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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-08

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Feb. 8.

The Prince of Montenegro arrived here this
morning at an early hour and alighted at the Hotel
de Rome. His Royal Highness is expected to re-
main about six days.

FRA.NCE.
BOURSE, Feb. 6.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :

4i per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 83
Credit Mobilier
End of month 292 50
Credit Foncier 1567 50
End of month —

Bank Shares 3030
Ital,an Loan —
End of month —
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
s. Cash
Orleans , ... 945
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6161
Western i. 598;
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian 670
Lombard 4:321
North of Spain

_
Saragossa
Roman 47i

THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S

MINSTRELS.

The opening night of the London season of this
celebrated troupe of minstrels at the St. George's
Hall, Regent-street, is fixed for Thursday next.
An entertainment of more than ordinary excellence
is anticipated from the announcement that the
melodies and ballads, to be sung by the
celebrated artists, will differ very much
from those hitherto submitted to the pub-
lic. They willl have the honour of introduc-
ing new songs composed exclusively for them by
Benedict, Balfe, Claribel, and J. L. Hatton ; some
very finely harmonised quartettes, and a burlesque
extravaganza mounted in a manner altogether new
and original. The company is a very large one,
amounting to nearly 100 performers, and in order
that everything may be done for the comfort of the
visitors the;activemanagement " in front" has been
confided to Mr. A. Nimmo, a sure "guarantee that
everything will be fully up to the highest standard
of excellence.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

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COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
SAURIN 'V. STARR.

The hearing of this e.,7traordinary case was proceeded
with this morning. The 1:e-examination of the plaintiff
Laving concluded, the next witness taken was Mrs.
Saurin, the mother of tics. plaintiff. She spoke
to leaving visited her dt,uglitcr at Clifford, when
she sew her brought out of a cell as though she were
a prisoner. ITer daughter looked very ill and cast down.
Tier clothing on one ccasion of her visit was altogether
unfit for the SCaSOD. It was very cold, yet she was very
thinly clad. Iler daughter made .complaints to her
of the altered conduct of Mrs. Starr, but said she
was totally unable to account for it. I.Ehe witness
was cross-examined by Mr. Mellish, but the answers
elicited corroborated in every particular the evichnee of
the plaintiff.
The case will yet last over a number of days.
London, England, 1869-02-08

THE CONVEI4T CASE.

9neen's Bench was still engaged on Saturday in
the case of " Saurin v. Starr," the action by a Sister of
Mercy against the Superioress of her convent.
At the sitting of the court, the Solicitor-General,
'addressing the Lord Chief Justice, reminded his lordship
that on Friday he stated that an offer had -emanated from
the defendant's counsel tending to a settlement of the
case. He was in hopes that that offer might have been
Acceptable to all parties, but obviously there were
interests involved on the other side which could not be
disregarded in any settlement that might be come to.
The Lord Chief Justice : I was quite sensible of that,
and•therefore I was anxious that the fullest opportunity
should be allowed on Friday for coming to a just conclu-
London, England, 1869-02-08

DREADFUL MURDER IN POPLAR.

A horrible murder was perpetrated in Russell-place,
last night. The supposed murderer, James Wm.
CPoolaopperr,, has absconded, and the police of the K division
are in active search for him. The following description
of the murderer may load to his discovery. He is an en-
gineer, 26 years of age, five feet six inches in height, com-
plexion florid, hair and whiskers brown, and he has lost
the thumb of his left hand. He was dressed in a
black cloth frock coat, blue cap with French
peak. The police believe he has committed suicide,
i,ut the only ground for this belief is the horrible nature
the
i nurd
r
e
of the crime itself, and there is no reason to suppose that
Cooper eier betrayed
where
)2tsuys snei pi
lt-court, usr , f a
disordered
wasintel-
lect.
committed,
iht°t;:ds,c'wasinhabited by five persons—namely,
Nu .a 2n,
Peter Peason, aged Est; years, his daughter, Eliza Taff, the
mother of Sarah Ann Cooper, George Taff, husband
of Eliza Taff, and John William Cooper, the supposed
murderer, and Sarah Ann Cooj;er, his wife. Between
8 add 9 o'clock the dead bodies of Peter Peason and his
granddaughter, Mrs. Sarah Ann Cooper, wore discovered
in the kitchen with their throats cut in a drea,slf ul manner.
Peason was lying on his back across the legs of grand-
daughter. There was a large quantity 3f blooa on the
floor, and the appearance of the room denoted that there
bad been a violent struggle. There was a large spn.lg-
backed clasp knife on the floor covered with blood, ant:
with this weapon it is believed the horrible deed was
committed. There were marks of blood in dif-
ferent parts of the room. The murderer appears
to have washed his hands in a bowl of water after com-
mitting the sanguinary and remorselesss deed. There
was water mixed with blood in the bowl. Cooper is a
man of indifferent character, and was very jealous of his
wife, and it is feared that under tho influence of this
feeling he cut his wife's throat, and on her grandfather
coming to her assistance attacked him also.

