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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-06

A.D. 1720.

ft 0 YAL 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.

OCT AVID'S WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART lIIDGSON, Esq Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

DIRECTORS.

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattle y, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, lsq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,

William Tetlow Hibbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egorton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Esq.
Lord J osceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Sankuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
iuol Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

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 Christmas will
expire on the 9th of January.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
Fp r MING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Rever-ionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
This Corporationi
affords to the Asrured
Liberal participation n Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-06

MR. GLADSTONE'S FIRST CHURCH PATRONAGE

The first piece of Church patronage which has
fallen into the hands of the Premier is rather impor-
tant—it is a canonry of Worcester, worth £BOO
a year. The late holder was the lion. John Fortescue.
uncle of the present Earl Fortescue, and who was
born in 1790. The late canon was a pluralist, having
held the rectory of Poltimore, near Exeter, which
was worth about £.590 a year. The latter prefer-
ment is in the gift of Lord Poltimore.
London, England, 1869-01-06

THAMES.

STEALING IEA IN THE DOCKS.—Thomas Smith, a
labourer, was charged with stealing Blbs. of tea,
the property of the London and St. Katherine Dock
Company.

Morton Fernyhough, a dock constable, stated
that he saw the prisoner about to pass out of the
St. Katherine Dock, and he appeared to be very
bulky. He stopped him and discovered tea in his
pockets, and a large portion was tied up in his linen
under his clothes. There was Blbs. in all, and it
was worth 16s.

Mr. Mumford, superintendent of the Dock Com-
pany's police, said that robberies of this description
had been very frequent, and if the magistrate
thought proper to commit the prisoner for trial
counsel would be retained, and the prosecution
conducted at the company's own expense. The pri-
soner was not in the company's service, but he must
have been in concert with people who were employed
by the company.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he was
tempted to steal the tea when he saw so many thou-
sand packages in the dock warehouses. He was out
of work.

The magistrate sentenced the prisoner to four
months' imprisonment and hard labour.
Another labourer, named John Williams, was
charged with stealing 10 pounds of tea in the
London Dock.

Yesterday afternoon, a gate-keeper saw the pri-
soner jump into the back of a light-cart with a
large parcel in his hand. The horse and cart were
being driven towards the western entrance and
gateway.lOn arriving at the gate the officer stopped
the horse and cart, arrested the prisoner and took
from him the parcel, which contained Nibs. of tea.
The prisoner, who is not employed in the dock,
was reinarpied for a week for inquiries to be made
about him.
London, England, 1869-01-06

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. R. ChattPrton.
Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on
every Wednesnay and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays.
THIS EVENING, will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT.
To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled
GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN BOOTS,
(NI) THE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery
by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire
strength Of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe
of Pantomimi,ts; and combining the grandest stage effects of
any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at
half-past 0, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily.
London, England, 1869-01-06

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"PATE AU DIABLE."

THE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for
Luncheon, Breakfast, &e. It will be found most useful
for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c. Also their
ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND

PURE PICKLES
(Manfield's Patent),
To be obtained Wholesale and Retail of
JOHN BURGESS AND SON,
107. STRAND
(Corner of Savnv Steps),
London, W.C.
London, England, 1869-01-06

111ARKE7 S-2 HIS DAY.

MARK LANE.
The attendance in the early morning was thin, even
for a Wednesday, but factors Were very firm in their de-
mands, and English wheat sold at rates quite equal to
Monday's quotations. Flour was rather more inquired
for,prices. Oats were harder to buy..owiug to
shorts ;fullply.

LIVERPOOL COTTON.
January 6.—Sales probably 12,000 bales. Market
etevdy.
London, England, 1869-01-06

" PATE AU DIABLE."

THE above Paste is a most agreeable relish for
Luncheon, Breakfast. &c. It will be found most useful
for deviling Legs of Turkey, Fowl, Biscuits, &c. Also their
ORIGINAL AND SUPERIOR ESSENCE ANCHOVY AND

PURE PICKLES
(3lanfield's Patent),
To be obtained Wholesale and Retail of
JOHN BURGESS AND SON,
107. STRAND
(Corner of Savoy Steps),
London, W.C.

