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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-27

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London Is 2M. n;,. per £1 sterling
)n comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
lis.lo4d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is slightly fdearer:in kraals than in
London.

[ADVERTISEMENT..—Henceforth no one will doubt the valuable
properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta, Arabica
Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings
it has already received from Invalids whose position had been
deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope.
whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of
unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the " Gazette du
Midi," July 25th:—" Rome, July 21, 1866. - The health of the Holy
Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme-
dies, ho has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's ilevalenta
Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every m ;al.
It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, tin l
his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." We
extract a few out ofmore than 63,000 cures :—Cure No. 55 21.6, of
the Marchioness do Brehan, of seven years' liver ctrnp'aint
wasting away, debility,-, nervousness, with a nervous paly:t
all over, had digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the n o t in.
tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1,771: Lord Stuart de
Decks, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of ins ny years' dyspepsia.
No. 49,832: "Fifty years indescribable agony from dyspepsia,
nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms.
sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly." Cure No. 46,270: Mr
James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs.
spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Im-
portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavoury and more that
sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's
name is most audaciously attached.
Ia tins, at is lid; 1 lb 2s 9d; gibs is 6d 5 lbs lls; 12 lbs 22. s
21 lbs 40s. Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA AR .:BICA CHOCOLATE
POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at s, for ' cups
at 3s 6d, for 48 c ui sat 6s, for 283 cups at 30s, fi,r 576 cups at 55s
—being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are sent
free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Office Or ler.—
B.A.RitY Do BARRY and Co., No. 77 Regent street, Loudon; and
all Grocers and Chemists
London, England, 1869-12-27

F RAN CE.

PARIS, Dec. 27

The Official Journal of this morning announces
Senor Olozaga, who had been summoned by his
Government to proceed to Madrid, was received
by the Emperor and the Empress at the Tuileries
yesterday.
BOURSE, Dec. 24.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :-
41 per Cent.
End of month... Italian Fives 56 60
3 per Cent
End of month 72 45 Ottoman Loan ... 333
Credit Mobilier
Transatlantic 220 Spanish Threes ... 26i
Credit Foncier 1722 50 Rome Debt
Paris Gas 1640
Deferred
RAILWAYS. Cash
Orleans , ... 957
Western
Northern ..... ...... 1125
Strasburg • • ........................ 590
Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 9721
Southern.... 5924
Sardinian
820
Austrian
525
Lombard
North of Spain 46
Saragossa
Roman 44
London, England, 1869-12-27

rr lIE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, W. (where trany cases deemed incur-
able are cured), much needs support. Inspection is in-
vited from 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER,
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra-
tuitous, till 10.30 ; private, till 12.30.

CANCER, HOSPITAL (Free) : founded 1851.
—Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JUPP.

AOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
—The ROYAL INFIRAIARY for CHILDREN
and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital.
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 71, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, R6Cretary.

VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit-
able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded
and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole-
sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want
of room for stowage, every inch of available space being
occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the
staff of nurses would be able to attend upon more children,
but no more can be admitted 'n the present building.
£B,OOO at least is required to can y out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
SHERRABD B. BURNABY, Hon Sec.,'
Rectory Wapping E": 1
London, England, 1869-12-27

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES I
sro 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 are 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 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
Tho Society's Report (of which a cont7ibutor 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 bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. CODPER,
Rr anaon-street CheaDside.

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.
London, England, 1869-12-27

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 are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secreted),
Office, 32, Sackville-street. Piccadilly.
London, England, 1869-12-27

to the Chief Justice (given by sec. 64), with tie
assent of the Lord Chancellor, to assign to the
registrars and other officers such duties as lie may
think flit. It is expected that these gentlemen will
thus be empowered to adjudicate on the old cases,
while the Chief Judge devotes his undivided at-
tention to the business arising under the. new Act.
At p

resent the registrars have not power to pass
examinations, or grant orders of discharge ; and
the question will probably be raised, and may oc-
casion au appeal to the Court of Chancery, whether
this delegated authority can be legally exercised
under the new Act. Under the present arrange-
ment., one or two days a week will be devoted to
disposing of the old business, and there are already
sittings fixed up to nearly the middle of next year.
Taking into account the trobability of one or more
adjournments in the more important cases, it is not
likely that the pending matters will be worked off
before the end of the year.

