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London, England, 1869-06-14

THAMES.

SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A WIFE.— Alexander Cook; of No.
113, Cornwall-street, St. George-in-the-East, was charged
with violently assaulting his wife, Ann Cook. The parties
had a slight quarrel, which ripened into mischief, and the
prisoner knocked down his wife, dragged her about his
room by the hair of her heal, and after breaking a large
quantity of crockery and other things, he kicked her vio-
lently on the eye, and reduced her to a state of insensibi-
lity. A politte,nan named \Vickers, No. 17U K, found her
in a moat dep!orable condition, covered with blood, and
her head and face with bruises.

Tho case could not be completed at present, and the
prisoner was remands d.
ANOTHER VIOLENT ASSAULT.—WiIIiam Hutchins, a
labourer, aged 22, of Ratcliff- highway, was charged with
assaulting Mary Jane Martins, in the Green Boat beer
shop, St. George's-in-the-East.
A quarrel took place between the parties, and they called
each other very bad names. The prisoner struck the
woman, kicked her, an rendered her insensible.
Ile was fined £5, and in default sentenced to two months'
imprisonment.
London, England, 1869-06-14

THE ALABAMA QUESTION.

The London correspondent of the Scotsman says
that the great object of our
.Government at the
present time is to secure silence in Parliament with
regard to the Alabama question. Lord Clarendon's
speech was so cautious and so discreet that Lord
Cairns, who had intended to • speak on the matter,
decided to keep silence. It is possible that Sir 11.
Bulwer also may be induced to refrain. Mr. Motley's
instructions are not to reopen the question. It is
believed by the best diplomatic yutiges: that the
Americans will neither settle the. Alabama question
nor revive it. They like to keep up an oven sore,
and they are indisposed, AltetAhe late exhibition
made in their name, to press the Alabama question
upon us till it has got, probably' some time hence,
into a new phase.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND
UNIFORMITY.

Archbishop Tait has, in•reply to an address from
the Rural Deanery of Shoreham, made some remarlis
upon Ritual and Uniformity. He says that, in his
opinion, the recent judgment in " Martin v.
Maclionochie " affected only the precise actions
referred to in that suit, the lighting of candles and
prostration during consecration. Ile believes that it
'would be very unwise to lay down one invariable
rule with regard to Ritual for all congregations.
Even if such uniformity were attainable, more might
be lost than gained by enforcing it. He adds
" It has been the wisdom of the Church of England to
leave much in such matters to individual discretion, in-
rating only that all things should be done decently and
in order, and providing that if any question arises in a
parish as to the use of such discretion, recourse shall
be-had to the bishop, subject to an appeal to the arch-
bishop if the bishop think fit, that thus steps may be
taken to order and appease any difficulties. Where dis-
sensions have unfortunately arisen on such subjects
in our Church, I attribute this evil in a great measure to
the unwillingness of the parties who differ to have recourse
to this reference to authority prescribed by the Prayer-
book. But it is through this careful attention to each case
considered on its own merits, and not by laying down
fixed general rules which the Church has not invested him
with authority to enforce, that a bishop is empowered to
settle such matters concerning public worship as those to
which your address alludes."
London, England, 1869-06-14

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GEOII(4IICLITCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary.
12, St. James's-square, London, S.W.
London, England, 1869-06-14

TOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Quesu-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing
870 children.

£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the Lon ion ani Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, L.C.; and by
WILLIAM WILLI AltIS, Secretary.
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London, England, 1869-06-14

GOSSIP IN HIGH QUAIITERP.