JOHN GOSNF.LL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decly, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.
London, England, 1869-01-06

11PRESSION OF VAGRANCY.

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The subject of vagrancy has been under discussion
by the magistrates and others interested in the ques-
tion, at a public meeting held in Bedford. After a
long conference it was agreed that the Poor-lawßoard
should be requested to make a compulsory order for
the uniform treatment of tramps throughout England
and Wales ; that the relief of vagrants should be.
transferred altogether from the board of guardians
to the police ; and that adequate accommodation, on
the separate system, should be provided for them at
the police-stations, and that the expense be defrayed
partly out of the county rate and partly out of the
Consolidated Fund.

ABOLITION OF CAPIT 4.L PUNISHMENT.
Mr. Tallack writes to the Star on the subject of
the abolition of capital punishment, and mentions
that Mr. Charles Gilpin will give notice of a motion
on the subject when Parliament reassembles. Though
immediate success may not attend the efforts made
in the matter, much good may be done
by persistence in the work, if only by renewing
public attention and reflection. The first
result of the Capital Punishment Commission was
the Private Executions Bill of last session. The
" great moral lesson question " was thereby done away
with. The danger of hanging innocent persons
ought, in the opinion of this writer, to furnish a
conclusive argument against the capital penalty.
Experience shews that in the continental and
American States the extreme measure can be dis-
pensed with without lessening public security,
and with no increase of crime. The condemna-
tion of men to death on circumstantial evidence
is not justiEel by Scripture or justice. We may
look at the case of Pellizzioni, who was sentenced to
death for a murder which it was afterwards found he
had not committed; and that circumstantial evi-
dence cannot be depended upon was fully proved by
the case of Smith, in 1865, in the trial for th ,
Cannon-street murder. The advocates for the abol,-
tion • of capital punishment seek no impunity for
rwinus but. an. the.
.coutraryi tbiek Abject lias been

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London, England, 1869-01-06

_BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-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 persons 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 granted.
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.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.
London, England, 1869-01-06

Orders by pips punctually attended to;

THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE
delivars the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilburn,
8 ; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford,
9.45.

SPORTING.—JOHN ROBERTS supplies the
LATES r EDITION of "THE SUN " as soon as pub-
lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C.

riIHE LATE EDITION of "TILE SUN' at
JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street,
Strand.
London, England, 1869-01-06

[IR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER
ILY PILLS.—A NE VER-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 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, is. lid., and
three times the quantity iu 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.

HUNTING, SHOOTING, AND
FISHING.
THE STRONGEST MAN in the world Cannot break
the ever-lasting Porpoise-skin Boot Laces made by

GILL AND CO.,
12, Brewer-street, Golden-square, London, W.
Price ls. per pair; by post, 14 stamps; six pairs, ss.
FRENCH DUBBING.—This invaluable composition
possesses the properties of preserving leather, rendering it
supple and waterproof. It is identically the same dubbing
as that used by the best curriers in Bordeaux. BOOTS,
SHOES, and HARNESS are particularly benefited by its
application.

Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. GILL and CO.,
Curlers and Leather Sellers, 12, Brewer-street, Golden-
square.
Price ls. 6d., 2s. 6d., and ss. per can.
London, England, 1869-01-06