Inspector Smith of the K division and a body of police
are in charge of the house where the murder was com-
mitted. The excitement in tho neighbourhood is in-
tense, and has not been exceeded since the awful murder
of the Marrs family in Rateliff-highway in the year 1811.

INQUEST. --(TRIS DAY.)
The Coroner for Middlesex opoDed the inquest this
afternoon, when, after some formal evidence had been
given to identify the bodies, the inquiry was adjourned to
enable the police to capture the murderer.
London, England, 1869-02-08

AMERICA.

Messrs. Pope, Ree, and M'Lean have received
the following per Atlautic cable :
SUBMARINE CABLES BILL.

WAsiuNGTON Feb. 5.

A bill on this subject has been reported, and the
committee on foreign relations discharged from
further consideration of Simmer's, Morton's, and
Doolittle's Bills upon Submarine Cables.

Mr. Sumner, from the committee on foreign re-
lations, reported a bill relating to telegraph com-
munication between the United States and a

foreign country.

It provides that whenever telegraphic communi-
cation shall hereafter be established between the
United States and any foreign country by means of
lines or cables, of which any portions are within the
jurisdiction of the United States, the same shall be
subject to certain stipulations and reseryations.
London, England, 1869-02-08

THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN,
Messrs. Ransom, 13)uverie and Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
APPEAL very earnestly for coNTRIBITTIONS. The
llospital.is row open on Mondays Wednesdays, and Fri-
daysCo.—The Committee
to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

lIENRY B. INGRA3I, Secretary.

Tthe BLIND, 210,oxford
HE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind meu and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn theirown living.
, and 127, Euston-road.
500 blind men and vornen aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will ue thankfully received by the Secre-
tary,
Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.
London, England, 1869-02-08

MARCH.

2, &c.

Ashdown Park ,
Fourth S. Lancashire (Chart,:)ion)
County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, &e
Scottish National Open, Lanark', 30, do.
OCTOBER.
Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire
195,
&6.
26,
Ormsby N
, c.
Huntingdon Club. • 27.
0 VEMBER.

Sundorne, Salop
Cothau and Estun •• 9, &c.

WATERLOO MEETING—FEB.I7.
(Over Altcar.)
Patron—Right lion. the Earl of Sefton.
The Waterloo Cup, value £1,600 in specie, by subscription
of £25 each ; 64 subs; the winner to receive £5OO, and
the second £2OO.
The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in the second
ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to be divided as
under:—
The Waterloo Purse, for the 32 dogs beaten in the first
course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be
divided as under:—•
London, England, 1869-02-08

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per £1 sterih:g•
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
Z 3 lia. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold
from the Uni:cd btates.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at 60 dys' sirritt a o the last date about P. 91 per cent
gold at athe above price is is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in
Paris than in London.

ACTION AGAINST A MAGISTRATE.—An action for
false imprisonment against Mr. French, a stipendiary
magistrate, was tried on Friday in the Court of Queen's
Bench, Dublin. Mr. Maloney, an assistant in an apothe-
cary's establishment, and a friend named M'lntyre, were
arrested at the last Punchestown races on the charge of
stealing a watch from a gentleman named Irvine. They
were brought before Mr. French, who, without taking a
sworn information, ordered them to be sent to Naas gaol.
There they were confined from Thursday until Monday,
when a bench of magistrates discharged them, Mr. French
dissenting. Mr. Irvine, the person who had made the
charge, had discovered his mistake, and apologised to the
young men whom he had wrongfully accused. The jury
returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—X2oo.damages.