" Oxonienis " writes to the Daiy News that the
debts of the Da'' e of Newcastle have been exagge-
rated. The Duke owes Mr. Padwick £8:),000 ; he
also owes a Jewish gentleman £123,000. But if
for the next three years, he is content to live at the
rate of £lO,OOO a year—his wife's income—all these
debts will have been paid off ; the estates bringing
in £70,000 a year. He has, unfortunately, backed
up heavily another nobleman ; but the result of this
gallant act remains to be proved.—The rumour is
revived that a notable divorce case connecting a lady
of rank with an unlimited number of gentlemen,
also of rank, has been abandoned on account of the
lady's insanity. Our readers will no doubt recognise
the case referred to under the cautious periphrasis
which we have borrowed from a conteruporary.—The
following marriages in high life are arranged :
Those of Captain Grahame and Miss Gathorne
Hardy; of Viscount Petersham and the Hon. Eva
Carrington ; Baron de Teirsier and Miss Horatio
Westby ; between the Earl of Eldon and Miss
Turner, eldest daughter of Mr. Henry and the Hon.
Mrs. Turner ; between Sir Robert Cunlifro and Miss
Egerton Leigh ' • between Lady Mary Stopford,
daughter of the Earl of Courtown, and Lieutenant
Shelley ; and Captain Ernest Villiers and Miss
Ada Ibbetson, grand-daughter of the late Lady
Jersey.
London, England, 1869-04-19

ITHE CASE OP "BENJAMIN ILIGGS.

Tills DAY.
At judges' chambers, this morning, before Mr.
Justice Brett, the case of Kirhl v. Higgs
watts heard. This was an interpleader sum-
lIICILW by the Sheriff of Middlesex, levied
at Tide End House, Teddington, where
the notorious delinquent Benjamin Higgs
kept a fine establishment. The plaintiff bad ob-
tained judgment and levied an execution, but just
before the levy the Guarantee Society entered and
sold a portion of the property, which sale was
stopped by the execution creditor, and several
claimants then appeared, and Mr. II dl (Borchelt
and Hall) the under-sheriff, then took out ;:n inter-
pleader summons to know what was to be done with
the property.

Mr. Justice Brett said the Guarantee Society had
no claims. They had sol.l, they wild, to Mr.
Parks, and he now said he was no purchaser.
(Laughter.)
His Lordship barred the claims. The Sheriff
will resume the sale for the execution creditor, and
litigation is likely to spring cp in this notorious
case.
London, England, 1869-04-19

SPORY'ING NOTES.

After the fall of Will Oats the principal market busi-
ness of the week has been the support given to Pretender,
who has remained firm at 4 to 1 and 5 to 1 all through.
The Duke of Beaufort has been very firm at 7 to 2,
though the demonstration in favour of Pretender has
somewhat weakened his position. The Drummer has
been backed at 7 to 1, and 100 to 15, but before
the break-up at the Victoria Club on Friday a
gentleman who is usually identified with the stable
interest took six fifties. Frequent inquiries were made
after Martyrdom, who would have met with substantial
support had 100 to 7 been forthcoming. Tasman, even
before his defeat at Newmarket, was friendless at 100 to
6. and nothing is heard of him now. The Cheater Cup
was chiefly noticeable for the continued support accorded
to The ./Egean, and a renewal of confidence in Paul
Jones, about whom nine fifties were accepted by a well-
known owner and backer of horses. Fair Wind was in
fair request at 100 to 8. At 33 to 1 Vansittart was occa-
sionally nibbled at, but the layers would have gone on
at those odds.

The Wild Oats affair is still the topic of conversation
in'sporting circles. There is no doubt that the horse is
gone once for all. His place in the quotations will know
him no more.

With respect to Belladrum, opinions once more vary,
but his place in the Two Thousand betting remains 7 to
I—a price which would never be offered if the " pencil
men" did not know what they were about. A training
note from Lambourne states that he has been doing
work—gallops of a mile and a mile and a quarter, and
that he is certain to start. The fieldsmen, however, make
mistakes sometimes, as witness Hermit and Blue Gown.
There are meetings at Croydon, Lewes, Eastbourne, and
Cardiff this week, but the Croydon and Lewes races wi:l
attract most attention, as few bookmakers will travel as
fur as Cardiff. On Tuesday and Wednesday there will be
an immense number of sportsmen at Lewes, as a well-
filled programme has been issued. Scout, if brought on
to try conclusions for the 100 Soya Sweepstakes, will win,
but in his absence commend me to Ironstone or Cordicil-
laire. Epworth, from his Brotnley poi formance, ought to
secure the Welter Cup, and the Town Plate by Drewitt's
best. The Two-yr old Plate will be carded off by St.
Leoiards or the Nelly Bill c On the second day the
principal raeJ will be the Spring. handicap Plate, for
which Epwo th, 4 yrs, 8:t ,11b ; Viridis, 5 yrs, fist 21b;
Laird of Scut land, 4 yrs, 7.st 11 b; Uataline..
yrs, 7st id ; Choral, 4 3 rs, 7st 7lb ; Black
Diamond, 4 yrs, 7st; Bretby, 3 yrs, Gst 121 b ;
the gelding by Weatlierbit, out of St. Agnes,
3 yrs, Gst ; Amster, 3 yrs, Gst 71b; Spider, 3
yrs, Gst 7113 ; Peninsula, 4 yrs, 6:t slb ; and Workman, a
yrs, oat Utlb, are bkely to be foni.il at the post. The best
of this lot I take to bi Epwoith, and, in his absence, 1-11,d1
trust to Drowitt's representative, either Choral or Work-
man. The Croydon Grand National Hurdle lace should
be won by Orne or Barnabo, and the Grand Open Steeple-
chase looks a moral for Globule or Steanib
A FRESH MAN.
London, England, 1869-04-19