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, 1869-01-06

THE SCOTCH METHOD OF COURTING

The Royal Commissioners who have been considering
the laws of marriage had some evidence on the subject
of courtship and matrimony in Scotland. A medical
man of forty years' experience informed the com-
missioners that among the agricultural working
classes the ordinary time for courtship is in the
middle of the night. Farm servants got out of the house
when everybody is in bed, go to a neighbouring farm-
house, and rouse a young woman in it by making a
noise at her window. The girl comes to the window,
and if she knows the young man, or, after a little
parley, and if she does not know him, she either admits
him into her bedroom, or comes out and goes with
him into an outhouse for courting. There is no courtship
in any other form. The fathers and mothers will not
allow their daughters to meet a young man in the daytime,
and the young man never visits the family ; but the
parents quite allow this. They have done it themselves
before. If the father knows it is going on, he lies com-
fortably in his bed, just as a father in a higher rank of life
would shut his eyes to his daughter g, lig out for a walk
with a young man. This medical witness says that he has
remonstrated with parents when ill consequences have
followed, but they say their daughters must have hus-
bands, and there is no other way of courting. Marriage
follows, perhaps, in two-thirds of the cases ; and
frequently the expectation of thus securing a husband
leads a young woman more easily to fall. The witness
states that in attending midwifery cases among the work-
ing classes he notices that it is very rare to find the first
child born so long as eight months after marriage. The
general feeling among these classes is that if they are
afterwards married, and any previous offspring thus
legitimised, there has been no Fin, as in fact there is no
scandal, no shame, no disgrace.
London, England, 1869-01-06

1/FR. WEBB, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of "The
k Latest Improved System of Dentistry," second edition'
just published, and sent free for two stamps. "Will well repay
perusal." —Express. Attendance nine to six. Consultations free.
—27, New Bond-street. N.B. -Many years with Mr. Eskell, of 8,
Grosvenor-street.
London, England, 1869-01-06

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NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AMA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
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 wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each.
including brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
Special Morning Performances of the Grand Pantomime on
every Wednesnay and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays.
THIS EVENING, will performed MY WIFE'S OUT.
To be followed by the Great Christmas Pantomime, entitled
GRIMALKIN THE GREAT; OR, HARLEQUIN Puss IN BOOTS,
tND TUE MILLER'S SONS, with new and magnificent Scenery
by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Characters in the Opening by the entire
strength of the company. In the Harlequinade a Double Troupe
of Pantomimists; and combining the grandest stage effects of
any Pantomime ever produced at this theatre. Doors open at
half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily.

'THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone.

THIS EVENING, A HERO OF ROMANCE. Messrs.
Buckstone, Sotbern, Compton, Chippendale, &c.: Mesdames
Ada Cavendish, Chippendale, Burke. Fitzwilliam, &c.
Concluding with THE FRIGHTFI7L HAIR. V essrs. Comp
ton, Kendal. Weaihersby, Buckstone, jun., &c. ; Mesdames
Wright. Burke, Gwynn, &c.
London, England, 1869-01-06

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decly, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 61—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper
Thames-street, London.
London, England, 1869-01-06

(Corrected List.'

Arlington, Atonement, Ajax, by St Albans, Archimedes,
Alicia, The 2Egean, Aggravator, Ackworth, *Actrea,
*Abergeldie, Bracken, Birthday, Birdseeker, Blue Gown,
Blacklock, Bonnie Katie, Beeswing, Buxton, Cork Jacket,
Cock of the Walk, Consternation, Cocoa Nut, Clement:43,
Cecil, Chivalry, c by Netherwood, by Scandal—Rambling
Kate, *c by Kettledrum—lmperatrice, Derventio, Dolby,
Fair Wind, Fervacques, Falstaff, Fidelia, Fan, *Fortunio,
Good Hope, G'ianttss, g by Romulus—Attack, Goodwood,
*Grimston, George Osbaldeston, *Gondolier, Hymen, by
Neville, Hammerton, Honesty, Izaak Walton, Jerry Haw-
thorn, King's Cross, Knight of the Garter, Kingsland,
King of the Fairies, Lord Hawthorn, The Lamb,
Lady Morgan, Lumley, Lady Coventry, Legislator,
Ligurian, Lady Raglan, *Landscape, Limerick, Lionel,
Lopez, The Laird, Moldavia, Minster Bell, Mandrake,
Messman, Master Robert, Mariner, *Make Haste, Nogara,
Powderham, Percussion, *Purveyor, Paganini, Perfume,
Paul Jones, Ploughboy, Phantom, Pomfret, Rcmping Girl,
Russian Bear, The Rescue, Robespierre, Redcap, *The
Rescue, The Spy, Standard Bearer, Slowman, See-Saw,
St. Muogo, Stokoley, The Special, Tormentor, Tatoouret,
Tribune, Tertullus, Taraban, Tradewind, *Tornado,
*Tynedale, Viridis, Viscount, Vestminster, Velocity by
Van Galen, Vauban, Van Amburgh, Vortigern, Vansittart,
Weather Star, Warrington, Wellington, Walmer, Whin-
yard, Xi, Our Mary Ann, Benefactor, and Vagabond.
Sir R. W. Bulkeley, Mr. H. Chaplin, Mr. Palmer, and
Mr. Stephenson, are subscribers, but did not name.
. . . .

