biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-03

WAR RUMOURS IN PARIS.

The Eleeteur Libre, which is still edited under the patro'
►age of the deputies Jules Favre, lidnon, and Picard,
offers the following opinion as to the rumours of war which
have caused and, as the depressed state of the Bourse shews,
still do cause alarm :—" The week is characterised by many
rumours, and no fact. There is great talk of the transport
of guns, bombs, and munitions of war to the northern
and eastern frontiers, and even elsewhere, We
are told that explanations have been required from
M. de Bismarck touching alleged armaments in
Prussia ; and some go so far as to affirm that
special war committees, ordered t.) organise the
expedition of troops, are at this moment sitting in
every railway station. Many more alarming things are
said, and particularly that we are demanding from Bel-
gium a rectification of frontiers which Prussia is not dis•
posed to give us. The one thing clear and certain
is that these warlike rumours do not displease
the Government, because they are propagated by its
most devoted organs. The Government evidently wishes
to be thought favourable to projects which it all the while
denies publicly. That is its own affair. For our ow•n
pert, we have no fear of war before the elections.
War is too unpopular in France at the present
moment for a personal Government to dare to assume
the responsibility of it, just when it is about to appear
before universal suffrage. After the elections, if the in-
difference of citizens should assure the triumph of the
prefect'scandidates—if a majority as docile as that which
allowed the Mexican expedition should be returned, then,
indeed, we may see a Power, freed from all substantial
control, set out in search of new adventures. Till then
we shall have nothing but vain rumours and sterile in-
trigues. It is for the electors of 1869 to telPe eexe that
things do not. go further."
London, England, 1869-04-03

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In boxes at ls. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists.
London, England, 1869-04-03

SAFETY SIGNALS FOR PASSENGERS.

Last s.ss'on an Act was passed prov:d.ng that au
trains running more than twenty miles without
stopping should have some means of communication
between the guard and the passengers. Mr. Sheridan
has asked in the House what system had been
agreed on between the railways and Government,
but the reply was not very satisfactory. Mr. Bright
expressed an °pluton that the .• rope system" would
be found effective, but the plan should have had a
public trial before the authorities decided in favour
of it. The adopted rope system involves so much
trouble in its working that it is very likely to be
neglected by those in charge of it. The printed
report of the most experienced of the Board of Trade
inspectors. which was presented to Parliament last
year, is quite against the establishment of the rope
lA§ ktAiglego_tpcttb,at a roper official
London, England, 1869-04-03

Just published, price ls. Gd., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda., containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks,
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Banton, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review. Punch, Weekly Dispatch. Pablic Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.
London, England, 1869-04-03

THE LOM BARD EXCHANGE AND
NEWS-ROOll.
_ _

Lombard-street, London.
MANAGEIt —Mr J. 11. YOUNG HUSBAND, late Treasurer
and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchauge.
Subscriptiou, £3 3s. p 7 miium, or las. monthly, payable
London, England, 1869-04-03

DR-. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe
of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they aro truly excellent ' •
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-Cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and
three times the quantity in one, 2s. tid. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a
square green package, with "William Lambert" engraved
on the stamp.
London, England, 1869-04-03

WAR RUMOURS IN PARIS.

The Electeur Libre, which is still edited ander the patro-
nage of
.the deputies Jules Favre, lidnon, and Picard,
offers the following opinion as to the rumours of war which
have caused and, as the depressed state of the Bourse shews,
still do cause alarm :—" The week is characterised by many
rumours, and no fact. There is great talk of the transport
of guns, bombs, and munitions of war to the northern
and eastern frontiers, and even elsewhere. We
are told that explanations have been required from
M. de Bismarck touching alleged armaments in
Prussia ; and some go so far as to affirm that
special war committees, ordered 0 organise the
expedition of troops, are at this moment sitting in
every railway station. Many more alarming things are
said, and particularly that we are demanding from Bel-
gium a rectification of frontiers which Prussia is not dis-
posed to give us. The one thing clear and certain
is that these warlike rumours do not displease
the Government, because they are propagated by its
most devoted organs. The Government evidently wishes
to be thought favourable to projects which it all the while
denies publicly. That is its own affair. For our own
part, we have no fear of war before the elections.
War is too unpopular in France at the present
moment for a personal Government to dare to assume
the responsibility of it, just when it is about to appear
before universal suffrage. After the elections, if the in-
difference of citizens should assure the triumph of the
prefect'scandidates—if a majority as docile as that which
allowed the Mexican expedition should be returned, then,
indeed, we may see a Power, freed from all substantial
control, set out in search of new adventures. Till then
we shall have nothing but vain rumours and sterile in-
trigues. It is for the electors of 1869 to ts-lra nue that
things do not go further."
London, England, 1869-04-03

THE TREATMENT OF LUNATICS.

