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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-14

NORTH LONDON or UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE llOSPlTAL.—Accidents and Sickness.
—CONTRIBUTIONS earnesly solicited to meet the
annual expenses, which exceed the income by £4,000.
The committee also plead for help for the sick children,
the little victims of starvation, neglect, and disease, who
enjoy in the new wards, devoted to them, the privileges
of nourishing food and careful nursing. Donations thank-
fully received by Edward Enfield, Esq., Treasurer, 19,
Chester-terrace, Regent's-park; and at the office of the
charity.

HENRY J. KELLY, RN., Secretary.

ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of
OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lnnsdown, Bath.
Instituted, A.D., 1864.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty the QUEEN.
President—H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., kc.
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE, K.C.B.
This school has been founded upwards of four years,
and it is intended for the education of the daughters of
officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There are
already 70 pupils in the school, but more could be admitted
if the committee had further funds; they, therefore
APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out to its
full extent the benefits of the only institution specially
provided for the daughters of officers of the Army.
Each donation of .£5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all
elections. Each annual subscription of .£5 5s entitles to
one vote at all elections during the current year. The
amount may be forwarded by an order on a bank, agent,
or post-office (Charing-cross), payable to.
GEO. W. FORSTER, Under Secretary.
Office, 22, Cockspur-street, London.
London, England, 1869-09-14

A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE
to hit roduce eoniroodi•ies valuable to every householder
high and low. This offers a highly rernunerativeCominission to
Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, Sc. Apply with
two atexalia to R. 31.ARRISON, Great Orfora-etreet,Norwich.
London, England, 1869-09-14

POPAHINE MEGE JOZEAU. Prepared by
lvJ CLERET, French Chemist, 151, Rue Montmartre, Paris.
In chronic or recent diseases a cure is effected on an ave-
rage of six days. Approved by the Paris Physicians'
Academy. Paris Hospitals have awarded a Gold Medal
to the Author.

Depot for England—G. JOZEAI7, French Chemist, 49
Haymarket, W.
London, England, 1869-09-14

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
of the past twenty months the National Lifeboat
Institution Las contributed to the saving of 1,496 lives
from various shipwrecks and 34 vessels from destruction,
and has also expended £33,000 in the same period on
its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting
£3,968 for rewards.

The Institution has now 210 Lifeboat Stations under
its management.

Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
ind country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-strGet Adelphi, London.
London, England, 1869-09-14

THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.

NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple but certain
Remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all
the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so
uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice
sailed the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach.'
" Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape-
rient; aro mild in their operation, safe under any eir-
zumstances, and thousands of persons can now bear testi-
mony to the benefits to be derived from their use, as they
have been a never-failing Family Friend for upwards of
20 years.
Sold in bottles at ls. 1.0., 2s. 9d., and Hs. each, in
every town in the kingdom.
CAUTION.

Bo sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not
be persuaded to purchase any of the various imitations
which have sprung up in consequence of the success of
' Norton's Camomile Pills."
London, England, 1869-09-14

ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CIIILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPH A.N ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £26 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary
Office, 64, Cheapaide, London. E.O:
London, England, 1869-09-14

TUE " TRUE STO.RY."

The Byron controversy still rages fiercely and
incessantly. The most noticeable of the recent
defences of the poet is that by Mr. William llowitt.
A day or two back, Mr. Howitt wrote, telling his
personal experience of Lady Byron, and shelving
most clearly that she was subject to fits
of insanity. lie now takes more decidedly
the side of the poet, and goes more strongly
against his wife ; albeit she was well known
to him ; Lord Byron was not. Mr. llowitt says
that Lady Byron, having had the poet's defence
destroyed, had no right afterwards to bring charges
against him. Moreover, she said all kinds of things
against her own daughter :
The writers, English and .A.merican, who claim for Mrs.
Stowe the peculiar and almost exclusive confidence of
Lady Byron on this subject, are dealing in veers fudge.
It is well known to a certain number of parsons that
Lady BYtop. with all her affected strength of character,
had the we: icness to wake such confidantes of most of her
lady friena3,or long standing. Most of these ladies are now
dead, and r‘rudently " died arid made no sign." But there
is one at liast still living who possesses a series of letters
from txay Byron, containing, not horrors of the Beecher
Stowe type, but heavy charges not only against her
husband, but against her own daughter.
London, England, 1869-09-14

REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME.