WALLINGFORD ELECTION PETITION.—The trial
of the petition against the return of Mr. Vickers 'was
concluded at Wallingford on Saturday. Mr. Justice
Blackburn decided that no cases of bribery were proved,
and, after reviewing the evidence of treating, said he had
come to the conclusion that there had been no corrupt
Practices, and that Mr. Vera o s duly elected.
London, England, 1869-02-08

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Feb. 7.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise
and Prince Leopold, drove out yesterday after.
noon.

Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Leopold,
Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice,
and the ladies and gentlemen of their suite, at-
tended Divine service at Whippingham Church
this morning.

LATEST IN ELL WINCE.

(REUTEICS TELEGRAMS.)

OUTWARD BOMBAY MAILS.
ALEXANDMA, FEB. 8.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ceylon left at 11 a.m. yesterday, and the Syria at
6.30 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at
Marseilles on the 131 h, and the latter at Southamp-
ton about the 20th inst.

MARSEILLES, Feb. G.

The Messageries Imperiales steamer MmHg, with
the India and China mails, arrived here at 10 p.m.

to-day.
London, England, 1869-02-08

MARK-LANE.

A short supply of English wheat was on sale here to-
day. The condition of the produce was somewhat
unsatisfactory. The trade for all qualities was very
slow, and prices had a drooping tendency, but no actual
change took place.
With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied.
Millers purchased with extreme caution, and a very me_
derate amount of business was transacted. Prices were
• unaltered.
London, England, 1869-02-08

DREADFUL MURDER I POPLAR.

A horrible murder was perpetrated in Russell-place,
Poplar, last night. The supposed murderer, James Wm.
Cooper, has absconded, and the police of the K division
are in active seat ch for him. The following description
of the murderer may lead to his discovery. He is an en-
gineer, 26 years of age, five foot six inches in height, com-
plexion florid, hair and whiskers brown, and he has lost
the thumb of his left hand. He was dressed in a
black cloth frock coat, blue cap with French
peak. The police believe he has committed suicide,
but the only ground for this belief is the horrible nature
of the crime itself, and there is no reason to suppose that
Cooper ever betrayed any symptoms of a disordered intel-
lect. The house, No. 2, Russell-court, where the murder
was committed, was inhabited by five persons—namely,
Peter Peason, aged 86 years, his daughter, Eliza Taff, the
mother of Sarah Ann Cooper, George Taff, husband
of Eliza Taff, and John William Cooper, the supposed
murderer, and Sarah Ann Cooper, his wife. Between
8 mad 9 o'clock the dead bodies of Peter Peason and his
granddaughter, Mrs. Sarah Ann Cooper, were discovered
in the kitchen with their throats cut in a dreadful manner.
Peason was lying on his back across the legs of his grand-
daughter. There was a large quantity of blood on the
floor, and the appearance of the room denoted that there
had been a violent struggle. There was a large spring-
backed clasp knife on the floor covered with blood, and
with this weapon it is believed the horrible deed was
committed. There were marks of blood in dif-
ferent parts of the room. The murderer appears
to have washed his hands in a bowl of water after com-
mitting the sanguinary and remorselesss deed. There
was water mixed with blood in the bowl. " Cooper is a
man of indifferent character, and was very jealous of his
wife, and it is feared that under the influence of this
feeling he cut his wife's throat, and on her grandfather
coming to her assistance attacked him also.

Inspector Smith of the K diviSion anclabody of police
are in charge of the house where the murder was com-
mitted. The excitement in the neighbourhood is ins
tense, and has not been exceeded since the awful murder
of the Marrs family in Ratcliff-highway in the year 1811.

INQUEST. --(THIS DAY.)
The Coroner for Middlesex opened the inquest this
afternoon, when, after some formal evidence had been
given to identify the bodies, the inquiry was adjourned to
enable the police to capture the murderer.
London, England, 1869-02-08

ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.