Those horses marked thus * having been entered without
the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the
time prescribed unless specially ordered to remain in.

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Lincoln l6, 17
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Chelmsford.... 25, 26
Derby Spring 25, 26

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I Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 West Somerset 18, 19
Warwick. 9, 10, 11 Margate 99
Kingsbury l2, 13 Durham 29, 30
Northampton l6, 17 tpsom 30, 31
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Aldershot
Catterick Bridge 1, 2 1 Lewes 20 2t
Thirsk . 6 7 1 Croydon... 22, 23
Streatham 8, 'J 1 Newniarke.t Ist Spring
26, /to.
London, England, 1869-01-06

THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC.

THIS EVENMG, at 7, SL A SHER &CRASHER: Messrs Atkins,
Vaughan, G. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Lennox Grey and Mrs Caulfield.
After which, at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : - Messrs. H
Ne- ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H.
Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield;

ROYALTY THEATRE.
Under the Management of Miss M_ Oliver.
Turs EVENING, at 7.30, A LOVING CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss
M. Oliver. To be followed by THE RISE AND FALL OF
'ICHARD III.; or, A New Front to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar
Mr. Danvers; Miss CoHinson, and Miss M. Oliver. To con-
elude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND.

PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE.
Under the Management of N iss _ Marie Wilton'

THIS EVENING, SOCIETY: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague,
.Blakeley, Montgomery, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White,
Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, WHO
SPEAKS FIRST ! Messrs. Montague and Blakeley ; Miss C.
Addison.
London, England, 1869-01-06

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
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 wonderful liquid. it is now offered to the public
in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each,
including brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.
London, England, 1869-01-06

11' ESTMINS FER.

A NONSENSICAL CumiGE.--Robert Watson, a
hard-working wan, was charged with stealing a
scarf-pin, value £3 10s., from the person of Henry
Day, described as a gentleman, of 168, Cambridge-
street, Pimlico.

Prosecutor said he met the prisoner last evening
at a public-house. The prisoner asked him to treat
him, and he did so, and left the public-house, but
prisoner followed, and again importuned him, and
while he was looking at a photographer's shop, pri-
soner came and snatched his scarf-pin. He gave
him into custody.
From the statement of the prisoner it appeared
that the prosecutor got drunk in four public-houses
at Knightsbridge, and finally went into the Alex-
andra Hotel bar and called for a pint of beer, for
which he had no money to pay, and left the place ;
the barmaid asked for the money, and prisoner
went after the prosecutor to ask him to pay; he
overtook him at Hyde-park-corner, and then pro-
secutor charged him with stealing the pin.
The police sail the pin was not found. The pri-
soner was drunk.

Mr. Selfe said it was a nonsensical charge. Pro-
secutor was drunk, and no wonder he lost his pro-
perty if he indiscriminately mixed with persons in
public-houses. He discharged the prisoner.
London, England, 1869-01-06

CANON MILLER ON THE RITUAL JUDGMENT.