SEPTEMBER.
I—Alexandra Rowing Club : Scratch Fours, River Lea
5 —West London Rowing Club: Eights
!u —Vesper Rowing Club : Club Fours, River Lea
!u—London /towing Club : Twelve-oared Race
15—Oscillators Rowing Club: Eights
OCTOBER.
2—Manchester Nemesis Rowing Club : Eight-oared Race
London, England, 1869-09-14

PO7ULATION OF NEW YORK.

The people of New York have no reliable data to
spew the increase of their population since 1860, the
census of 1865 being looked upon as wholly fallacious. An
estimate of the present population was made a few weeks
ago by good authorities, and this brought the number to
1,118,767. New York is a more healthy city than Paris,
and almost as healthy as London, but sanitary reform has
not mtde much progress there. The lower parts of the
city are more densely packed with human beings than any
part of London or Paris. They are full of the very
worst description of "tenement houses," in which the
people are packed almost as closely as they are on board
of an emigrant ship. The death rate among the tenement
population is very high, and it is generally believed to be
40 in each 1,000. Some have declared that the ordinary
estimate of the population is too large, because the num-
ber of deaths is only a little greater than it was eighteen
years ago, while the population, according to the esti-
mate, has doubled in that period. The sanitary con-
dition of the city has greatly improved in the interval, but
not to a sufficient extent to account for the discrepancy.
The tricks of politicians are suspected to have
interfered with the census of 1865. The representa-
tion of the city in the National and State Legislature
depends on its population ; as it is hopelessly "Demo-
cratic," it is the interest of the Republicans to make the
population appear as small as possible ; and this is
probably the reason why the census of 1865 was made to
chew a decrease of 87,000 upon that of 1860.
London, England, 1869-09-14

CIRYSTAL PALACE.—GRAND POPULAR
‘-) CONCERT. To-Mon-ow (Wednesday).— Mlle. Chris-
tine Nilsson, Madame Trebelli-Bettini, Mlle. Giltrdeni,
Signor Bettini, and Signor Foli. Solo pianoforte, Mr.
James M. Wehli. Crystal Palace Saturday Band. Con-
ductor, Mr. Manus.
The directors have groat pleasure in announcing that
they have secured the services of Mille. Nilsson for the
above occasion. Although the expenses of such engage-
ments as the above must necessarily be very great, yet it
is believed that the opportunity to hoar the Diva, supported
by such an excellent company, will be gratefully seized by
thousands, and will thus prove remunerative to the com-
pany. The concert will take place at three o'clock on the
Groat Handel Orchestra, the company's Saturday band
accompanying. To render it really a great popular con-
cert available to all, ther charge for admission will not be
increased beyond the usual ono shilling, or by guinea season
tickets. Stalls, half-a-crown, at the Crystal Palace and
Exeter Hall.
Mlle. Nilsson will sing, air, " Angels over bright and
fair," Handel ; aria, " fore e lui" (Traviata), Verdi ;
Swedish melodies ; scene, "Spargi d'amaro " (Lucia),
Donizetti. Also in duet, " Ebben per mia " (.‘ Gazza
Lain' "), Rossini ; and in quartett, " Mentre it pie "
(Marta), Flotow.
London, England, 1869-09-14

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 SKIM, 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 Now Prospectus, which will bo forwarded to
applicants post free.
HENRY LAKE, General Manager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall• mall, London.
London, England, 1869-09-14

THE W.lll IN PAR-WHAT.

According to the latest intelligence from Paraguay, the
Provisional Government of Asuncion finds great difficulty
in pacifying the country. Lopez holds strong positions,
and the Allies remain inactive for want of supplies. Their
advance on Villa Rica was not opposed by Lopez, who is
entrenched in the Cordilleras. The American papers
declare that the British subjects under Lopez fare well,
and have no desire to leave the country, and that Minister
MacMahon took money in charge for them to England.
The Buenos Ayres Standard of August 1 declares the ter-
mination of the war to be extremely probable, as the
Brazilian Cabinet finds it hopeless to continue the campaign.
Lopez tells the Allies to come on, and retreats among the
fastnesses of the mountains as soon as they advance.
This hide-and.seek warfare costs him nothing, while the
Brazilians are spending millions. The only difficulty in
the way of an immediate conclusion to the profitless
struggle lies in the triple alliance, which compels the
allied army to carry on the war so long as Lopez exists in
Paraguay.
London, England, 1869-09-14

F.LECTION COMMISSIONERS' POWERS.