The management of St. Luke's Hospital has lately
formed a subject for discussion, and in consequence
of the complaints and criticisms respecting it, the
committee of management requested the Lord
Chancellor to make an independent inquiry
into the condition of the Hospital. Unfortu-
nately his lordship has no jurisdiction in the
matter, and the Commissioners of Lunacy do
not feel called upon to institute one. The Times
takes up the matter strongly, and censures the lack
of proper discipline and the want of a resident
medical superintendent at the head of affairs. The
physical conditions of light, cleanliness, and cheer-
fulness are indispensable to the recovery
of the insane, whereas the cells of St. Luke's
are 'gloomy, dirty, and small. The dietary of
the patients is said to be very defective, and the
supply of hot water insufficient. The whole building
is dirty and squalid, yet the rate of expenditure is
extravagantly high, the maintenance of each patient
testing nearly £BO a year, and the capital stock is
annually diminishing. The Times maintains that
such complaints, which would occasion immediate
and strict inquiry into any private asylum, should not
be passed unnoticed in the case of a public institu-
tion. In reference to this question of insanity, it is
satisfactory to : find that Dr. Lockhart Robertson,
after a careful study of the statistics of lunacy, has
arrived at the conclusion that the apparent increase
in the number of lunatics is due not to the greater
tendency of modern life to develope insanity, but
to the increasing care that is taken of pauper lunatics
and others formerly unnoticed.
London, England, 1869-04-03

ANGLO -AMERICAN TIMES,
AN INTERNATION AL NEWSPAPER,
Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24
PAGES. Reports of Con.rress, Personal, Financial, Mining,
Railroad, Arc. Wealbers of Parlisment, Commercial Men,
and those having an interest in the United State 3, will dad
this rewsp,tper of use.

PubliAlied every S &TURD MORNING, price 4,1.
15. Catherine-fitreel. Strand.

K EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES--
ENGES—
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Testimonials from the most eminent of whom may be seen.
Sold in Boxes, is. Lid.; and Tins, 2s. Gd., 4s. SI, and Hs. .each
by
-K-EATING, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard,
London. Sold retail by all Druggists, &c.
London, England, 1869-04-03

THE TEMPERATURE OF TILE

March was another godsend to the meteorologists.
They are able to rejoice in chronicling most unsettled
and changeable weather in England, an earthquake
in Yorkshire and Lancashire? and dry weather—
rather too much so—in Australia. March, in England,
had a temperature
on the whole below the average
standard; but there was no penetrating frost. The
rainfall was a little above the average. While we were
using great coats and umbrellas, our friends at the
Antipodes would fain have gone without clothes at
all, and would have hailed with joy a cloud no bigger
than a man's hand. Mr. Allnatt, in calling attention
to this, says : " A fact has thus been again recorded
to which I have more than once called attention
namely, that when severe drought has occurred
at our Antipodes England has been generally visited
by a superabundant supply of rainfall." Those who
love to have the exact figures as to temperature may
be interested in knowing
that on the Ist 2nd, and
6th the aggregate mean was in excess of the esti-
mated value by 1.1 deg. The remainder of the month
fell daily below the standard. On the third it was
minus by 8.1 deg.,
on the 14th by 8.3 deg., on the
17th by p. 3 deg., and on the 27th by 11.2 deg. At
the last date the night registered 27 deg., and the
morning 32 deg., and the defalcation on the whole
day, deduced from three observations, was 11.2 deg.
below the estimate for fifty years.
London, England, 1869-04-03

