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NORTIIAMPTON RAI 'ES, 16th and 17th Match.

The EXPRESS TRAIN leaving- Easton at 9.0 a.m. for
RUGBY will STOP at BLISWORTH on both the above
days, and be continued to Northampton, arriving there.) at
10.45 n.m , and a Spec'al Fast Train will return from Nor-
thampton to London in the evening of 'each day at 5.40
P.m., callina. at Willesden Junction. only; and reaching
Euston at 7.45 p.m.
Pas,engets from Victoria (Pimlico), at p. 22 a.m., from
Kensington at 8.45 a.m., and from -Broad-street (City) at
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A SPECIAL TRAIN at. CHEAP FARES will also be
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Back, leaving at 9.5 a.tn.
This Train will arrive at. Northampton at 11.15 a.m.,
and return at 6.45 p.m. each day.

1 NCORPORATED LAW SOCIE TY, U.K.
IC LECTURS and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69.

LECTURES. •
Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile
Law. Ornveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and
Equity, will b delivered in the Hall of the Society in the
mouths of March, April, May, and June next.

•
LAW CLASSES.
In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted
under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers,
and will proceed concurrently- with the lectures. The
number of subscribers to each class will be limited, awl
the instruction given will be confined to an examination
of the students upon the suhk.et of a procediug lecture. or
on portions of h given book bearing on the same•subj am.
A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture. tnd
be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc-
tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the
lectures will thuS be amplified, and impressed on the
memory by the classes; and the system of constant. ex-
amination will test, from time to ime, the progress wade
by the students.

FARES -10 s. covered carriages, 15s. first class.
Trains in connect' on at Willesdeni. Fares to Northampton
Junction will leave Broad -street and Back :
(City) 8.40 a m., Dalston 8.45 Coy. Cars. Ist Class.
a.m., Higlibury 8.49 a.m. , lOs 6d 15s 6d
Camden licAcl 8.55 a.m., Victoria)
(Pimlico) 8.22, Kensington P. 5 r lOs Od 15s Gd
a.m.
W. CAWK WELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, March, 1969.

LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW,
by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister-
At-Law.

The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon the fol-
lowing subjects:— _
a. Simple Contracts,.
b. Contracts under Sal.
c. The'Contract of Sale.

KEATIN G'S COUGH LOZ ENGES.-
Important remedy in cases of INOIPIENT CO .N SUMP-

tiO-3.

d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ;
with the distinction betWlßVlOgotiable instruments and
other simple contracts.
e. Freight. and Contracts of Affreiehtment, with the pe-
culiarities of Chart-r-parties and Bills of Lading.
f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences-
1. To the Owner of the Vessel.
2. To the Owner of the Cargo.
3. To the Underwriter.

E A T IN G'S. LOZENGES.-
A certain remedy for relieving the IRRITATION of the
BRONCHIAL TUBES. Sold retail by all Druggists.

THE ONLY COFFEE MACHINE to Pro-
duce the Real and Best French CAFE NOIR.
Coffee Machines from 3s. 9d. to 6,4. in tin.
7s. to 245. in bronze
" .£2 to £4 in electro-plate and gilt.
French Coffee Roasters, the Cheapest and Best, from 3s. to Bs. 6d.
French Coffee Mills from 3s. to 53.
Eggboilers and Rechauds from 3s. 9d. to es. 'd.
C. MAY r R & SO a, Patentees, 40 and 41, Fleet-street, E.C.

g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered
the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on
Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a
Master for the acts of his Servant.
In his private classes the reader will use as text-books
- The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law
(Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anderson).
LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of
REAL t ROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE,
Esq., Barrister-at-Law.
This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:-
Lecture I. Introductory.-Practical Hints on the perusal
and examination of Abstracts.
Lectures 11., 111., IV. Settlements.-. 1. Settlements of
Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds ; b.
Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c.
Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the
Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate ;
a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste ; b. Jointures,
Portions, &c c. Usual Powers : Remarks on the Leases
and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty
Act-3. Disentailing Deeds, the existing Law of Entail-
4. I radical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of
Settlements.
Lectures V., VI. NN,illee 1. Usual Frame and Contents
of a Will -2. Principles of construction of Wills-8.
Practical Hints on Drawing Wills.
Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks,
Fines-2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-8.
Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds.
Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Crodi
tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds- 3. Articles of
Partnership, &c.
In these lectures and classes the Introductions and
Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially
referred to.
As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on
Real and Personal Property are recommended.
EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart.,
Barrister-at-Law,,
This course will consist of Nine Lectures :-
Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange-
ments for purposes of Study.
Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account;
generally, Apportionment and Contribution.
Lecture 111. The Jurisdi'tion in matters of Account,
continued : specially, between Principal and Agent.
Lecture IV. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued: specially, between Partners.
Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra-
tion: 1. The Administration of Assets.
Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction,
eoLtinued : 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged
by recent statutory enactment.
Lectures Injunctions.
Books recommended: -Story's Equity Jurisprudence,
chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 1.., 23 ; lladdan's Administrative
Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery.
Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead-
ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred
to during the comic.
The subscription payable for hoFLoer allctur
three courses. course.
By clerks of members
By clerks of gentlemen not
members
By all other persons not being
members ... 4 4 0
The subscription payable foi the law classes--
For all the
branches of For each
instruction. branch.
By every subscriber £5 5 0 £2 12 6
Members of the Society may
attend the lectures without
subscribing.
To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers
cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com-
menced.