The old and long-existing cffice of messenger is
entirely swept away, and those officers will no doubt
claim and receive compensation. Creditors wi l now
have to take their own measures for the safe custody
and realising of a bankrupt's property; and the first
step in each case will be the appointment of a trus-
tee, whose powers will be analogous to, but more
extensive than, those hitherto exercised by trade
assignees under the old law. The registrars will,
of course, preside at, those first sittings ; and the
trustee, when appointed, will have the important
duty aszigned to him of receiving and deciding
upon proofs of debt. This enactment is not unna-
turally expected to give rise to much disagreement
and dispute, and will probably be a fruitful source
of appeals to the Chief Judge. The trustee is re-
quired to give security, and a further check upon
him is supplied by the appointment of a committee
of creditors (not exceeding five) ; and a new officer,
to be called a comptroller, will be appointed by the
Lord Chancellor, with power to examine the state-
ments of trustees and to call theni to account if

need be.
The provisions of the act regulating the order of
discharge are well known, and perhaps no part of
the new law has given more general satisfaction, as
putting an end to the frightful abuses which were
practised under the " bankruptcy made easy" Sys-
tem of the old act. The Chief Judge will, of course,
decide on such applications, and where fraud is esta-
blished, he may commit the bankrupt, under the
Debtors Act, 1869, for any period not exceeding
two years. This latter act specifies noless than 16
offences which will render a bankrupt liable to this
punishment.
The applications for release from custody are
diminishing in number, the bankrupts now in con-
finement being, doubtless, well aware that the
prison doors will be thrown open to them at the
end of the year, unless in the excepted cases speci-
fied by the Debtors Act. It is believe•! that about
50 persons, now in custody, will be liberated
under this enactment.
London, England, 1869-12-27

MARKETS.—This Day.

LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Dec. 27.—Sales !probably 10,000 bales. The market
;eady.

RAILWAY NEWS.—ID is stated from New York
that the Michigan Centralßailway and the Great Western
of Canada have arranged for the consolidation of their
through traffics for the next two years as a preliminary
to a more complete identity of interests.—lt is proposed
to erect in New York, opposite the bronze statue of Van-
derbilt, a brass statue of Fisk, jun., so that all phases of
railway management may be represented.

BUDGET OF M4SCELLANEOUS.—Governor Gear),
is said to have now under consideration seventy-five al3-
plications for the pardon of convicted murderers.—There
are to be ten executions for murder'in the United Statee
during December.—A Bill has been introduced into the
Alabama Legislature which requires grand jurymen
to swear they never belonged to the Ku-Slux-Klan.--'
The Detroit girl who wears a beaver and carries a cane
tried to kiss a hotel waiter the other day. The insulted
youth complained to the landlord, who informed the of-
fender that she must respect the men about the house of
leave.—Six British detectives are said to be prowling
about New York reporting the departure of suspected
Fenians for Ireland. Boston is to have a mot.unsen
erected to the, memory of Columbus, raised by Italian
contributions.—Maine expects in five years to have
$120,000,000 invested in factories.—Texas has a large
crop of pecan nuts, which are worth there $3 per bushel'
—A man at Oswego, New York, lately eat 38 Pad,
cakes in ten minutes. He came from New Englan
—A witness in a Richmond (Virginia) Court, in!,
week, told the judge to "bush his mouth, as P.,
couldn't talk to two men at once." He had an 01)13,°1;
(unity to relect upon his rudeness in jail.—Mark Twfon
gallantry prevents him from saying that the face of 0
fortune-teller he recently visited was dirty, anti convey„
that impression in this way :—" She had a dark complain.-
naturally, and this effect was heightened by artificial sidS,
which cost her nothing," —The Pacific and Atlantic Tele;
graph Company of the United States have again ordered
a considerable reduction to be made in the cost of message'
to be sent over their wires, and promise still further 113,,
ductions in rates, as the increased patronage of the peep
'
will warrant.
London, England, 1869-12-27

THAMES.

DECREASE OF DRUNKENNESS.—Au interval of two
days having elapsed since the last sitting of the
court, and one of them being Christwas Day, it was
expected that the number of drunken and disorderly
charges would be unusually great, but such was not
the case. The business was not so large as on or-
dinary Mondays. The number of charges entered
in the police sheets between " four o'clock on Fri-
day last and nine o'clock this morning " for the
immense district of this court, and including all the
water-side parishes from Aldgate to Bow-creek,
numbered 39 only, being 10 less than on Monday
last.