A barrister, in a letter to the Morning Herald,
draws attention to the manner in which the Com-
missioners at Beverley are doing their work. The Act
of Parliament under which they are appointed enacts
that after the issue of a commission in accordance
with a judge's report, the commissioners shall inquire
into the manner in which the election in relation to
which such judge may have reported to the House
of Commons has been conducted, and when upon
inquiry they do not find that corrupt practices have
been committed at such election, they shall not
inquire concerning any previous election. " A
Barrister" contends that at Beverley up to
this moment the commissioners have failed
to discover a single act of bribery at the
last election. Yet they are extorting evidence
of almost every election that has taken place at
Beverly, since 184 J. As under the present state of
election law witnesses are not allowed to have counsel,
there is, practically, no limit to the nature of the
questions which the commissioners may put to them.
London, England, 1869-09-14

SAUCE.—LEA. and PERRINs.—SA UCE.
THE "WORCESTERSHIRE,"
pronounced by Connoisseurs
"THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE."
Its use improves appetite and digestion.
urntivArt,En FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAN-OUR.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS,
To avoid which, see the names,
LEA and PERRINS, on all bottles and labels,
ASK for " LEA and PERRINS' " SAUCE.
Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all
Dealers in Sauces throughout the World
London, England, 1869-09-14

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

GTJA AMARELLA restores ife Human Nair
to its pristine hue, no natter st what ago.
fIf)SNEI.T. and CO. have :%t length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, suecooded in perfect-
ing this wone.irfui liquid. It is now offered to the public
lt a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. Gd., and 15s. each.
including brush.

Red Bull Wharf, Angel passeage, 93, Upper Thames-
street London. E.C.
London, England, 1869-09-14

BOW-STREET.

STEALI.Na A 110E,SE AND CART.—Thomas James Smith,
a young man, was charged before Mr. Flowers with steal-
ing a cart, lony, and a load of cucumbers, valued at .£3,
from Covent-garden market.
Sergeant Kelley, of the detective force, deposed that in-
formation of the robbery ranched him on the 10th inst.,
and from inquiries made he traced the prisoner to Parley,
iu Kent. Here the trace was lost for a while, but eventually
ho found the man at Maidstone, in the custody of the local
police, who had detained him by his (the sergeant's) direc-
tions. The prisoner at first stated that the horse and cart
wore his own, and that he bought them for £3 at the
Cattle-market in London three mouths ago. Afterwards
ho said ho bought them at Romford for £2 and two
pints of boar. On his way to town he said, "It was a
bad job," offered to "square it," and said he had a " mouth-
piece" which would silence the other constables and got
him out of it, U they wore disposed to do the handsome
thing towards him.

Mrs. Ann Ferguson, the owner of the horse and cart,
identified the stolen property, adding, with obvious emo-
ion, that tho horso had been depriVed of his main and
;ail, but still she could swoar to him.
Mr. Flowers remanded him for examination.

. •
TUE CHARGE AGAINST CAPT. CRAIG.-The case of Capt.
Craig, ex-Governor of Pontonville Prison, charged with
embezzling -sums of money received fur prison labour,
was again remanded witho At any additional evidence being
taken.
London, England, 1869-09-14

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-hoath.

Established'3lst 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
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at thoi
own homes.
A r. ew wing to the Hospital has just been completed
at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants aro awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex•
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subnriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.

FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary
No. 10 Poultry! London, E.O. September 1868.
London, England, 1869-09-14

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. D. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN.
At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault:
Nfessrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright.
loht. Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald,
and Katharine Rodgers.
To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES.
London, England, 1869-09-14

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. Are
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng
Rev. R. G. Baker
Rev. B. Brooke
The Lord Clinton
Rev. W. Cadman
E. Charrington, Esq.
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain!
Rev. E. Capel Care
Rev. J. E. Cox
Oetavius Coope, Esq.
Arthur Currie, Esq.
Rev. J. Connell
Rev. C. W. Furse
C. J. Freak°. Esq.
J. S. Gillint, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey
H G Heald, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer

Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert, M.P.
RO7. 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.
Rev. Canon Nepean
Rev. E. Parry
John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. G. P. Prescott
Rev Pigou • •R. T. Pigott, Esq.
R. R. Pym, Esq.
Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
R. Wade, Esq.
Loftus Wigram, Esq.
_ _

Subscriptions will bo rece,
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar,
Secretary, Rey. S. W. Lloy(
man-square, to whom commi

ived by any of the above ; by
and Co ; and by the Hon.
I, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
anications may be addressed.
London, England, 1869-09-14

Share Eat'wage.