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
Situations of Trust.
Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SIIITII, K.H., F.R.S.
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to
Forfeiture.
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 LAKE, General Manager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
S:
Royal Insurance BuildingsHEAD OFFI
Lombard-street, London.
Royal Insurance Buildings North John-street, Liverpool.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds £Boo,' 00
Accumulated Funds in hand £1,100,000
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Life and Annuity Funds ...
SPECIAL ADYANTAGus—
Exemption of Assured from Liability of Partnership.
BONUSES among the largest ever declared by any Company.
Profits divided every five years.
All new Life Insurances now effected will become entitled
to an Increased Share of the Profits.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Premiums in 1867 £460,553.
REDUCTION OF DUTY.—Since this first took place the increase
of business of the ROYAL has exceeded that of any other Office,
as shown by Government Returns.
Prompt and liberal settlement of Losses.
JOHN H. McLAREN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.
London, England, 1869-04-03

THE PEERS AND THE BILL.

Lord Wharncliffe's speech at Pontefract is worthy
of special notice from the fact that he, a Conserva-
tive, expressly stated that the Peers' rejection of
Mr. Gladstoue's Suspensory Bill last year did not
pledge them to the rejection of his present bill.
They threw out the first because they thought it
premature in face of the approaching appeal to the
country. That appeal has now been made, with
what result is well known ; therefore—the inference
is Lord Wharncliffe's—the Peers stand in a wholly
different position from that which they occupied last
year.

I.ER. CHARLEY.

There has been a Conservative gathering at Sal-
ford, in which Mr. Charley, one of the members,
said that God had chosen him to " assist in working
a righteous retribution on William Ewart Gladstone."
He added that his constituents had consecrated him
to that high and holy mission, and to that mission
he would devote his life. We are told that this was
a " dry " meeting, that it was not a dinner such as
the Conservatives usually affect. We can scarcely
credit it. If Mr. Charley can talk like this from a
platform, what would he say from a dinner table
He would beat Chammene Charlie himself.
London, England, 1869-04-03

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL 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.

OCTAVITJS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART H9DOSON, Esq Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq ....... Deputy-Governor.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOU&N, Watorloo-bridgo-
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. Coutta and Co„ Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road; 8 B.
London, England, 1869-04-03

FATHER IGNATIUS AND MISS ROBINSON.

The Christian World has received two letters from
Father Ignatius respecting his Claydon Chapel. It
will be remembered that the chapel which was used
by Father Ignatius, and had been embellished by him
at great expense, was afterwards let to a
female Baptist preacher, named Miss Robin-
son.lady,
This appears, has allowed
Father Ignatius and his friends to retake possession
of the chapel, and he has appealed to the public for
contributions towards defraying her expenses.
Twenty-five pounds was the sum required, but the
amount of the subscriptions was only fourteenpeneo.
The Christian World is inclined to think that
Father Ignatius and his friends should pay the
money themselves, or else that Miss Robinson
should claim
her expenses from Mr. Drury
if he had no
right to let her the chapel. Father
Ignatius complains that many of his Catholic
friends are angry with him for not fighting
Min Robinson. and her deacons, while many
of Miss Robnison's friends are equally angry
with her for her concessions to the monks. He
thinks it a very sad thing to see Christians so bitter
in their animosities amongst themselves, and says it
makes his heart ache to hear them wrangle and dispute.
Whatever may be thought of Mr. Lyne's theology,
his tolerance is, at all events, worthy of imitation.
London, England, 1869-04-03

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. REID, M.A.
London, England, 1869-04-03

READABLE SHORT-HAND, SELF-TAUGHT :
Being a System by which people can teach themselves:
write the longest word without lifting the pan ; read what they
write; and correspond with friends at home or abroad, on plea-
sure or business. It embraces a donhie set of vowels, with liquid
consonants grafted on the other letters ; together with t DIAGRAM
OF Dors, and a combination of wor:ls in most familiar use, into
ready sentences The whole forming A SY.ATEIf OF READABLE
SHORT- AND, Shortened. By Mill:DO YOUNG.
London; Edward :..ta.nford, 6 and 7, Charing-cross, S.W.
• Price 2s. 6d.
London, England, 1869-04-03

BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Chief Offices 429, Strand, London.