The Earl of Lauderdale will succeed Sir Thomas
Pasley as commander-in-chief at Portsmouth on
March 1. Sir Alexander Milne will succeed Lord
Clarence Paget as commander-in-chief in the Medi-
terranean on April 22. Sir Frederick Grey will
succeed Sir William Martin at Devonport, and
probably Vice-Admiral Warren will succeed Sir
13aldwin Walker as commander-in-chief at the Nore
on April s.—The Army and Navy Gazette says that
if Mr. Childers ever entertained the intention of
superseding the various superintending officers at the
different dockyards he has now abandoned it.—The
sum of money devoted to experiments in the navy
will be reduced 'from £12,000 to £2,ooo.—That
famous old ship, the Victory, Nelson's flagship at
at Trafalgar, is at last about to end her
labours and retire into private life. On doc.B not
like to think of her bLing broken up it) tiLl
breaker's yard.

It is stated that tne coming rectuctiott in the
army staff are so numerous that few appointments
will be vacant this year or next. Tho same condi
tion of things applies to the Army Medical Staff.

THE VOLUNTEER CONTROVERSY,
The Army and Navy Gazette will not undertako
say if the Volunteer is worth only the 30s.
capitation grant he now gets, or the 5.05. which
Lord Elcho asks. But there is great room for
improvement in the force, especially in the officering
of the corps. At present no provision is made for
securing efficient officers, and many of them arc
notoriously incompetent. The state of discipline is,
to say the least, doubtful; the officers are frequently
elected by the men, who practically have the power
of dismissal, since they can, and sometimes do, for
very trivial causes, resign in a body and break up the
corrg.

FATIITat IGNATIUS.

Father Ignatius, has come forward to assure us of
the orthodoxy of the Church of England. In a
lecture at Store-street he propounded for himself
the question whether the English Church cut
itself off from the Church of Christ at the Refor-
mation. While taking into consideration all the
wickedness of Henry 17111., and the tyranny he em-
ployed in carrying out his work ; while remembering
baw.relirticua was blasphemed at the_ neriod of the
London, England, 1869-02-08

CUBA.

The New York papers give particulars of the recent
outbreak at Havanna which by no means justify General
Duice's decision that it "was not worth mentioning."
There were several very serious riots, and on more than
one occasion the Spanish soldiers and armed volunteers
fired upon the people, who returned the fire. Business
was suspended.

TURRET AND GREECE.
The period of deliberation accorded to Greece was to
expire, unless it were further extended, on Sunday even-
ing. The Paris official journals hold that no more than
eight days have as yet been allowed. Calculations of this
kind, however, depend wholly upon the date at which the
eight days were supposed to commence ; if they began
from the first announcement there can be no doubt that
the time has been exceeded. In point of fact, the original
eight days ran out on Friday at latest.
The Independence Belge gives some interesting details
respecting the deliberations which took place between
King George and his councillors on the arrival of young
Count WRIQWWI _ }Mark and liiisslllema 44_10
London, England, 1869-02-08

sion.

Mr. Hawkins asked his lordship to be allowed to retire
from the court for a few minutes with his learned friends
to confer with the bishop of the diocese as to the
possibility of coming to a settlement. He was quite
Eine the time would not be thrown away. Counsel having
retired from the court, and remained in consultation for
About twenty minutes, Mr. Hawkins on his return
announced that as persons not in court must necessarily be
consulted before the terms of settlement suggested could
be accepted, the case must proceed.
The cross-examination of the plaintiff was thereupon
resumed. It was conducted by Mr. Hawkins, who went very
minutely into detail. But " Sister Scholastica " adhered
very firmly to the points made in her evidence in chief.
She illustrated her idea of propriety by expressing extreme
disgust at the conduct of one of the sisters, who had gone
Out with a gentleman unattended. She had intended to
complain td the Superioress about it.
Mr. Hawkins : Then why did not you inform tae
superwr

Plahritiff : Because she was at Hull.
Mr. Hawkins : Was there no local superior?
Plaintiff: Yes. It was the local superior herself that
did it. (Loud laughter, in which the judge heartily
joined. There were some hisses, and it was some time
before the decorum of the court was restored).
The court was evidently in an excited state, for the
unusual bracketed phrase " applause " appears several
times after the remarks of the Lord Chief Justice. Miss