There were nine drunken cases among them, and
five of them were drunk and incapable, another
drunk and disorderly, and three were charged with
being drunk and " wilfully and maliciously damag-
ing property." One of the latter class, John Ward,
an Irishman, treated himself with a ride in
a cab on Christmas Day and smashed all the
glass. lie gave much trouble to the police, and
flung three constables on the ground after he was
given into custody. He pleaded an excuse that he
had recently come home from a hot climate, and a
little drink affected him. Ile was so very drunk
that it was impossible for him to do half what was
alleged against him.
Mr. Lushington commented at some length on
the folly and violence of the prisoner, and said the
police were not to be treated with impunity. He
sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprison-
ment and hard labour.

Bank of France.

PARIS, Dec. 23.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.

Dec. 16.

Dec. 23.

fr. c. fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,509,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Rank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 47,365,401 95 46,271,819 62
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 219,870,156 42 231 458,259 57
Current accounts, Paris 369,355,747 90 361,360,028 85
Do. branch banks 44,554,989 43,650,081
Dividends payable 825,004 791,076
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

991,660 38 991,660 38

9,347,427 95 8,827,320 79

Total
CREDITOR.
Dec. 23.
fr.

Doc. 16.
c. fr.

(lash in hand and in
London, England, 1869-12-27

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
VVIIITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUS3
(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. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided--a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by 'the Moe-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be bad, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit., forwardoi by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Pic. adilly, London.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. rostago,
Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadi'ly.
London, England, 1869-12-27

ME NEW BANKRUPTCY AC7

The leading provisions of the Act 32 and 33
Victoria, cap. 71, are sufficiently well known ;
but it may be of service to the members of the
commercial community to point out the principal
alterations which this statute will effect in the pro-
ceedings and practice of the Court of Bankruptcy.
Much has been left by the Legislature to the Lord
Chancellor and those gentlemen by whom he may
be assisted, in framing rules and orders for the
working of the new Act, and until those are in the
hands of the public, many matters are, ofinecessity,
left in great doubt.

One point is pretty clearly determined, that, at
the end of the year, two of the present commis•
sioners, Mr. Holroyd and Mr. Winslow, will de.
finitively retire, and of the six registrars, Messrs
Hazlitt, Roche, Brougham, Murray, Pepys, and
Spring-Rice, four will be retained, the other two
retiring at the end of the year. It has not yet been
announced which of the above-named gentlemen
will retire, but it will probably be the two juniors.
On the Ist of January Mr. Commissioner
Bacon will assume the office of Chief Judge, and
will hold his sittings at first in the court hitherto
occupied by Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, and sub-
sequently in Portugal-street as soon as the late
Insolvent Debtors' Court can be adapted for the
purpose ; unless, indeed, moved by a consideration
of the great inconvenience which will be suffered
by the profession and the public at large from a
division of the business of the court, his Honour
should decide on continuing his sittings iu Basing-
hall-street. In the first few weeks of the operation
of the new system, the business claiming the atten
tion of the Chief Judge will necessarily be light, the
earlier proceedings in the new bankruptcies being
conducted before the registrars ; and it is probable
that the first matters which his Honour will be
called on to determine will be appeals from the de-
cisions of those gentlemen, or of the new officers to
be called trustees.
Meantime petitions are pouring in at the rate of
50 or 60 a day ; it is no extravagant supposition
that, by the end of the year, something like 1,000
cases will remain to be dealt with under the pro-
visions of the old Act. By a singular oversight the
new statute contains no express provision for the
disposal of those cases, beyond a general authority
London, England, 1869-12-27

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

EAST INDIAN.
The report of the directors of this company
states that steady progress was being made in com-
pleting the light unfinished works on the main line.
The representations made by the Board to the con-

,ractors in respect of the chord line had led to their

taking energetic measures in view to the early
completion of the works. The only incomplete
works of any importance on the Jubbulpore line

were those at the Jubbulpore station. The Board,
acting in complete harmony with the directors of

le Great ludian Peninsula Railway Company,

were determined to limit the expenditure on the
arrangements at this station to the smal!est amount
possible consistent with a due regard to the conve-
nience of the public ; the interchange of traffic be-
tween the twosystems. Thepermanent way and works
London, England, 1869-12-27

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico
Haiti. Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nuzaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japar.
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents. 8, Austinfriars, London, E.O.
London, England, 1869-12-27

THE DERBY 111EMORML.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—It appears that on Friday last you pub-
lished a paragraph stating that I had withdrawn
my name from the Committee of the " Derby
Memorial Fund." I shall be much obliged to you
to give the real fact, namely, that not seeing my
name on that list, I wrote to the Secretary to re-
quest that it might be added to those who were
members of the Committee.—l remain your obe-
dient servant,

MALMESBURY.