TRUSTEE,.
Lieut.-General Sir J. E. IR. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S.
Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq.
Sir JAMOS Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Smith, M.D.
Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, E:,q.
F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD—FRANCIS WEBB, Esq.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN W. TYLER SMITH, Esq.
EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNEAL RE-
PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting hold at the
Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS
WEBB, Esq., in the chair.
Tho directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur-
ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were
issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual
premiums the sum of £25,227 8C
The following tabulated ran
ness transactions during the th

•us exhibit the new busi-
:e quinquennial periods :
London, England, 1869-04-03

rimiE 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 Mondays, Wednesdays
Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without' and
letters of
recommendation.
HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-04-03

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Major WALKER took the oath aad his seat for Dum-

Eriesshire.

OPENING TIIE MUSEUMS ON SUNDAYS.

Mr. Gregory gave notice that on going into committee
of supply on the 13th he should move a resolution to the
effect that the public museums be opened on Sundays
after the time of morning service.
RITUALISM IN ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.
Mr. STAPLETON gave notice that, on an early day,
ho should ask a question of the Secretary for the Homo
Department, relative to the. ritualist procession which
took place on Good Friday, in the parish of St. George's-
in-the-East.
London, England, 1869-04-03

QUEEN ISABELLA.

It is stated at Paris that the counsellors of Queen
Isabella have held their last meeting. Most of them
have long been of opinion that the only chance for
the fallen dynasty lay in the ex• Queen abdicating in
favour of her son. The question was again put at
this " Cabinet Council," and the Queen again refused.
The meeting then broke up. Some of the Queen's
..literents have given up_all hope, and have resolved to try
their fortunes elsewhere. It is even said that Father
Claret will shortly set out for Rome, where he will live in
retirement
London, England, 1869-04-03

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

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

Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.
London, England, 1869-04-03

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PRICES BASED ON READY-MONEY
SYSTEM

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A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT for BOY'S
CLOTHING.

OVERCOATS IN EVERY STYLE AND
MATERIAL.

OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5.

BOOTS and SHOES.

HOSIERY and DRAPERY.

AND HATS and CAPS,

IN GREAT VARIETY.

COMPLETE OUTFITS for ALL CLIMATES.

ALL GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES

ARTICLES NOT APPROVED OF EX•
CHANGED or the MONEY RETURNED.

AN easy and accurate System of Self-measnre,
introduced by E. MOSES and Son. has served to extend
their connection to all parts of the kingdom,

ORDERS by POST promptly and carefully
attended to.

1-_,IST of PRICES, with Rules of Self-measure,
Patterns and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free.

EMOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS
• are CLOSED every Friday Evening at sunset till
Saturday Evening at sunset, when business is resumed until 11
o'clock.

IL, MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke
.2.4• Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters,
Hosiers. Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters
for all Classes.

The following are the London addresses of E. MOSE 3 and
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CITY ESTABLISHMENT.

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Country Branch:
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SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre-
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they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their
nly Establishments are the above-mentioned.
London, England, 1869-04-03

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in 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. Tho use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is hero 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 &se and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
tot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circunifori.nce of
the body, two inched below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JO EIN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. •
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 61, and 31s. 61 Postage,
is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 61 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, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
FLASTIC STOCKINGS,
—I KNEE-OAFS, &e., for Varicose Voins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. Gd.,
108., and 16s. each. Postage, Gd.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1869-04-03

THE STRIKE AT GENEVA.

The.. people of Geneva are not disposed to tolerate the
interference of a foreign association. Two strikes have
just occurred in the Swiss city. One was a strike of
printers, which was supported by the International
Society of Workmen ; but in spite of this aid the move-
ment collapsed. Then the society incited the masons to
pack up their tools, and gave them support. Some work-
men who did not want to strike were assaulted. But the
Genevese will not stand it. Several thousands of the
populace have met and resolved to uphold the Govern-
ment, without distinction of party, in its endeavours to
preserve freedom of labour.
London, England, 1869-04-03

ANCIENT MONUMENTS.

Mr. L..kYA RD, in reply to Sir 11. Verney, said the
state of the ancient monuments in this country
was not at all creditable, and ho thought that
some steps ought to be taken to preserve them
from utter destruction. lle had asked the Society of Anti-
quarians through the President, the Earl of Stanhope,
whether they would make out a list of the monuments
which it was desirable to place under the protection of
some competent authority, and that list was in course of
being made out. When it was completed he would sub-
mit the matter to Parliament, with a view of something
being done to prevent the destruction of monuments of
national interest. (hear, bear.)
COMMUNICATIONS WITLI RAILWAY GUARDS.