TURKEY AND GREECE.

A difficulty has sprung up between Turkey and Greece
relative to the neutralisation decree published by the
Ports just after the late dispute ; an l it is not a little
significant that Russia has sent a note to the various
Powers supporting the Greek view of this gut, tion. The
Etendard hopes that the Powers will lot give way to
Russia. The object of the torte's decree was simply to
put an end to the wholesale natura'i:ation of Turkish
subjects in Greece and Russia. In one year the Russian
Government granted 15,000 passports to Armenians resid-
ing on the Asiatic frontier. The Porte has found it
necessary to repress this depopulation of Turkish ter-
ritory,
London, England, 1869-04-19

cIAIVEARI'r A N FREE HOSPITAL for WOMEN
k-, and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for diseases of women.
2,741 patients wero treated lalt month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard, Picca-
dilly; Sir Samuel Scott. Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom ; and by the Secretary.

VVISE HOSPITAL for WOMEN. Soho-square.
—Bankers: Messrs. Barclay. Bevan, cn,l Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, Botiveric, and Co. —The Gentnitlee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospitalis now open on Mondays, Wednosdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

BENRY B. INGRAM, SecrAtnry.

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
tarn Pef -2,-1 1-- 0

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

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

Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co.' 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bowen°, 1, Pall-inall.—Hon.
Sec., I. Smith. Esa. •GEO. REID, Sec.
London, England, 1869-04-19

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACOIDENTS 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
in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.
Full particulars can bo obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley- street, W.
London, England, 1869-04-19

QAMARITA N FREE. HOSPITAL for WOMEN
►) and CHILDREN, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-
square. The only free Hospital for disaases of women.
2,746 patients were treated last month without letters of
recommendation. Subscriptions and donations are much
needed, and will be received by Messrs. Hatchard.
; Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.; Messrs. Barclay, Coutts,
Glyn, Ransom; and by the Secretary.
London, England, 1869-04-19

FRIENDLESS AN!) FALLEN.-LONDON
F RAUL PR gVNNTIVS and It F.FORILITORY IN
STITUTION.

President- Rev. CANON DALE,

CONTRIBUTIONSiOi•ii;;Jp;Oitr;f ''''''''' in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may bo sent to bankers, Messrs. Bloa
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, K.C.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, P.C.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
Gebs?4iie Duke of WELLINGTON.
•-•

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, Secretaey,
Office, 32, Sackyille-street, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1869-04-19

COPYRIGHT IN CANADA.

The Canadian publishers have held an important meet.*
ing on the subject of international copyright. It is well-
known that English books are very extensively reprinted
in the United States, and that authors rarely receive
any remuneration from American publishers. These
reprints are admitted into Canada upon payment
of a Customs' duty of 12i per cent., and the
proceeds are handed over to the authors. The
publishers of the colony do not see why they should
not be allowed to publish English works themselves on
payment of this commission, instead of receiving them
through the United States. If they were allowed to do
this, they could undersell the American publishers. The
case seems a good one. So long as English books are pub-
lished in the United States for nothing, and then allowed
to be sold in Canada on payment of 124 per cent. to the
authors, there is no reason whatever why the operation
should not be direct, and the Canadians be permitted to
publish in the first instance.

PIMSVIT OF FAME.