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London, England, 1869-09-14

TIRE A 7 POR7 LAIVD PLACE.

Shortly before noon yesterday a fire was disco-
vered to have broken out at No. 10, Portland-place,
the residence of Lady Mary Rosa. The cause is said
to be the ignition of the felt lining of the roof by
coming in contact with a lighted candle. Two front
rooms on the third floor were completely burned
out, two middle and one back rooms were severely
damaged by the fire, and the roof off, and othe
minor damage was done. Fires are also reported
to have taken place last night at the following
places :-144, Waterloo-mid ; 28, Old Fish-street,
City ; Shepherd's-lane, Brixton ; 43, Cambridge
terrace, Edgware-road.
London, England, 1869-09-14

GREAT PIKE NEAR PRIL/DELPRIA.

A disastrous conflagration occurred at Cape May, the
fashionable watering-place, near Philadelphia, on the
31st of August. Two hotels, the Post Office, and twenty
stores were consumed, the total loss amounting to more
than a quarter of a million dollars. Nearly one-fourth of
the city was destroyed before the flames could be suppressed.
The fire originated at the store of a pearl diver
named Boyton, and he was arrested in the course
of the day, being suspected of incendiarism. Two
other fires occurred the same day in Philadelphia
itself. One of them destroyed a private club stable
containing forty horses, only one of which was saved.
The other broke out in a picture gallery adjoining the
Continental Hotel, and many valuable paintings were
burned. A fireman was killed by falling through a sky-
light. At Quincy, Illinois, there was another con-
flagration. A freight depot of the Chicago and Quincy
Railroad Company took fire, and between twenty and
thirty laden freight cars were destroyed, at a loss of
$lOO,OOO.
London, England, 1869-09-14

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Tenth from 55.; sets, 5 to 30 guineas. Consultation
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London, England, 1869-09-14

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 privato medical attendants of the patients are
Invited to visit them, and to moot in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can bo obtained on application to tho
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.
London, England, 1869-09-14

WHY HARVARD LOST VIE RACE.

The New Tribune, through its London
correspondent; undertnles to explain the reason
why
_Oxford Passed the flat boat at Mortlake

ahead -of the "Harvard crew. The Americans,
says the correspondent, were utterly inferior
to the Englishmen in style, form, knowledge
of rowing, diet, method of training, and method of
instruction. Had the race been won by them the
credit would have belonged to Loring, the captain
and despot of the crew. Being lost, ho must equally
bear the blame. A. man of extreme self-reliance
which partially neutralises hie high qualities
of intelligence, generous devotion, and real
capacity, with experience limited to know-
ledge of American rowing only, he persisted in
adhering to American methods. He would coach
the crew himself from the inside of the boat, a
thing radically impossible to do. He would not
change the diet of the crew, although the climate
required a change, and the diet manifestly impaired
his own and Simmons's dowers. But even diar-
rham and other symptommould not effect a change
in the captain's stubborn opinion. To have taken
Blaikie or any other good coach on a steamer
during the last three weeks would have
added .20 per cent. to Harvard's chance.
Physically the Harvard were the finest men, and had
it in them to beat Oxford, but their stroke was
fatally quick and fatally irregular. During the race
it varied from 411 to 38—varied often twice in CO
seconds. With a coxwain, no living crew could have
pulled the stroke with which Loring led off through
four miles. In fact the crew was rowed to a stand-
still. In less than two miles their power was gone.
After that it was only heroic courage and resolution
that carried them through ; and is system that
exhausts the crew at the end of two miles in a four-
mile race cannot be sound. The opinion thus
expressed by the Tribune correspondent will not be
universally accepted. Indeed, by a writer in the
Standard, it is made a matter of complaint that every
description of the race has attributed the result to
training and science, and nothing to superiority of
strength and sta.minazivhereas the truth is that none
but constitutions of first-rate vigour are susceptible
of high training, and that muscular power is attested
by nothing more unmistakeably than by ability to
do the beginning of •the stroke well. " The former
of these points must be self-evident, and if any one
doubt the well-groundedness of the latter, let him
sit down in a low chair, and then, stretching himself
as far forward as possible,with arms extended before
him, request a friend also seated low to try to pull
him off the chair ; and then repeat the same experi-
ment with the body nearer to the perpendicular. He
will soon find out which of the two positions requires
the greatest exertion for au effectual resistance to be
made."
London, England, 1869-09-14