Mr. BRIGHT said the rope system had been adopted
because it was thought to be the most convenient system
for general usage. The repo was placed outside the car-
riages, just at the top of the window, and it would be
found that it would be a much better arrangement than
placing the rope inside the carriage. (Hear, hear.) He
thought it would be a useless expenditure of money to print
the whole of the correspondence that had taken place on
the subject.

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE-THE ABYSSINIAN

BAT TA.

Mr. CHILDERS, in reply to Viscount Enfield, 'aid that
the merchant vessels chartered during the Abyssinian ex-
pedition could not participate in the six months' batta
which had been given for the success of the operations.
The payment of the batta was confined to the troops and
naval service.
London, England, 1869-04-03

DIRECTORS.

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq._

William Tetlow Hibbort,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
EgArton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Maleolmson,
Esq.
Lord Joseeline Wm. Percy.
Mules Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
Luel Sally, Esq., F.R.S.

Lancelot William Dent, E9q.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sami

NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire
on the 9th of April.
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 Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
r MING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cont.:per:annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
This Corporation affords to the Assured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
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LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution
contributed to the saving of 862 lives from various ship-
wracks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution
also expended £20,433.in the same period on its Lifeboat
Establishments, in addition to granting £2.431 for re-
wards.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the
public for assistanceto enable them to meet the continued
heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard
Zack, at th4_lnstitution, 44, ,hluzitroet
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THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—The
RAILWAY NEWS of Thi: Day (Saturday) contains
LETTER. FROM MR. SALISBURY ON THE
METROPOLITAN RAILWAY,
Aud all the. Latest Pailway News of the Week.
Fr:ce Gd. Office, 3, Whitefriars-street.
London, England, 1869-04-03

PROMOTION BY MERIT.

On the motion for the house going into committee for
the consideration of the army estimates,
Mr. C. BUXTON called attention to the late appoint-
ment of the deputy-master of the Mint. The situation
had remained vacant fir a considerable time, and it was
fully to be expected that the gentleman who would have
received the appointment was Mr. Mushett, the
chief clerk, who was in every way fitted for
the duty. Such a course had not been followed,
but the gentleman who had the good fortune to get the
appointment was the private secretary of the right hon.
member for Buckingham, who received the appointment
but a few days before the late Government quitted office.
The gentleman who had been appointed had no ex-
perience in the duties to be performed, and the gentleman
who bad been pissed over had been a great number of
years in the Mint, and was in every way qualified for the
performance of the duties required of the Deputy Master
of the Mint. Ho thought the greatest danger was to be
apprehended if promotion by merit was to be set aside in
favour of nomination by powerful friends.
Mr. DISRAELI said the appointment had been made
with a view to the public efficiency. It was not
a fact that the late appointment had been made as a
reward for political partizanship. The gentleman he had
appointed, it was true, had held the office of his private
secretary, but when the filling the appointment was first con-
si lered, the claims of Mr. 3lushett were fully considered.
It was thought that fresh blood was wanted in the Mint,and
after the most deliberate consideration Mr.Freemantle was
appointed. He had received a letter from the Master of the
Mint, who entirely approved of the appointment; and ho
was of opinion that groat public- advantage would result to
the public service by it.
Mr. GLADSTONE said it appeared to him that the
answer of the right hon. gentleman opposite mu ,t be quite
satisfactory to the hon. gentleman who had brought the
subject forward. Mr. Freemantle was not the first
gentleman appointed to the Miut, not previously
holding an appointment in that establishment,
as Captain Harness was appointed to the establishment
from outside, and a better public servant could not have
been had. (Hear, bear.) He thought the explanation of
the right hon. gentleman perfectly straightforward and
quite satisfactory. (Hear, bear.)
London, England, 1869-04-03

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 aSisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,

Rev. J. W. Ayr°
Rev. F. 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
Octavins Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Furse
C. J. Freake. Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey
G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook Esq., Treasurer
Subscriptions will be rem):
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloy(
man-square, to whom Comm

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Herbert, M.P.
Rey. J. E. Kempe
Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. D. Maclagan
Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. J. Moorhouse
J. D. Morton; Esq.
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Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.O.
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R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
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of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to
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tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ' •
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-Cross
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and
three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a
square green package, with " William Lambert" engraved
on the stamp.
London, England, 1869-04-03

FATTIER IGNATIUS AND MISS ROBINSON.