A very melancholy story was told to Dr. Lankester,
the Middlesex coroner, on Friday. He was called
upon to inquire into the death of a French artist,
Isodore llagues. There were no relatives present,
and the only one who could identify was a brother
French artist, who told the tale of how the deceased
came by his death. Isodore Maples was a very
ambitious, and a clever man. He had taken
formerly a high position in his profession, but
was by no means satisfied. Ile wanted to
leave a name in the world. So, some five
years back, he commenced a large picture, with
which he thought to startle the public. He hoped
to get it into 7ersailles, and had an idea
of sending it to the English Royal Academy. The
conception of the picture is said to be good. It was
drawn in crayons, and named, " L'Entente Cordiale;
an Episode of the -Crimean War." For this study
the enthusiastic artist neglected all other and more
immediately remunerative work. His money being
exhausted, he began to apply to his friends for funds.
These they at first supplied him with, but advised
hint to go on with that which would pay. He
iefused, and they left him, one by one, to thrive
as he best could. For the last two years he had been
living on bread and potatoes. Gradually becoming
exhausted with anxiety and want of nourishment, he
had only time to finish his picture, and to send a
photograph to the French Emperor, when he died.
The doctor said that he had no brain left, and that
the heart was most unhealthy. One cannot but
censure the absurd weakness of the course pursued
by the artist. Yet there is something inexpressibly
sad in the last few years of a man's life being devoted
to an object, and his dying almost in the act of
attaining it.
London, England, 1869-04-19

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fB.INCE CHARLES AND THE SPANISH
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1623—frein Unpublished Documents in the Archives of Simmn-
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NE If .

"These valuable volumes are rrotoundly and vividly interest-

Hurst and Blackott, Publithers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1869-04-19

Notwithstanding the recent peace manifesto -of the
French Government, uneasiness still lingers in the
continental capitals. The St. Petersburg correspondent
of the Tablet says that serious apprehensions of war still
prevail at the Russian capital, and military men are con-
fident that the summer will not pass away without a cam.
paign. Great activity prevails in the arsenals. The
Government seems to share the expectation of war.
Against this state of feeling, however, may be set off the
fact that in Germany the Marquis de Lavalette's speech
has been heartily welcomed.
London, England, 1869-04-19

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for debility of all kinds, and from its containing. among other
ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will prove highly
beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. Hassall's re-
port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225.
BAUMGARTEN & Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car-
riage free on receipt of remittance.

ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary.
°Tice, 54, Oheapside, London, EX/
London, England, 1869-04-19

COPYRIGHT IN CANADA.

The Canadian publishers have held an important meet-
ing on the subject of international copyright. It is well-
known that English books are very extensively reprinted
in the United States, and that authors rarely receive
any remuneration from American publishers. These
reprints are admitted into Canada upon payment
of a Customs' duty of 12} per cent., and the
puunsu eus
not be allowed to publish English works themselves on
payment of this commission, instead of receiving them
through the United States. If they were allowed to do
this, they could undersell the American publishers. The
case seems a good one. So long as English books are pub-
lished in the United States for nothing, and then allowed
to be sold in Canada on payment of 12A per cent. to the
authors, there is no reason whatever why the operation
should not be direct, and the Canadians be permitted to
nublish in the first instance.

THE PURSUIT OF FAME.
A very melancholy story was told to Dr. Lankester,
the Middlesex coroner, on Friday. He was called
upon to inquire into the death of a French artist,
Isodore Magues. There were no relatives present,
and the only one who could identify was a brother
French artist, who told the tale of how the deceased
came by his death. Isodore Magues was a very
ambitious, and a clever man. He had taken
formerly a high position in his profession, but
was by no means satisfied. Ile wanted to
leave a name in the world. So, some five
years back, he commenced a large picture, with
which lie thought to startle the public. He hoped
to get it into Versailles, and had an idea
of sending it to the English Royal Academy. The
conception of the picture is said to be good. It was
drawn in crayons, and named, " L'Entente Cordiale;
an Episode of the Crimean War." For this study
the enthusiastic artist neglected all other and more
immediately remunerative work. His money being
exhausted, he began to apply to his friends for funds.
These they at first supplied him with, but advised
him to go on with that which would pay. Ile
refused, and they left him, one by one, to thrive
as he best could. For the last two years he had been
living on bread and potatoes. Gradually becoming
exhausted with anxiety and want of nourishment, he
had only time to finish his picture, and to send a
photograph to the French Emperor, when he died.
The doctor said that he had no brain left, and that
the heart was most unhealthy. One cannot but
censure the absurd weakness of the course pursued
by the artist. Yet there is something inexpressibly
sad in the last few years of a man's life being devoted
to an object, and his dying almost in the act of
attaining it.
London, England, 1869-04-19

THE BELGIAN RAILWAY AFFAIR.