THE NEW ZEALAND WAR.

The Taranaki herald of july 7 gives detailsrbf the late
massacres by't'e Kooti, on the cast coast. It seems that
Paul Ilupi arrived at llaratu, a strorgly-fortified
post, with some of his people, whom he wished
to place under British protection. He stated that
Te Kooti had killed six men and fifteen women and
children of his hapu, and was then at Tauranga, on Lake
Tanpo. This intelligence was confirmed by one of the
scouts, who had been within ten miles of hie
position. Tho Tokunu natives, who had retired to a
pah near Rotnaire, advised the English to 'pursue hiole
The massacre of the officers and men at Apepe belonging
to Colonel St. John's party was committed, it is thought.
by Te Kooti's band, led by himself in person. 111°
unfortunate party neglected to take the ordinary preooli.
tions, as they had been told they could stop in the village
with as much safety as in Maketu. The day after the
massacre the reconnoitring party returned and found
the dead bodies of the ten men they had left, with o
note, signed Te Kooti, left in a conspicuous place'
stating that the Hauhaus had killed nine men at 0110
place, and one at Hereiwi.
London, England, 1869-09-14

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

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.

BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES,
Clapham-rise.
Instituted 1861.
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES.
TREASURERS.
George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons.
This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of
the kingdom, provides for those afflicted with incurable
diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical
attendance. Patients are admitted, and annuities of £lO
obtained by election.
No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper
class, is eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may be pro-
cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub-
scriptions are earnestly solicited.
Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E.C.; and
BANKERS.
Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEAVER, Secretary.
Offices, 73, Cheapsido.
London, England, 1869-09-14

THE DURBAR AT AGRA.

It seems from the statements in the Indian papers that
the great durbar at Agra is to be held after all, and pre-
parations on the most extensive scale are being made for
it by the native princes. Tents will be erected with solid
silver poles, and one prince, it is said, has ordered a set of
harness to be manufactured of pure gold, set with precious
stones. The Times of India remarks that this may be an
exaggeration, but the report shews that the native rulers
have resolved upon an unusual display.
London, England, 1869-09-14

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-roan, Islington, N.

_ .
Supported by Voluntary dimtributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbecl. at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
_ _ _

Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bonverie, 1, Pall-mall—Hon.
Sea, P. Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, SOC.
London, England, 1869-09-14

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS,
For the Year ending 30th June, 1869, read at the Annual
General Meeting of Proprietors, 13th August, 1869,
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE, ESQ., Deputy-
Chairman of the Company, in the Chair.
The:Report which the directors have now to submit to
the proprietor differs in its tenor but little save in ono or
two particular from that laid before then, in 1868.
fhe income of the year, it will bo seen, amounts t
£540,499 18s., and the total charge to £445,077 10s. 9d
The difference, £95,422 is. 3d., added to the balance of
the surplus fund at .the commencement of the financial
year, raised that item to £1,002,974 15s. 9d., its present
amount.
SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, JUNE 30, 1869.
INCOME OF THE Y EAR.
£ s. d.

DR.
Balance of account, 36th
June, 1868
Premiums on new assur-

£ s. d

907,52 8 6

ances
Ditto on old ditto 357,988 7 0

371,54 g 12 1
Interest from investments 120,939 12 10

492,:,08 4 11

Profit and loss, balance of
account

47,991 13 1

Total income

550,-199 18 0

£1,418,052 6 6
Examined and approval.
THOMAS LLEN,} Auditorg.
'HENRY ROSE.
CHARGE OF 'TIE -YEAR.
A., 2. d.