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER.-- MAN-
CHESTER, Sunday Night.—The Bishop of Manchester, Dr
James Prince Lee, died on Friday night at the episcopal
residence, Alanldreth-ball, near Manchester. His death
occurred rather suddenly. Though he Lad been in a
sinking state of health for some years, he was, neverthe-
less, able to attend to diocesan business up to last Tues-
day. Ho was 65 years of age, and was consecrated as first
Bishop of Manchester iu 1848.

The very extensive Distillery now being, erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE Sc Co., who hays gained
a world-wide celebrity for their line old Irish whisky, is to be
called." The Royal Irish Distillery."

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Morning. Evening.
MONDAY 92 min past 8......57 min past 8
T LTESDAY 20 min put 9 10 min past 10
London, England, 1869-12-27

THE BEST 'REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.

-VORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are eon&
dently recommended as a simple but certain
Remedy for Indigestion, which is.the cause cf nearly all
the diseases to which we are subject, being a medicine so
uniformly grateful and beneficial that it is with justice
balled the " Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach.'
"Norton's Pills" act as a powerful tonic and gentle ape-
rient; are mild in their operation, safe under any cir-
iumstances, 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. lid., 2r. 9d., and lls. each, in
every town in the kin CAUTION. _ _

Be 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
N orton's Camomile Pills."
London, England, 1869-12-27

Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-

227,669 23 2,869,744 74

counted, not yet due 310,082,089 19 302,625,801
Do. branch banks 287,275,214 292,125,580
Advances on deposit of
bullion 22,577,300
Do. branch banks 1,725,900
Do. on French Public
Securities 22,410,100
Do. by branch banks 9,089,900
Do. on railway shares
anti debentures
Do. branch banks
ou Credit Fancier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,
1857)
Government Stock re-

22,457,800 -
1,6;99,880

22,642,700 -9,051,81)0 -

39,380,11.0 -
52,916,170 -

1,118,200 -
1,127,900 -

1,131,500 -
1,2990000 --

60,000,000 -

60,000,000 -

12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
80,595,187 21 80,593,187 21

serve
Do. disposable
Routes lnunobalis6cs
(Law, June 2, 1837) 1C0,000,000 100,000,000
Rotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
propel ty branches ~.
Expenses of manage-
ment
Sundries .

9,055,802 -

9,048 897 -

2,948,103 50 2,554,010 93
6,873,525 63 9,995,002 42

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of Fray,

(Signed) ROITLAND.
London, England, 1869-12-27

870 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by tho London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn. thud 41. Lothbnry, E. 0.• and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lineoln's-inn-fields.l

HOME for the E LPLESS. —ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of tho
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of tbe Re-
formed Church of England."
ILFUNDS greatly needed r,
COUNC.
'I he Bishop of LONDON,

~
Rev. J. W. Ayro Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
11,,v. F. G. Bloom'iela Herbert, M.Y.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng RO7. J. E. Kempo
Rev. W. F. Erskino Knollys
Rev. H. G. Baker
Rev. S. W. Lloyd
Nev. S. Brooke
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
_ Rev. Daniel Moore
J M orboust,
Rev. J. o
L.
,2hiairriiingetuotnt,s,Eeschi.aplain
,;e
J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. E. Capel Cure
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepoan
Octavius Coopo,_Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Ars.hur Currie, Esq.' John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. J. Connell Roy. G. F. rrescott
Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freake, Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. PYnit Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Ilessey 1 Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
II G Heald, Esq. I R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer 1 Loftus Wigram, Esa.
_...
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hon.
Socretrry, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
man-square, to whom communications may be addressed
London, England, 1869-12-27

rrilE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
If the CHEST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for out-patients crowded daily.
F UNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only in-
stitution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Pimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street : and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendants of the patients are
invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 186, Harley-street, W.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
_Putpey-hoath.