WHEN A PERSON takes cold the lungs
become charged with phlegm,. which oppressing the
constitution, a natural effort is made for its relief—this effort is
a cough. The only safe and prudent remedies to be adepted are
those which assist nature in her work, by loosening pblegm. and
exciting a freedom of expectoration until the evil is removed.
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COLDS, COUGHS, ASTHMA, and all complaints of the Chest and
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Crane-court, Fleet-street, London; and can be obtained of all
respectable medicine vendors in the kingdom, in bottles at Is.
lid. and 2s. 9d. each.

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LANTIQUE.
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FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
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Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From lIAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First ',Mass 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
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From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr.
WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
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Haiti. Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH p %Mu, AND
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Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
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BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
LI- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CIIALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London,
E.C.
The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob-
jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as-
sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their
opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation
of the customary conditions, have resolved to p-omulgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them
which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and Uneliallengeable.
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in-
ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre-
miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this
class of the public the system now introduced will espe-
cialls commend itself, being entirely free from all condi-
tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium,
or from any other cause whatever; while at the same
time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every premium paid, bearing the same propor-
tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre-
miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi-
nally contracted to be paid.
Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex-
pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on
the discontinuance of the assurance.
The assure will thus always have the option of retain-
ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac-
cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any
future reference to the Oompany on these points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.
Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate
this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and
others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally
secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by
mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re-
versionary, of a Policy of this description.
Every Policy issued on this plan will be without any
conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
the objections before referred to will be entirely removed,
and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as
actual securities.

2 2 0

E. W. Williamson, Secretary.
Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868.
N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and atteni the lec-
tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as
the instruction given in the classes
re-
ference to preceding lectures, it is recommended that those
who desire to attend the classes should also attend the
lectures. will have special

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ysasoltl, icaintead, Co.,
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DISEASES and ACCIDENTS
THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
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the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.

In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages,
the number of premiums is strictly defined. The 1, ngest
term provided for is twenty-fire years, and the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this class as security,
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies
are held as collateral security.
It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitahle and uncon-
ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security P.lieies.
The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
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questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new
business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
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The private medical attendants of the patients are
in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can be obtained on
application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street,
treet, W.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
of food and
are earnestly solicited for the purchase
126 boys on board the Chichester Training
clothing for the
Ship.
160 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Qannn-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing
370 children.
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In boxes at is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 48. 6d., at all ,hemists.

SECRETARY of STATE fon wAR
I approvi.d of a REVIEW of VOLU TTEERS tHkinz
,plece :it DOrv'Ert, on EASTER MUNE:LAY, the 29th
of March, 1869.

Applications from Corps desirou3 of attending this
Review must 100 made on the preserited form (W. 0.
Form, No. 1,G29) through the Lords-Lio,tanant of their
respective Counties, and &liven, I at the War-office on or
b.ifore nenday. the t4th of March, after which date no
further applications will be received.
_ _

It i', however, particularly requeste.l that Command-
biz Officers will niaka their applications as early as pos-
sible before the above date, as their doing so will greatly
facilitate Railway and other arranErement,

JAS. LINDSAY, Major-General.
War-Office, 19th February, 1869.

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The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home
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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 SMITH, K.H., F.R.S.
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to
Forfeiture.
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds.
The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
applicants post free.

HENRY LAKE, General Manager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place Pall mall, London.

ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
HEAD OFFICES:
Royal insurance Buildings Lombard-street, London.
Royal Insurance Buildings North John-street, Liverpool.
CAPITAL. TWO MILLIONS STERLING.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds.. ......... £BOO,, 00
Accumulated Funds in hand £1,500,000
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Life and Annuity Funds....
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES—.
Exemption of Assured from Liability of Partnership.
BormsEs among the largest ever declared by any Company.
Profits divided every five years.
All new Life Insurances now effected will become entitled
to an Increased Share of the Profits.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Premiums in 1867 £461,653.
REDUCTION OF DUTY.—Since this first took place the increase
of business of the ROYAL has exceeded that of any other Office,
as shown by Government Returns.
Prompt and liberal settlement of Losses.
JOHN H. MCLAREN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. i

EAGLE INS URA NC E COMPANY,
LONDON.

Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th
June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETIIERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in
the Chair.
The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a report was made to them for the
quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences
with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this
bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30Tii JUTE, 1868.
DR. INCOME OP THE YEAR.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1867, £981,514 13 9
Less amount distributed
as bonus 208,774 0 0

Premiums en new assur-
ances
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3

£30,81.1 8 3

Interest from invest-
ments 117,584 7 3

£772,740 13 9

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SILVER. MINES OF WHITE PINE.

As the mines of the White Pine district will pro-
Jably attract much attention as soon as the winter
is over, rendering them more accessible, some infor-
mation regarding them may now prove of interest.
The district is believed to lie in latitude 39 deg.
20 min. N., and in longitude 115 deg. 20 min. W.
from Washington ; its altitude varying from 7,000
to 11,000 feet above the level of the sea. Its dis-
tance and bearing is from Austin, E.S.E. 120 miles;
from Belmont, N.E. 140 miles ; from Rico, in the
Pahranagat country, and county seat of Lincoln
County, N.N.W. 150 miles, and from Elco the
ne:.rest station on the Central Pacific Railroad, S.
115 miles—as the toll-road now being built to that
point will probably run. It consists of an area of
12 square miles near the north end of the 'White
Pine Motintains. Upon one of these heights is
Treasure I fill, where the principal mines are situ-
a' cd, the le lzes a p •aring on every side of it, and
extending up its slopes, ,o:nposed for ih3 most gait
of huge benches of limestone, from base to summit.
This hill, which runs north and &Itch, is about 5
mileq long by Si miles broad ineasn red over itssummit,
its altitude being about 1,600 feet above the en-
circling, valley at its base, and 9,000 feet above the
sea level. Although the ex let amount of the bullion
already extracted ha; not been ascertained, it is
roughkr:estimated at $1,700,000. The cost of ex-
traction has been small, that of hauling and milling
having averaged $7O a ton, a portion of the ores
having been sent to Austin, and a good deal to
Newark, 30 miles distant, for reduction. Some of
the most experienced miners from South America
and Mexico speak confidently of the prospects of
White Pine, as a prolific and permanent silver-pro-
ducing district. Although only a few months since
the first consignment of ore to San Francisco,
White Pine already possesses a population of 3,000
men, and of these 1,000 are constantly engaged in
takingout ore, thequantity daily averaging3oo tons,
valued at from $2OO to $5OO per ton. At $2OO, the
yield of a year, counting 300 working days, would be
$15,000,000. The Eberhardt Company have worked
700 tons, which assayed $l,OOO per ton, and yielded
P5O in the mill. The White Pine News is a local
newspaper, just started, published by Pitchford and
and Simpson, at Treasure City, containing notices
of White Pineprices—winter immigration and work
—water supply—road repairs needed—description
of the mines—reports of discoveries, &c. The
stage line between Visalia and White Pine was to be
opened in February. Elko, ten or fifteen miles from
Maggie Creek, and near Humboldt Canon, is the
starting point of another waggon road to White Pine.
The great want of water will shortly be remedied,
for A. W. Von Schmidt, the engineer who planned
and superintended the construction of the Spring
Valley Water Works, has made arrangements to
supply Hamilton from springs three miles distant,
which discharge regularly 300 inches of excellent
water. Of course the building material is in re-
quest, and lumber at White Pine sells at $175 and
$2OO per thousand. Wages range about $6 a day.
Governor Bias lel, of Nevada, who visited San
Francisco recently on behalf of the Aurora Conso-
lidated Mining Company of White Pine District,
entered into a contract with Frank Livingston to
furnish for one year all the ore which a 30-stamp
mill, to be erected by the latter, can work— from
8,000 to 12,000 tons—at $25 per ton, being half
of the present White Pine rates ; and the ores
are to be worked by Livingston to 80 per
cent. of the fire assay. Governor Blasdel esti-
mates the average yield at $lOO to the ton ;

so that 10,000 tons would pro3uce $1,000,000.
Edward B. Dorsey, Mining Engineer, who has
just returned from White Piue, reprts that a care-
ful examination of the ore deposits there convinces

him fully of their close similarity in character to
the mines with which he was formerly connected at
Chanarcillo, Chili ; except that the several veins

which he has been able to recognize as such are

contact veins, and that they contain a good deal
of quartz in the gangue. The Virginia Enter-
prise, of the 22d of December, reports : The
IVhite Pine fever continues unabated, though it
is somewhat less virulent at present than a month

since. Nearly everybody has it in a mild form,
and the majority expect to linger in the vicinity
until towards spring. Almost daily somebody leaves
for the " poor mau's paradi,e," but there is no

grand rush: The new from the mines continues
unchanged—very favourable all the time. The fol-

