REFORM ACT.

In reply Mr. E. SMITH,

Mr. GLADSTONE said with respect as to what con-
stituted "a house" as set out in the Reform Act, there
had been great differences of opinion during the last re.
vision, which, owing to certain circumstances, was of a
hurried description. He thought it would ba advisable to
wait until there had been another revision before the sub-
ject was taken into consideration with a view to legislation.
lf, however, it was thought advisable to have other mat-
ters connected with the Reform Act reconsidered he should
have no objection to the one the hon. gentleman referred
being included therein.
London, England, 1869-02-23

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NEW ZEALAND.

The stalement that a detachment was to leave India for
New Zealand was made in ignorance of the successes which
have followed the dismal tragedy at Poverty Bay. As
the Queen's Speech hinted that the colonists must rely
upon themselves, and as the colonists are now sheaving that
they can do so, it is not probable that any assistance will
be sent. The colony is retrieving its disasters and its dis-
grace, and if the lesson has been dreadfully costly it may
also be of infinite value.
London, England, 1869-02-23

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Feb. 23.
The Presse of to-day states that the Pc'l'er4
lately represented at the Paris Conference arc Pre;
raring a circular note to their diplomatic agents
abroad, detailing the course of the negotiations'
their tendency, and purpose. This is to be d°l3,
with the object of laying down a basis for the re3lv
sation of the idea of settling future internatiolw
disputes by means of a Conference.
London, England, 1869-02-23

INDIA.

The cause of the disastrous railway accident on the
Great Indian Peninsula Railway is as yet shrouded in
mystery, but the calamity appears to have been the result
of the hasty construction and imperfect appliances
common to most railways in newly-opened countries. The
train was going down a very steep and dangerous incline.
A very powerful engine, and four break-vans were
attached, bnt this force proved insufficient to control the
speed of the train. On the most dangerous part of the
line the pace accelerated every moment, defying the
exertion of driver, guard, and brakemen combined.
These men foresaw the danger that wa4 unavoidable, unless
the speed of the train was arrested, and that instantly it
must dash over the embankment at the end of the revers-
ing station. The driver, therefore, reversed his engine.
hut to no purpose. Seeing that nothing they could further
do would be of any avail, the driver and guard jumped off,
and the ill-fated train flew into and over the embankment
at the rate, it is said, of sixty miles an hour. Sixteen
passengers, all natives, were killed, and many dreadfully
mangled. The jury decided that the accident was
owing to the dew, which had rendered the rails
unusually slippery, but the Times of India says that
nobody is satisfied with this verdict. At all events,
heavy dews are of constant occurrence on the Ghauts, and
if the accident is to be attributed to this cause, it may be
repeated any day.
All the resources of Affghanistan are now in Shere Ali's
hands. The reputation he enjoys as an able administrator
will now be put: to the test. English money has contri-
buted not a little to place him in his present position, and
there is no doubt that what has been gained will not be
lost for the want of a little more. The Indian Government
seems determined to lose no time in consolidatimr its in-
fluence in this —important quarter. The treaty which was
to have been signed between Shere• Ali and Sir John
Lawrence will at mice be taken up by Lord Mayo.
The new Viceroy contirues to Le the harlest worked
man in India. His mornings are spent in inquiring into
the gaols, charitable institutions, and industrice of Calcutta;
his afternoon in receiving ceasoless deputations, and, of
course, in "getting up " fur them. If uneasy lies the head
that wears a crown, doubly uneasy must be the lot of him
who 1,a,3 to " learn the businc,ss " as lie proceeds.
'llia I ece tn lien:cid states that Lord Napier of Mcg,lala
will go to England in April. In that case Major General
Gordon will succeed to the command of the Indian army.
London, England, 1869-02-23

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

The report that the Prince of Wales finds his
allowance insufficient, and will ask Parliament for
an increase, scarcely seems to be well founded. Not
only is he mehing a costly tour abroad, but ho has
rented for three years t,:;e Duke of Devonshire's
beautiful villa at Chiswick., and is about to rent or
bny a seat in Ireland.

THE: CABINET.

All fifteen members of the Cabinet were presen
at Saturday's Council. The Marqus of Ilartington
found himself in the peculiar position of being a
member of that distinguished political body, and yet
unable to take a seat in either House of the
Legislature.
The Marquis of Hartington seems to be vieing
with his colleagues in economy. Ile is overhauling
all the mail contracts with the railway companies.
The South-Eastern has been the first to come under
this scrutinising. influence. The company carries the
continental mails, the Post Office paying so much per
mile for the carriage of the mail-bags. Up to a very
recent period the road from London to Dover was by
way of Redhill and Reigate, but latterly the com-
pany have opened the new Tunbridge route, by
which the distance is shortened thirteen miles, and
the time occupied is
proportionately reduced. The
-
Post Office insists upon the mails being conveyed by
the shortest and quickest route, and has cut down
the allowance as well as the time for doing the work.
The company has had to submit.
London, England, 1869-02-23

THE COTTON TRADE.