Saurin repeated her assertion that some passages in the
letters gin to her were obliterated repeatedly. Particu-
larly she referred to some letters from her sister.
Mr. Hawkins here remarked : You know she had the
right to do it.
Plaintiff : I am sure no sister of mine would have written
anything unfit for me to read.
The Lord Chief Justice : "Power " would be a better
word than " right." Right means a thing rightly done.
We are nqt inquiring into what power the superior has,
but whether she has exercised it honestly and faithfully,
or for the purposes of oppression, in order to drive this
lady out of the community. (Loud applause.) That is
the charge. The charge is what power had she by the
rules—and has she used it for the purpose of driving this
lady from the convent!

Mr. Hawkins : I will undertake to shew it was honestly
done. -

The Lord Chief Justice : Power may be given for the
best of purposes, but it might be abused if it got into bad
hands. (Applause.)
Mr. Hawkins endeavoured in the rest of the examina-
tion to shew (from the plaintiff's own statement) that she
had habitually broken the rules of the couvent. The case
was adjourned.
London, England, 1869-02-08

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. instituted in 1861.

Patroness=liii.ll. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persons over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted.
The Home was opened in September, 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have boon elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD, WEAVER, Soc.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.
THE RESCUE
are as fol

-SOCIETY'S HOMES
Rows :

For Fano]
28, Church-row, HamP-
stead.
13, Ca niden-s treet, Camden-
town.
205, Groat Portland• street.

Women.
150, New Bent-road.
48, Church-street, Stoke
Newington.
Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
wich.

For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Hole—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapsido.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and frirls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories aro recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Repert (of which a contributor writes, "1
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. CO Drat,: fiec.V
at Qiuma-street Cheaßoldedi
London, England, 1869-02-08

A CASE OF RETROVERSION.

A short time ago two curates of St. Mary's, Soho,
" went over." One of them came back again after a
few weeks' trial. The Weekly _Register explains this
retroversion in the following manner :—" After the
two curates in question were received into the
Church, they both took up their residence at the
Oratory, with a view of entering the noviciate of
the order.
.But by a rule of that order, before any
one can even become a novice he must reside a
month in the house, and he is then balloted for by
the Fathers, so as to see .whether the opinion of the
community is that he would be a credit to them.
The two ex-curates went through the usual
ordeal, but not with similar success. At
the ballot, after they had been a month in
the Oratory, one was approved of, and is now a
novice at Brompton ; the other was black-balled,
and has since been received back into what the cor-
respondent of the Standard—by way of a grim joke,
we presume—calls 'the one fold of Christ,' in which
by the:way (if the Church of England is meant)
the rams certainly butt a good deal at each other.'
This is not quite the whole truth. The Register does
.not explain why one of the two gentlemen was black-
balled. We are assured that it was because heput the
rev. fathers of the Oratory more questions than they
could answer. There is a case of reversion here as
well as retroversion. The curate was black-balled
because of his evident tendency towards Anglicanism.
Ife did not return to Anglicanism because he was
black-balled.

CARDINAL MANNING.

Archbishop Manning is to receive the red hat next
month, according to the Rome correspondent of the
Weekly Register. With him Monsignori Ferari,
De Merode, and Chigi will have the same honour
bestowed upon them. Nothing is said about Mon •
signor Darboy, Archbishop of Paris.

COM3IERCIAL MORALITY,

The Overend, Gurney, and Co. case is bearing
fruit. Directors are beginning to understand that
there is such a thing as the law, and they are
becoming very good indeed. Take the Credit Fonder
for instance. A few months ago the directors indig-
nantly denied tbat they had taken any moneys other
than those they were legally and morally en-
titled to. Mr. Albert Grant, however, has
been persuaded into a better mind, it seems ;
and at the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders
on Friday, it was stated that he had consented to
hand over to the company " a fair and reasonable
amount," which is to be raised on a mortgage of his
property. It is expected that the other old directors
will follow Mr. Grant's example without mueli further
delay. •
London, England, 1869-02-08

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-map.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary.
Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1869-02-08

CUBA.