Notwithstanding numerous interviews and Ministerial
councils, nothing Las yet been done to hring to a termina-
tion the dispute between France and Belgium. From the
admission of the official papers of Paris it is clear that the
two Governments are precisely in the position they occu-
pied at the commencement of the dispute. The French
journals arc resuming- the bullying tone with which the
passing of the law in the Brussels Legislature was greeted,
and the Liberal paper 4 are once more getting anxious
respecting the issue of this affair. The Paris corresquindent
of the Post says the Imperial Government desires that the
Eastern Company :•hou!d purchase the Belgian lines at a
price much beyond their value, Government even snpply-
ing the funds if neeersary. This only renders the Bel-
gians still more rinpicions that the dispute rests on
political as well as commercial grounds. 31. FrZre-Orban
has been fifteen days in Paris, and has done nothing.

TEE RIOTS IN DELGIUM.
Just as the strike in the district of Liege has terminated,
another on a very 'large scale has broken ont in quite
another part of Belgium-,-the region. around Mons, pie tho
south-western frontier. The history of. this strike so far,
is very similar to that of the last.,-Acting, it is said, on _
the orders of the International Society of Workmen, _
a very large number of colliers ceased work. At first
their behaviour was unexceptional. As, however, they
began to form in large groups, and disorders were feared, -
soldiers were sent for. One -body- of worknien, to the' -
number of no fewer than 1,500, perambulated the district
in various directithis on Thursday morning, and at length
assaulted the soldiers at Frameries with stones. The -
troops replied with a volley, and about a dozen of the
mob were wounded, two of whom died before Friday
night. More troops were sent-for, but the mob did not
disperse ; indeed, the Independence Beige received a tele-
gram stating that it had increased to 3,001 On Friday
the train between Maubeuge and Mons was assailed
with stones. Save that the blame of the strike is laid to
the charge of the International Society, renal doubt pre-
vails as to the motives which have influenced the collien.
It seems that hints of an approaching turn-out had been
vaguely current for some time past. 3n reply to inquiries,
some of the colliers said they were about to strike for
more wages, others, " because they ought to do it.*
London, England, 1869-04-19

SIR CULLING EARDLEV.

Some months ago Sir Culling Eardley was tried
for bigamy, and, being found guilty, was sentenced
to two years' imprisoment. Recently he has been
set at liberty, ostensibly because his health was
seriously affected. Since his release the bigamist
has appeared particularly jolly. The Pall Mall
Gazette, in calling attention to the circumstance, by
innuendo, ascribes his liberation to the fact that Sir
Culling is a near relative of Mr. Childers. It may
interest our contemporary to know that the bigamist
baronet's liberation was ordered by Mr. Hardy,.

ELECTION PETITIONS.
The Daily NewB summarises the results or thQ
election petitions. Since the judges commenced tho
hearings on 12th January 08 cases have been digs posed of-54 against Liberals and 44 against Von'
servatives. The withdrawals have numbert3d 44, ir4
the proportion of 24 against Liberals, and 20 agflingt
Conservatives. Thirty-five members have been
declared duly elected-22 Liberals and 1:1 Conserve-
tives. _Nineteen have lost their seats-8 Liberals
and 11 Uonservatives. The proportion of Liberal
members unseated to the number of petitions
originally presented is 14 per cent., while the pro-
portion of unseated Conservatives is 25 per cent.
The petitions which have not yet been taken involve
the fate of three Liberals and seven Conservatives,
exclusive of Mr. Birley, whose return for Man-
chester is complained of on the ground that he
was a Government contractor at the time of the
election.