Dividend to proprietors....
Claims on decease of lives

,E a. d.
8,880 4 0
London, England, 1869-09-14

BANK OF ENGLAND,
9TH SEPTEMBER, 1869.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of
ENGLAND give notice—
That a GENERAL COURT will be held at THE
BANK on THURSDAY next, the 16th instant, at 12
o'clock precisely, to consider of a Dividend ; this will also
he one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the
Charter.
JOHN T. HORLEY,
Deputy Secretary.
London, England, 1869-09-14

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

Established 1824.
T he ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, exceeds £227,000
The ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, is over £1,649,000

Forms of Proposal, and every information, can be ob•
tained of
GEORGE CUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary,
13, St. James's-square, London. S.W.
London, England, 1869-09-14

His SUN, LONDON, TUFSDAY titrEINTIN, SEPTEMBER 14, 1869.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

THE HON. ALGERNON EGERTON, M.P., AT THE
OPENING OF A SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Mr. Egerton, the Conservative M.P. for South-
east Lancashire, has chosen a very singular occasion
upon which to declare his political opinions. He
was at the opening of a new Church of England
Sunday School, near Bolton, on Saturday, and
while expatiating on the benefits of religion and the
teaching of the Church, was led into a declaration of
his opinion on the Irish Church question. Running
off from that subject, he spoke of crime in Lanca-
shire. It was the immigrant Irishman, according to
his idea, that increased crime so very considerably in
the county, and he laid it on his hearers as a Chris-
tian obligation that they should provide for the
ignorant inhabitant of the " Green Isle." From
Irish ignorance to Irish land was but a step and Mr.
Egerton's declaration that tenant right ought to be
allowed, but landlord right should also be respected
was received with proper enthusiasm. An attack
upon the French Treaty and a defence of the Esta-
blished Church, concluded his speech. On the
question of a State religion the duty of Conserva-
tives was clear : they were in favour of the Esta-
blished Church as the bulwark both of religion and
the Constitution of the country.
London, England, 1869-09-14

THE 21IOLDAVIAN JEWS,

From a contemporary's statement it seems probable that
the benevolent intervention of Sir Moses Montefiore on
behalf of the Jews in Moldavia will soon again be wanted.
The Roumanian Prime Minister, M. Cogolniceano, has
addressed a letter to the prefect of Belgrade, in which he
recommends that the Moldavian Jews should be trans'
ported in a body to a sort on Botany Bay on the shores of
the Black Sea. After describing these Jews as " vagrants'
and " a real pestilence," "inconveniencing the Govern'
meat and demoralising the population," the Minister
instructs the prefect to inspect the territory at the
mouth of the Black Sea for the purpose of ascertain-
ing whether it can be converted into a settlement for
them. In the last Roumanian official census it irel
stated that there are 5,000 of these " Jewish vagrants
the country. _
London, England, 1869-09-14

MEXICAN BONDS.

" A Mexican Bondholder of 1851," while admitting
that the large receipts for customs revenue at Vera
Cruz are very encouraging, explains that the value
of the fact is materially decreased because the holders
of Mexican Bonds do not get their consignments,
the present ➢lexican Government insisting
that they have spontaneously abrogated their
claims under the decree of the year 1850, by the
recognition of Maximilian. It is proposed that two
petitions should be presented to the Mexican Con-
gress, one from the bondholders of 1851, and another
from those of 1804, stating the case of each class of
proprietors, supported by the opinions of emi-
nent jurists. The claims of the former class might
receive more consideration than those of the latter,
and under present circumstances there is sufficient
reason for such independent action. The prices of
the bonds of 1851 and 1804 shew that the claims of
the former are generally deemed stronger than those
of the latter.

THE 46 LOWE" SOVEREIGN.

"Pan," a writer on the gold question in the Times,
complains that those who have argued in favour of
the deduction from the standard value of the sove-
reign have abstained from christening their
prodigy, which they Should have done
before this. He proposes that, as the intrinsic
value of the coin is proposed to be lowered by one
grain of gold, the new coin should be called a
" Lowe." The word, of course, would be used by the
opponents of the reduction-scheme to express the
inferiority of the coin when compared with the
sovereign ; but it might also be employed with great
propriety Ly the opposite party as a graceful tribute
to their illustrious convert.