The New York papers give pacticulars of the recent
outbreak at Havanna which by no means justify General
Dulce's decision that it "was not worth mentioning."
There were several very serious riots, and on more than
one occasion the Spanish s,,hli(•rs and armed volunteers
fired upon the people, who returned the fire. Business
was suspended.
London, England, 1869-02-08

WESTMINSTER.

OUTRAGE IN A LICENSED REFRESHMENT 11011 SE.—Geo
Evans, a young man, was charged with the following
outrage :
Mr. Charles Miller, of 16, Neale-row, Knightsbridge,
refreshment-house keeper, said that at a little after eleven
on Saturday night the defendant and three companions
came to his house and went to the up stairs room. They
had not been there long when complainant's daughter
came down and said he was striking a customer in the
room. Complainant went up and remonstrated, when de-
fendant said he would serve him the same, and seizing
him by the log tried to throw him down stairs, and, fail-
ing in that, caught hold of him by the beard, and held
him in that way for some minutes.

31r. Solfo.--fn what position wore things when you first
wont up stairs ?

Complainant—He was standing in front of a man whom
he had struck three times.

Mr. James klay, of No. 8, Park-road, said he was sup-
ping at the refreshment rooms when on a sudden he went
to another man who was sitting in the room and violently
struck him twice. Defendant had been drinking, but was
perfectly cool and collected.

The police said the defendant resisted, and was very
violent.

Defendant said he was insulted first by the other per-
son, and became excited in consequence of drink.

Mr. Selfe said that a licensed refreshment house-keeper
was bound to be protected or ho could not preserve
order.

Defendant was committed to bard labour for 14 days.

MARKET S-2 HIS DAY.
London, England, 1869-02-08

A WORD TO RITUALISTS.

Ono of the Roman Catholic clergy in London has
been preaching against—not Ritualism, but the Ritu-
alists. He denounced their movement as being utterly
wanting in the first great mark of Christianity—obe-
dience. The Ritualists, he said, call themselves Catholics,
but they obey no bishop on earth, only their own
respective wills, and yet the clergy of this school
exact from their flocks an obedience utterly unknown
in the Catholic Church. " Three hundred years ago,"
said Father Oallwey, " the Court and a great portion
of the nobility and clergy of this land rebelled against
the Vicar of Christ, and said they would acknow-
ledge no authority but Caesars. To Caesar they
went, and Cesar has them still, and Caesar defines
what they must believe and what reject."
London, England, 1869-02-08

ROYAL HOSPI'T'AL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.
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 their
own homes.
A new 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 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 greatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary,
NQ. 10j9u1 try" London, E.G. September, 1868.
London, England, 1869-02-08

THE INDIAN TELEGRAPH SCHEMES.

tile of the two rival schemes of telegraphic com-
munication with India appears to have fallen through.
The company which started it applied to the Admi-
ralty for the loan of two 3-deckers, and obtained their
request under the usual conditions. Possession
was actually offered, but at the last moment the
transaction broke down, owing to the want of funds
on the part of the promoters of the undertaking.

FOREIGN NOTES.
AWERICA.

The New York Times and the Tribune affirm that Genera),
Grant is opposed to the Alabama claims treaty. He is
reported to have "said : " The treaty is unjust to the United
States because it assumes to measure injury inflicted upon
this country by money value of ships actually destroyed,
whereas the chief damage to our commerce was in our
ships being driven from the seas by Anglo-rebel pirates.
In addition to this, the sympathy extended by the English
Government to the South prolonged the war at least a
year, and for all lives lost and money expended, for this
time,-England is directly responsible." Englishmen will
be equally astonished and disappointed to learn that
General Grant really has been guilty of this foolish
expression.
London, England, 1869-02-08

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THIRD EDITION,

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

BIRMINGHAM RACES-THIS DAY.
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A WORD TO RITUALISTS.