What is called a " wages crisis" is predicted in the
cotton trade of Lancashire. The men are most dis-
satisfied at the recent reductions of time and wages.
The masters are taking steps for their own security
by joining the Free Labour League of Manchester;
and, to better their position, the men propose to
amalgamate all trades into " one grand union."
Should they do as is proposed, the very first dispute
between masters and men, in whatever trade, may
be expected to be the signal for such a conflict
between capital and labour as has never been seen in
this country. So say those who watch the " signs
of the times." That the workpeople are really in
earnest may be gathered from the fact that the
female operatives are proposing to throw off their
woollen under-clothing, and to wear only calico and
calico priats. This, if it had any effect on the Lan-
cashire trade, would cause a serious depression in the
woollen trade of Yorkshire.
London, England, 1869-02-23

ELECTION PETITIONS.

The tide is turning. After a long run of ill-luck,
the are getting the better of their
opponents in the election petitions. The victories,
however, are only qualified-ones. Mr. Smith, M.P.
for Westminster, escaped with the skin of his teeth,
and will have to paY a portion of the costs. Messrs.
Eaton and Hill are declared duly elected for
Coventry, but the judge declared that the
petition was " most reasonably presented and
prosecuted." At Cashel, Mr. O'Beirne; who
describes himself as an c, independent Liberal,"
has. been unseated for bribery; but his opponent,
Mr. Munster, has also been convicted of the same
offence, .and it is likely enough that this borough,
with its less than 150 electors, albeit it is called the
" City of the Kings," will be disfranchised. Mr.
O'Beirne is the first M.P. declared guilty of
bribery personally, and will therefore be the first to
undergo the penalty of exclusion from the House of
Commons for seven years.
It would seem that the cost of election petitions is
likely to be very large,in spite of the fact that they are
tried on the spot. The Law Times says that the cost
of the Norwich trial will be 85,000, although it
lasted only four days. What it will be in other and
much more protracted cases we scarcely like to think,
but our .contemporary says it will be " ruinous." In
this respect, therefore, the new measure will greatly
disappoint its promoters. The Law Times states that
prompt action is to be taken with the boroughs reported
upon by the election judges as having been guilty
of corrupt practices. The House has ordered that
the evidence in the cases of all the boroughs in which
the members have been unseated be laid before the
llouse, and the writs will bo suspended until the
House shall have determined what course, whether
of total or partial disfranchisement, it will pursue in
respect of them. The immediate penalty will be the
loss of their full representation for a lengthened
period ; certainly for the present session, probably
for the present Parliament; with the prospect of a
commission of iniuiry.
London, England, 1869-02-23

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SPAIN.

It is reported tnat an attempt has been made on General
Prim's life. Some of the members of the Government
visited a royal possession near Madrid a few days ago,
and, whilst walking in the woods alone, Prim was attacked
by a man with a dagger. Prim seized the fellow by both
wrists, overpowered, and held him until assistance came.
Such an attempt is by no means an unlikely event, but
the story, nevertheless, needs confirmation
London, England, 1869-02-23

GERMANY.

The Second Chamber of the Bavarian Diet has just
terminated an interesting debate. No less than five pro.
Positions for an electoral reform, all of them based on the
principle of universal suffrage, have been submitted to a
commission, which has recommended the rejection of all.
The Government approves of this decision. Strange to
say, one of these propositions was brought forward
by the clerical party. The Minister of the In-
terior said that the Cabinet was very desirous
of arriving at a sincere expression of public
opinion, but they feared that universal suffrage would not
lead to this consummation. The influence of the clerical
party was so great, and was exerted so systematically,
that universal suffrage would be merely a tool in its hands.
It is certainly a new thing for the priestly element to make
such a proposition, and it is equally new to find such an
argument brought against it. At present the franchise in
in Bavaria is enjoyed only by citizens of 25 years of age,
who are rated at not less than 168. Bd. a year.
London, England, 1869-02-23

THE IRISH CHURCH.

Real Parliamentary business will hardly commence
until the Ist of March. There will be very little
thorough work done until Mr. Gladstone rises to
propose that the Speaker leave the chair, in order
the House may resolve itself into a committee
to cons::"ler the Irish Church question. Up to that
date measurt7 will be proposed, many of them
important, but nu 'e of them exciting, and we are
likely to have a weeii sleepy dead-alive debates.
Meanwhile pamphleteers are very energetically
giving to the world their opinions on the "great
question." Two works are attracting particular
attlition just now. One, written by Colonel
Adair, is notable in that it is the production of a
member. of thelrish Church Commission. Ile advo-
cates disestablishment meaning by that term the
withdrawal of the bishops from the House of Lords
and from the Irish Privy Council. He would set
the Church entirely free, giving her power to govern
herself. He would, instead of giving to each occupant
" the usufruct of his life interest." capitalize all the