The C'hn'stian T 6 i rld has received two letters from
Father Ignatius respecting his Claydon Chapel. It
will be remembered that the chapel which was used
by Father Ignatius, and had been embellished by him
at gre,it -expense, was afterwards let to a
female Baptist preacher, named Miss Robin-
son. This
lady, it appears, has allowed
Father Ignatius and his friends to retake possession
of the chapel, and he has appealed to the public for
contributions towards defraying her expenses.
Twenty-five pounds I.vas the sum required, but the
amount of the subscriptions was only fourteenpence.
The Christian Wurid is inclined to think that
Father Ignatius and his friends should pay the
money themselves, or else that Miss Robinson
should claim her expenses from Mr. Drury
if he had no right to let her the chapel. Father
Ignatius complains that many of his Catholic
friends are angry with him for not fighting
Miss Robinson and her deacons, while many
of Miss Robinson's friends are equally angry
with her for her concessions to the monks. Ile
thinks it a very sad thing to see Christians so bitter
in their animosities amongst themselves, and says it
makes his heart ache to hear them wrangle and dispute.
Whatever may be thought of Mr. Lynch theology,
his tolerance is, at all events, worthy of imitation.
London, England, 1869-04-03

THE LONDON SURGICAL 110 1E 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.

Tho private medical attendants of the patients are
in vited to visit them, and to moot in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can bo obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.
London, England, 1869-04-03

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
bam-rise. instituted in 1861.
Patroness—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persc ns over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of .£2O per annum are also gratited•
The Home was opened in September 1863; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary,
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited,
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street, E.O. ; Messrs, Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
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London, England, 1869-04-03

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-71d3 Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Elias W. Collins, a cab proprietor, of Little Edward-
street, R3B-ent's Park, appeared before Mr. Knox to answer
the complaint of the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals of causing a horse to be ill-treated by
being worked while in an unfit state, and John Urn, a
driver in his employ, for working the horse.

After hearing the evidence of Mr. Cherry, the veterinary
surgeon, Mr. Knox fined Collins 20s. and Liuoy 10a.

THAMES.
THE Bow BANDITTI AGAlN.—James Redman, alias
Ruddyman, aged 19 years, John Back 18, Richard Brown
18, and Edward Atkins 20, were brought up on remand
before Mr. Benson, charged with c nntuitting several rola
berics. They were committed for trial.
London, England, 1869-04-03

ATROCITIES OF LOPEZ.

Mr. Masterman, who entered the Paraguayan service in
1861 as chief military apothecary, gives a long account
of the sufferings he endured at the hands of Lopez. In
October 1862, he was arrested because ho would not give
up a packet of letters he had received for a prisoner. He
was thrown into a filthy cellar swarming with centipedes,
scorpions, and other vermin. He says: " One mast pain-
ful addition to my sufferings was that my cell adjoined the
inner patio, where political prisoners were often tortured
in a most revolting manner. I could not see them, but
their groans and shrieks were but too audible, and I
shall never forget the agony they occasioned me. I re-
mained in that horrible place, in a dim twilight, a foetid
atmosphere, and surrounded by patients dying from Asiatic
cholera, for eleven months, never once leaving it nor
seeing sunlight the whole of the time. I left it sick,
emaciated, and half blind, and so changed in appearance
that my most intimate friends scarcely knew me." After
further sufferings, Mr. Masterman was set at liberty,
through the energetic action of the United States. But
during that time he was the unwilling witness of scores of
executions—men, women, and childrenbeing tortured and
butchered wholesale.

THE VOCE OF THE CHURCH.