Canon Miller has written an admirable letter to
the Record on the Ritual judgment. He says ho
has for some time been coming to the conviction
that the Low Church party must make concessions
in order to obtain a greater approach to law and
order in the Church than has been the case of late.
The great evil from which the Church has suffered
is lawlessness. The late judgment will put an end
to that, if it is carefully obeyed by all parties.
Happily, this is possible without any sacrifice
of principle. Let, then, the clergy of the
school to which he belongs confer together, in order
to see what the judgment involves, and having
ascertained that, let them obey it, without waiting for
a monition from the bishops. At the same time, let
them remember that the clergy do not constitute the
Church, and that their people ought to be considered ;
and, in malting any changes, let it be clearly ex-
plained that they are made, not out of any sympathy
with Rome, but in loyal obedience to the law of the
English Church. It is to be hoped that this letter
will serve as an eirenicon. One is much needed just
now.
London, England, 1869-01-06

THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.—Every Policy effected with this Society by the
31st inst. will have the advantage of one year in every Annual
Bonus.
The Directors give notice that the Policies of the Society be-
come Indisputable, and are relieved of all conditions (except
payment of the annual premiums), when they have remained
unchallenged for five years, and the life assured has completed
his 30th year.
The bonus additions allotted by the Society are highly satisfac-
tory. In a recent claim the addition to a £ 1,000 assurance, dated
1845, amounted to £l,OlO, making the total payment £2,010.
CHARLES INGIALL, Actuary.
No. 30, King-street, Cheapside,
London, December, 1863.
London, England, 1869-01-06

POL ICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH- STREET.

AMBASSADORS' SERVANTS' PRIVILEGES.—A re-
spectable-looking young woman applied to Mr.
Tyrwhitt for an affiliation order against a servant
of the French Ambassador.

Mr. Tyrwhitt told the applicant that the man
complained of being the servant of an ambassador
she had no remedy, ambassadors' servants being
privileged, and not to be touched. He considered
it a shameful thing that it should be so, but that
was the law, However, if the applicant got a me-
morial drawn up asking the Ambassador's permis-
sion that proceedings might be taken against his
servant it should be forwarded to him, as he con-
sidered that it was a case in which a m ister ought,
to interfere. He had tried the matter with other
ambassador:, and it had been of no use, but the ap-
plicant might be more successful.
Mr. Tyrwhitt requested Welsh, the office-
keeper, to assist the applicut in her object.
London, England, 1869-01-06

HEAVY RIFLED GUNS.

Major Palliser writes to the Times with reference
to the bursting, at the first round, of the Royal Gun
Factory 9-inch 12-ton gun. He says that this acci-
dent is in accordance with the principle he has always
maintained : " that in welding wrought iron into the
huge mass necessary to form the casing of the gun
its properties become quite destroyed, and that the
iron is rendered worthless for resisting the impulsive
strains of gunpowder. It has shewn that such guns
depend for their safety upon a single steel tube, and
that should an accident happen to the tube the guns
will burst with awful violence. The results of
mechanical experiments of this nature will always
recur under similar conditions." Maj or Palliser appears
to have found, what every other inventor except the
lucky Sir Wm. Armstrong has found, the greatest
possible resistance on the part of the Ordnance
Select Committee. In fact, their resistance appears
to be in inverse proportion to the resistance of their
guns. Major Palliser says : "The net cost of 9-inch
12-ton guns made in considerable numbers in the
Royal Gun Factories upon my system, with two interior
barrels of coiled iron, would amount per gun to about
what is paid for purchasing the steel block
wherewith to form the barrel of the Gun Factory
gun. Further, about half the cost of my guns
goes to direct labour, and, therefore, into the pockets
of the Government artisans, who at present are in
great distress for want of work." Unfortunately, he
has spent so much money upon the converted guns
that he has not been able to push his experiments on
tho new heavy rifled guns so fast as he could
wish.
London, England, 1869-01-06

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON and
GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Offices-1, Dale-street, Liverpool; 7, Cornhill ; and
Charing-cross, London.
The Invested Funds now amount to £3,401,055, the
Fire Revenue to £836,816, and that of the Life to £259,039.
The moderate rates of premium, with a guaranteed fixed
Bonus for the Life Policies of this Company, and their
value as SPECIAL SECURITIES to third parties,
render them particularly advantageous. Whole-world
leave is granted on reasonable terms, and claims are paid
thirty days after admission.
JOHN ATKINS, Resident Secretary.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
OANDIDATES intending to present themselves
‘,./ at the Open Competition, commencing on March 16, 1869,
are reminded that Certificates of Birth, ealth, and Characte
should be sent to the Secretary to the C Hivil Service Commis-
r
sioners, London, S.W., on or before the let of February. Regu_
Is.tious may be obtained on application.
London, England, 1869-01-06

OCTOBER.