AN ARCHDEACON'S REMEDY FOR SWIMMERS' CRAMP,

Archdeacon Stopford, notwithstanding the
anxieties which weigh upon his mind in relation to
the Irish Church, of which he is a distinguished
ornament, has yet time to bestow on such questions
as cramp. Having had his attention drawn to the
case of the swimmer, who, while bathing near
Plymouth, was suddenly seized with cramp
and drowned before assistance could arrive,
he writes to the Evening Mail of Dublin,
giving a universal remedy for the afflic-
tion. He admits that he obtained it indirectly from
a pedlar, but does not think that destroys its value;
and the Archdeacon himself had it from a countess.
Said countess was a sufferer from cramp; and one
day hearing a pedlar selling garters for the affliction,
she bought a pair, used them, and never was
troubled with the complaint afterwards. Archdeacon
Stopford asked her to she :v them to him, and she
having done so ; he made a note of them, has applied
them since to several persons, and never has found
them to fail. " You make it thus (says the arch-
deacon) : Take a cork and cut it across, so as to make
thin circles of cork ; stick those, touching each other,
between two pieces of Silk ribbon, and sew up tho
edges. Fasten that in close contact in.the necessary
place, which is generally upen the thigh, above the
knee." Perhaps the old pedlar's instrument is bared
on true science ; will those who understand the
matter explain it ?
London, England, 1869-09-14

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
F V PR EVEN TIV and R EFOliar.ecroui. IN
STITITTION.

President—Rev. CA NON DALE.

CONTRYBUTIONS for tho support of the Hornet in ISCS aro ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. lion
quot, Salt, and Co. 73, Lombard street, 1C.0.; Francis Nicholls,
Xeq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, IC.C.
E. W. THOMA. 3 Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

THE 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 aro received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Baikers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary
Office, 32, Sackvillo-street, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1869-09-14

The press of Canada has been actively employed in
criticising a speech delivered by Sir John Young at a
banquet in Quebec. His Excellency expressed his opinion
very plainly on the subject of colonial independence,
declaring that so long as the Dominion maintained its
dependency, England would do nothing to take it away ;
but if the Dominion wished to change its position, every-
thing would be conducted in such a manner that the
Dominion might remain for ever an attached friend of the
mother country. The prevailing opinion is that complete
independence must shortly be accomplished, but that the
time has not actually arrived. The question of reciprocal
trade between Canada and theUnitedStates must before long
engage attention. The absence of reciprocity has affected
various interests, and the New York Chamber of Commerce
adopted a resolution in favour of reciprocal trade with
Canada. It is believed that the visit of the Hon. John
Rose to Washington had some connection with this sub-I
jest, and that some satisfactory negotiations will be
entered upon. The crops are unusually fine, and there is
every prospect that this year's harvest will be the largest
and moat satisfactory ever gathered ha Canada.
London, England, 1869-09-14

COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY,
AND
A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH
Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY K 'NO, may be secured by a
Policy of the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY.
An Annual Payment of .f 3 to £6 Is. insures £l,OOO at Death,
and tin Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against
by Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies.
For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to
the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, CORNHILL and 10, REGENT
STREET, LONDON.
WILLIAM J. `'IAN Secretary.
London, England, 1869-09-14

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, 1869-09-14

GRAND BALL AT SIMLA.

On the Gth of August a grand ball was given by the
Maharajah of Jeypore to the Viceroy and Lady Mayo.
It is said to have been the grandest entertainment ever
given there. The Assembly Rooms were decorated for
the occasion, and the arrangements were so good that
there was no crushing, although all Simla was present.
His Highness opened the ball with Lady Mayo as his
partner, and acquitted himself of his novel performance
remarkably well. This first quadrille is a matter of great pros-
pective social importance, as regards the native population,
and others will probably have to follow the example of the
Maharajah of Jeypore. The Simla ball was a most
successful undertaking, and the tout ensemble of the scene
was pronounced to be as imposing as anything of the kind
ever previously seen there. Lord and Lady Mayo
expressed themselves highly pleased with the manner of
their entertainment.
London, England, 1869-09-14

SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
kJ and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only Free Hospital for Diseases of Women ;
2,913 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS
are much needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard,
Piccadilly; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay,
Coutts, Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

NURSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
111 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848.
President--The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is at present superintended by the Sisters of John's
House.
Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained to nurse, are requested to communicate with the
Lady Superior. --
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid
to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's
House, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.O.
London, England, 1869-05-18