The Boston petition has been withdrawn, the same
course is about to be taken with regard to the South
Durham case. Another petition is anticipated arising
out of the Hereford election,
London, England, 1869-04-19

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.
London, England, 1869-04-19

BACKSTIEEg.

A correspondent of the Mall Gazelle says
that a friend of his, who acts Is secretary to one of
the Government departmens, had to check the
delivery of £200,000 worth t iron supplied by a
Northern firm. Before he legan his task, he was
" I suppose you will equire the usual com-
mission of i?;. per cent ?" IL other words, the firm
proposed to bribe the sere it of the public with a
gift of 1:25,000, in order to Tass goods which were no
doubt worth, not only 175,00 less than the contract
price, but a good many fi,e thousands. How long
has this sort of thing been going on ? How many
undiscovered Gambiers and Rumbolds are there
London, England, 1869-04-19

TIIE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at
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conclude with HUE AND DYE
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TIIE IRISH CHURCH DILL.

The unanimity of the Liberal party on the Irish
Church question was once more conclusively shewn
on Friday night. The hope that as soon as the bill
got into committee the party would break up into
" a disorganised rabble," has not yet been fulfilled.
Of the 344 members who supported the retention of
the second clause—which may be aptly termed the
clause of the bill-341 were Liberals, the Conserva-
tives voting against their party being Lord Bing-
ham, Mr. Orr-Ewing, and Colonel Vandeleur. It
will be remembered that all three hon.
m. embers have gone in favour of the bill
n each division. The Liberals who voted
against the clause were also three—Mr. Briscoe,
Mr. Saunderson, and Sir R. Clifton. The two former
gentlemen were not present on the second division.
I Although Sir Roundell Palmer spoke against Mr.
Disraeli's motion, he did not record his vote ; Lord
Stanley, however, went into the lobby with the
minority. Mr. Dalway, who on the two previous
occasions went against his party, now supported the
Government ; and Colonel Grant, the Conservative
member for Elgin and Nairn, who voted for the bill
going into committee, now went into the lobby with
the Opposition. Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Butler-
Johnstone formed part of the majority. The number
VC menibor. in +lio II otlo o 31-no s'7n nr niTlPf Pen less
than on the previous evening, and fifty-three fewer
than those present on the 24th of March. The
absentees from the Conservative side again outnum-
bered those of their opponents. The regular W hips
on both sides acted as tellers.
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GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL.

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Hughes, Fountain, and Stephens.

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VICARIOUS WNEROSITY.

Among the Civil Servi:e Estimates there is an
item of k:3,500 for gifts anc presents made by Prince
Alfred while touring in Aistralia. The gifts were,
no doubt, duly appreciatel, and the generosity of
the giver highly extolled. Only one would like the
givers to know that it 11 we, the British tax-
payers, not the Prince who have paid for
the presents. In Irdia, of course, this
sort of thing is unders;ooel. All the world
knows that the magnificent presents which Lord
Mayo has just made to the Ameer of Affghanistan
do not come out of his lordship's pocket. But the
other case is rather different. We give Prince
Alfred a handsome allowance, we have given him the
command of one of the smartest ships in the British
navy, but we did not contemplate having to pay all
the " tips," which, in the fullness of his bounty, he
chooses to make.
Til MILITARY SERVICES.

1110 Browl Arrow says tiler. ix a .11011 T thiat
the Government should increase the grant to the
volunteers the addition will assume the form of a
regulation great coat, the necessity of which was
apparent at the Dover Review. The same paper states
that the War Office Committee is still engaged in its
labours, which daily tend to prove the advisability of
simplifying the machinery in several of the depart-
ments. The probability is that the Commander-in-
Chief will he made solely responsible for a conside-
rable amount of routine details which are now
unnecessarily, and merely as a matter of form, referred
to the War Office.

The Army and Xavy Gazette says that Vice-Ad-
miral Sir G. Mundy will be succeeded in the West
Indies by Rear-Admiral Wellesley.