One of the Roman Catholic clergy in London has
been preaching against—not Ritualism, but the Ritu-
alists. He denounced their movement as being utterly
wanting in the first great mark of Christianity—obe-
dience. The Ritualists, he said, call themselves Catholics,
but they obey no bishop on earth, only their own
respective wills, and yet the clergy of this school
exact from their flocks an obedience utterly unknown
in the Catholic Church. " Three hundred years ago,"
said Father Gallwey, " the Court and a great portion
of the nobility and clergy of this land rebelled against
the Vicar of Christ, and said they would acknow-
ledge no authority but Cxsar's. To Canar they
went, and Caesar has them still, and Cresar defines
what they must believe and what reject."
London, England, 1869-02-08

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. Mx per .£1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
V Zia. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold
from the Untied States.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at 0 days' sight was on the last date about IC9f percept
gold at the above price is abut 1-10111 per cent. dearer In
Paris than in London.

ACTION AGAINST A MAGISTRATE.—An action for
false imprisonment against Mr. French, a stipendiary
magistrate, was tried on Friday in the Court of Queen's
Bench, Dublin. Mr. Maloney, an assistant in an apothe-
cary's establishment, and a friend named M'lntyre, were
arrested at the last Punchestown races on the charge of
stealing a watch from a gentleman named Irvine. They
were brought before Mr. French, who, without taking a
sworn information, ordered them to be sent to Naas gaol.
There they were confined from Thursday until Monday,
when a bench of magistrates discharged thorn, Mr. French
dissenting. Mr. Irvine, the person who had made the
charge, had discovered his mistake, and apologised to the
young men whom he had wrongfully accused. The jury
returned a verdict for the plaintiffs--£2OO damages.

WALLINGFOIID ELECTION PETITION.—The trial
of the petition against the return of Mr. Vickers was
L concluded at Wallingford on Saturday. Mr. Justice
Blackburn decided that no cases of bribery were proved,
and, after reviewing the evidence of treating, said he had
come to the conclusion that there had been no corrupt
practice; and tha Mr. Vickerkwftfi duly cloctt4.
London, England, 1869-02-08

WESTMINSTER.

OUTRAGE IN A LICENSED REFRESHMENT FlousE.—Geo
Evans, a young man, was charged with the following
outrage :
Mr. Charles Miller, of 16, Neale-row, Knightsbridge,
refreshment-house keeper, said that at a little after eleven
on Saturday tight the defendant and three companions
came to his house and went to the up stairs room. They
had not been there long when complainant's daughter
came down and said he was striking a customer in the
room. Complainant went up and remonstrated, when de-
fendant said he would serve him the same, and seizing
him by the leg tried to throw him down stairs, and, fail-
ing in that, caught hold of him by the beard, and held
him in that way for some minutes.
Mr. Selfe.—ln what position were things when you first
went up stairs ?
Complainant—lie was standing in front of small whom
he had struck three times.

Mr. James May, of No. 8, Park-road, said he was sup-
ping at the refreshment rooms when on a suddon he went
to another man who was sitting in the room and violently
struck him twice. Defendant had been drinking, but was
perfectly cool and collected.
The police said the defendant resisted, and was very
violent.

Defendant said ho was insulted first by the other per-
son, and became excited in consequence of drink.
Mr. Selfe said that a licensed refreshment house-keeper
was bound to no, proteewd ur ho could not rvoZol ve
order.

Defendant was committed to hard labour for 14 days.

MARICE 7 S-2 Ins DAY.
London, England, 1869-02-08

MARK-LANE.

A short supply of English wheat was on sale here to-
day. The condition of the produce was somewhat
unsatisfactory. The trade for all qualities was very
slow, and prices had a drooping tendency, but no actual
change took pingo.
With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied.
Millers purchased with extreme caution, and a very mo-
derate amount of business was transacted. Prices were
unaltered.
London, England, 1869-02-08

ADIERICA.

The New York Times and the Tribune affirm that General,
Grant is opposed to the Alabama claims treaty. He is
reported to have said : " The treaty is unjust to the United
States because it assumes to measure injury inflicted upon
this country by money value of ships actually destroyed,
whereas the chief damage to our commerce was in our
ships being driven from the seas by Anglo-rebel pirates.
In addition to this, the sympathy extended by the English
Government to the South prolonged the war at least a
year, and for all lives lost and money expended, for this

time,-England is directly responsible." Englishmen will
be equally astonished and disappointed to learn that
General Grant really has been Wilts of this foolish
expression.
London, England, 1869-02-08

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London, England, 1869-02-08

BARRACK CONTRACTS

or the of
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IN GREAT BRITAIN.