Established 31st July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Relief is afforded-Ist. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of .£2O to :patients at thei
own homes.
A new wing to the Hospital has lust been completed
at a cost of upwards of £lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex•
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the reatest pleasure
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW Secretary
No. 10 Poultry London. E.O September 1868.

firOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
E are earnestly solicited for the purohase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges. 19, Broad-street, and Ealing'
London, England, 1869-03-01

MR. R. JOHNSON AT MANCHES7ER.

-
Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON has adopted GRANT'S
motto, indeed both mottoes, " to keep hammering
away " and " let us have peace." On Wednesday
morning he met the 11,Ianchester City Council and
Chamber of Commerce, and in the evening dined
with these gentlemen in the Town-hall. His
speeches were similar to their predecessors, showing
the absolute insanity of referring such a dispute as
that caused by the fitting out of Confederate cruisers
in English ports to the arbitrament of war. He
spoke in terms of congratulation of the settlement
he had effected of the naturalization question, and
of the San Juan boundary dispute, both of which
bad been well received in the United States.
He had telegraphed last Monday to his Govern-
ment for information as to the report of the
Senate Committee on the Alabama question,
and the answer was that no report had then been
made, though a majority of the Committee, it was
rumoured, were opposed to the Convention. It
does not follow, even did the Committee unani-
mously report against the Convention, that their
advice would be taken by the Senate. But if so,
still this would not bring the nation into serious
conflict. In the response to the toast of his health,
Mr -JOHNSON thus alluded to General Grant--" It
had been said that the PRESIDENT Elect was op-
posed to the Alabama Convention, and desirous of
war' It Wall a base and unfounded calumuy.
London, England, 1869-03-01

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.

The Grand Vignernale, the highest peak of the French
Pyrenees, bas been successfully ascended in the depth of
winter by Count Henry Russell and two guides. The
party had taken great precautions against cold, but
the heat up the mountain was overpowering, and at 9,000
feet, 'about 2,060 from the summit, it became almost
unbearable. Higher up the temperature decreased, but
even on the summit the thermometer =lced 85 deg. in
the sun. Count Russell bas seldom climbed mountains in
winter without finding the h. at greater than in the plains,
and though be cannot exp'ain the paradox, there is no
doubt of the f ct.
London, England, 1869-03-01

THE SPANISH CROWN.

A somewhat significant incident took place at a recent
sitting of the Cortes. Senor Figueras, one of the Repub-
lican leaders, inquired if all the Ministers were of one
mind as to the person to whom the crown was to be
offered. The Foreign Minister, without speaking, made
an affirmative sign. Encouraged by this mute
response, the Republican asked Marshal Prim
if he considered as impossible the accession of
a Bourbon descendant of the brother of Louis XIV. This
time he received no answer. Senor Figueroa alluded to
the Duke of Montpensier, and the incident is considered,
wholly in his favour. The Independance Beige says that
all the Ministers are now rallied round the Orleanist
Prince. Dom Fernando is out of the question, simply
because he will not have the crown if it be offered him.
Of course, if this be correct, judgment will be given for
Montpensier by default. The Spaniards will have a king,
and they have but one candidate.
Meanwhile, the Government which is to direct the
affairs of the nation until a king is chosen and assumes
his functions, is really a Republican Government. It
establishes precisely the temporary Willing which was
adopted in France after the Revolution of 1848, and which
lasted until the election of Louis Napoleon. Marshal
Serrano becomes head of the executive power on the same
conditions as General Cavaignac. The Ministry is en-
tirely dependent upon the will of the National Assembly,
and m
votetat
the willofm
of t
the ajortite
majo
rity. The
Ministers people
shall be absolute. •iinistaey be changedrs
expressly byh
declare te
that
London, England, 1869-03-01

THE srANlsu CROWN.

A somewhat significant incident took place at a recent
sitting of the Cortes. Senor Figueras, one of the Repub.
lican leaders, inquired if all the Ministers were of one
mind as to the person to whom the crown was to be
offered. The Foreign Minister, without speaking, made
an affirmative sign. Encouraged by this mute
response, the Republican asked Marshal Prim
if he considered as impossible the accession of
a Bourbon descendant of the brother of Louis XIV. This
time he received no answer. Senor Figueras alluded to
the Duke of Montpensier, and the incident is considered
wholly in his favour. The Independance Beige says that
all the Ministers are now rallied round the Orleanist
Prince. Dom Fernando is out of the question, simply
because he will not have the crown if it be offered him.
Of course, if this be correct, judgment will be given for
Montpensier by default. The Spaniards will have a king,
and they have but one candidate.