Do. Account ~ —
Do Mlrommana Railway —
Aexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French
,iontevidean 6 por Cent. .. —
0 o crish Imperial 5 per Cent —
Stew Granada lB
Do 3 per Oen. —
Do. Deferred
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 —
Do Account 761 f
Do 41 per Cent. (111:harren)
Do 41 per Cent.. 1862
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853 '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3 341
Do. do. 1867 —
Do. do. Scrip, .£2O paid —
11,ussia,n 5 riar Cent., 1822', £ Sc
Do 41 per Cent , 850
Da 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cont., 1862
Do do, Scrip — Pn-
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, .£lOO Boudt.., 881
Do. du. .ZB4 Iss. do.
Do., 1866, £lOO Bends BBl
Do. (In .£B4 Lis do —
Co Nicolas Railway 64
Sar (Man 0 per Cent 751
Spanish 3 per Con . —
Do. Acc,Junt
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. Now Deferruu
Do. Account
Do. Passive —
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not fuudod

Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Turkish 6 per Cent.: ....... . —
• Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —

Do Account

Do £lOO Bonds 69
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 67 i
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
-4,
Do Account
Do G per Cont., 1860 ...••. 65}
Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 por Cent. —
Do. Acc. ant
Do 6 per Cont., 1862
Do 6 per Cont. 1864
Dividends on the above payable in Londe'.
Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgian 4i per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 por Cent. Ex. 12 GO., —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... B6l
Do. Account
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Italia', 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. :fa.
D,) Account s6}
CLOSING PRICES.
Jonsols, Money s2i I
Do. Account, June 1 92f f

:cc o'clock—The market

BOURSE, 11Iay 17.—Th
closed as follows :-
4i per Cent.
End of month... ItaP.an Fives 57 40
3 per Cent
End of month 72 05 Mexican Loan ... 25
Credit Mobilier
End of month... 255 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier —.1610 Home Debt —
End of month... Deferred —
' RAILWAYS. Cash.
Orleans , ... 915
orthern 1074
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6l3k
Western
Eastern • •
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman.

50}
718}
4G7i

POLICE INIELLIGENCE.-7his Day.

THAMES.

A SHORT SPREE AND A MERRY ONE.—John Anderson
was charged with stealing a coat, the property of a coun-
tryman, named Samuelson. The parties lived in a foreign
ludg;ng -house, No. 12, Rateliff-highway, and in the ab-
sence of the prosecutor the prisoner stole a coat, pawned it,
got drunk with the money, and then returned home and
gave the duplicate to Henry Elmhurst, his landlord. The
prisoner said he took the coat to have a spree with it, and
that the prosecutor said he might have it for that purpose.
The prosecutor flatly denied this, and said he only had
one coat, and it was not likely he would part with it to
enable the prisoner to get drunk with the money ho could
raise upon it.
London, England, 1869-05-18

Dili. D.EVERDY JOHNSON.

The Paris correspondent of the Telegraph understau Is
that Mr. Itevcrdy Johnson is writing an explanation and
justification of his conduct-in England, which will be pub-
lished as soon as the ex-Minister reaches America. It is
the general opinion of Americans in Paris that Mr.
Johnson was induced to make certain declarations, and
was then thrown over. Who threw him over the writer
dots not say, but it is to be presumed that Mr. Seward
is meant.
London, England, 1869-05-18

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iilus-
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REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
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London, England, 1869-05-18

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PIZICES.
Gold closed at 1421 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1122 f ; the lowest, 1413.
Sterling Exchange on London lO9l-.
5-20 IL S. Bonds, 1882
,4 1885
4 4 18G7 • llB3.
10-40
Illinois
Erie 99:7.
Cotton—Mid. upland
Petroleum—Standard White 323c.
Flour, extra state, $6.20e. to $6.80c. Corn, old
mixed, s92c.

The rise of gold is owing to the bears buying
largely to cover short contracts. The violent fluc-
tuations in gold have unsettled values, and caused
a partial suspension of business generally.
QUEENSTOWN, May 18.
_

The Cunard royal mail steamer Palmyra, from
New York, arrived here at 1 a.m. She brings 147
passengers, 21 of whom she landed With her de-
spatches, and proceeded at 1.15 for Liverpool. All
well.
London, England, 1869-05-18

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