WAR OFFICE. PALL-MALL, LONDON, S.W.,
21st January, 1869.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
FECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive
Tenders for the Supply of Coals, Coke, Turf, Candles, and
Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Stations in Great Britain,
for a period of Twelve Months from the Ist April next.
Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the proper
printed Form, which may be obtained, with every requisite in-
formation, upon application at this Office, or to the various Bar-
rack Masters, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock each
day (Sundays excepted).
The Tenders must be sent to the Office addressed to the Direc-
tor of Contracts, marked on the outside "Tender for Coals, &c.,"
on or before Thursday, 11th February, 1369, after which day no
Tender will be received.

The Secretary of for War reserves the right of rejecting
any or all of the Tenders.

THOMAS HOWELL,
Director of Contracts.

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DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION.
rillH4 COMMISSIONERS of INLAND 11E-
-1 VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to take out a new License.
The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog withuut License is Five
Pounds.

A License is not transferable from one person to
another.
A License may be obtained by the owner giving his
name and address, and the name of the place where the
dog is kept, on application at

The Office of the Collector of Inland)
Revenue, 1 In the neigh-
The Office of the Distributor of Stamps }.l
Or , applicant's re-
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i sidence. :
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Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue.

Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
Revenue (R,eceipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
the District, will receive a license in return by post.
WM. COBBETT, Secretary.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
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Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
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numerous poor suffering children, who are rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Co'utts and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
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London, England, 1869-08-06

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TITE PROROGATION.

In consequence of Ministers' decision to proceed
with the Scotch Education Bill, the session will be
prole n-red a little. The prorogation can hardly take
place before the 12th, though some melancholy mem-
bers hope for the 10th. The Government will pro-
bably have enough to do to pull through by the later
date. It is clear enough that a considerable body of
members, headed by Lord Elcbo, are determined to
Tare no pains to bring the Scotch Bill to grief. If the
Scotch representatives continue to speak six times
every sitting, as some of them have done, it is not
rasy to foretell when the committee will get through
:he last clause. Then, when the Commons have
finished with it, the Lords have to consider whether
they will accept a measure from which almost every
amendment which they originally made has been
struck out. Mr. Bruce thought that if the bill be
got through the Lower House by the end of the
week, the Lords will finish with it on Monday. The
Standard ridicules this notion.

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NEATII AND BRECON RAILWAY COM-
PANY (AMALUAMATION AND AMEND-
MENT) ACT, 1869.

NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRA-
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Share-
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held at their Offices, 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-
street, Westminster, on FRIDAY, the 13th day of August
next, at 10.30 a.m., for the following purpose, viz.:
To adopt and put in force the several powers conferred
by the " Neath and Brecon Railway (Amalgamation and
Arrangement) Act, 1869."
D. HOWELL MORGAN, Secretary.
I, Westminster Chambers, Westminster,
Victoria-street, S.W., July 29, 1869.
London, England, 1869-08-06

DAGENHAM DOCKS.

The CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, iu reply
to Viscount Enfield, said that the reason the Customs'
License to land goods had been refused to the Dagenham
Dock Company was the great distance of the proposed
docks from the Customhouse, and the present unsheltered
and unprotected state of the place.
Mr. OTWAY, in reply to Mr. Torrens, said there had
been proposals of extradition treaties by certain foreign
Governments, and during the recess the whole subject
will be taken into consideration.
London, England, 1869-08-06

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'IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THIS EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
Their lordships, after forwarding the bills on the order
of the day a stage, immediately adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tars DIY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour.
THE HENRY- MARTINI RIFLE.

Capt. VIVIAN, in reply to Mr. Muntz, said it was not
intended to placo the Henry-Martini rifle generally in the
hands of the army, until it had been tried in all parts of
the world. 200 rifles bad been ordered for the purpose of
being distributed to different regiments. With respect to
grave doubts about the durability of the weapon, the
authorities were not aware that any such exists.