West Drayton

21, 22

LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING.

DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 2.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Sir John Young, Bart., G.C.8., G.C.M.G., to bo Governor-
General of the Dominion of Canada, and Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Prince Edward.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 2.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom
appointing William Milbourne James, Esq., ono of her
Majesty's Counsel, to be a Vice-Chancellor, in the room of
Sir George Markham Gifford, Kt., resigned.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 1.
The Queen has boon pleased to approve of Don Felix
Garcia Rivera as Consul, and of Don Luis ()aural as
Vice-Consul, at Cardiff for Spain.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening,

Amsterdam Short ...
Do
1 Rotterdam — •.•
Autworp — •••
Brussels - •••
Ramburgh •••
Paris
Ditto . 3 Ms. ...
Marseilles
FrAnkfort-on-the-Main ."
'.. Vienna

11 19i 12 0
12 1} ... 12 1
12 1-1 ... 12 1
25 37k ... 25 42
25 37k 25 42k
13 101 ... 13 10k
25 15 25 25
25 35 ... '25 40
25 35 '25 40
120 k ... 120;
12 20 12 30

Trieste ... 12 20 12 30
Petersburg
Copenhagen • ••• 9 9 21
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz — 48 481
Leghorn
Milan — ... 27 20 ... 27 27
Genoa — ... 27 20 27 80
Naples
Palermo 27 20 ... 27 30
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto slf ... 62
ltio Janeiro
New York

The iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard, 2, 150-
horse power, Lieut.-Commauder S. G. Price, in
dock at Chatham, having undergone a thorough
survey at the hands of the officials connected with
the master shipwright's department, an order has
been received at the dockyard directing that the
contemplated repairs are not to be carried out, the
vessel being found to be in too unsatisfactory a con-
ditiosz to witratut the proposed outlay.
London, England, 1869-01-06

1
,W.N.W.

307i0r.

W.S.W.

EXPLANATION
Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. at sea level. The
letter r, rising ; f, falling : s, steady—indicates direction of motion
of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in
shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours.
Z.—calm. Weather ; b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.- fog:
h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; t—
rain ; 3.—snow ; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted)
daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance.

REMARKS.
Since yesterday the increase in barometrical pressure has been
groat on all coasts, amounting to more than an inch at Greencastle :
the increase since last evening has been most on the E. coast. Read-
ings, which are now generally high, are least in Scotland, shewing a
difference of nearly six-tenths of an inch between Naim and L'Orient.
Temperature is much lower everywhere. The south-westerly gale
which was general yesterday on all coasts shifted to N.W. at some
stations, and subsided during the evening, and this morning a light
westerly wind is reported from most stations. At Ardrossan a fresh
westerly breeze is bowing. On the coast of Scotland the sky is
clear: elszwhere it is generally cloudy, with mist at places on the P
and E. coasts. Some rain has fallen since yesterday.

Lord Hawke, the master of the Badsworth Fox-
hounds, is at present dangerously ill at his seat in Werner-
slay Park, near Pontefract. Only faint hopes aro enter-
tained of his recovery.

On Tuesday next Captain Donelly, the commis-
sioner appointed by the Privy Council, will hold an inquiry
at Barnsley, and hear evidence upon two petitions for and
against the incorporation of the town and township of
Barnsley.