lowing cations document is said to have been posted
at the Eberhardt mine, as the first notice of a
claim : White Pine District, Aug. sth, 1867 :
Know all men (or one woman, for then all will
know), that the undersigned, who is an individual

of limited means, but of unlimited expectitions,
locates, claims, and intends to hold and work two
claims of 200 ft. each on this ledge, containing, as he
believes and hopes it does, gold, silver, calcspar, feld-
spar, and spar the barkeep, besides other precious
metals too numerous to m-ntion, together with all
the dips, spurs, and angles and triangles, ranging from
vertical to horizontal, and will work the same ac-
cording to Hoyle' and the very liberal laws of
n hi: e Pine District. The undersigned is induced
to make this company of one, as he anxious that
the poor devil who comes along may have a fair
show at the extensions, if he can find them. To be
known as the Elephant Ledge and Company. Wil-
liam Pitcher, 200 feet ; discovery, 200 feet. Pit-
cher did not develope the mine, and it slipped away
from him." The latest telegram from San Fran-

cisco, dated Feb.l9, says:—"• The excitement about
the White Pine mines is increasing. 51 companies
have gone to the mines, and there been incorpo-

rated:withnominalcapitalsaggregatingsG2,ooo,o-00.
The Beard of Brokers is considering the propriety

of establishing more stringent rules regulating the
admission of new stocks."

PARAGUAY.

The Minister of the Argentine Republic has re-
ceived a letter from his chief, the Minister of Fo-
reign Affairs, announcing the termination of the
Paragu ,yan war. It is not easy for us to unravel
the truth about Lopez. Of course, those who have
c "'ducted the war against him a-, strenuously en-
deavour to defame his character as to destroy all
hii material prospects iu life. The Minister of
Foreign Affairs writes in the bitterest strain of the
monster of cruelty and cowardice who has fled,
after his horrible excesses, instead of falling like a
brave man at the side of his victims. "We have
avenged," he says, " the honour of the nation, we
have liberated Paraguay from its tyrannical ruler,
and we have spared South America the shame of
having at the head of one of her States a man of a
more ferocious character than any of the many
tyrants that have so much afflicted her." He ad-
mits that there would have been a degree of gran-
deur iu Lopez's defence had it not been for the hor-
rible means he used to obtain it. He " has re-
spected neither weakness, family ties, nor the laws
of war ; shooting his prisoners, the wives of his chief
officers when their husbands were defeated, and
even his own brother and sister." lie promises to
send an enquiry, carefully compiled, vitich will con-
firm what he says, and " clearly prove that the great
energy shown in this war by the Pa
Paraguayans, far
from being the effects of a lofty spirit, is nothing
but the material force of a despotized people sus-
tained and encouraged by mere terror." If we wanted
to get the true character of a man the last person
we would go to would be the enemy who had zuined
him, and Europe is not likely to attach much im-
portance to any testimony about Paraguay reported
by the Allies. There never was a defence yet made
by a people which the despot and the conqueror have
not thus stigmatized. Every invaded people bring
a pressure to bear on their own inhabitants which
compels all men capable of bearing arms to rise in
defence of their country, and that very compulsion,
perhaps -.nest strongly exercised by the women,
furnishes the ground for the invader's charge. W 6
continue to regard the defence of Paraguay as one
of the most noble recorded in history, and the at-
tack on it by almost a combined continent asawicked
fa
enrde
nwt
justificationanton invas i o
invasion, which
n awyitlbl
irnegqui
yetre_ aavdevrayn
advanced.
At the same time we freely admit that Lopez must
be judged by his acts ; and we, in common with the
cruelty;wil will
listen
bu tot
we
prefer no excuse
to
for
awaitwantonthe
bar-
barousword,
l reportof
the American Minister, General M‘ahon, who ac-
companied Lopez, in his retreat, before we form any
opinion, more especially on
the conspiracy
g
con-
cocted by the Allies-among the Paraguayans
the independence of the State they hada invaded,
against
which Lopez took such summary and perhaps un.
justifiable means to suppress. The Argentine Le-
gation furnished the following as the latest intelli-
gence :—" The former news is confirmed. Lopez
is in hiding. The Councillor Paranhos, Minister
for Foreign Affairs, has left for Asuncion, and the
Minister of Marine, the Baron Cotegipe, fills his
place temporarily. Caxias, Herval, and Admiral
Juhanoma have already returned from Asuncion.
General Souza has been appointed Commander-in-
Chief of the Allied Forces in Paraguay. The
greatest harmony exist between the Allies. Ex-
change, 19d."

VIE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN,"
sc,icinr., ail the sPoitT I G N EWS of the day. may be seen
al .T EM YM,NT 'S. hoagie, " he Swan and Horse Shoe,"
Litde rzitftiri, City, F.C.