0 life intetesfs," and hand theni over in trust for tne
Church. The Freeman's Journal of Dublin criti-
cising his plan, looks upon it as " a repetition in
another form of the great blunders of the rent-
charge system."
Another tractate to which some attention is called
contains selections from the speeches made during
the general election by the Rev. J. Congreve, rector
of Tooting Graveney. It is the production of a
clergyman who does not see ally injustice in Mr.
Gladstone's policy. Explaining his position as
opposed to the great body of his brethren, he says :
" You will not expect me to speak otherwise than
tenderly of my own order. I have too much esprit
de corps for that; but I must candidly confess
that history tells us the clergy, as a body,
have too often opposed progress, and have ranged
themselves on the side of a retrogressive, stationary,
or obstructive policy. And yet it ought not to be so.
According to my reading of Christianity, every
minister of Christ should be a man of liberal
opinions. His calling is to further everything
that is for the advancement, the progress, and
the reformation of the human race. Without
presuming to judge others, I feel, for my own
part, that a Christian Minister should be on the
Liberal side, and that when he is so he is in his
natural and true position." 7he doctrine thus laid
down by Mr. Congre,, e, if logically followed to its
end, leads to the conclusion that every man, minister
or not, who is not on the Liberal side is in an unna-
tural position, which begs the question in rather too
obvious a manner.

The Royal Commissioners on the Irish Church
estimated the property of that Church at
£010,840. Colonel Adair, one of the commissioners,
seems to have thought his colleagues' estimate too
low, and in his pamphlet he sets down the value as
£839,045, a difference of about 35 per cent.
London, England, 1869-02-23

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PREFERMENT FOR DR. MILLER.

It is stated that Mr. Gladstone has conferred the
rectory of St. Mary, Newington, upon his staunch
political supporter, Dr. Miller, the vicar of Greenwich.
It will be remembered that this preferment became
vacant on the day that the new Bishop of London
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£3,000 and £4,000 a year upon the vicar of Green-
wich. That vicarage which now becomes vacant,
and is in the Premier's gift, is set down as worth
4018 a year. It is to be hoped that it will be con-
ferred upon the Rev. Alfred Cay, who has for many
years done all the work in the parish of St. Mary
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London, England, 1869-02-23

TtADNOTI ELECTION.

On Thursday we shall know if the only member of
Mr. Gladstone's Government who has had to undergo
a contest on re-election will be victor or vanquished.
Mr. Phillips, a local Conservative, has declared his
intention of going to the poll against tho Marquis of
Hartington. The Marquis has issued a very short
address, in which he says that Mr. Gladstone's
Government intends " the establishment of complete
religious equality in Ireland," a phrase which of
course reveals nothing as to the way in which that
equality is to be obtained.
London, England, 1869-02-23

OUR MI RC'ANTILE MARINE.

A correspondent of the Star declares that the:
Navigation Laws have not ruined our shipowners,
but that these have gained by the change. lle is
opposed to the " capitation grant for boys in
training ships," and thinks it will be a dangerous
precedent. He is also against the plan recently pro-
posed, that a Government inspector of shipping,
resident at each of the principal ports of the
kingdom, should inspect all vessels before
they proceed to sea. lle considers the pre-
caution to be quite unnecessary, and declares that
all classed ships are now inspected by men quite as
capable as any Government officer can be. Too
many inspect9rs would be required to perform the
task of supervision, and if they did discover the
defects they might wink at them. In conclusion,
the writer complains that the adoption of such a
course would relieve the shipowner from wholesome
responsibility.
London, England, 1869-02-23

PRINCE LEOPOLD.

It is stated that Prince Leopold is suffering from
extravasation of blood," which has settled in one
of his knees. His Royal Highness, it is known, has
been greatly troubled since his birth by reason of the
extreme thinness, amounting almost to entire absence,
of cuticle. Consequently he is constantly subject to
violent attacks of haemorrhage, which are brought on
by the most trifling accident. Seven years ago he
had to be sent to the south of France for his health.
and it was while he was there that he underwent in
the course of a few hours the bereavement first of
his governor and then of his father. The Prince
will be 1G years old on April 7. Ile is now under the
care of Sir William Jenner.
London, England, 1869-02-23

GERMANY.

The Second Chamber of the Bavarian Diet has just
terminated an interesting debate. No less than five pro-
positions for an electoral reform, all of them based on the
principle of universal suffrage, have been submitted to a
Commission,
• which has recommended the rejection of all.
The Government approves of this decision. Strange to
say, one of these propositions was brought forward
by the clerical party. The Minister of the In-
terior said that the Cabinet was very desirous
of arriving at a sincere expression of public
opinion, but they feared that universal suffrage would not
lead to this consummation. The influence of the clerical
party was so great, and was exerted so systematically,
that universal suffrage would be merely a tool in its hands.
It is certainly a new thing for the priestly element to make
such a proposition, and it is equally new to find such an
argument brought against it. At present the franchise in
in Bavaria is enjoyed only by citizens of 25 years of age,
who are rated at not less than 16s. Bd. a year.
London, England, 1869-02-23

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