The Conservatives of Brierley-hill and the sur-
rounding towns and parishes have invitod Sir Smith Child
and Mr. Meynell Ingram, the members for West Stafford-
shire, to dinner, on the 27th instant. The new members

Iwo pgeptoil the invitation. --
London, England, 1869-01-06

DEAFNESS.—Acoustic Instruments, for the
Relief of Deafness, to enable persons to join in general
conversation, to hear distinctly at church and public assemblies.
—The SPIRAL EAR TUBE fits spirally in the ear so close, and
being flesh-colour, is unseen. Also Conversational Tubes, Cor-
nets, Trumpets, and every other kind.—SOLOMONS, 39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1869-01-06

A NEW PROBATE COURT SENSATION.

The Solicitors' Journal understands that a case, which
may probably in public interest rival the Yelverton
cause, is approaching trial at the Court of Probate,
London. About the iyear 1830 a youthful scion of a
respectable Irish Catholic family became enamoured of
the blooming daughter of a well-to-do Clare farmer, resid-
ing not far from Lough Derg. He wooed and won, was
married, and lived for some months happily with his wife
and her father, then left home to push his fortune, and
never returned. A son was the issue of the marriage.
No tidings were heard of the absentee for above
twenty years, but at last he was found to be in lucra-
tive business and opulence in London. He had married
thrice after the abandonment of his Clare bride—
first, the daughter of an eminent stockbroker, and sister
of one of the leading physicians in the metropolis :
again, the daughter of a Cambridge squire ; and
lastly, the daughter of an Irish J.P. The second and
third reputed wives had families. At last the delinquent
died, and a marble monument in an English seaport
records his many virtues. His wife, who still lives, was
silenced with a pension in his lifetime ; his fourth reputed
wife and widow obtained administration, and stepped into
possession of the property. This fact reached the ears of
the son of the first marriage, who had been honestly earn-
ing his bread as a confidential clerk in a merchant's office
in Dublin, and a suit is now pending in the English Court
of Probate to set aside the administration to his father,
on the ground that the administratrix is not a widow to
the deceased, and that all the later marriages were
bigamous and void. They can only be sustained on the
ground that the deceased, before his first marriage, had
abandoned the Roman Catholic faith and embraced Pro-
testantism ; and in this consists mainly the interest of the
suit. Many of the witnesses being very aged and infirm,
we understand that the English court has ordered the
examination of witnesses by commission in Ireland.
London, England, 1869-01-06

QAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for dis^ases of women.
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca-
dilly ; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-01-06

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN

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(A • 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to
faform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general,
alat he has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper in
ddition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of " TII2 SUN,"
nd can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town
)r country.
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LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier
lan any other man in London or Country the evening of publi
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Jopies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country
at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by
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London, England, 1869-01-06

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
re as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland- street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 624 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy"). may. be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl, of
Shaftesbury. Its banhors are Messrs. Barclay p;ad Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its 7vork to the
benevolent. DANL. 00,4 ER, f)c.
Qateia-atreet Qheakeide. .
London, England, 1869-01-06

PAUPERISM AND THE POOH LAWS.

The second conference on :the above subject, held
under the auspices of the Social Science Association,
provoked an animated discussion. The chairman
was Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., and the avowed object
of the meeting was, not to abuse or praise the poor-
law system, but to consider whether there was not
a large amount of suffering which the present poor-
law system did not reach, and how it could best be
dealt with. Amongst the remedies suggested were
the abolition of all notion of a right to relief, efficient
and comfortable out-door relief, improved educa-
tion for the children of the poor, well-considered
emigration, public employment by Government,
and an equalisation of the poor rates. The debate
was closed by Dr. Stallard, whose paper at
a former meeting had given rise to it. He
warmly defended his proposal to offer the desti-
tute labourer relief in the form of employment,
and eventually the following resolution was carried :
"That Dr. Stallard's paper be printed and circulated,
and that the council of the association be requested
to take such steps as they may think best calculated
to promote reform in the administration of the poor
laws, and that a further conference be held on the
subject on an early day."
London, England, 1869-01-06

Now ready, at all tho Libraries, in 3 vols.,

SECOND EDITION OF KATHLEEN.
By the Author of "Raymond's Heroine."