Meanwhile, the Government which is to direct the
affairs of the nation until a king is chosen and assumes
his functions, is really a Republican Government. It
establishes precisely the temporary rlgime which was
adopted in France after the Revolution of 1848, and which
lasted until the election of Louis Napoleon. Marshal
Serrano becomes bead of the executive power on the same
conditions as General Cavaignac. The Ministry is en-
tirely dependent upon the will of the ICational Assembly,
and may be changed by the vote of the majority. The
Ministers expressly declare that the will of the people
shall be absolute.
London, England, 1869-03-01

riLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.
kA s

;ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Part;
At 7, A HAPPY FAMILY. 7.30, CYRIL'S SUCCESS. 9.'0
BROWN AND THE, VRAH3IINS: Messrs. Marshall, Warner.
David fisher, Andrews, ITurlston, and J. Clarke; Mesdames C.
Thorne, L. Morgan, Brennan, Fountain. Arnold, Remade, Be
rend, Hughes, and Stephens.
London, England, 1869-03-01

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

AGIJA 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, D RURY-LAN E.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open
from 10 till 5 daily.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GIRLS OF THE PERIOD; a
Musical Folly.
Followed by, at 7.45. OTHELLO: Mr. Phelps. Mr. Dillon, Mr.
H. Sinclair, &c.; Miss Heath and Miss Fanny Huddart.
To conclude with a Grand Ballet of Action entitled BEDA.

THEA'I'RI ROYAL, II A YMAR KE T.
Sole Lesser. Mr. Brekstone.
• THIS EVENING, RAISING THE WIND: Messrs. Ken.
dal, Clark, Rogers, Buckstone, jun., and Mesdames Laws, Dal.
ton, Sze.

After which, HOME: Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Comp-
ton, A stley, &c, ; Mesdames Cavendish. Burke, Hill, &C.
Concluding with RIM L FELICITY: essrs. Buckstone,
Kendal, Rogers, Clarke, Weathersby, White, &c. Mesdames
Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, Laws, Gwynn, Wright, &c.
Box-office open daily.
London, England, 1869-03-01

THE TURF.

The Daily News, in an article headed " Turf Politics,"
says "We have no belief in the degeneracy of modern
horses. When Sir Tatton, who could carry more than
seventy years of racing in his eye, was pressed on the
point, he always said that he saw no decay, and he was
wont to remind those who talked to him of Haphazard,
Blacklock, and the four-milers that it was very rarely
that there was anything like a pace for more than two
miles. There is no doubt that we should now see plenty
of four-mile horses on these terms, if severe early work
did not render it impossible for them to stand a
long, steady preparation. Getting fast two-year-olds is
is now the touchstone of a sire's success. If a horse has
shewn high speed in "short cuts," breeders will follow
him. Our whole race system is virtually one of short
distances, and flying starts, so to speak. Clerks of the
Course tell you that no other races fill so well. Hence,
out of the 2,150 races run last season, no less than 417
were under half a mile, and 796 between that and under a
mile. Thus more than half the legitimate races run in
Great Britain and Ireland are, so to speak, run over a
T.Y.C. course. If the Jockey Club is really the great
conservator which it professes to be of the virtues of the
British horse, why does it not take the initiative, and at
all events enact that at its own meetings no race, except
those in which two-year-olds solely are engaged, shall be
run under a mile at least? A fast-run mile will find out
what stuff horses areinade of, and those which cannot go
that distance may take to steeplechasing, where turf non-
stayers, like Emblem and Jealousy, seem to thrive so
wonderfully, The blanks would be gradually surplied,
as many gentlemen would then be induced to train and
run a horse who hate the present rotten system, as they
consider it, and decline to have to have their horses cut
down by mere " weeds " before they are fairly on their legs
The interests and feelings of some of our most sterling
horse breeders have never been cared for. There is
hardly such a thing as a four-year-old race now-a-days. A
few patched-np cripples may come to the post, and we
dread seeing one or all helped off the course like poor
Cotherstone at Goodwood, and visions of six-and-twenty
years ago will come back upon us of Chatham and Attila►
at the T.M.M. post, and the ring merely betting as to
which will break down first. We have no large four-year-
old national stakes, as we ought to have for horses which
never started at two or three years old, and horses which
might make a name in that line are " got up" with
and sometimes, as Mr. Holmes, V.S., assures us, with
'totatoes, for hunter shows.
London, England, 1869-03-01

HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
/11_ —Bankers : Messrs. Barclay. Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Bonverie, and 'Co. —The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.
London, England, 1869-03-01

J—
GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
T-f TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to auy tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street. London.
London, England, 1869-03-01

ST. GEORGE'S HALL, Regent-street.
FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE 1862.
Great and triumphant success. Never in the annals of
Ethiopian minstrelsy has a company made such a decided
nit. Every song was encored on the first night of
performan CP.
ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY MINSTRELS
(Proprietors, Messrs. WILSON and MONTAGUE)
The Only Company of Christy's who have had the
honour to appear, by special command. before
THE .QUEEN AND COURT.
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS.
EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. WEDNESDAYS and
SATURDAYS at THREE and EIGHT.
Special Grand Performance for the People every Satur-
lay night at eight. Admission, One Shilling.
Private boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mit-
chell's Royal Library, at the musicsellers, and at the hall.
Acting-manager, Mr. ANDREW NIMMO.
London, England, 1869-03-01

TIE HUDSON'S DAY TERRITORY.

The important colonial question -which has arisen as to
the disposal of the Hudson's Bay Territory is discussed
in a prominent letter in the Times. The writer is of
opinion that the time has come for the incorporation of
the Territory within the Canadian dominion ; hut he
holds that the company ought to have just compensation
for their rights. Their demands ought to be moderate,
but their title to some indemnity is unquestion-
able. Moreover, it will be impossible, or all
but impossible, to properly administer the Territory
in antagonism to the company. The present system has
nearly broken down, the territory needs regular govern-
ment for the developement of its resources, and, above all,
the consolidation of all British North America is necessary
for its security and prosperity. But it is of the highest
importance that the new directors and the company should
work harmoniously together. To this it may be answered
that it is more than doubtful bow far the charter
of the company could give them a right to permanently
appropriate this immense country for their own benefit.
And the argument against large compensation—an argu-
ment which the writer in the Times does not deal with—
is that a burden upon a new colony greatly impairs, if not
altogether destroys its utility. The Canadians would not
pay the cost of the indemnity, and it would therefore have
to be levied on the new corners in the shape of payments
for land. All the advantages to to be gained by the incor-
poration would be lost by a large compensation. It is true
that if the company has a right to a substantial sum it
ought to be paid ; but in what does such right consist?
London, England, 1869-03-01

THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY.

The important colonial question which has arisen as to
the disposal of the Hudson's Bay Territory is discussed
in a prominent letter in the Times. The writer is of
opinion that the time has come for the incorporation of
the Territory within the Canadian dominion; but he
holds that the company ought to have just compensation
for their rights. Their demands ought to be moderate,
but their title to some indemnity is unquestion-
able. Moreover, it will be impossible, or all
but impossible, to properly administer the Territory
in antagonism to the company. The present system has
nearly broken down, the territory needs regular govern.
ment for the developement of its resources, and, above all,
the consolidation of all British North America is necessary
for its security and prosperity. But it is of the highest
importance that the new directors and the company should
work harmoniously together. To this it may be answered
that it is more than doubtful how far the charter
of the company could give them a right to permanently
appropriate this immense country fOr their owybenefit.
And the argument against large compensation—an argu-
ment which the writer in the Times does not deal with—
is that a burden upon a new colony greatly impairs, if not
altogether destroys its utility. The Canadians would not
pay the cost of the indemnity, and it would therefore have
to be levied on the new corners in the shape of payments
for land. All the advantages to to be gained by the incor-
poration would be lost by a large compensation. It is true
that if the company has a right to a substantial sum it
ought to be paid ; but in what does such right consist?
London, England, 1869-03-01

TRU DOTAL TOUR IN EGYPT.