GOOD NEWS FOR THE OVF.REND AND GURNEY
DIRECTORS•

Dr. Thom, the prosecutor of the Overend and
Gurney directors has, as we have already mentioned,
given notice that he will himself conduct the prose-
cution. Dr. Thom is a very public-spirited man, and
cannot be censured if he declines to spend any more
of his money in conducting a case which it is a scan-
dal to the country has not been undertaken by the
Government. At the same time we cannot but feel
dismay in learning his intention. It would be a
grievous and almost national calamity if the case
should break down through want of skill on the part
of the prosecution ; and as the defendants will have
the most eminent counsel to represent them, it can
hardly be expected that Dr. Thom, who is not a
lawyer, will be capable of meeting them.
London, England, 1869-04-19

°Mt-A RY.

Among the deaths recorded on Saturday is that of
Sir Hugh Seymour 131ane. second baronet of that
name. Sir Hugh was forMerly Lieutenant-Colonel
of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and his military
career was long, and eventful. He was born
in 1795, and succeeded his father, Sir Gilbert, phy-
sician to the two last Georges, in 1834. Sir Hugh
received his education c.t the Cbarterhouse, Marlow,
Woolwich, and Addiscombe. He entered the Scots
Fusilier Guards in 1814, and was present at Waterloo.
On the 7th of April, at West Cowes, died, at the
age of 75, Helena, Countess of Mornington.
The
genealogy of this lady is unusually interesting. Not
only was she connected by marriage with the house
of Wellesley, being the second wife of the fourth
Earl of Mornington, bat she was by birth directly
descended from the Plantagenets. Her mother,
Anne Porterfield, wife of Colonel Paterson, was
great-granddaughter of Alexander Porterfield and
Lady Catherine Boyd. Lady Catherine's grand-
father, the ninth Earl of Gler.icaarn, wasfifth in descent
from Lady Johanna Hamilton, Countess of Glen-
cairn, who was granddaughter of Princess Mary
Stuart, daughter of James 11. of Scotland, and
seventh in descent from Edward I. of England.

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London, England, 1869-04-19

DIFFICULTIES IN SPAIN.

Dom Fernando's prematur refusal to accept the crown
of Spain has had a disastrous effect throughout the
country. " Out of Madrid," says the Times correspon-
dent, " I found one feeling uppermost among the people—.
disappointment and disgust about the revolution, and an
eager desire that there should, anyhow, be an end of it. In
Madrid itself the general impression is that the revolution
must either be violently stifled or it must go through a
long period of vicissitudes, leading no one knows to what
ultimate results. In the provinces men have no other
thought than that of the general decline of public pros-
perity. The whole industrial movement of the country is
at a standstill." Something like order or government is
an imperative necessity ; but nobody sees a way out of the
difficulty. There ought to be an' end for ever of Dom
Fernando as a candidate for the Spanish crown. A
refusal anticipating an offer is unpardon. b'e. But even
the disappearance of this formidable rival does not seem to
improve the chance of the luckless Duke of Montpensier.
In fact, the Times correFpcndent comes to the conclusion
that there can be no King yet, and that an interregnum
of some kind is the immediate prospect. Tut no promising
combination in the shape of Triumvirate o: Directory has
vet been devised.
London, England, 1869-04-19

OBITUARY

Among the deaths recorded on Saturday is that of
Sir Hugh Seymour Blanc, second baronet of that
name. Sir Hugh was formerly Lieutenant-Colonel
of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and his military
career was long and eventful. He was born
in 1705, and succeeded his father, Sir Gilbert, phy-
sician to the two last Georges, in 1834. Sir Hugh
received his education at the Charterhouse, Marlow,
Woolwich, and Addiscombe. Ile entered the Scots
Fusilier Guards in 1814, and was present at Waterloo.
On the 7th of April, at West Cowes, died, at the
age of 75, Helena, Countess of Morniugton. The
genealogy of this lady is unusually interesting. Not
only was she connected by marriage with the house
of Wellesley, being the second wife
birth e
.fecrtl irouty
h
Earl of Mornington, but she was byd
descended from the Plantagenets. Her mother,
Anne Porterfield, wife of Colonel Paterson, was
great-granddaughter of Alexander Porterfield and
Lady Catherine Boyd. Lady Cath7ine:s grand-
father, the ninth Earl of Glepicairn, icsaiifthni descent
from Lady Johanna Hamilton, Connt.eaa of Glen—
cairn, who was granddaughter of Princess Mary
Stuart, daughter of James 11. of Scotland, and
seventh in descent from Edward I. of England.

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