Not only in Dublin have protests been made at
the diocesan conferences, but in Navan, Limerick,
and Eilkenny. At all the s me cry of "No Sur-
rcnder " Nss. iJised ; but at Navan, Lord Dunsany
appealed to the meeting to look at the practical side
of the question. lie w.:s not sanguine enough to
believe that the bill would be ultimately rejected.
Were they ? If not let them rather endeavour to
obtain a moderation of the details of the bill than
to be continually shouting against all change. The
cry of " No Surrender " woald neither confirm nor
conciliate. his lordship happily was listened to,
and there was no talk of repeal.
Indeed, no one believes but that the repealis all
pretence. The National Association of Dublin have
adopted a resolution declaring that the new agitation
for a repeal of the Union is a pretence and a sham,
put forward in the interest of an anti-Irish
ascendancy party. When the agitation is over,
the very party which is now for separation
is likely to be foremost in its eenunciation of sedi-
tion. And when the agitation is over, it is hoped
we shall have no more language, like that of Dr.
Gregg f„lling from the lips of a bishop. In a recent
meeting the Bishop of Cork concluded a speech by
saying "They talk of bills and bills, but Billy Glad-
stone and his bill may go to the . At tins
meeting the proceedings terminated with singing the
Doxology.
London, England, 1869-04-03

JULY.

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Kingsbury ......... 9
OCTOBER.
Bromley ....................... 7 I West Drayton 2l, 23
NOVEMBER.
Worcester ...............2, 3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15,
Harrow ........... .. .. ...... 2, 3 Leamington Runt 23 ao
Lverpool ......... 9, 10, 11, 12 1
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COURSING FIXTURES.

AUGUST.

St. Albans l7
OCTOBER.
ADCaSter and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6.
Ormosby 19, drc.
Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27.

MISS BATEMAN AS " LEAII."--Miss Bateman's re-
appearance as Leah, in Dr. Mosenthal's famous drama, at
the Theatre Royal, on Monday evening, says the Dublin
Daily Express, excited a degree of public enthusiasm which
could find but few parallels in recent times, and which
certainly constituted a most flattering tribute to the pro-
feersinal orainouce of the grog Amoriow_tragedionno.
London, England, 1869-04-03

The trench semi-official papers state that the accounts
of the Republican rising in Italy are exaggerated.
Mazzini is opposed to the attempt, which has, besides,
found no support amongst the people. This confirms the
intelligence given by the Liberle that Mazzini does not
deem the time propitious for a movement, but it is none
the less true that the Republican leader is quietly pursuing
his agitation policy.
London, England, 1869-04-03

THE FREE AND OPEN CHURCH SYSTEM.

The Archbishop of York, a most astute divine,
who has never been known to take up a cause which
fair chance of success, spoke at
has not a very
Pontefract in behalf o f the Free and Open Church
Association. He. said, with reference to the fact
that the system is to be tried at Pontefract parish
hurch, ,4 No doubt that feeling is deep-seated
which induces a man to carry the notion of pro-
Perty---and that a delusive notion—into the house
of God, and to think that his dignity and
consequence are consulted if he can exercise
a right over more seats than he is able to occupy ;
and yet, my fripds, I hope that this not a
natural and ineradicable feeling and sentiment. I
believe that there is another and higherfeeling which
may by degrees take. its place—a feeling of the
equality of all men m the sight of the Most High ;
the feeling also of love which induces us to love that
Church most which is made most fully available for
the wants of the people." We may add that the
London association for promoting this system has
among its patrons a large number of M.P.'s in both
Houses, including the Home Secretary and the First
Lord of the Admiralty. The association would do
good service by getting sonic of its parliamentary
friends to bring in a bill declaratory of the law with
regard to seats in, parish churches.
London, England, 1869-04-03

MR. CHARLEY.

There has been a Conservative gathering at Sal-
ford, in which Mr. Charley, one of the members,
said that God had chosen him to " assist in working
a righteous retribution on William Swart Gladstone."
He added that his constituents had consecrated him
to that high and holy mission, and to that mission
he would devote his life. We are told that this was
a " dry " meeting, that it was not a dinner such as
the Conservatives usually affect. We can scarcely
credit it. If Mr. Charley can talk like this from a
platform, what would he say from a dinner table ?
He would beat Charareene Charlie himself.

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were coloured. Of the coloured population, 226,000 are
designated as of the free class, but this includes, besides
the freemen of nogro blood, a largo number of Chinese.
More than three-fourths of the population, white and black,
are in the western department, where the baeurreation has
B.s yet hardly wade its appearance,
London, England, 1869-04-03

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