According to the Libera, the thousand and one nights
have been realised in the splendours accumulated at Cairo
for the reception-of the Prince and the Princess of Wales.
Their apartments were arrayed in the richest silks of the
East, and garnished with furniture of massive silver. The
Prince and the Princess have gone towards the second cata-
ract of the Nile, which is situated in Nubia, and is nearly SOO
miles beyond Cairo. But it is hardly probable that they
will reach that point, for the waters of the Nile, always
low at this season, have left the bed of the river almost
dry in certain places. " The Princess, of adventurous
dispcsition, has given orders for small vessels to be pre.
pared, in order to penetrate as far as r ossible. She desires
to see the whole of the ever-verdant and fertile valley, that
immense oasis spread like a smile of nature between two
deserts."
London, England, 1869-03-01

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers —Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. GO, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—lion.
Sec., / • Smith. Esa. GE°. REID, Sec.
London, England, 1869-03-01

ZIPLANA!

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 : sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f. - fog
; I.— lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull r.—
rain ; s.—snow ; t.—thunder. Bain•fall, snow or hail melted)
daring last 24 hours. Sea disturbance.
London, England, 1869-03-01

NEW MEMBERS.

The Harquis of Hartiugton, Mr. Phipps, and Mr. DeYe—
reux took the or th and their seats for the Radnor boroughs,
Westbury aad Wrexford.

PETITIONS.
A great number of petitions were presented by bon
members on the Ministerial benches in favour of the die_
establishment of the Irish Church.
ELECTIONS.

Mr. BRUCE gave notice that, on Thursday next, he
should move for a select committee to inquire into the pre-
sent mode of conducting Parliamentary and municipal
elections.
London, England, 1869-03-01

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Str a trrf o rid 1 GS
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CHOal,TinG,Hhad
.1_ Ose:ZeEreNcG,,u%S
this
winter I was advised to try your Loze ages, which are invaluable,
having purchased one box costing only is. lid., completely set
me up, and must, therefore, strongly recommend them as a cer-
tain uro.—l remain your most obedient servant, W. HOBBINS,
Manager.—Sold by all Druggists.
London, England, 1869-03-01

CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS.

Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. V. Harcourt, said he could
not produce the various judgments given during the trial
of erection petitions as they were not under his control.
With respect to what course the Government intended to
take, that was indicated in the notice he had already
given on the subject.
London, England, 1869-03-01

INDIA OFFICE, 29th January, 1869.--
1. By order of the Secretary of State for India in
Council.
Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain
reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and
soldiers of the late .East India Company's Service, and of
Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencia in India.
Packages containing articles reserved from the follow-
ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-
8. 8011, H., Lieutenant, 2d Madras Native Infantry.
10. Bouthilower, W. - H Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
13. Buchan, C., Sub- Conductor, Madras Establishment.
22. Cheyne, A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Modical
Department.
24. Cockburn, A. K., Lieutenant, 50th Madras Native
Infantry.
25. Carlow, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
• 53. Floud. E., Lieutenant, 32d Madras Native In-
fantry.
59. Grant, Lieutenant, sth Madras Ligh t Cavalry.
60. Gunthorpe, W. M., Major, 6th Madras Native in-
fantry.
76. Jervis, S. W., Lieutenant, 36th Madras Native In-
fantry.
78. James, E., 4ssistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De-
partment.
94. Maingay, J. W., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native
Infantry.
98. Marriott, B. W. F., Lieutenant, 13th Madras Na-
tive Infantry.
113. Neale, F., Cadet, Madras Establishment.
121. Perring, J. W. C., Lieutenant, 35th Madras Native
Infantry.
124. Pinchard, J., Lieutenant, Madras Horse Artillery.
126 n. Preston, Richard 8., Lieutenant, Madras Infantry.
133. Robertson, A., Ensign, Ist Madras Native Infantry.
140. Stewart, M., Lieutenant, Madras Artillery.
145. Stoddart, J. A., Captain, sth Madras Native In-
fantry.
150 A. Stewart, G., Ensign, 36th Madras Native Infantry.
155. Watson, G. H., Lieutenant, 19th Madras Native
Infantry.
156. Ward, A., Captain, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
158. Wyuter, W., Lieutenant, 52d Madras Native In-
fantry.
163. Weymouth, Captain, 42d Madras Native Infantry.
Applications for such packages should be made by next
of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of
such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office.
In the event of any of the packages in question remain-
ing unclaimed for the further period of six months from
this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of
by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate
of the deceased.
T. T. PEARS, Major-General,
Military Secretary.