The Times, Dec. 26.—" We cord:ally recommend Kathleen'
to the noti eof our readers. It is one of the best novels, either
by a male or female hand, that we have seen for some time."
Athenteum.—" All lovers of a good novel will find diversion
in the pages of 'Kathleen.' "

Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Gnat Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1869-01-06

WESTAIINS CER.

A NONSENSICAL CHARGE.— - Robert Watson, a
herd-working man, was charged with stealing a
scarf-pin, value £3 10s., from the person of Henry
Day, described as a gentleman, of 163, Cambridge-
street, Pimlico.
Prosecutor said he met the prisoner last evening
at a public-house. The prisoner asked him to treat
him, and he did so, and left the public-house, but
prisoner followed, and again importuned him, and
while he was looking at a photographer's shop, pri-
soner came and snatched his scarf-pin. He gave
him into custody.
From the statement of the prisoner it appeared
that the prosecutor got drunk in four public-houses
at Knightsbridge, and finally went into the Alex-
andra Hotel bar and called for a pint of beer, for
which he had no money to pay, and left the place ;
the barmaid asked for the money, and prisoner
went after the prosecutor to ask him to pay; he
overtook him at Hyde-park-corner, and then pro-
secutor charged him with stealing the pin.
The police said the pin was not found. The pri-
soner was drunk.

Mr. Selfe said it was a nonsensical charge. Pro-
secutor was drunk, and no wonder he lost his pro-
perty if he indiscriminately mixed with persons in
public-houses. He discharged the prisoner.
London, England, 1869-01-06

GLOBE THEATBE-ROYAL.

Tuts F.vsNiNu. at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. At a qunrter to
8. CYRIL'S SUCC:Er,S: Messrs. Warner, Vernon, David Fisher,
Newbound, Andrews, Tindale, Hur!stone, J. Clarke: Mesdames
llcnrade, C. Thorne, Bremen, Berend, Hughes, and Stephens.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manazeress. Mrs. Swanhorough.
Tars EVENING. at 7.30, THE WIDo►W HUNT. Messrs. Bel-
ford, Clarke; Miss Burton. THE FIELD Ole THE CLOTH
OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria
Longmnre, F. Goodall. Lydia Maigand. Claire, and Hughes. To
conclude with A COMICAL COUNTESS

QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston.
Tars EVENING, DOT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, S. Emery, W. 11.
Stephens, C. Wyndham, and L. Brough; Mesdames Montagne,
J. Rignold, Mixe, and Everard. And THE WEE JUNO-.
Mr. Toole. With A RACE FOB A DINNER

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London, England, 1869-01-06

HEAVY RIFLED GUNS.

Major Palliser writes to the Times with reference
to the bursting, at the first round, of the Royal Gun
Factory 0-inch 12-ton gun. He says that this acci-
dent is in accordance with the principle he has always
maintained : " that in welding wrought iron into the
huge mass necessary to form the casing of the gun
its properties become quite destroyed, and that the
iron is rendered worthless for resisting- the impulsive
strains of gunpowder. It has shewn that such guns
depend for their safety upon a single steel tube, and
that should an accident happen to the tube the guns
will burst with awful violence. The results of
mechanical experiments of this nature will always
recur under similar conditions." Maj or Palliser appears
to have found, what every other inventor except the
lucky Sir Wm. Armstrong has found, the greatest
possible resistance on the part of the Ordnance
Select Committee. In fact, their resistance appears
to be in inverse proportion to the resistance of their
guns. Major Palliser says : "The net cost of 0-inch
12-ton guns made in considerable numbers in the
Royal Gun Factories upon my system, with two in terior
barrels of coiled iron, would amount per gun to about
what is paid for purchasing the steel block
wherewith to form the barrel of the Gun Factory
gun. Further, about half the cost of my guns
goes to direct labour, and, therefore, into the pockets
of the Government artisans, who at present are in
great distress for want of work." Unfortunately, he
has spent so much money upon the converted guns
that .he has not been able to push his experiments on
the new heavy rifled guiis so fast as he could
wish.
London, England, 1869-01-06

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